What can I say about Statik Selektah at this point? Honestly, the only thing you need to know about this Boston bred, New York DeeJay is that the Iconic DJ Premier has co-signed the fuck outta him. In my opinion... 'nuff said!!! I've been witnessing Statik's career progress in person for the last decade. From catchin' him cut it up live at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA back when I was in college in the early 2000's to witnessing him basically blow up in NYC in the last few years, I've had the pleasure of watching Statik live out his dreams of making a successful career out of doing his life's passion: HIP HOP. Most recently, he's put out the official Reflection Eternal Mixtape "The RE:Union" for their upcoming LP due in stores this quarter. In the past he's made an album with Saigon titled "All In a Day's Work" where he produced all the beats and Sai recorded the whole shit in one day. My favorite beat I heard from him recently is off the O.C. & A.G. album "Oasis." He did the title track for that album and it's so reminiscent of the golden era. Statik Selektah is one of the realest producers to do it. He makes REAL shit. No ring tone BULLSHIT.
He released his third official studio compilation LP, "100 Proof: The Hangover," this past Tuesday, February 2nd and held his record release party at the legendary S.O.B.'s in Manhattan last night (www.SOBs.com). I was fortunate enough to get into to this event last night despite forgetting my tickets at home (big up to Dan Green at www.clockwork-music.com for lettin' me get in without my tix!!!). This show was the show of the year at this point and it'll be hard to top. It ran through a bunch of MCs who are all featured on the "100 Proof" album. The line-up he had hit the stage last night was epic and included:
Jon Hope (http://www.myspace.com/jonhope401)
Kali (http://twitter.com/kaliraps)
Donnie Goines (www.Twitter.com/DonnyGoines)
Joe Scudda (www.twitter.com/JoeScudda)
Sha Stimuli (www.Twitter.com/ShaStimuli)
REKS (www.myspace.com/reksmdiesel)
Termanology (www.Twitter.com/TermanologyST)
Torae (www.Twitter.com/Torae )
Skyzoo (www.Twitter.com/TheRealSkyzoo)
Bahamadia (www.Twitter.com/Bahamadia)
Freeway (www.Twitter.com/PhillyFreezer)
Styles P (www.Twitter.com/TheRealStylesP)
DJ Premier (www.Twitter.com/DJPremierBlog)
Smif-N-Wessun (www.Twitter.com/TekSmokeeLah)
Buckshot (www.Twitter.com/BuckshotTheBDI)
Peep the video footage of Styles P and Freeway killin' it live last night below:
On top of the all star line-up, Freddie Foxxx was scheduled to perform as well but couldn't after knocking out some dude from the Deceps. Something happened downstairs and mad bouncers ran down. Later I was informed by the famous photographer Mel D. Cole (www.Twitter.com/MelDCole) that Freddie knocked out the same dude who earlier crashed the stage to tell everyone to tuck in their chains, 'cause his Decepticon crew was goin' to snatch them. This guy was wasted, talkin' mad shit and apparently, the man they call Bumpy Knuckles (for good reason), just fucked him up. Check pics of this and more of the show here: http://www.villageslum.com/photos/
My personal favorite performance of the night was from Sha Stimuli. For those of you who don't know, he's Lord Digga's brother and one of the nicest MCs of all time. His debut album came out late last year titled "My Soul To Keep" and I ranked it in my Top Ten Albums of 2009. He wowed the crowd last night and spit classic verses with practically an effortless ease. He's a beast on the mic with lines like, "You hit the snooze button 'cause you ain't ready for son (sun)." He's ridiculous and a mad cool dude. I met him and he was most humble and appreciative of the compliments I had for his performance. Unfortunately, he didn't know Freeway was in the house last night and they missed a great opportunity to perform the Just Blaze produced joint "Move Back" they did together on "My Soul To Keep."
All in all, this event was the culmination of the hard work and dedication to a dying craft that Statik Selektah has been grinding on for the past decade. He's gone from being a small-time DJ from Lawrence, MA to being one of the most sought after producers in Hip Hop. The show was a blast and Statik definitely knows how to rock a crowd. I wish him much success in 2010.
Be sure to follow Statik Selektah on Twitter at: www.Twitter.com/StatikSelekt
Also, check his official website at: http://www.showoffhiphop.com/
To cop "100 Proof: The Hangover" go to iTunes here: iTunes
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