EightySix is an original Dub-Reggea style instrumental created in my home studio. This experimental project was created using Acoustica Mixcraft pro studio software and my Novation Launchkey mini. 

The percussion is mostly improvised but I did rely on some very cheap but well designed drum fills and sample sounds to create the drom pattern. Always making sure to remain random without losing the rhythm. 
The bass line was 100% improvised on the fly. Once the drums, percussion and keys were created to my liking I looped the song and kept playing different ways over and over till I hit the sweet spot. I do this to insure an organic sound. I never rely on patterns or visual ques. Also I avoid sequencer beat creations all together. There is a version of this song in my Private collection we're I went crazy with a funk bass line and horns. it's a fun version. but I think I'll keep that one just for me. Thanks for listening. I appreciate you all 

Conscious Rhythm

EightySix

EightySix (Instrumental)

Still a work in progress. One of many new songs I've written lately. Lyrics Written by Robert Surratt music voice made with Suno.

Concept,vocal shaping and arrangement created by Robert Surratt Project Laboratory Productions 

This musical composition was made using AI prompt commands.
I entered various commands such as BPM, style, key, genre, sub genre and vocal style male or female. I also prompted an era in this case 1980s roots reggae. Then I typed in my lyrics which I had written prior to making the song. I then ran the prompted concept over 155 times while carefully adjusting the lyrics that I had written previously and added to them during the shaping process so the A.I. would understand how to better configure the music, until I got this song. 
 To put it in perspective I've made well over 1300 private songs in all 1300 I only got 14 public songs. The rest were either mis-calculated or robotic and without soul. AI is a very useful tool, but to breathe life into it you have to dedicate lots of time to the process. Contrary to popular beliefs you don't just hit a button and get a great song. You could try but it will be lifeless. I wish people were more open minded to new technology. This modern instrument and the way you play it are very interesting. I enjoy the process. if you approach it with and open mind and heart you would find it useful.



Voices From Babylon

Primitive Minds

Old School East Coast New York style hip hop from the mid to late 1990s. Lyrics Written By Robert Surratt and Kraig Zubrunnen Project Laboratory music Concept, vocal shaping and lyrical arrangement created by Robert Surratt. Music and voice made with Suno A.I. for music creators. 

Walkin A Thin Line

Gritty Southern Rap with R&B Gospel undertones.
Lyrics written by Robert Surratt and Kraig Zumbrunnen. Project Laboratory Productions Concept, vocal shaping and lyrical arrangement created by Robert Surratt. Music and voice made with Suno A.I. for music creators

Drug War Casualties Platinum

From The Bottom

Dark Days Lyrics Written By DREADLOCKS and K-MONEY Project Laboratory Productions Concept, vocal shaping and lyrical arrangement created by Robert Surratt. Music and voice made with Suno A.I. 

Dark Days

Gritty Texas street Rap with R&B, and Jazz undertones. This song's lyrics were written in 2016. Added the new beat and style last month. Lyrics by Robert Surratt and Kraig Zumbrunnen Project Laboratory Productions 

Chasin' One Mo' Blast

Southern rap music with hints of R&B, Gospel and
and funk. Lyrics originally written in 2016 by Robert Surratt & Kraig Zumbrunnen Project Laboratory music 
Vocal Shaping, lyrical arrangement and concept created by Robert Surratt. Music and voice made with Suno A.I.

Voices

Southern style rap with Soul, Gospel and R&B undertones. Lyrics originally written by Robert Surratt and Kraig Zubrunnen 2016 Project Laboratory Productions.
Vocal shaping and arrangement created by Robert Surratt. Music and voice created using Suno A.I.

Everyday Thang'

Unique Trap style track created randomly while experimenting with modern minimalist trap prompt commands. Lyrics Written By Robert Surratt and Kraig Zumbrunnen Project Laboratory Productions Vocal shaping and arrangement created by Robert Surratt. Voice and Music created using Suno A.I. for music creators.

I'ma Snatch It Up

Southern Rap with hints of R&B and Jazz. Lyrics originally written in 2016 by Kraig Zumbrunnen Project Laboratory Productions
Vocal shaping and arrangement created by Robert Surratt Music and Voice Suno A.I.

Guilty Till Innocent


A Texas style southern rap song featuring tight snares, crisp hi-hats, funky bass lines, with hints of Gospel and soul both in rhythm and vocals. 
Lyrics written by Robert Surratt and Kraig Zumbrunnen Project Laboratory.

Music and voice made with Suno AI for music creators.


