LAB SEMI-EXCLUSIVO! This is a super-limited (2,000 copies worldwide) CD-only EP featuring the finest Bay Area rappers over Shadow beats. The majority of these tracks - the Droop-E remix of "3 Freaks(1)," "Turf Dancing(2)," "Dats My Part(3)" with E-40 and "Keep 'Em Close(4)" with Nump - were featured on Shadow's The Outsider album, but of course you're copping this for the pair that weren't. "Purple Grapes(5)" is a drum programming masterpiece with the Team, sounding way more like a wild hyphy beat from Traxamillion than something you'd expect Mr. Davis to make. And speaking of Traxamillion, he provides the other bonus track here with his remix of "Turf Dancing(6)." Surprisingly, the remix sounds like something straight out the ATL, but it's infinitely more playable than the heavy-as-shit original. Why am I talking about playing this shit out? You're just gonna keep it in the plastic and sell it on eBay during the hyphy revival of 2035. 7 tracks; 25 minutes. Extremely limited stock.

reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red