{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Five Perfect Exertions | type = EP | artist = [[Army of the Pharaohs]] | cover = The_Five_Perfect_Exertions.jpg | alt = | released = 1998 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = 23:12<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-five-perfect-exertions-ep/414042186|title=The Five Perfect Exertions - EP by Army of the Pharaohs|website=[[iTunes]]|date=21 December 2010}}</ref> | label = Superegular Recordings | producer = [[Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind]], [[DJ 7L]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Rare Shit, Collabos and Freestyles]] | next_year = 2003 }}
'''''The Five Perfect Exertions / War Ensemble''''' is the debut [[extended play]] released by [[Army of the Pharaohs]] in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3458764513820545892/|title = Jedi Mind Tricks - Five Perfect Exertions (Remix) Lyrics}}</ref><ref>[http://thatrealness.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/army-of-pharaohs-five-perfect-exertions.html That Realness, Army of the Pharaohs EP]</ref>
The original incarnation of the group included five MCs: [[Vinnie Paz]], [[Chief Kamachi]], [[7L & Esoteric|Esoteric]], Virtuoso and [[Bahamadia]], along with DJ [[7L & Esoteric|7L]] and [[Jedi Mind Tricks]] producer [[Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind]]. The group released their debut EP/single "The Five Perfect Exertions" b/w "War Ensemble" in 1998. Both tracks were later included on JMT's 2000 album [[Violent by Design]]; with "The Five Perfect Exertions" being remixed into "Exertions Remix", and both "Exertions" and "War Ensemble" shedding Chief Kamachi's verse. The Army of the Pharaohs project was put on the back-burner while JMT's career took off.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Army-Of-The-Pharaohs-The-Five-Perfect-Exertions-War-Ensemble/release/255816 The Five Perfect Exertions on Discogs]</ref>
== Track listing ==
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| title1 = The Five Perfect Exertions (Dirty)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Army-Of-The-Pharaohs-The-Five-Perfect-Exertions-War-Ensemble/release/255816|title = Army of the Pharaohs – the Five Perfect Exertions / War Ensemble (1998, Vinyl)|website = [[Discogs]]}}</ref> | length1 = 3:36
| title2 = The Five Perfect Exertions (Clean) | length2 = 3:37
| title3 = The Five Perfect Exertions (Instrumental) | length3 = 3:36
| title4 = War Ensemble (Clean) | length4 = 4:08
| title5 = War Ensemble (Instrumental) | length5 = 4:07
| title6 = The Five Perfect Exertions (Remix Clean) | length6 = 4:08 }}
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