Still Bumpin'

A combination of Atlanta & Detroit influenced street rap surrounded by WestCoast leads n hooks all while Aliens play the tractor beam in the back.

Friends N' Foes

Southern street rap with funky bass lines crisp hi-hats tight snares and lyrics written with purpose. Vocal Shaping and arrangements created by Robert Surratt. Lyrics written by Robert Surratt and Kraig Zubrunnen Project Laboratory 
Music and voice created using Suno A.I. for music creators.

Drug War Casualties

Southern street rap with hints of R&B, Funk , Soul and Gospel. Lyrics written by Robert Surratt & Kraig Zubrunnen Project Laboratory
Song Concept, vocal shaping and arrangements created by Robert Surratt 
Music and Voice created with Suno A.I. for music creators.
Cover Art By Robert Surratt

Street Raised

Roots reggae style music influenced by the sounds of the early 1990s roots movement featuring solid rhythmic Bass lines that capture the thumping pulse of Jamaica while melodic brass hooks, tight snare accents clean drum patterns and strong vocals deliver a unique listening experience. Lyrics, concept, vocal arrangements and shaping created 
by Robert Surratt 

Music and voice created with Suno A.I. for music creators. 

Art Disclaimer: Cover art is in no way affiliated with Project Laboratory or any of its partners. Email robert@projectlaboratorymusic.com for license inquiries.



Light The Way

A classic 1970s Roots Reggae style song written with the intent to create a feeling of empowerment and to lift the spirit. Not many words but each word was chosen with care to create maximum impact.
 Lyrics, vocal arrangement and shaping written by Robert Surratt 
Music and voice created with Suno A.I. for music creators.

Divine Resilience

Undeniably Original and Creatively Unique
Song Concept, Lyrics and Vocal arrangements written and arranged by Robert Surratt & Kraig Zubrunnen 

Music and voice created with Suno AI for music creators.

Get it How We Livin

Rhythmic Mind is a Drum and Bass dominant version of Primitive Minds. I posted this version only because I enjoyed hearing the song with less attention being given to the surrounding musical context focusing instead toward the lyrical content. I felt this balance added a completely different feeling and overall perspective of the song. I realize I'm putting a strong belief forward and I don't blame you if you feel like it's too much, but I'm all about being open with my music. it's very personal no matter what genre the song is created in. You can guarantee that I'm putting it all out there. Honesty can sometimes be very uncomfortable but I refuse to be silenced because I'm uncomfortable. Please feel free to share your honest opinion and thank you for listening.

Also please keep in mind that the views in this song do not reflect the beliefs or feelings of anyone whose music is represented by Project Laboratory music. These are just my personal Views as the writer of the song. Independently. Lyrics written by Robert Surratt

Rhythmic Mind (Drum & Bass)

WestCoast influenced street rap with a hint of Soul, Gospel and a touch of California G-funk.
Lyrics written by Robert Surratt and Kraig Zumbrunnen. Project Laboratory
Song Concept, Vocal arrangements and shaping created by Robert Surratt 
Music and Voice made with Suno AI for music creators.

This song was originally written around 2014. We released it locally on CD made 100s of CDs and passed them out at gas stations and left em at bus tops. The original beat I had made back then was nothing like this, well it was kinda similar in ways but the quality was flat and lifeless in comparison. I never throw out old songs for this exact reason. I'm a song hoarder. 

Left For Dead

The first song on the new album by Dreadlocks No Time For Gamblin • October 10th 2025
California G-funk with deep hooks and 1990's style street rap melodies. Lyrics written by Robert Surratt 
Vocal shaping and arrangements created by Robert Surratt Project Laboratory 2025
Music and voice made with Suno A.I. for music creators.

Games

Lyric written by: Robert Surratt and Kraig Zumbrunnen 

The streets won't leave me alone I try to break free but I'm too far gone They keep calling me I think these streets is where I belong
Yeahhh....


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the cops DEA and drug laws
rather see us locked up in TDC then trying to help you feed your family 

locking up all our addicts and throwing away the key the future of our youth to be the only casualty
that's why dangerous enemies on the street 

gots.. no.. heart..
 
rebelling against the system keeping a   permanent guard 

still walking with purpose keeping my head up even though there ain't no future in the front for us 

the only choices that's left for a hustler are death
Slanging dope or the prison bus

God damn..

the drug war is heating up making it hard for me to recognize who to trust undercover jump out boys falling out of trucks
POINTIN' they guns in ITCHIN' to use they handcuff

man...

