To celebrate the realunch of our website www.choicecuts.com we are delighted to present to you an exclusive mix by legendary cut and paste wizard and remixer orginator Steinski. We’re big fans of this guy and for those of you who don’t know Steinski is probably one of the most influential remix artists in Hip-Hop’s vibrant history.
With partner Double Dee (Douglas DiFranco; a prince) he co-produced the series of records known as The Lessons: The Payoff Mix, Lesson 2 (The James Brown Mix), Lesson 3 (The History Of Hiphop) for the Tommy Boy label. These analog tape cut-and-paste collages, still widely bootlegged (and wildly illegal), are generally acknowledged as three of the most influential works in the world of hiphop and dance music production. Cited as defintive influences by DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, and Fatboy Slim, among others.
Add to this the fact that Steinski is one of New York’s most sought-after advertising copy writers and it’s easy to see there is a mind behind all this musical greatness!
We’ve got Steinski playing in Dublin and Galway this April (2010) so head over to the events section for more info!
6 Comments
J
April 1, 2010 @ 1:58 am
I swapped an original Tommy Boy pressing of The Lessons for a new EPMD single when I was 16. Dumb.
Pete Cadden
April 6, 2010 @ 3:08 pm
Lovin’ this mix!!
DJ COOL C
April 8, 2010 @ 6:37 pm
Great to see this mix ! I be sleepin !! Started it all did Steinski ! Rock on ! Cool C
ChoiceCuts Relaunches
April 15, 2010 @ 6:52 pm
[...] ChoiceCuts has just presented to all their fans the launch of their new website with this gem of a hip-hop mix from Steinski (Steve Stein). It’s full of hip-hop, house and funk – and for those who remember the Warner Bros cartoon theme, well that starts us off. [...]
Barry
April 16, 2010 @ 7:22 pm
Great mix. Thanks
Jon Ryan
May 8, 2010 @ 9:29 am
First listened to the lessons as a 14 year old on pirate radio, and still love listening to them now. The motorcade sped on fascinated me back in the day.