Statik Selektah “Rhythm Roulette” Session Diggin’ In The Crates

This episode of Rhythm Roulette has us in Boston at an unnamed location. The turntablist / producer superstar obviously posts up in the soul section, throws on the blindfold, and selects three records: The Tymes: Diggin’ In The Roots, The Sylvers: Something Special and a Mystic Moods joint. Statik saying “I think this record’s gonna be dope…”

Statik puts the records on, listens through some static (pun intended), and lands on a soulful vocal and string combo. After laying down some serious drums and his infamous scratching using a Jay Z record, he plays the beat and has us breaking our necks. As per the usual when Statik Selektah puts it down, the production has been sounding real nice.

He also makes a comment about finding the words “honesty and loyalty” on the record cover, and after a quick Google search for rap lyrics to find a matching scratch, he came out with a fresh Jay Z insert. It fit perfectly, and as always, Rhythm Roulette cranks out another episode with fire beats by Statik Selektah.

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Published in July 2013: Statik Selektah “Rhythm Roulette” Produced by Mass Appeal, Released by Mass Appeal. This time around on Rhythm Roulette we linked up with Boston bred and Brooklyn based producer / turntablist Statik Selektah.

About Statik Selektah via Facebook Bio: Establishing his own spot amongst the ranks of East Coast hip-hop’s seminal figures, DJ/producer Statik Selektah utilized his turntabling skills and ingenuity in PR and promotions to break some of the region’s most promising artists, bearing his own influence on the national mixtape circuit. Born January 23, 1982 in Lawrence, MA, Patrick Baril was exposed to production equipment at a very early age, tinkering with his parents’ eight-track machine, cassette recorders, and turntable. By middle school, he was already DJing school functions, but he was inspired to be a true wheels-of-steel artiste after hearing DJ Premier scratch and mix records on Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 radio show. Soon after, at 14 years old, he purchased his first turntables and mixer. Calling himself DJ Statik (the “Selektah” surname came later), he started to work clubs and private parties up and down the New England coast.

In 2000, after living in New Hampshire, he moved back down to Massachusetts to enroll in the audio production program at Boston’s New England Institute of the Arts. That same year, Selektah started putting out mixtapes, namely his Spell My Name Right series. With his mixtapes and DJ gigs, Selektah never passed up the opportunity to champion local hip-hop from Boston and the surrounding New England area. In particular, Selektah was responsible for introducing fellow Lawrence, MA, native Termanology to the world, helming his Hood Politics mixtapes in the mid- to late 2000s. Managing all of these tasks became much easier when he established in 2003 his own PR/marketing firm ShowOff.

In 2006, he turned ShowOff into an official record label, with Termanology & Producer DC’s Out the Gate LP as its first release. By this time, though, Selektah’s prestige had grown considerably. His radio shows were playing in several places, from London to Mobile, AL; he produced beats for many artists, including Foxy Brown, AZ, and Joell Ortiz; and most importantly, the DJ dished out tons of mixtapes with big name and up-and-coming artists, such as Nas, Q-Tip, John Legend, Royce Da 5’9 (The Bar Exam, co-hosted with DJ Premier), and Saigon. Statik dropped his first LP, Spell My Name Right in 2007, and his follow up Stick 2 the Script album in 2008. Other artists he has produced for following that include Talib Kweli, Bun B, Styles P, Consequence, Freeway, M.O.P. and Jadakiss. Rockstar games reached out for Statik in late 2008 to enlist him as DJ and producer of the Grand Theft Auto IV update “the Lost and Damned”, as well as 2 songs for Midnight Club: LA.

In March 2008, Selektah and Saigon recorded All In A Day’s Work in a 24 hour period, and was acclaimed by critics. He also DJed for Q-tip on his 2009 Renassaince World Tour. Statik just dropped his 3rd studio album, 100 Proof: The Hangover on Showoff/Brick Records. In 2010 Statik Selektah released his 4th album, Population Control, on Duck Down Music to critical acclaim boasting features from a mix of up and coming MC’s and well established veterans.