Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Statik Selektah

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Last updated on December 25, 2024.

Patrick Baril, professionally known as Statik Selektah, is an American record producer, disc jockey (DJ) and radio personality originally from the Boston, Massachusetts area. He is also the founder of Showoff Records. In 2010, he formed the hip hop group 1982, alongside American rapper Termanology. He has resided in New York City since 2004.

American - Producer | Born: January 23, 1982

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Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.

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I kinda gave my childhood to hip-hop, literally. I didn't go to parties in high school. All I did - well, I was DJing parties in high school.

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Gang Starr was like the blueprint of my career.

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Some artists send their verses, and others record in my studio. Depends. I prefer them being there.

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I definitely try to go above and beyond with live mixing and scratching.

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I had completely changed from being a mixtape DJ to being a producer and working with Nas and stuff like that.

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You got to have the right lawyer and good management. I went years and years without management and even a good lawyer; I used to handle contracts on my own, and it was definitely corners that they would cut. It wouldn't have happened if I had a good lawyer behind me.

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My mother used to stop me from going to DJ battles. I'd, like, cry, get really upset.

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I've always been like the No. 1 Boston hip-hop fan.

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I get mad if I'm not presented as an actual artist on tour. I don't want to be seen as just some DJ that plays between sets. I have a bigger brand than that.

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With 'Ready to Die,' that was some of the most honest rhymes of all-time. There's some real dark material on there that Biggie was going through.

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When I made 'Detroit vs. Everybody,' I knew. I knew this for Eminem.

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You can't just say jazz is dead.

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I grew up in a city - it's called Lawrence, Massachusetts. It's about half an hour north of Boston. When my parents got divorced, I moved to New Hampshire because my father worked up there.

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I started radio, actually, when I was 13. I started DJing when I was 13, but later in that year, I started a high school station at Phillips Academy. I didn't actually go there, but it was in the town I went to high school in. So literally, within six months of DJing, they started mailing me records; it was crazy.

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I want to do more R&B, more reggae, everything.

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I come from a traditional hip-hop background.

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When I went to AI New England in Boston, I used to do my mixtapes, and honestly, if you look back at any of my mixtapes, every single mixtape tells a story.

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Life imitates art and back around.

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Every person I meet is a rapper, DJ, or makes beats.

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I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody's album.

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Especially in hip-hop, no one takes responsibility for their actions.

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Every record I make, I want people to feel what I used to feel when I used to crack open a CD and press play.

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Brooklyn just got that energy to me that's so hip-hop and so New York City. You know, New York City is the grittiest city in the world.

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I learned so much from listening to Jay-Z, M.O.P. and Gang Starr.

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I don't do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card.

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Even when I have someone playing the song I give them the idea. I'm learning. I'm getting better over the years.

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Way too many people are trying to do the same thing with their lives.

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There are so many rappers now that it's cluttering our culture. 90% of the time at a show there are more artists in the crowd than there are fans - it's too much. Too many people try to give you CD's.

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Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Statik Selektah

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