In 2015, Thrice Great Records, a subsidiary of Chambermusik Records, released this collection of unreleased tracks recorded by Warcloud between 2001 and 2006 on CD. The symbolic cove shows the author under the two main pseudonyms featuring Pro the Leader, who is just behind him, with the title superimposed. In 2023, Black Stone of Mecca re-released the project with a renewed cover that actually shows the two inside Pro the Leader's laboratory, placing the title at the top and the names of the authors paired above the title as if it were a collaborative effort of the duo, it would be the second after the seminal "Pro's Laboratory" (2003).
In the first quarter of an hour, the guys have fun spitting bars together with Sobretti and Anti the Decimator, with whom Pro the Leader made a collaborative album in 2005, "Le'Ment Configuration". These first tracks, with a solid production created by Warcloud and Skarekrow, raw, robust and heavy bass, dusty strings, sparse drums and tense obsessed loops, boast a good musical carpet. Among others, "Old Gator Men" stands out, which is the same track from the album "Pro's Laboratory". Beatmaker Gneticz creates a sublime cinematic production for "Door Gunner", where Warcloud unleashes his tightest rapping at breakneck speed together with guest Nu3Tron: solid bass, dry uptempo drum, female vocal sample looped tightly together with haunting piano keys, rapid rapping by Nu3Tron.
Unfortunately, the quality of the music offered drops below par soon after. Dopevisionz makes an honest beat for "Mega Ultra Raw", however, the music has no bite beyond a deep bass and struggles to support the slow playing of the performers. The musical carpet provided by Pro the Leader in "Marvel" also doesn't work, when Skarekrow takes over the reins of the record production-wise, the music starts to sound better in theory, but in practice it doesn't, simply because these tracks are all rejects and it shows. Anti the Decimator returns to join the boys in "Massacre Junction", where the rappers are also joined by Vulgar, creating a watery posse over a bouncy and incomplete soundscape of Skarekrow, the beat should be dark and scary, but there are some elements missing to make the rhythm stand out even more and the drums are a bit dull. Pro the Leader is at his best on "Welcome to Alcatraz", his solo on one of Skarekrow's latest productions, this one sounds better than the others thanks to a lively piano line, deep bass, poor drum, the rhythm is still too chaotic. The album closes with "Off the Top", another solo tune by Pro the Leader who spits out the last bars on a vibrant beat by Skarekrow, which also sounds a bit incomplete this time.
Rating: 5/10.
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