Interview: Steinski

"Steve Stein never seemed like the most likely candidate to become a hip-hop legend. By the time he discovered the early New York rap scene at the turn of the 1980s, he was almost 30 years old. He was also white, Jewish and in steady employment as an advertising executive. Yet during the mid-to-late 1980s, Stein would pioneer hip-hop’s cut-and-paste culture, first alongside friend (and fellow advertising worker) Douglas DiFranco and then later as a solo artist. As Double Dee and Steinski, the pair produced a series of seminal – and highly illegal – mash-ups, known as “Lessons,” which included breakbeats, scratches and vocal samples from a dizzying array of records. ..."
Red Bull Music Academy (Video)
Outtakes: Steinski
YouTube: Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson 1 & 2 & 3 (OLD SCHOOL MASTERMIXES), Lesson 2 James (Brown Mix) TOMMY BOY RECORDS 1985, lesson 3, Lesson 1_The Payoff Mix

2009 February: Double Dee and Steinski, 2016 March: What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective