I didn't want to do this...

FEAR GUILT, LOVE TRUTH


Toooooo many rappers have jacked this beat, and "Terminader Gold 60" was supposed to be my exit strategy for the mixtape/jacked beats songs. I could've resisted, and I chose not to.

It was 50/50 between the fact that seemingly several hundred people have asked me to, and because I got an early flight and didnt wanna sleep. So, I drove across town to my studio (which I hadn't had the urge to do recently) and I rapped.


"Beggin' My Freedom, Be My Friend, or Belittle My Future"

I really liked Rick Ross' song at first listen, and still don't think anybody else did it much justice. I figured rather than drop a bunch of names, I should take the peaked interest and give you a piece of my mind.

I don't want to whine about my woes with a record label, I want progress. A heightened awareness is what I felt like bringing about, because I believe people ask me about my situation most frequently. I don't have the answers. I do know what's real, and that's my desire to move forward as professional rap artist.

I don't even have to know why things turned so sour, I just want my release to be signed off on...

-STARLITO



Unrelated: But I'm reading "THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE"...i'm on Day 9.

The Snowstorm of 2010

Nashville, TN (GH News)
@2336iwasgitbwrd

About 5 inches of Snow hit the Middle Tennessee area this past weekend, leaving roads iced and schools closed. While stuck in his humble abode due to the inclement weather, Rap Monster SAINT ASSAULT RIFLE LITO took the time to record and release two new tracks. The 9 minutes and 11 seconds of recordings (9:11) were both covers of Neptunes productions.

The first, Lupe Fiasco's "I'm Beamin"

The second, Clipse "Champion"

HERE ARE HIS INTERPRETATIONS:

THE SNOWSTORM OF 2010 (collectively)
"I'm Beaming/Ugly Girls"
"Champion $tarstyle"

Starlito has been working at a feverish pace since Late Spring, when he took a vacation and never returned during his second tour to college.

He released (Click on titles to Download FREE):

"I Love You Too"

"I Love You Too Much:The Necessary Evils" w/ DJ Folk

"Tenn-a-keyan 3:Comics, Sports, Crimes & Courts" w/ DJ Crisis

"I Still Love You: Live from the Back of Class" w/ DJ Burn One

"Tenn-a-Keyan 3.5: I'll Shoot Through Ya"

also featured heavily on Cocaine Muzik 3 & 4, with solid ties to Yo Gotti and their I.E. label brand.

I've learned through listening to this RAP MONSTER, as i'll continue to call him, that you must in fact LISTEN to him. With all of these releases there is a great deal of quality and substance within, something todays rap game often lacks. The titles are hyperlinks. You may wanna take a sec and update your iPods/iTunes

Oh yeah, consider that just 2 weeks from now he is scheduled to release TWO MORE mixtapes.

LIVING IN THE PAST w/ DJs Dolewite & Scooby (February 14th)-All pre-2000s beat jacking.
&
RENAISSANCE GANGSTER w/ DJ Burn One (February 15th)

I wonder if he sleeps...

Bad news for Starlito fans such as myself is that he's going on tour at the end of this month, in a candid interview (set up via Twitter) he shared that he will take a break from recording to "rest my brain and restore some order to my sleeping habits. I need to. It keeps me from tending to business." Starlito said.

I guess that's understandable, but we are also encouraged to "look forward to Starlito's Way 3:Life Insurance" he said, in reference to his forthcoming Street Album slated for a March 13th release.

He also says, "This entire buildup, some say its an overload, with all the recent tapes was about Starlito's Way 3. Starlito's Way 2 was my baby (released on his 23rd birhtday, 12/15/07) . I really was recording those songs and going to bed at night not knowing if i'd make it through another day. And I mean that on like some real-life s***. I made what I would consider a classic (see STARLITO'S WAY 2 & NY TIMES cover story). To follow that, as you can see, took me almost 3 years. So what I do. Give you more than enough to hold you over. (he also dropped 3 other tapes between Starlito's Way 2 and the tapes I mentioned above.) Then I gave you a couple of those tapes in the form of albums. The whole 'Love series'. Cause I got love for this. And I know that there are people that love me for what I do. This is my release and my livelihood. Sort of a double-edged sword. The crazy part is that I didn't start recording on 3 (SW3) until my partner Gold 3 passed away. I took a break from it to get in and try to fulfill my contractual and label commitment. I got back in on it real heavy around my birthday Just a month and half ago. I did it in i'd say 2-3 weeks of recording. I think it's just about ready for the world. But I still don't know if the world is ready for me and my message. The best example of 'my message' is in that opening to the first song on I still love you. I said 'Elevate your mind, think outside the box'. That's what i'm on. Everything else is just experience or something I know well enough to articulate. Good Music, to me, can potentially make you laugh, think, and/or cry. I was once told you should do those three things everyday. I don't, but I try to sow that in to my music."