I can't find respect for an agency that was born at the start of the drug war building cases with snitches entrapment and shady tactics 



Man that's exactly what I'm talking about we're in the position good people falling prey to the greedy physician slangin' addiction abusing prescriptions playing down the danger villainizing the victims it's a hard learned life for a texan trying to stay afloat in this sea of recession the system needs address all my aggression got me stressed out junkies in the street can't eat living without the racket starts out with arraignment prison is a business and business be banging look out they put out multiple distractions keep the public asking what's the latest fashion comfortably relaxing cuz they like it when we complacent 
addicted to the clinics in the meds that we taken 
selling an illusion that we choosen our direction faken debates and staging elections I'mma say it loud it's a fucked off system glamorizing dying over lies and religion we supposed to be free tell me why we die for it's a cash machine bitch not a drug war

These streets won't leave me alone I try to break free but I'm too far gone They keep calling me I think these streets is where I belong
Mmmm wohho... Oh uh

Burning Bridges making bad decisions now I'm on a mission 
To try and change these conditions on the house with expenses and my own business

Callin Me

This is a free track 100% Royalty free. it belongs to everyone. I created this track with Suno A.I. just for fun. when practicing, thinking and working on original tracks it's nice to take a break and hit Suno A.l. for an hour or so. I get inspiration and ideas. cool tool to have on the side

Herbal Remedies (Instrumental)


 times......changed...... 
 now all your friends and foes be the same damn thing........ can't trust nobody 
 that's a fact ..

your closest friend will be the..one to stab you in the back

Up with the Sun 
they was knocking all night 
through the curtain eyes is hurting cuz the sun too bright 
got the chemical solution for they current dilemma 
servin' em up getting em out 
first on the agenda 
slapping a hoe I used to know for turning me In 
The only reason that she's living is our mom's is friends 

She tried to hurt me. Fucken junkie.

that's why I went on vacation all inclusive meals included State incarceration got me thinking retaliation 
another felony case I'll just wait till she O.D'S then I'll shit on a grave 
ole crime stopping ass bitch


Bitch made snitch


(Chorus)
It's a goddamn shame how times changed the game now all your friends and foes be the same damn thing can't trust nobody that's a well-known fact your closest friend will be the one to stab you in the back 


Bitch made snitch 

It's a goddamn shame how times changed the game now all your friends and foes be the same damn thing can't trust nobody that's a well-known fact your closest friend will be the one to stab you in the back 


Bitch made snitch 

Recent propositions opened doors for me
 elevated my position income increased
 but ain't no time for sleep 
vice turning up the heat 
guess they gearing up for operation clean sweep 
military style raids 
hanging off the side of armored trucks
 heavily armed wearing ski masks doin' drug busts 
putting a temporary hold 
on open air markets 
wolves dressed in sheep's clothes trappin' unsuspected targets

 I ain't even started talking about them turned coats 
running they mouth giving up the whole third Coast 
singing like birds and chirping like canaries

 sorry bitch made snitch the only place you belong is dead and buried 


Bitch made snitch 


(Chorus) 
It's a goddamn shame how times changed the game now all your friends and foes be the same damn thing can't trust nobody that's a well-known fact your closest friend be the one to stab you in the back 


bitch made snitch 

Time Changed The Game

We walkin' a thin line 
running out of time....


one foot in the street.....
 

the other on a narrow path grinding to eat
 trying to make ends meet......


 I can't sleep when the facts is plain to see 
this is a classist and unjust society divided by political rivalry narrow minds blinded by greed 
oppression 
hatred 
religion and Racial separation 
it's a class war declaration


shapin' generation' through mass incarceration


building prisons locking up our young men and women feed em religion so they get out and preach instead of listen then act surpised they reoffendin' 
The cycle is vicious 

thinking Satan is to blame scapegoating the problems we got to own them to solve em'

we're losing control of 
this so-called democracy 


the matter is fact the same is sack swangin' hoes go behind your back
an I been known that

 nowadays these young cats don't value they life 
pants sagging while they bragging cuz they cheat on they wife 

shouldn't all lives matter in this world you live in

 (chorus)
too many fools get religion cuz they landed in prison 
now they preach instead of listen 


within weeks of parole
 back slapping on their women spending money on hoes 
living for forgiveness ends in dying for nothing 
quoting that Bible like they stupid or something 

the bullshit wasn't written as directions to living 
pregnant virgin women fiction from the very beginning 


thinking Satan is to blame scapegoating your problems you got to own them to solve them 
so your world revolving around material things it's got to change..

 we losing control..


walking a thin line grinding to eat trying to make ends meet I can't sleep when the fact is so plain to see we're living in an unjust society
 it's a class war declaration 

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(chorus)
shouldn't all lives matter in the world you live in 

It's a class war declaration ....




