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Double Dee and Steinski | |
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Origin | United States |
Genres | Hip hop, mashup, dance |
Years active | 1983–present Various reunions (1998, 2002, 2006) |
Labels | Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records (1983-1986) 4th & B'way/Island/PolyGram Records (1986–1988) |
Members | Doug "Double Dee" DiFranco Steven "Steinski" Stein |
Double Dee and Steinski is a duo of hip hop producers, composed of Doug "Double Dee" DiFranco and Steven "Steinski" Stein. They achieved notoriety in the early 1980s for a series of underground hip-hop sample-based collages known as the "Lessons".
Although they never had a hit record, they proved highly influential for subsequent artists such as Coldcut, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, the Avalanches, and Girl Talk.[1] Their music was not widely available on CD until 2008 due to their use of copyrighted material. There have been occasional illegal re-issues, and several internet sites have mp3s of their music available for download.