7L & Esoteric

7L & Esoteric (7LES) are an underground hip-hop duo from Boston, Massachusetts, known for battle rhymes and boom bap production. 7L is the duo's DJ/producer and Esoteric is the MC. 7L & Esoteric are both prominent members of underground hip-hop collectives Army of the Pharaohs and Demigodz, as well as being 2/3 of CZARFACE along with Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck.

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 released their first single in 1996 as God Complex with MC Karma. 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 and became known as simply 7L & Esoteric.

Hugo

Hugo or HUGO may refer to:

People

  • Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement.
  • Hugo (name), including lists of people with Hugo as a given name or surname, as well as fictional characters
  • Places

  • Hugo, Alabama, an unincorporated community
  • Hugo, Colorado, a Statutory Town
  • Hugo, Minnesota, a town
  • Hugo, Oklahoma, a city
  • Hugo, Oregon, an unincorporated area
  • Hugo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • HUGO

  • HUGO (cable system), a submarine telecommunications cable
  • Human Genome Organisation
  • The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) is often referred to as "HUGO"
  • Other uses

  • Hugo (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese
  • Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback
  • Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based a troll
  • Hugo (game show), a television show that first ran from 1990 to 1995
  • Hugo (video game)

    There are several Hugo video games based on early episodes of Interactive Television Entertainment's TV show Hugo, part of the international Hugo franchise. From 1992 to 2000, ITE developed and released versions for Amiga, Commodore 64 and PC, as well as the Game Boy and PlayStation consoles, exclusively for European markets. In 2011, Krea Media published a series of mobile game remakes for Android.

    The games resemble those on the television show; in almost all of them, the player guides the titular protagonist (a small, friendly troll named Hugo) to save his wife and children from the evil witch Scylla. To rescue his family, Hugo must navigate safely through dangerous environments in various minigame scenarios.

    History

    Two Amiga games, Hugo (originally titled Hugo - På Nye Eventyr: Del 1) and its sequel, Hugo 2 (originally Hugo - På Nye Eventyr: Del 2) were released in 1992. These were re-released as a 1994 compilation, Hugo (Hugo På Nye Eventyr), and ported to the PC in 1995-1996. Both games were similar to the TV show where the contestant would try to completes arcade sequences to collect points and avoid obstacles using a phone, and the ending minigames are identical. Later PC releases included Hugo 3 to Hugo 6, Hugo: Wild River (1998), and their upgraded compilations Hugo Gold (1998), Hugo Platin (1999) and Hugo XL (1999).

    Hugo (name)

    Hugo is a surname and male given name of Germanic origin Hugo, meaning "Bright in Mind and Spirit" or "intelligence". The English version of the name is Hugh, the Italian version is Ugo. For detailed history and etymology of the name, see Hugh (given name).

    Hugo is one of the most popular given names in Europe, ranking as high as #9 in Spain, and #8 in Belgium in 2006. April 1 is the name day of Hugo in many European countries.

    Notable people

    Hugo as a surname

  • Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer, statesman and human rights activist
  • Chad Hugo (born 1974), American musician and record producer
  • Charles Hugo (disambiguation)
  • Francis Hugo (1870–1930), American politician
  • Graeme Hugo (1946–2015), Australian demographer
  • Gustav Hugo (1764–1844), German jurist
  • Jean Hugo (1894–1984), French painter, illustrator, theatre designer and author
  • Jean Hugo (golfer) (born 1975), South African golfer
  • Hugo as a given name

  • Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter
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