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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 in 2008. Other artists he produced for recently 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: Los Angeles. In March 2008, Selektah and Saigon recorded All In A Day's Work in a 24 hour period, and was acclaimed by critics. After a world tour with Q-tip throughout the first quarter of 2009, Statik is preparing his 3rd studio album, The Hangover, due Summer 2009 on Showoff/Brick Records. www.showoffhiphop.com ~ Cyril Cordor, All Music Guide

WPEA 90.5 fm, Exeter NH (1996-1998)
WERS 88.9 Boston (2000)
WBOT Hot 97.7 Boston (2002-2004)
Shade 45 Sirius NYC (2005-present)
WBLX 92.9 Mobile, AL (2004-present)
KMJJ Shreveport, LA (2006-2008)
WXFA Augusta, GA - 2008-Present
WIZF Cincinnati (2007-present, mixer weekends)

Print:
The Source
XXL
Scratch
Hip Hop Weekly
Hip Hop Connection (UK)
Boston Herald
Boston Phoenix
Vibe Magazine
Remix Mag
Weekly Dig

Online:
Allhiphop.com
SOHH.com
HipHopGame.com
HipHopDx.com
YoRaps.com
MTVNews.com
XXLMag.com
Rapmullet.com
Nobodysmiling.com
Sixshot.com
Nahright.com
Onsmash.com
Urb.com
and 100s of other premier websites.

TV:
MTV Mixtape Mondays
Featured Dj on Rap City in 2005

Awards:
#5 Album on Dj Premier’s top 20 albums of 2007
Mixtape of The Year @ the 2006 MIC Boston Hip Hop Awards
Statik Selektah ranked #2 Mixtape DJ of 2005 on Str8HipHop.com in 2006

Spell My Name Right: The Album (Showoff Records, Nov 2007)
Stick 2 The Script(Showoff Records, Oct 2008)
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Beat 102/The Lost & Damned EP(RockStar Games Feb 2009)
All In A Day's Work (with Saigon, Amalgam Digital, March 2009)
The Hangover (summer 2009)

Mixtapes:

Something to Front On(Sept 2000)
Wakin You Up(Feb 2001)
Spell My Name Right 1(unreleased) (2001)
Spell My Name Right 2(Sept 2001)
SMNR 3: UnderStand yet(Dec 2001)
SMNR 4: The Streets (Feb 2002)
SMNR5: THE ALLSTAR JUMP OFF hosted by Chubby Chub (July 2002)
Digiwaxx MixshowPowerSummit Extravaganza (Sept 2002)
SMNR6: MAJOR THREAT hosted by Talib Kweli (October 2002)
SMNR7: CITY ON SMASH (January 2003)
Manhattan Clothing Mix Volumes 1 & 2 (2003)
Digiwaxx MixshowPowerSummit Extravaganza 2 (sept 2003)
SMNR 8: Major Threat 2004 Hosted by Gangstarr (dec 2003)
SMNR 9: Its A Problem hosted by Method Man (April 2004)
Akon's Trouble Album Snippet/Sampler (May 2004, SRC Records)
SMNR 10: Temperature's Rising hosted By Mobb Deep(August 2004)
Reggae Smashment 2004, japan-only release, Nov 2004
The Champs Are Here, Boston Hip Hop CD, Nov 2004
The Get Lifted Soul Mixtape, Hosted by John Legend, Dec 2004
Nas "The Prophecy" Mix CD, Dec 2004
The Champs Are Here Vol 2, May 2005
Royce da 5'9's "The King Is Back", June 2005
Reggae Smashment: The Classics, July 2005
AZ's "Welcome to My World" Mix-CD, October 2005
G-Unit Records' "The Empire Strikes Back", December 2005
Nas “The Prophecy Vol 2”, Dec 2006
Royce da 5’9 “The Bar Exam”, May 2007
Termanology “Hood Politics Volumes 2-5” (2003-2007)
Ali Vegas “Leader Of The New School”, March 2008
Mad Rapper “Appreciate The Hate”, Sept 2008





















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