The duo, collaborating initially under the name Torso, signed their

The duo, collaborating initially under the name Torso, signed their first record deal with Mush Records in 2005 to release the label’s first double-disc album. During the album’s production, the duo settled on their current name. The album, A Heap of Broken Images , was released on June 23, 2006. The first disc featured twelve instrumental tracks with heavy live instrumentation, while the second disc featured nine rap collaborations made with traditional hip-hop sampling and a closing instrumental. The guests included Rob Sonic , Mike Ladd , Jus Allah , Sabac Red , Wise Intelligent , A-Plus , Pep Love , Chief Kamachi , Myka 9 , Virtuoso, Awol One and Holocaust . The album received acclaim from various sources, including Vapors , Word, Mean Street, UK Hip Hop, and Allmusic , and landed the duo on URB ‘s “Next 100.” Around the same time, the duo completed a collaborative project with Ceschi entitled Deadpan Darling , which was never released due to the loss of most of the final mixes on a crashed hard drive. 16 years later, in 2021, it was announced that Deadpan Darling had recovered and was later released.