The Soul Purpose

by 7L & Esoteric

The Soul Purpose cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 July 2001
  • Label: Brick Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:44
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Boston duo 7L and Esoteric's 'The Soul Purpose' pairs DJ 7L's sample based boom bap production with Esoteric's aggressive, boastful rhyming. It is a core document of the Boston underground hip hop scene that also produced Mr. Lif and Akrobatik.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, rhythmic, rap, old-school, punchy

Tracklist

  1. Dwight Spits Intro (1:00)
  2. Verbal Assault (3:32)
  3. Terror At Your Ear (3:16)
  4. Operating Correctly (4:31)
  5. Call Me E.S. (3:27)
  6. My Rhyme Pt II (0:59)
  7. Jealous Over Nothing (3:54)
  8. Chain Reaction (3:53)
  9. Think Back (3:19)
  10. Interlude - Terra What? (0:42)
  11. Mic Mastery (3:35)
  12. Public Execution (3:53)
  13. You Know The Concept (4:10)
  14. Speaking Real Words (4:11)
  15. First Letter (1:13)
  16. The Soul Purpose (4:41)
  17. Rep The Hardest (4:01)
  18. Play It Cool (2:26)
  19. Guest List (3:35)
  20. State Of The Art (4:26)

Credits

  • 7L & Esoteric - primary artist, sleeve notes
  • DJ Cade Money - vocals [additional]
  • Cadence - featuring, written-by
  • Duncan Stanbury - mastered by, mastering
  • Aimee Whitlock - photography by, photography
  • The ARE - producer, mixed by
  • Vinyl Reanimators - executive-producer
  • Seamus Ryan - written-by
  • Jeffrey Haynes - written-by
  • Joc Max - producer
  • Vincenzo Luvineri - written-by
  • Chad Bromley - written-by
  • Corey Christie - written-by
  • Marley Marl - mixed by
  • Jason Hunter - written-by
  • Trevor Gendron - written-by
  • Papa D! - recorded by
  • Raw Produce - producer
  • Jared Bridgeman - written-by
  • Mark Girardin - written-by

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