Starlito's Way: September 2008

Monday, September 15, 2008

Look Mom, I've gone digital

First of all before you read any further, IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AND HAVEN'T REGISTERED:

Saturday night following the Southern Heritage Classic I partied with my childhood idol, Penny Hardaway. Between Level 2, The Recording Studio, The Road, The Rose, The Patron, The Purple Stuff, and the other purple stuff Memphis was a blur this weekend. I do know TSU is 3-0, Vanderbilt is 3-0, The Titans are 2-0, and i'm 2-0 in my Fantasy Football League. I'm just about finished with "CASH MONEY LAUNDERING" as I had scrapped about half of the original records I had for it. 1 video has been finished, and 1 more is in production along with one for a self titled "Grind Hard" Album. Stay tuned with me and Stay focused as I don't see any limitations or barriers. My pockets aren't nervous, so my 'competition' (LOL) should be.

I really intended to write less and leave these gifts:

MY NEW SINGLE feat. Lil' Wayne "Crazy"

Kush drops this week! ("CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW")

Kush feat. Yo Gotti & All Star- "I'm on my $#!T"

Mike J coming soon!!! ("TALES FROM THE TRAP")

Mike J feat. All Star-"Thoughts of a Hustler"

Send business inquiries to: ghonlinebiz@gmail.com

DJ's: allstar.musicblast@gmail.com

Producers/Beats: Loyaltybeats@gmail.com

VOTE OBAMA '08

"That's L-I-T-O, smoking on the best but don't tell my P.O."

-All Star, (2008) from "I Love You Too" on Cash Money Laundering

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

13 hour school daze...

"It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you..."

Sorry that I haven't been blogging...I haven't been on the road quite as much, which is my most comfortable sanctuary to write. I'm back and I will have a 3.5 or higher (pray for me). Maybe I should be taking notes instead of blogging but whose paying attention with 200+ students. I'm staying awake the best way I know how. My books are heavy (and unreasonably priced), my days are long (I'm a night owl), and I'm trying to gain 15 pounds. I know that last one had nothing to do with anything else, but it should let you know how torn I am between writing to you and listening to my professor. 3 hour lectureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (sorry I dozed off). I'm just like you!!! (only different).

My teacher is playing with a KORG Triton keyboard. That's the same keyboard Fate Eastwood used to make every track on my early 2004 release "Vol. 3 It's about Business". I must say Fate revolutionized "my sound" and also gave me a clearer vision for how to efficiently operate my own work environment. [SIDEBAR:Fate did my artwork on that mixtape also]

The irony is that I dropped out of college the day that CD released. I failed every course I was taking that semester, but I did sell tens of thousands (10,000+) of discs, made a nice sum of money, and secured an independent deal with Yo Gotti's Inevitable Ent. Certain things college can't compensate for and that was the last 3 plus years.

Conversely, I've sinced constructed 2 studio set-ups of my own, launched several active lucrative web operations, and independently toured for the last 3 calendars. The money has come and gone just like any other hustle, and that's where I decided to transform from hustle to career. I'd rather admit that I don't know everything, submit my mind to learning, and come out better than I went in. Did you know that Yamaha popularized MIDI in 1983 with the "DX7"?

See I am paying attention. I'm going to take notes now, and give you a free song or 3 later.

"Cash Money Laundering" coming soon

Mike J "Tales from the Trap" coming soon

Kush "Can you hear me Now?"-THIS WEEKEND

Fate Eastwood "Dirty Harry" coming soon

Until then,

I remain,

LITO

BIOGRAPHY (As scribed from an observant soul)

"December 15th, '84 A Star was born..."

-All Star "Life Story" (2007)

That opening line from his double disc Street Album "$tarlito's Way 2" doesn't begin to explain "The Jermaine Shute experience". The opening track, approximately 6 minutes in length, attempted to summarize his life. A challenge to say the least. The same could be said for his life and career. Born and Raised in Nashville, TN (the Eastern Side to be specific) graduated school via the Magnet School programs, attended college for two years, and likewise excelled as a street scholar. His time as a youth was divided evenly between scholastics, athletics, and pain. In the environment commonly referred to as "the hood", options are often few and far between. A good student often has to spend more time studying then reaping the benefits, especially financially. Athletically, you stand a less than 1 percent chance of making it even with exceptional talent. The pain of a young man raised by a single mother, witnessing the alternate route (hustling), witnessing a slain step-father to be, losing both uncles (one to the prison system for 20 years to Life and the other to a terminal illness) , and dealing with heightened expectations drove a young man nearly crazy, but even further it drove him toward the streets and the ink pen. The Streets led to the usual...trouble. The ink pen led to the goal....Money, Cash Money to be exact. At 20, after spending a little over a year releasing a series of self-executed straight to the streets mixtapes, he inked a deal with Yo Gotti's inevitable Ent. leading to a chance meeting and eventual multi-million dollar deal with Cash Money/Universal Motown. In the time since, with the unfortunate circumstances of Hurricane Katrina, his solo career has seesawed from near stardom to a near stand still. The death of a close friend, and the slight depression that followed altered his life, work ethic, and lead to even more legal troubles. Nevertheless, talents speaks volumes louder than controversy just as perseverance outweighs adversity. All Star, awarded SEA mixtape artist of the year 2005 & 2006, never ceased to release the quality music that took him from local to regional. Based on the quality body of work assembled through both his Grind Hard Series and the Starlito's Way Series, with a little push from Universal Records he is poised and prime to go just that...Universal.

His Grind Hard entity has expanded from a hood movement to an enterprise; with associated Music Group, Multimedia Management, and clothing line. When you get past the often non descript yet tattooed image, you find a charming ambitious humanitarian. His initiatives/goals include a voting drive, and a scholarship fund. In his own words, "Stardom transcends appeal. (you're)...the only one who can identify truth within yourself, so everything else besides your moral responsibility is irrelevant." A Star shines, and some people are born for this, with that being said December 15th A Star was born. All Star that is.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Look Mom, I've gone digital

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

13 hour school daze...

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