Mass. MC/Producer combo bring it back to 1982

Termanology and Statik Selektah, both from Lawrence, MA, released 1982 on 10/22. This track, "Goin' Back," features nice verses from Cassidy and Xzibit and no chorus. It's garnered a good amount of attention for the duo's first official album together, getting airplay on JAMN 94.5 lately.

Termanology first gained himself national attention with his 2006 track "Watch How It Go Down," produced by DJ Premier, which landed him in XXL magazine's "Show & Prove" column, after already being featured in The Source magazine's "Unsigned Hype" column in 2005.

Statik Selektah is a producer who has worked with MC's like Nas, Royce Da 5'9, Mobb Deep, Freddie Gibbs, and KRS-One. His album 100 Proof: The Hangover that came out this year reached number 37 on Billboard's Heatseeker Albums chart.

1982 isn't really a retro sound, the name is just a sign of respect for that famous era of hip-hop. The sound is fresh and the album as a whole seems like something Statik and Term have been waiting a while to finally make happen. This makes them a promising duo, and hopefully they'll keep it coming in the future.