Establishing his own spot amongst the ranks of East Coast hip-hop's seminal… Read Full Bio ↴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 Records 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 album in 2008. Other artists he has produced for following that 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. He also DJed for Q-tip on his 2009 Renassaince World Tour. Statik just dropped his third studio album, 100 Proof: The Hangover on Showoff/Brick Records.
In 2010 Statik Selektah released his fourth album, Population Control, on Duck Down Records to critical acclaim boasting features from a mix of up and coming MC's and well established veterans.
Statik's fifth album, Extended Play, was released on June 18, 2013, and features Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Raekwon, Sean Price, Mac Miller, Black Thought, Noreaga, Lecrae, Lil' Fame, Styles P, Mike Posner, Termanology, Freddie Gibbs, Bun B, Joell Ortiz, Posdnuos of De La Soul, Talib Kweli, Troy Ave., Hit-Boy, Smif-N-Wessun, Flatbush Zombies, and many many more.
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 Records 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 album in 2008. Other artists he has produced for following that 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. He also DJed for Q-tip on his 2009 Renassaince World Tour. Statik just dropped his third studio album, 100 Proof: The Hangover on Showoff/Brick Records.
In 2010 Statik Selektah released his fourth album, Population Control, on Duck Down Records to critical acclaim boasting features from a mix of up and coming MC's and well established veterans.
Statik's fifth album, Extended Play, was released on June 18, 2013, and features Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Raekwon, Sean Price, Mac Miller, Black Thought, Noreaga, Lecrae, Lil' Fame, Styles P, Mike Posner, Termanology, Freddie Gibbs, Bun B, Joell Ortiz, Posdnuos of De La Soul, Talib Kweli, Troy Ave., Hit-Boy, Smif-N-Wessun, Flatbush Zombies, and many many more.
Put Jewels on It
Statik Selektah Lyrics
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Hey, Statik
Meet me at Max Fish, like 2, woo
2AM
Aye
I came up on some brain-blown-full-of-smoke, living-in-a-Terrordome
That-kid-born-to-kill-a-king-with-my-hand shit
Put 'em up, runners run amok, gonna gun 'em up
Sun 'em up, what a run of luck, I'm a ton of fun
Fuckers wanna run it up, stunna runner up
I'm a number 1, wake up with the sun, thinkin' make a buck
What a clutch, every buck he touch getting crumpled up
Suck it up, fold the fuckers guts 'til he double up
Double down, dummies get a crown when I'm in the dust
Dead and done so that he delayed baby, wait baby
This is not a drill, baby, Jamie is a thrill
$100,000 bill, y'all, all laws get the deal
What a odd duck
I don't bow to Zod or no man, what
Roll me like you POTUS in an ocean made of klan nut
And Mikey, most of these soldiers are simply so-called
The holster they holding is empty
The toaster that they imagine they venting
And putting holes in their enemies simply doesn't exist
We Buffalo run 'em off cliff
Look at Mikey flow, look at Mikey go
Look at Mikey, Jamie making milli and nobody know
Mikey he went maniac like Wayne when he went Wayne-iac
And did a milli but I been this silly, really
And you motherfuckers really know that you've been really feel me
But you hid emotions, so I know you fuckers really fear me, fear me
Fuck your coulda shoulda woulda stooda stutter
I'm a mother-fucker, ask your baby mother, mother fucker music, boy
Talking jheri curl greasy, boy
Nigga with an attitude, Westside Atlanta, young Eazy, boy
Beat your girl, flapjack flat flapback black flow flipper flap flap
Take that, I don't argue, hoe nigga
Get nervous in my old age, ball nobody
Make your self known or take a shot to a body
I only trust Jamie, I don't trust nobody
And if you fuck with him, bullet holes in yo' body
Like who really run this?
Who really run that man that say he run?
Banging on my adversaries
Like who really run this?
Who really run that man that say he run?
The bright lights of fuckery stuck in me, automatic
Who really run this?
Who really run that man that say he run?
Violence might be necessary
Who really run this?
Who really run that man that say he run?
The bright lights of fuckery stuck in me (Statik)
Who want it? Put jewels on it
Who want it?
Who want it?
Who want it? Put jewels on it
Who want it?
Who want it?