Rule of Law



When it rains it pours blood on deeze streets
 
had to start seein' thangs for what they realy was and realized all the lies they been tellin us.

got an issue wit trust, AND a lust for dope.
full a anger use to danger gave up all hope

SO I SMOKE JUST TO

 COPE

WITH the EVERY DAY PAIN,


the GILT they
built

 in the early days.
 
to keep me tamed and
 trained to go with the
grain 

 JUST as  WELL 

they all  LOOK THE SAME  

mayne

 its time TO 

CHANGE THE WAY 

you OUT

HERE LIVIN.


put an end TO the

 TREND OF 

MATERIALISM

can't give in to their vision
of the American dream

its RARELY SEEN

UNLESS YOU STACKIN big GREEN.

YOU gonna SIT IN JAIL.

GiLTY TILL INNOCENT

 CANT YOU TELL

THE SYTEM FAILED 
 
the FINAL TEST.

ain't no heaven or hell 
or life after death.
don't hold your breath you best get to living
if you don't you gonna dye wonder why you didn't.


(Chorus)
I'm .... off in deeze streets doin crime to eat
No time to think so I hustle
Gotta get mine it's a struggle off in deeze streets doin crime to eat
No time to think so I hustle
off in deeze streets doin crime to eat
No time to think so I hustle,Gotta get mine it's a struggle.
 
Man I'm telling yall im Smellin' all these funky ass LIES.
They be sellin' got you shellin' out your piece of the pie. 
Need to open your eyes,
 stop beleivin da hipe.
While dey takin everything you ever had in life

Cuz they aint payin a living wage
an things be too high priced.
AND WORKIN ALL DAY AFFORD NOTHIN NICE.

if they keep takin away our rights
We left with nothin but wrong
the streets get flooded with poison
once the good drugs are gone
Been their plan all along

wagin war on the poor
make us settle for next nothin
So that they can have more.
They taken mine and yours
So they can feed they greed
 
I'm .... off in deeze streets doin crime to eat
No time to think so I hustle Gotta get mine it's a 
struggle off in deeze streets doin crime to eat
No time to think so I hustle

off in deeze streets doin crime to eat
No time to think so I hustle,Gotta get mine it's a struggle

Life After Death



Ain't no use in trying to find hope.......
it's a long and lonely road....
no luxury.....
on these streets
   powdered pearl flake
badly need to be rocked up..

powdered pearl flake

 losing my mind crooks dope fiends and trifling hoes saw me react
Now they callin Dread expecting I'm here for crack
 so I nodd  turn my back and proceed into the store 
got to get what I came here for
 whiskey a box of baking soda tire gauge and chore board wrapped up in the brown back we call it the special sold at the counter for 10 bucks with the lighters and blown glass the dope in my dash is strictly personal stash I ain't got nothing to hide never claim to sling a damn thing I earned my name on the block getting high and smoking rocks this is how it is like from the back streets get it how we live life on the streets get it how we live this is reality 



Attitude depending on how they be acting reacting to the situation based off what might have happened I'm asking one time and they always lying ain't many situation that is worth dying that's why its getting detrimental to let go of a tradition if its wrong or it isn't helping out were liven and giving two f**** for untrue punk is way more attention than they need to be getting because back in the day the way that you players did was go and get it by yourself or be minding your business now day these hoes is lazy they be snitchen n thangz used to be good friends now they selling yo name setting traps cuz these wide mouth rats be repeating facts and that's just how it is

This is how it is like from the back streets eat it how we live this is reality this is how it is life on the back streets get it how we live this is reality reality reality...

No time for gambling I'm scrambling for change if you're looking for mine b**** it's all in the dope game low on cash got me stressed Under pressure man increasingly aggravated and criminally motivated the rest of the site white swirls through the glass pipe then today might be tomorrow is your last night in the end it's only death that can set you free it ain't no Hope on the street life fades away but that's the cost of getting caught up in the scheme of things The strain remains no matter what tomorrow brings yesterday's gone so peace to those who passed on 
 my mind is focused on faster and better ways to get paid it's money to be made in the lone Star State high stakes drug trade remaining forever dedicated to the game it ain't no luxury on the street life fades away

