Just days after the highly anticipated ShadyXV cut “Detroit Vs. Everybody” was released, Statik Selektah, the producer behind the record, spoke about his initial response to fans questioning his appearance on the track despite not hailing from Detroit. The cut, in line with its title, features Detroit rappers Eminem, Royce Da 5’9, Big Sean, Danny Brown, DeJ Loaf and Trick Trick.
“I understand a real Detroit fan that was like, ‘I wish the producer was from Detroit,’” Statik Selektah says during an exclusive interview with HipHopDX that premiered in the DX Daily today (November 13). “But guess what? No disrespect to anybody there. I love Black Milk and I love Apollo Brown. Besides that, I don’t know anyone and they chose me. I don’t know what else to say. I love those dudes. It’s like Q-Tip and ‘Crooklyn.’ But yo, if I got that song in my e-mail and Black Milk produced it, I’d go in on it because it’s a good fucking record. I was fortunate enough to have it and I’ve been paying dues with Shady for a long time as far as being on the radio. I’ve done Eminem records before, but they were featuring him. I needed this, man. It’s a great feeling.”
After disclosing how the collaboration came about in an interview last month, Statik Selektah reveals why James Brown’s 1970 hit “Funky Drummer” was instrumental in the final version of the ShadyXV record.
“When I made the beat, I could picture Eminem on it because I’ve been on a mission to get a record with Eminem—like an actual Em’ record,” Statik Selektah says during the interview, which was conducted after a show with Joey Bada$$ at Irvine Plaza in New York for his B4.DA.$$ tour. “So in my head, I’m thinking I got an Em’ record made. What else could it be? If it was Slaughterhouse, I don’t think it would’ve been the same involvement with Paul [Rosenberg, Eminem’s manager]. I think he would’ve sent me to an A&R or somebody. Paul was like, ‘Nah.’ Everything was between me and him the whole time. Not my manager. Nobody. It was an e-mail that said, ‘We don’t have much time.’ That’s how I knew it was for Eminem, because I knew ShadyXV was coming. I sent him all of it and then I went on tour.
“Now I’m on tour for a week with [Joey Bada$$],” Statik Selektah continues. “We’re in San Francisco and Rosenberg reaches out and says ‘Yo, we gotta rework the drums.’ So I ended up reworking the drums mad times over clearances and shit. And then at the end of the day, another three weeks go by and I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ Then I get the paperwork from the label. All that goes through and now it’s official. At the end of it, they kept the original drums, which is amazing because I didn’t want to change them. It’s James Brown’s ‘Funky Drummer.’ I didn’t sample the record ‘Funky Drummer.’ I sampled the session. There was some issue clearing it, but they cleared it, though. At the end of the day, I never heard the record until last night at midnight when everyone else heard it.”
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nobody cares about detroit
need sum gun rule niggas instead L.a.d willie da kid bronze nazarath
yo i fucks with l.a.d and willie but havent heard them in a minute
dej loaf ruined that song
Detroit vs. Everybody. I guess “Everybody” was Statik, and the artists from Detroit were going up against his beat.
He did make a shitty beat once again. Doesn’t matter how good reputation he has for being a “good” producer, he doesn’t deliver anything else than a good sample with very amateurish and dull drums. Yes, he uses classic hiphop drum kits and not trap – thank god for that. It still doesn’t make his beats automatically good.
hes got some fire dont sleep but this one was wack to me too
Static Selektah, Eminem, Action Bronson, and Harry Fraud love sticking together
That beat sucks. It sounds like a throwaway em beat from years ago. All those niggas weak as fuck on that song. Slim shoulda got some REAL detroit niggas like Dice,Raazaq,Seven the general,Jiggsaw,Big herk….Nobody but teens in the burbs bumpin weak ass danny brown n big sean.
Statik is fucking garbage, mediocre at best and his producers albums suck ass like every other producer’s album. He’s a rich white prep school kid who works cheap, OK, he’s sort of ‘helping brothers out’ but his music is straight ass and has zero replay value.
no hesnot
Amen
My niece got harder beats then Statik. My niece LMAO!!
Should’ve got Helluva to produce it. Everybody in the D knows that his beats stay knocking. I’m still getting the album when it drops cause I love my D music. Why ain’t K DEEZY on the track???
Black Milk should have made the beat!
Statik sucks. I know like 10 kids on my block that make better beats then him!!!
Thats how the rap game is. Its all about who u know. 80% of theses niggas sucks at beats and mixin shit today. Niggas mix all bass n u cant hear no damn instruments
Oh of course the old, “this guys sucks, I know 10 guys who could rap better or this guys can’t rap I know 10 guys who should have deal over this guy” Shut the f*ck up with that bullsh*t
Really? He’s dope, take a listen to Bird’s Eye View and tell me he sucks
Bird’s Eye view is like the only good beat he ever made. Listen to the rest of his shit and tell me he’s good GTFOH