Born in Boston, Statik Selektah came in the game during the mid-'00s with a series of productions that nodded to the boom-bap template of DJ Premier while also introducing his own fresh take on the rugged sound. 2007's Spell My Name Right: The Album established his talent for hand-picking artists for songs—a formula he's stuck with through the years as he's paired Bun B with Wale, lined up Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ and Black Thought on a track, and coined the odd coupling of Sean Price and Mac Miller. Fierce scratches from Statik always ensure each outing gels.