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Lady Gaga‘s former boyfriend and producer Rob Fusari promised (or threatened, depending on your perspective) that he’d start unleashing Gaga tunes from their time together, and it looks like he is making good on his word. A previously unreleased tune, ‘Reel Cool,’ has surfaced.

We’re pretty sure the Mother Monster isn’t stoked about this, especially since the track dropped while she is smack dab in the middle of the Born This Way Ball tour over in Asia. Then there’s that whole backstory of her and Fusari suing each other and settling out of court.

The song is included in a clip featuring footage of Gaga and Fusari taking a meeting at the Sony HQ in 2006. The duo plays the song for execs, as Gaga grooves in her seat. She’s got a mane of dark hair and heavy bangs, and dedicated monsters will recognize this “era” of her look and its evolution. She oozes confidence, like “I know my song is the shizzy.” She talks about how the song is straight disco but she flips it and makes it pop. Check out those gold booty shorts she’s wearing, too. Oh, a sign of what was to come, fashion-wise.

The next scene finds Gaga giving an interview, revealing that Fusari christened her with the name Gaga, because she was theatrical like Queen‘s Freddie Mercury and there is a Queen tune called ‘Radio Gaga.’ That is a common fact in Gaga lore and history. It’s no secret that her ex gave her moniker.

Is it us or does this clip feel like Fusari propaganda?

As for ‘Reel Cool,’ it’s very dancey and sounds like ‘The Fame’ era Gaga, which was a little synthier and a bit more straightforward. There’s a rap part, delivered by Gaga, and some breathy sex kitten vocals that sound like what Lana Del Rey does now. We know, we know. Gaga came first. It’s just a reference point, monsters!

Honestly, ‘Reel Cool’ is not as good as the stuff she was doing downtown as Stefani Germanotta or on ‘Born This Way,’ but it still makes us wanna get down a little bit.

We’ve posted Fusari’s video and then another clip with ‘Reel Cool’ isolated in case you just want to listen to the song and not be influenced by Fusari’s agenda, which is to promote himself — which, to be fair, he is well within his rights to do.

Former Lady Gaga producer Rob Fusari has reared his head again and he’s making some negative waves. To be specific, Fusari is planning on releasing some unfinished Gaga tracks from the 2006 and 2007 era.

Little monsters may recognize Fusari’s name, as not only the producer on ‘The Fame’ but also as one of the singer’s ex-boyfriends. Fusari has also slapped Gaga with some previous lawsuits. Now he has an axe to grind and he’s doing it publicly, via Twitter. To be honest, a lot of his comments sound like stuff you hear on the playground during recess amongst fifth graders.

First, Fusari promised he’d be leaking several unreleased songs. It got little monsters psyched to hear these tunes, like ‘Glitter and Grease.’ But as Fusari continued to tweet, he began attacking Gaga, her fanbase and talking about the mysterious Lina Morgana — an artist who died and whose act Fusari claims the Mother Monster copied.

It’s messy stuff. Gaga apparently does not want these songs to go public and that was part of her legal battle with Fusari. She reportedly settled with him so that the would essentially shut up and leave her alone. A Gaga fan site has speculated that Fusari is releasing these tracks in order to hurt Gaga, since the quickest way to wound her is via her music.

You can follow Fusari’s torrent against Gaga via his Twitter feed. You can also watch the video that compares Gaga with Lina Morgana below.

Our perspective on the matter is that this is a common situation in pop music. When someone becomes a superstar, like Gaga has, people from their past come back to haunt them and hurt them, simply because they may have the tools — or weapons — to do so. Fusari clearly wants to try and take Gaga down and whether or not that has something to do with some personal or professional beef, it’s not cool. Gaga has earned her fame.

It’s entertaining to read his tweets, which are somewhat immature and where he deals with the wrath of little monsters. We sorta want to say, “Rob, let it go. Move on.” Gaga fan sites are urging little monsters not to share these songs, since they don’t want to upset Gaga and help Fusari in his quest.