Back to Dust is a studio album by Albany, New York-based rapper Sev Statik and Atlanta-based producer DJ Dust, originally released on October 9, 2007, through Rawkus Records. It was the fourth studio release by Sev Statik and the second studio release for DJ Dust. Back to Dust features numerous guest appearances, including Manchild and Playdough of Deepspace5, Theory Hazit, Supastition, LMNO of The Visionaries, and Raphi, Griffin, and Triune of Tunnel Rats. The album was selected by Rawkus for inclusion in its "Rawkus 50" promotional campaign, and was released as a digital download. A physical version of the album was released on July 7, 2008, through Braille's Hip Hop IS Music label. Back to Dust met with critical acclaim. In 2010, Theory Hazit released a remixed version of the album.

Sev Statik was active as a rapper in the Albany area since the early 1990s. After released two EPs in 1996, in 1997 he co-founded the supergroup Deepspace5 and joined the West Coast hip hop collective Tunnel Rats. In 2002, Sev Statik released his debut studio album, Speak Life. Two more studio recordings followed: Slow Burn in 2005 and Sliver LP in 2007.

DJ Dust was active as a DJ for the group Indianapolis group deadpoetsociety during the mid 1990s. In 1998, while at a conference, he met Manchild, a member of The Pride and a co-founder of Deepspace5. The two founded the project Mars Ill, and DJ Dust also joined the Deepspace5 collective. DJ Dust released a solo album, No Fame, in 2006.

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