Statik Selektah Quotes

Brooklyn just got that energy to me that's so hip-hop and so New York City. You know, New York City is the grittiest city in the world.
Especially in hip-hop, no one takes responsibility for their actions.
Every person I meet is a rapper, DJ, or makes beats.
Every record I make, I want people to feel what I used to feel when I used to crack open a CD and press play.
Gang Starr was like the blueprint of my career.
I come from a traditional hip-hop background.
I definitely try to go above and beyond with live mixing and scratching.
I don't do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card.
I get mad if I'm not presented as an actual artist on tour. I don't want to be seen as just some DJ that plays between sets. I have a bigger brand than that.
I grew up in a city - it's called Lawrence, Massachusetts. It's about half an hour north of Boston. When my parents got divorced, I moved to New Hampshire because my father worked up there.
I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody's album.
I had completely changed from being a mixtape DJ to being a producer and working with Nas and stuff like that.
I kinda gave my childhood to hip-hop, literally. I didn't go to parties in high school. All I did - well, I was DJing parties in high school.
I learned so much from listening to Jay-Z, M.O.P. and Gang Starr.
I started radio, actually, when I was 13. I started DJing when I was 13, but later in that year, I started a high school station at Phillips Academy. I didn't actually go there, but it was in the town I went to high school in. So literally, within six months of DJing, they started mailing me records; it was crazy.
I want to do more R&B, more reggae, everything.
I've always been like the No. 1 Boston hip-hop fan.
Life imitates art and back around.
My mother used to stop me from going to DJ battles. I'd, like, cry, get really upset.
Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.
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