Patrick Owen Baril (born January 23, 1982), professionally known as Statik Selektah, is an American record producer, disc jockey (DJ) and radio personality originally from the

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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.

Life and career

Statik Selektah was born on January 23, 1982, in

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. 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) he began to start to DJ at clubs and private parties up and down the New England Coast. In 2000, Selektah moved back to Massachusetts from New Hampshire to pursue an audio production degree at Boston's New England Institute of Art. Around this time, Statik started to put out his own

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series titled "Spell My Name Right." In 2003, Statik created ShowOff Marketing, which has had clients such as Reebok,

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, Capital,

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's Vote or Die campaign and many others. In 2006, Statik Selektah made Showoff into a record label and put out Termanology's Out the Gate as the labels first release. In 2007, Statik released his first LP, titled ''Spell My Name Right'', and came out with a second '' Stick 2 the Script'' in 2009. In 2010, Statik Selektah dropped another album '' 100 Proof: The Hangover'' which reached 37 on Billboard's Heatseeker Albums Chart. Besides dropping his own albums, he also has produced on many other artist's projects. Statik currently has a show on Thursday nights on

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's Shade 45 XM/Sirus Radio Station. 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

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, he announced a song off his next album, ''Population Control'', called "Groupie Love" which features

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. 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

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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 his tenth 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) *

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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) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Lucky 7'' (2015) * '' 8'' (2017) * ''The Balancing Act'' (2020) * ''Round Trip'' (2023)

Collaboration albums

* ''All in a Day's Work'' (with

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) (2009) * ''

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'' (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

) (2011) * ''Lyrical Workout'' (with

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) (2011) * ''

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'' (with

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) (2011) * ''State of Grace'' (mixtape) (with Slaine) (2011) * '' Well-Done'' (with

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) (2011) * '' Straight, No Chaser'' (with

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) (2012) * ''

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'' (with Termanology as 1982) (2012) * ''Stereo Type'' (EP) (with

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) (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

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) (2013) * '' The Proposal'' (with Ransom) (2013) * '' Still Blue'' (with Jared Evan) (2014) * '' Statik KXNG'' (with

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– as Statik KXNG) (2016) * ''Saints X Sinners'' (2017) * ''Ugly Face'' (2017) * ''Still 1982'' (2018) * ''Piecework'' (2019) * ''

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'' (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) * ''To See a Sunset'' (2023) * ''TrillStatik 3'' (2023) * ''TrillStatik 4'' (2024) *''Once in a Blue Moon'' (2024) *''A Lost Language Found'' (2025)

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)''

References

External links

Showoff Records website

Statik Selektah intimate interview on Conspiracy Worldwide Radio Sep 2010
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