7L & Esoteric "Watch Me"12" Orig OOP VG+ In Shrink Wu-Tang Clan Jedi Mind Tricks
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7L & Esoteric "Watch Me" 12" Brick Records BRK 026 (US)
Vinyl is VG+, Jacket is NM in shrink
Original Press!!
Out of Print!!
Track Listing:
A1 Watch Me (Clean) 3:59 A2 Watch Me (Dirty) 3:59 A3 Watch Me (Instrumental) 3:59 B1 Word Association (Clean) 3:33 B2 Word Association (Instrumental) 3:33 B3 Can't Come Close (Clean) 4:10 B4 Can't Come Close (Instrumental) 4:107L & Esoteric (7LES) are a Boston-based hip-hop duo, notorious for battle rhymes and boom bap production. 7L is the duo's DJ/Producer and Esoteric the emcee. 7L & Esoteric are both prominent members of the underground hip-hop groups the Demigodz and Army of the Pharaohs.
Early Career (1993-1996)
The duo formed in 1993 when Esoteric DJed a hip hop show at a college radio station north of Boston. 7L, a DJ and producer who listened to the show, contacted Esoteric in the interest of collaborating. The two found they shared a common love of the golden age of hip-hop and decided to form a group.
After performing for some time in the Boston/Cambridge underground, the duo, with MC Karma known at the time as God Complex, released their first single in 1996. The b-side "Secret Wars" gained a lot of attention as Esoteric paid tribute to the heroes of Marvel Comics in rhyme form. This led to the release of the Rebel Alliance LP, featuring acts such as Virtuoso, Mr. Lif, and Force Five. Also at this time the two dropped the God Complex moniker becoming simply 7L & Esoteric.
Rebel Alliance & Speaking Real Words (1997 1999)
Soon after, 7L & Esoteric put out their first 12” with re-mastered versions of their Rebel Alliance songs “Protocol” and “Be Alert.” "Be Alert", the B-side on the record, began to receive significant radio play, due to its unique sampling of the Transformers TV theme song. The track, which was produced by Beyonder, became very popular in the underground scene, leading the duo to several European tours, major label interest, and becoming one of the first New England hip-hop acts to appear on the world famous Stretch & Bobbito WKCR radio show in NYC and get spins on the Wake Up Show with MTV's Sway & King Tech. URB Magazine had chosen 7L & Esoteric for their "Next 100" issue in 1997.
The duo then dropped the “Def Rhymes” single though Landspeed Distribution which earned them press in the Source. “Def Rhymes” was also featured on the EP, Speaking Real Words, released in 1999. The album also featured Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck on the title track. During promotion for the 12", Esoteric had spent time in Philadelphia and formed the supergroup Army of the Pharaohs with Jedi Mind Tricks frontman Vinnie Paz. Esoteric would appear three times on Jedi Mind Tricks breakthrough album Violent By Design in 2000.
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