When soon-to-be-renowned Boston hip-hop duo 7L & Esoteric collaborated with the Wu-Tang Clan’s Inspectah Deck on the title track to 7LES’s debut EP Speaking Real Words in 1999, the timing was perfect. The upstart duo was building a serious buzz on the East Coast and beyond, while Deck was still winning praise for his gold-selling [cont.]

Esoteric speaks with The Bee Shine about his next LP, which will be a collaborative album with the Rebel INS, and will feature production from 7L and DJ Premier.

This is the second joint off of 7l & Esoteric’s forthcoming cd “1212″ available worldwide October 12, 2010. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 7L & Esoteric featuring Evidence & Alchemist: “Drawbar 1-2″ (MP3)

    It used to be, back in the day, that mix-tapes were nothing more than cassette compilations of choice cuts from your own record collection, designed to make up for the lack of a full album worth of bangers. Heads would just comb through records and throw all the best stuff on to one tape to [cont.]