Put jewels on it
Put jewels on it
Meet me at Max Fish, like 2, woo
2AM
Aye
I came up on some brain-blown-full-of-smoke, living-in-a-Terrordome
That-kid-born-to-kill-a-king-with-my-hand shit
Put 'em up, runners run amok, gonna gun 'em up
Fuckers wanna run it up, stunna runner up
I'm a number 1, wake up with the sun, thinkin' make a buck
What a clutch, every buck he touch getting crumpled up
Suck it up, fold the fuckers guts 'til he double up
Double down, dummies get a crown when I'm in the dust
Dead and done so that he delayed baby, wait baby
This is not a drill, baby, Jamie is a thrill
$100,000 bill, y'all, all laws get the deal
What a odd duck
I don't bow to Zod or no man, what
Roll me like you POTUS in an ocean made of klan nut
And Mikey, most of these soldiers are simply so-called
The holster they holding is empty
The toaster that they imagine they venting
And putting holes in their enemies simply doesn't exist
We Buffalo run 'em off cliff
Look at Mikey flow, look at Mikey go
Look at Mikey, Jamie making milli and nobody know
Mikey he went maniac like Wayne when he went Wayne-iac
And did a milli but I been this silly, really
And you motherfuckers really know that you've been really feel me
But you hid emotions, so I know you fuckers really fear me, fear me
Fuck your coulda shoulda woulda stooda stutter
I'm a mother-fucker, ask your baby mother, mother fucker music, boy
Talking jheri curl greasy, boy
Nigga with an attitude, Westside Atlanta, young Eazy, boy
Beat your girl, flapjack flat flapback black flow flipper flap flap
Take that, I don't argue, hoe nigga
Get nervous in my old age, ball nobody
Make your self known or take a shot to a body
I only trust Jamie, I don't trust nobody
And if you fuck with him, bullet holes in yo' body
Like who really run this?
Who really run that man that say he run?
Banging on my adversaries
Like who really run this?
Who really run that man that say he run?
The bright lights of fuckery stuck in me, automatic
Who really run this?
Who really run that man that say he run?
Violence might be necessary
Who really run this?
Who really run that man that say he run?
The bright lights of fuckery stuck in me (Statik)
Who want it? Put jewels on it
Who want it?
Who want it?
Who want it? Put jewels on it
Who want it?
Who want it?
Put jewels on it
Put jewels on it
The lyrics to Statik Selektah's song "Put Jewels On It" depict the artist's confidence and a sense of power in his craft. He starts by referencing his upbringing in a challenging environment, describing himself as a "kid born to kill a king with my hand." He asserts his dominance, proclaiming that he is a force to be reckoned with and that he will outshine any competition. The lyrics also touch on themes of deception and false bravado, implying that many individuals pretend to be powerful but ultimately lack substance.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the idea of showcasing one's value and worth. The phrase "put jewels on it" symbolizes adding value and significance to something, whether it be one's talent or reputation. The artist challenges others to step up and prove themselves, questioning who truly holds power and influence in the industry. He also acknowledges the allure and temptations of fame and success, describing them as "bright lights of fuckery" that can distract and corrupt.
Overall, "Put Jewels On It" showcases Statik Selektah's self-assuredness and refusal to be undermined by anyone. It explores themes of authenticity, competition, and the complexities of the music industry.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
Written by: JAIME MELINE, MICHAEL RENDER, PATRICK OWEN BARIL
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CrackSizzlack
Statik is killing shit right now. The East Coast Boom Bap Ambassador !!
campfire247
It amazes how run the jewels consistently manages to get better as time goes on
kuppakassi
campfire247 but El-P solo is better
Just Jordon
+Blastmaster KRS-One not true
kuppakassi
Just Jordon not true if you a new fan 😅
Just Jordon
+Blastmaster KRS-One lol just because I don't agree with your opinion I'm a new fan? Lol grow up
kuppakassi
Just Jordon heh just kiddin
sendingmaniac
I can safely that this track is a goddamn classic! Killer Mike! Holy fucking shit. Legendary stuff.
h0llyw00d h0g4n
El-P deserves more praise. That cat is wayyyyy underrated.
gardensofthegods
I loved him years ago in a song called Afterburner , with Slug , and Serum ... always tell people listen to the very ending... what the two people are saying .
And they had another song on that album I liked a lot , Revolutions .