The Musik Lounge

Ian Isiah gives you so little of a jumping off point. In describing the project to my mom I told her it would probably evoke Prince for her. But damn those are some big shoes for a young cat to fill. And pressure is the last thing an experimental musical mind needs in his ear. I'm all for pushing boundaries and testing the water with any and all the ideas that come to your mind while recording. This is the beauty of our modern day recording industry. Yesterday I reviewed an album that had it been done a few years prior it would have certainly been given the major label roll out to the max. But instead it's destined for internet purgatory every so often getting dug into by some curious ears. I digress, you aren't here for more thoughts on Starlito. Today it's all about the sultry and steaming hot Shugga Sextape, Vol. 1 . Considering his last album dropped in like '13 don't be holding your breath for a soon to come volume 2, but this 28 minutes is concise a

Starlito was fresh off the DJ Burn One collaboration Renaissance Gangster when he released Mental Warfare . Where the former was a country rap tune classic meant for riding and smoking in the haze of a late southern summer, the later was ‘Lito delivering a masterpiece of modern conceptual rap - taking the listener through the mind of a hustler and the psychological toll a life in the trap can take. The album is separated by individual moments of captured intimacy with ‘Lito. Speaking genuinely and from the heart he sheds light on the moves he has made in the past and how he is navigating life at the time. It paint’s a positive picture of mental clarity, but not without plenty of missteps and questionable choices rooted in loyalty and a devotion to a strict inner code not to be tampered with regardless the test. “Hope For Love” opens the album as strong letter to whoever might be listening. Throughout his career Starlito has delivered biographical tales with ease. This is no diffe