He also mentioned that "Starlito's Way 3 will be available via Grind Hard Online's new Store launching with the album"

I don't know about you, but I look forward to all of it.

Press eject flip over then fast forward.

"THIS AIN'T A MIXTAPE, BUT THE TAPE'S MIXED"...SIDE A, SIDE B, ALL ON ONE DISC."




Official Download Link: "Tenn-a-keyan 3.5: I'll Shoot Through ya"
http://www.zshare.net/download/714489627ba27b6a/ (Sides A & B)

listen to this then turn it over...

(iGoHam/ Popular Demand/ Superman High/ Shine Blockers/ Medicine/ Say my Name feat. Mack Maine/ TRASH BAG GANG - When we Come Around/ SADE - Soldier of Love RMX [Prisoner of Hate]/ I wanna rock LONG VER./ Heavy/ Better Believe it)

then listen to this side then turn it back over

(Edit/ I'm my own Goon/ TRASH BAG GANG - Got a Plug RMX/ Hell of a Life/ ZedZilla - I'll Ride, I'll Die feat. Yung LA, J. Futuristic, Starlito, & Yo Gotti/ January Wrist 2.0 f/ZedZilla *BurnOneExclusive RG2.15*/ Spit Game Serious/ Light Green Man feat. Red Dot & Don Trip *LITP2.14*/ Ace Boogie - Ring On RMX feat. Starlito/ A Star is Born/ Pretty Wings/ Beef is Bad for Business/ Free my Homies)

TWITTER: @LITO615

Free at Last!!!

Not that I feel the need to explain anything, but I am releasing this mixtape today as opposed to yesterday (As scheduled). I felt it appropriate to honor Dr. King's Holiday, Memory, and cherish the legacy that comes with all that.

Watch this when you get a chance:


And with that I present a CASSETTE STYLE (DUAL SIDED) MIXTAPE Mixed by MYSELF. Really. Shout out to everything Retro (Dolewite & Scooby present STARLITO "Living in the Past" 2.14.10) . Anything that makes you THINK back to a brighter more promising time. i.e. This Speech, i.e. This TAPE, i.e. I.E. (Inevitable Entertainment) 2k10.

I don't know much more than you. I do know there is much more to know...

STARLITO "THE TENN-A-KEYAN 3.5:I'll Shoot Through Ya" SIDE A
http://www.zshare.net/audio/714096885b42bc5d/

STARLITO'S WAY 3 (3.13.10)

Living in the Past 2.14.10

"Sleep is for sissies" -Random Quote

Here is the first leak from Dolewite & Scooby presents STARLITO "Living in the Past" due 2.14.10

"Smoking on Haze"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/706684297b40daa2/

Every track from the tape will be from 2000 A.D. and prior, as this was before I had thought of being a rapper. (Another Appetizer until the main course "STARLITO'S WAY 3:Life Insurance" 3.13.10)

Enjoy,
Happy New Year,
& Be Blessed,

IT'S LITO

Also download my entire "What's Love got to do with it?" Mixtape Series

"I Love You Too" http://www.zshare.net/download/602472958274201a/

"I Love You Too Much: The Necessary Evils" http://www.zshare.net/download/650998586b9cac68/

"I Still Love You: Live From the Back of Class" http://www.zshare.net/download/70242914feae91e5/

STARLITO'S WAY 3 titled confirmed

I'VE DECIDED TO CALL THE 3rd INSTALLMENT in the "Starlito's Way" trilogy "LIFE INSURANCE".

Like almost all my album titles, it has a double meaning. First, and obviously, because rap has become a vessel and a means for me to secure the well being of myself and my loved ones. Secondly, because I hope to cause an awakening on the street level, for the young soul that's lost or in search of a better tommorrow but consumed with today. When you're in the streets there are not many guidlines and often times even less guidance. I think as much as we debate health care as a societal issue, we need to press the issue of us young people living this fast life getting LIFE INSURANCE. There is no scarier thought than that of leaving your loved ones with an extra burden other than grief, in the event of an untimely demise. As a scholar, a gangster, a rapper, and a real person, I'm just reaching and hoping that people consume the music for more than just words that rhyme. I beg of you to scroll through the last two SW'S from my catalog. I'm in the same world as you all.

"Tired of being Tired" prod. by Mick Vegas

http://www.zshare.net/audio/658108328d8776e1/
(copy and paste link into your browser)

Be blessed, and I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH!!!

(on my way to pay my respects to another fallen soldier JAMES TRUITT)
Lito

www.grindhardonline.com

Just when entertainment was as predicatable as possible:

I watched it over, and over, and over again. Honestly, it is the only part of the awards I watched. I have been thinking since 7 a.m., WHAT IF IT WERE THE OTHER WAY AROUND? BEYONCE WINS, AND EMINEM STORMS THE STAGE TO SAY THAT TAYLOR SWIFT SHOULD HAVE WON.

I think everyone, well MIDDLE AMERICA, would've giggled, gotten over it, and probably argued Taylor Swift's case. Awards, and especially award shows don't really make that much sense to me. 2 of the last 3 awards I've won for my music were not even presented (2008 OZONE, 2009 SEA). Once because of a fight between two rappers, and another time because all efforts were being made to accomodate a rapper from abroad (Industry ass-kissing, gotta love that <---SARCASM). Granted, neither of those were the VMAs, but the only thing I saw wrong was the means by which Mr. West went about it. His award show antics/tirades are expected at this point, but he actually TOOK the mic. I'm sorry, but that is HILARIOUS!!!

ICING ON THE CAKE: Nashville's own newspaper, THE TENNESSEAN, (FAMOUS FOR MAKING ME ELIGIBLE FOR BET'S American Gangster SERIES, with a November 2007 cover story, cites Kanye as having a real issue with the city of Nashville. WOW!

I think he had an opinion. MTV further validated his opinion by awarding Beyonce with video of the year, later in the evening. Which speaks to the award show BS, how can it not be FEMALE video of the year if it is the video of the year?

sidebar: NEW LIFE Record Store in West Nashville (no pun intended), has their sign read "KANYE WEST SUCKS"

OH WELL, in the words of the late great 2pac "LIFE GOES ON"

-I still listen to 808s
-I think Beyonce had a better video
-I still think our local paper drops the ball and is far too opinionated for the sake of journalism
-and I still don't watch TV, because advertisement is at a higher quality standard than the actual program.

with that, I DIGRESS

LITO

I AM THE WILL FERRELL OF THE RAP GAME!!!

"I like this beat so I leaped on it..." You know how it goes. I hear it, I like it, I kill it. I actually stabbed myself in the leg before I recorded this, or maybe I dreamed I did. Anyways the follow up to "I Love You Too" is coming soon and it's called "I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH!!!" (I know right). Until then check this out, and stay tuned for a GRIND HARD FILMS exclusive with my new single and scene from my upcoming movie later this week. I do the middleman, I do it. I do it. (SOON YOU'LL UNDERSTAND) Download Starlito-"Ricky Bobby FREESTYLE" http://www.zshare.net/audio/6235199540c5b3aa/

I'm going in...

I'm in the lab, and I'm feeling good about this music stuff. Maybe it's because Basketball is pretty meaningless right now. I would like to applaud this year's MVP, Lebron James. (even his puppet was cooler than Kobe's in the Nike Commercial).

I'm actually kind of sad, distraught even, over the Cavs untimely exit from the NBA Playoffs. I thought writing about it would make me feel better. I was wrong. Reflecting is actually sort of painful. Especially considering that Kobe is still in the Playoffs. I'm not hating, just applauding good marketing and forward thinking from NIKE. I think Nike was preparing to establish Lebron's shoe as brand comparable to the Air Jordan's. Although it took an extra few years for me to actually like the shoe (and actually purchase a pair), it was the coolest thing Nike had since the Air Penny's. (I got the All Black Nike Zoom Lebron 6, by the way).

I say forward thinking because obviously Nike aimed to promote LBJ. Ok, maybe I'm just being partial, or maybe it's because his puppet was more like my ideal self (PSY). [see Video game playing, Bentley driving, powder everywhere (<--Joke, HA!), and Ninety Million Dollars (90) from the company behind the commercial].

Kobe was the coolest when he was playing in Air Jordan's (circa 2003, *T.I.'s "The King's Back" intro plays loud in my head, 'And the Phoenix arose from the ashes...'). Then came Lebron James. Anyways, I'm a Lebron fan to the heart, but I will for the time be riding with the Magic. Because, I want Kobe to be stuck with his three rings from the commercial. Yeah just like that, and in his last All Star he should wear number 20 and apologize at halftime for changing his number if he were even vaguely ego trippin' on some, "...I'm better than Mr. Michael Jeffrey, i mean your airness,sir" BS! PICTURE IT: SHAQ would be standing (4 rings on his hand) with Lebron, Myself (LITO), and none other than Ric Flair as we would be the new four hoursome. Sorry Arn.




I was in Atlanta for that All Star Game, and I just remember hearing 50 Cent's new "Get Rich or Die Trying" album everywhere I went. It's crazy how music connects you to events and memories. I dream of my music tying the loose ends of someone's brains together to remember something (pleasant). Well, aside from the fact that I can recall doing all sorts of CRAZY $#!T while listening to certain music (even that CD), i'd say that preserves music as an ARTform.




Oh yeah, iSHAKELife.



That's from my mixtape "I Love You, Too" download FREE and spread the word.

I will post a Video Blog Entry tomorrow from the studio here in Miami. Until then...

BE BLESSED
$tarlito



back to our regularly scheduled program RECORDING "CASH MONEY LAUNDERING"

"Y'all come back now, ya hear!"
- I Don't Know

I just want to be there...

That was a song by AZ featuring Nas that I used to listen to all the time. Just like "Brooklyn's Finest" wit BIG and Jay-Z some songs sound like they were supposed to happen as they were. I just wonder if they were up at 5 a.m. doing them. I hadn't given so much thought to collaborations other than ones I enjoy. But I have to say, I'm damn near having fun right now. I haven't had a shirt on for very much of the day, which is one of the most random things I could think to type, but it is 5:49 and I am satisfied with the body of work I produced for the day. Funny thing is, that satisfaction will go away probably before I find the nearest pillow. I am happy in my music, even in a somber song there is the joy in being expressive. I think the music business takes away from that, but it's too late in the game to try and change the rules. I think I show my hand by being this honest, but then again I am my own selling point. The thing that I am the best at in the entire world is: BEING ME. I think my latest CD is reflective of that, and I'm digging the positive feedback. If you are feeling it, go one step further and spread the word. Copy and paste to your forehead if you wish. http://www.zshare.net/download/602894882a09779e/


THANK YOU (Which is the name of the song I'm working on right now, no lie)




LITO

THE REAL IS BACK

I call my new project ("I Love You, Too") audio art. Although it is a "mixtape", I have decided to focus my efforts in a more direct path. When I released "Starlito's Way 2" (SEA Album of the Year) I was reaching. Obviously, people were willing to accept my attempt at something beyond the music. It was as much a movie as an album, just the same as this project is something to be observed and appreciated (hence audio art). As the market suffers, and quantity outweighs quality in the rap world, I want to be lyrical. I was flattered at a compliment I received from one of my comrades. He said, "It's cold how your punchlines/metaphors coincide with you and your life." I thought this was crazy coming from another artist but then I started to realize how much of rap has become a proverbial treadmill. Trends seem to circulate so fast and then become overdone. I'm willing to accept that I might lose some loyalists with my renewed focus on the stories, and the wordplay, and the realities within. The reason I can accept that is because I am comfortable with myself, and my truths. I've done ALOT of stupid stuff in my lifetime, some of which gets glamourized in the music, but at some point none of that will matter. I've also grown to know that there is no force greater than Love. Hardcore "All Star" fans might be delighted to know that this isn't 'love making music' its a project that speaks on my Love for making music. I'm aware that people relate to the things that I say, both positive and negative. I'm also aware that I won't please everyone no matter what I do, so with that being said I'M DOING ME. I'm 20 something and stuck right in between being a full-time intellectual and a statistic. I am both sinner and saint. If I made 'happy-go-lucky' music, I'd be fake, just like to pretend like I don't have serious feelings about serious things would be fake. I really do LOVE what I do. I'm growing as an artist, and I just want you all to witness the growth. If cameras followed me all day, perhaps the world would have a better appreciation for how real and detailed my music articulates MY LIFE. But then again, if cameras followed me all day, I'd probably be in jail. RANDOM.

