  7l & 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.http://www.hiphopug.com/1/post/2010/12/hhug-interview-with-esoteric-7les-1212.html 7l & esoteric are both prominent members of the underground hip-hop groups the demigodz and army of the pharaohs. ==history== === 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 12â with re-mastered versions of their rebel alliance songs âprotocolâ and âbe alert.â "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 âdef rhymesâ single though landspeed distribution which earned them press in the source. âdef rhymesâ was also f
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