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What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective

by: Steinski

Release Date May 27, 2008
Long before label mate Girl Talk became known as the King of Mashup, hell, even before M/A/R/R/S sliced together the inimitable "Pump Up The Volume", two advertising dudes named Steve "Steinski" Stein and Douglas "Double Dee" Di Franco put together a mix of the most used hip-hop breaks for a contest, one judged by the likes of Afrika Bambaataa. They won, and thus was born the first in their series of "The Lessons" (Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow would later recreate these live using the original vinyl). This two-disc explores every genre, dropping beats over everything from Humphrey Bogart, Looney Toones, Clint Eastwood and The Zapruder Film samples, the myriad James Brown breaks, Led Zeppelin's "The Crunge" and a whole ton of stuff you have to ... Read More:

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Burning Out of Control: The Sugarhill Mix

by: Steinski

Release Date February 27, 2007
Long before label mate Girl Talk became known as the King of Mashup, hell, even before M/A/R/R/S sliced together the inimitable "Pump Up The Volume", two advertising dudes named Steve "Steinski" Stein and Douglas "Double Dee" Di Franco put together a mix of the most used hip-hop breaks for a contest, one judged by the likes of Afrika Bambaataa. They won, and thus was born the first in their series of "The Lessons" (Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow would later recreate these live using the original vinyl). This two-disc explores every genre, dropping beats over everything from Humphrey Bogart, Looney Toones, Clint Eastwood and The Zapruder Film samples, the myriad James Brown breaks, Led Zeppelin's "The Crunge" and a whole ton of stuff you have to ... Read More: