Statik Selektah

Patrick Owen Baril (born January 23, 1982), known professionally as Statik Selektah, is an American DJ and record producer from Boston, Massachusetts. 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.

Life and career Statik Selektah was born on January 23, 1982, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was introduced to music at a young age, experimenting 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 professional DJ after hearing DJ Premier and Funkmaster Flex scratch and mix records on Hot 97 in New York City. Statik began doing radio at Phillips Exeter Academy's WPEA, where he also occasionally DJ'd some of the Afro-Latino Society Parties. Naming himself DJ Statik, (the "Selektah" came later after hearing a local reggae artist say it unconsciously

In 2009, Statik Selektah appeared on Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, featured as a DJ on the hip hop radio station The Beat 102.7.

While recording with rapper Freeway on Ustream, he announced a song off his next album, Population Control, called "Groupie Love" which features Mac Miller. This track was included on the final release of the album in 2011.

Since 2015, the publishing interest of Statik Selektah's catalog has been represented by Reservoir Media Management.

In May 2017, Statik announced with Billboard that he signed a management deal with Roc Nation plus announcing his eighth studio album titled 8. It was later released on December 8, 2017.

On November 27, 2020, Statik released his ninth studio album titled The Balancing Act, featuring collaborations with Joey Badass, Black Thought and Bun B.

On December 13, 2024, Statik released a collobrative studio album titled Once in a Blue Moon featuring collaborations with Kota the Friend, Logic, and Phearnone.

Past and present radio stations WPEA 90.5fm – Exeter, NH (1996–1998) WERS 88.9fm – Boston, MA (2000) WBOT 97.7fm – Boston, MA (2001–2004) WBLX – Mobile, AL (2005–2009) KMJJ – Shreveport, LA (2006–2008) Shade 45 Sirius/XM New York City (2005–present) KDON 102.5fm – Santa Cruz, CA (2009–2011) WJMN 94.5fm – Boston, MA (2008–2011)

Discography

Studio albums Spell My Name Right: The Album (2007) Stick 2 the Script (2008) 100 Proof: The Hangover (2010) Population Control (2011) Extended Play (2013) What Goes Around (2014) Lucky 7 (2015) 8 (2017) The Balancing Act (2020) Round Trip (2023) Expensive Taste (2026)

Collaboration albums All in a Day's Work (with Saigon) (2009) 1982 (with Termanology – as 1982) (2010) 1982: The EP (with Termanology – as 1982) (2010) The Evening News EP (with Termanology – as 1982) (2010) Statik-Free EP (with Freeway) (2011) Lyrical Workout (with Bumpy Knuckles) (2011) Lord Giveth, Lord Taketh Away (with Freddie Gibbs) (2011) State of Grace (mixtape) (with Slaine) (2011) Well-Done (with Action Bronson) (2011) Straight, No Chaser (with Reks) (2012) 2012 (with Termanology as 1982) (2012) Stereo Type (EP) (with Strong Arm Steady) (2012) Stereo Type (LP) (with Strong Arm Steady) (2012) Ambition (with Bumpy Knuckles) (2012) AGE (All Green Everything): Open Season (with JFK) (2012) Boom Bap & Blues (with Jared Evan) (2013) The Proposal (with Ransom) (2013) Still Blue (with Jared Evan) (2014) Statik KXNG (with KXNG Crooked – as Statik KXNG) (2016) Saints X Sinners (2017) Ugly Face (2017) Still 1982 (2018) Piecework (2019) TrillStatik (2019) Gran Turismo (2019) Yuck! (2019) Give Thanks (2019) Powerful Music (2019) Chinchilla (2020) Fresh Air (2020) Rudebwoy (2020) The Quarantine (2020) Endless Summer (2020) To Kill a Sunrise (2021) Maxed Out (2022) TrillStatik 2 (2022) From The Horse‘s Mouth (2023) To See a Sunset (2023) TrillStatik 3 (2023) TrillStatik 4 (2024) Once in a Blue Moon (2024) A Lost Language Found (2025) Choose Or Lose (2025) TrillStatik 5 (2025) Machetes & Micheladas (2026) Elevator Music (2026)

EPs The Pre-Game EP" (2009) Statik Selektah's The Lost and Damned EP" (2009) The Left-Overs (Of What's to Come…) EP (2010) Not Dead Yet! (EP) (2021) My Mind (2023)

Instrumentals Statik Selektah Presents: Spell My Name Right, The Instrumentals (2007) Stick 2 The script Instrumentals (2008) 100 Proof: The Hangover Instrumentals (2010) Statik Selektah & Termanology are 1982 Instrumentals (2010) Well Done: The Instrumentals (2012) 8 Instrumentals (2017) Mahalo (2019) TrillStatik: Deluxe Instrumental Version (2019)

Mixtapes The Best of A3C: Remixed by Statik Selektah (2016) The Prophecy Vol 1 & 2 (2004 & 2006) The Get Lifted Mixtape (2004) Spell My Name Right Vol 1-10 series (2001-2007)