I do ask a favor of you if you have made it this far and actually read through this: TELL EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW TO CHECK THIS CD OUT!

It's a movie baby!!!

So my single is crazy!!! Literally, "Crazy" featuring Lil' Wayne & Yo Gotti is the first single from "Cash Money Laundering". I am recording at almost the speed of sound right now, and I will continue to release songs periodically to pacify my hardcore fans until the masses awaken. If you aren't aware, my website (Grind Hard Online) is where you can find links to the leaks as well as random other things. The spring line for the "Grind Hard Co." will also launch there. It's a social networking site (i.e. myspace, facebook, etc.) so you can set up your own page/profile. If you're reading this, odds are you are familiar with the concept.

Back to the money: I'M FILMING MY OWN MOVIE!!!

It's titled (what else) "Starlito's Way". Attached is the trailer, and naturally it will be based in large part around my music. I hope you enjoy, and stay tuned as I think my productivity will be historic. (I've always had a high opinion of myself, I can't help it.)




Also here are some links to some mixtape songs:

Make me some toast

Stanky Legg feat. Trouble

Syrup Talk

Signing off, Live from Psychology 1410

-LITO

I'm right back at it!

2 shows last night. Shout out to Hopkinsville, KY and Clarksville, TN. So I'm renovating my studio and just decided to plug everything up and go. Here's my rendition of Soulja Boy's "Birdwalk". It's called "Syrup Talk". I am currently about to kick some ass in Wii Bowling and eating lemons and ginger root til I get my voice back.



http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=a309fd9751b039dcd2db6fb9a8902bda

NBA 2K9, I'm a beast!!!

Just started a league online.
XBOX LIVE gamertag: Starlito615
League Name: grindhardonline

Hit me on xbox live for the password if you are seriously interested.

LITO

Getting ready for these 15 hours starting Thursday, gotta get that GPA up to apply for candidacy. Real Life over here.

GRIND HARD, STAY FOCUSED.

No excuses, but...

I've been on the road, and left a hard drive at the crib...Oh yeah I'm doing this myself (but what else is new).

Part 4

"Never Get it"

http://www.zshare.net/audio/530292361699d7cf

by the way, I got these on right now:

Day Late, Dollar short...SORRY!

I didn't get the song posted by midnight last night so I decided to just post 2 today to make up for it. My apologies to the loyalists. Here goes nothing, well something.

"Heartless Starstyle"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/529420444f67d17d/

#2 Go Lito

Sorry it's so late, i just sat still. I will try to have them up by noon.

This is Segment 2 in the Starlito supplement

"Go Lito" produced by WeWe

http://www.mediafire.com/?hp9q503gxxh

Questions no answers

1st WHY COULDN'T THIS HAPPEN AT THE INAUGURATION IN 2001?

2nd WHY COULDN'T THIS HAVE HAPPEN ONE DAY LATER AND BEEN ON MY BIRTHDAY?

Hi haters, I'm back off hiatus!!!

It's my birthday, and I decided that I won't rest until the whole world is saying "LITO, LITO, LITO". HERE IS FREE SONG #1 in the Starlito's Way Supplement:

http://www.mediafire.com/?m00xatjmxmg

I will provide one everyday for the rest of this year. Do me a birthday favor please and go to iTunes and download STARLITO'S WAY 2. 

Until tommorrow,

Lito

oh yeah and grindhardonline.com is where it goes down.

Tenn-a-keyan 2 October 31

Will be available via the new Grindhardonline.com SOCIAL NETWORKING site on 10.31.08