No Hope

About to be some serious s*** going down up in my city I ain't bullshittin' it ain't going to be pretty cuz I'm pissed as hell and you all up on my block talking s*** you threatening to take me to jail let me explain something I ain't no punk and if you want you can end up in the trunk your old lady talking about damn whatever you hit on the road show stunk but she don't got to know I tell the b**** that it's a skunk but really it's your dead ass in the trunk b**** I ain't playing no game so get up off my nuts today cuz if I catch you sleeping it's going to be the last time we ever play this mother f****** game cuz I ain't bullshiting your lips gone leave your ass in a mess have to go to the dentist get you some gold caps for the teeth that's left

i turn da corner hit da store to get a quart a corona 
to drank da stress out a my shoulders . from dem boulders
im blastin.crying or laughing people die life happened.

sharp mind,and a dangerous lustt for da hustla grind

________

turn da corner hit da store to get a quart a corona to drank da stress out a my shoulders . from dem boulders
im blastin.

crying or laughing people die life happens

started running da streets at only age thirteen.
Skipping school,hanging at the Q-club getting high shooting pool
Watching all da playas n pimps shoot dice.
Slamming dominoes surrounded by painted hos
Broke ass gamblas whisky n afros.
The way dey wore  tilted brim gangsta hats.
I knew right then  I'm gonna be just like them.
So a street raised crook became da life for me
Had a sharp mind,and a dangerous lustt for da hustla grind


(Chorus)
sharp mind,and a dangerous lustt for da hustla grind The way dey wear them  tilted brim gangsta hats.
I knew right then  I'm gonna be just like that.
A Street Raised Crook


Now I'm grown n on da streets more den white walls
 Thinking fuckit as i duck n hit pipe in-between   phone calls
  drinkin n drivin knivin go to be paid.
see swat pass my spot gettin ready to  raid
its  just one a them thangs ,the kind that leads to another.
no way a tellin where they headed so i just gotta wonder.
do i gotta  unda cover,infultratin my zone.
 or worse den dat ,is a tap ,bein ran on my phone?

i turn da corner hit da store to get a quart a corona 
to drank da stress out a my shoulders . from dem boulders
im blastin.crying or laughing people die life happened.



Life Happens

Song Concept, vocal shaping and Lyrics Written by Robert Surratt "Light the way" the original musical composition and Voice created using Suno A.I. 
After revisiting it I decided to post it. it's a strong piece of music. 

Babylon Don't Need No King

Lyrics Written And Composed by : DreadLocks and K-Money
All beats, vocals and Audio Tracks, arranged and mixed by: Robert Surratt
Executive Producer: Robert Surratt
Co-Produced By: Kraig Zumbrunnen
Cover Art created by: Robert Surratt
Copy right: 2016 Project Laboratory Music All Rights Reserved 
 


Drug War Casualties By: Wreckless Drug Crew

All lyrics written and composed by DreadLocks and K-Money
All beats, audio and vocal tracks arranged and mixed by DreadLocks
Executive Producer Robert Surratt
CoProduced By Kraig Zumbrunnen
Project Laboratory Productions
Copy right: All rights reserved

Get It How We Live (Slowed) By Wreckless Drug Crew

Multi-Genre Electronic Music Composer, Home Studio Producer, Song Writer and Musician...
Also experimenting with A.I. music and prompt commands.  

As a guitar player, bass player and singer I had the privilege of being in a few bands growing up.   When I wasn't writing songs or playing music with a band I was listening to my favorite artists. The last official live performance I played was at the Flamingo Cantina on Sixth Street in Austin Texas around 1997-98. Not long after that we recorded our first album on an analog four track cassette deck recording console. I Loved the process and continue to record.

Got my first DAW in 2009 it was made by Acoustica Mixcraft, easy to learn and affordable. Within a year i had produced my first electronic music project. A full length album titled "Wreckless" released and distributed locally on CD in 2010.

My next project as a producer would be a three song EP in late 2016 followed by the full length album titled Drug War Casualties published by Project Laboratory and Officially released worldwide on SoundCloud in early 2017.   

My goal as an electronic music composer is to create songs that sound as human as possible. I spend countless hours experimenting with new and innovative ways to put what I feel into the music I make. Thank you for your support and most of all for making music for me to listen to and enjoy. So many of you are truly talented and I appreciate you all. Thank you 

COLLABS ALWAYS FREE
Looking For Vocalists collaborations any genre.

PROJECT LABORATORY™
Undeniably Original • Creatively Unique

For legitimate licensing inquiries, email Project Laboratory music

 Robert@projectlaboratorymusic.com and I will gladly provide any documentation requested including invoice PDFs. All 3rd party loops samples and sounds Used in my instrumentals are done so with strict compliance to any and all guide lines provided by the license that governs them. 

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