- boom bap, east coast hip hop, hip hop, turntablism
- 65 min
- 20 tracks
- Direct Records
The Soul Purpose is the debut studio album by American hip-hop duo 7L & Esoteric. It was released on July 24, 2001 via Direct Records. Recording sessions took place at Joe's Wax Museum, The Garden in Massachusetts, The Thingamajig Lab and Miss Pusskin's House in Brooklyn, BassCamp in Lynnfield and BPM in Boston.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and cool.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Dwight Spits Intro1:01
- 2Verbal Assault3:33
- 3Terror to Your Ear3:16
- 4Operating Correctly4:32
- 5Call Me E.S.3:27
- 6My Rhyme, Part II0:60
- 7Jealous Over Nothing3:55
- 8Chain Reaction3:54
- 9Think Back3:19
- 10Interlude: Terra What?0:43
- 11Mic Mastery3:35
- 12Public Execution3:53
- 13You Know the Concept4:11
- 14Speaking Real Words4:12
- 15First Letter1:14
- 16The Soul Purpose4:42
- 17Rep the Hardest4:02
- 18Play It Cool2:27
- 19Guest List3:36
- 20State of the Art4:26
20 tracks, 65 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- 7L & Esoteric
- Label
- Direct Records
- Released
- July 24, 2001
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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