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What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective (CD)

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Steinski Artist Snapshot:

One of the most influential pieces of early sampladelic hip-hop, "Lesson 1 - the Payoff Mix," was the brainchild of former ad man/hip-hop aficionado Steve Stein (Steinski) and audio engineer Doug DiFranco (Double Dee). The track is a dizzying collage of early hip-hop, funk, and disco, along with a smattering of sound bites from older pop and soul, film dialogue, and 1950s-style instructional records. On the strength of song's success, Tommy Boy released a series of three "Lessons" as a single, creating a vociferous backlash from the targeted sample-holders. The record was pulled from shelves but the Steinski legend grew amongst a generation of hip-hop producers, plunderphonic composers, and mash-up artists. In 2008, copyright baiters Illegal Art released a comprehensive collection of Steinski material titled WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? 1983-2006 RETROSPECTIVE.

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DISC 1 for What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective (CD) Album By Steinski
1   Payoff Mix, The
2   Lesson 2
3   Lesson 3 (History of Hip Hop)
4   Jazz
5   Voice Mail (Sugar Hill Suite)
6   Motorcade Sped On, The
7   It's up to You
8   I'm Wild About That Thing
9   Big Man Laughs, The
10   Vox Apostolica
11   Is We Going Under?
12   Ain't No Thing
13   Everything's Disappeared
14   Number Three on Flight Eleveen
 
DISC 2 for What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective (CD) Album By Steinski
1   Tonight From NY Intro
2   Swingset
3   Opening Credits
4   Greatest Man Alive
5   ID, The
6   Let's Get It On
7   Hit the Disco
8   Lolita
9   Hot Spot
10   It's a Funky Thing Pt. 1
11   B Boy Breakdown
12   B-Beat Classic
13   Funk Construction
14   Them That's Not
15   Swan Lake
16   Here We Come
17   Product of the Enviornment
18   By Any Means Necessary
19   Art of Getting Jumped, The
20   I Like It Like That
21   Solid Air
22   Country Grammer
23   Let's Get It On
24   Muscles
25   Easin' In
26   It's Time to Testify
27   Acid Test, The
28   Silent Partner
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.72) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[What's] impressive about this handsome anthology of barely legal rarities is how well tracks work as songs. The early party joints build and ebb with intractable momentum, and later pieces tell unlikely stories."
The Wire (p.57) - "[U]tterly essential....[A] double disc retrospective of the greatest cut 'n' paste artist this side of William Burroughs and Kurt Schwitters."
Vibe (p.61) - "The tracks on this stupefyingly essential, surprisingly cerebral, legally questionable two-CD retrospective of Steinski's mastermixes/breakbeat pranks are all so important to the history of hip hop, they should come with a textbook."
Blender (Magazine) (p.79) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is music is a utopian version of how culturally cross-referential -- and funny -- sound collage might be."
Clash (magazine) (p.122) - "[This retrospective] takes in a staggering amount of craftily lifted bits and pieces from the rich rap tapestry, and melds them into a mammoth two-disc mix collection."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Whether kickin' it in a party groove or getting political his esoteric architectures of sampology are sheer faultless science..."

Title Note

Among the most influential, if not unlikely, examples of early sampladelic hip-hop came about as a result of a remix contest for Tommy Boy Records in 1983. Former ad man Steve Stein teamed up with studio wiz Double Dee to create "Lesson 1 - the Payoff Mix," a dizzying collage of funk breaks and pop culture sound bites. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? 1983-2006 collects nearly everything the pair recorded together, along with Steinski's later solo efforts, including an hour-long mashup mix prepared for the BBC radio show, Solid Steel. An essential collection of early plunderphonic art that is sure to interest casual listeners and mash-up enthusiasts alike.

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