Behind the Beat: Statik Selektah "In The Wind" feat. Joey Bada$$, Big K.R.I.T., Chauncy Sherod

Statik Selektah takes you through the process of how me made the beat for track 6 off of his "Lucky 7" project. Check out the project by clicking here.

"The Imperial" by Statik Selektah ft. Action Bronson, Royce da 5'9" & Black Thought

"I know I'm sorta pompous, no type of moral compass/

Go right the fuck up in your mouth like I'm the orthodontist/

Some rappers is just startin out, but me I'm more accomplished/

The imperial Black Thought from the foreign objects/"

This shit is dope. A nice boom-bap beat that perfectly suits the style of all 3 of these raw emcees. Black Thought got twice as much airtime as the other two, but I ain't complainin' one bit. Check it.

"Serial Killers Vol. 1" by Xzibit, B-Real & Demrick [Mixtape Stream]

Happy Halloween! If you can't already feel the eery mood in the air, Xzibit, B-Real & Demrick are here to supply it. The collaboration of the 3 emcees forms the group Serial Killers, and this self-titled project is their first. It features some joints produced by ILL BILL, C-Lance, Green Lantern, Statik Selektah, and features verses from Jon Connor, Hopsin, Kurupt & a couple others. Check it.

"1996" by Ransom [Music Video]

"You know the script, was freezing when it was cold as shit/
Winter time, stayed with a runny nose cuz my coat was ripped/
And niggas noticed it, said I was poor as hell/
That's what I rap with such vision, cuz I got more to tell/"

Ransom just released this video for a track from his recently released project with Statik Selektah, "The Proposal". Check the album out on iTunes.

"It's A Queens Thing" by Action Bronson & Kool G Rap (Prod. by Statik Selektah)

"Eyes shining like diamonds, smiling like new veneers/
Fuck her once, left a souvenir/
Plus she take it through the rear door/
I watched her change, now she ballin, got a clear floor/"

I like this track. It's gotta sick Statik Selektah produced beat to it, and both Action Bronson and Kool G Rap did their thing. I'm not a huge fan of Action Bronson, his voice annoys me sometimes but I didn't mind him in this song. This track's from Tony Touch's mixtape, "Piecemaker 3: Return of the 50 MC's", which drops July 9th.

"Like Water" by Pro Era

"But it ain't happening, we mad at shit/
Still managing, yo can I bust if I got cannabis/
A half a zip could have her pants unzipped/
Ain't never romantic shit, so don't be saddened if you couldn't have a kiss/"

Not a huge fan of Joey Bada$$, even though it seems like there's plenty of people who think he's really dope. But I decided to check this track and it's pretty sick. I honestly prefer Capital STEEZ and CJ Fly over Joey Bada$$, in this song at least. The Statik Selektah beat is sick as hell, and the scratching in it makes it even better. I liked the visuals too, they matched the mood of the beat perfect. But yea, sick track with a nice classic hip-hop feel. Check it.

"We Movin" by AZ

"Up in Mercedes whips, new Gucci blue navy kicks/
Hair wavy, stay fly in the 80's tip/
What can they say to this, let em pray and wish/
At any minute the nigga could 100K the wrist/"

This song's sick. AZ's still killing shit, and keeping it lyrical as hell. I was never huge into AZ but I know a few of his older songs. His flow's so smooth and fits together perfect. Sometimes I like tracks with this mood too. When the beat doesn't even have hard drums, just nice mellow drums over a soulful sample. The Statik Selektah produced track isn't from an album as far as I know, just a single at this point. But yea, check this shit!

"21 & Over" by Statik Selektah ft. Mac Miller & Sean Price

"Hell of a drug, Sean Price, hell of a thug/
Hang with Sheen, I got elephant blood/
Listen to me, y'all better not listen to me/
Fuck around and catch a case tryna be like P/"

Statik Selektah works miracles. Not even just as a DJ and producer, but as a man bringing two talented artists together. That's right. This dude got Sean Price and Mac Miller on a track. They both spit some humorous bars over the grimy instrumental. And they actually sounded alright together since they were both being goofs and just talkin shit over the record. Sometimes not giving a fuck is the key to making dope shit. But yea. Random collab, I can dig it tho. Check it.