# The Five Perfect Exertions > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Five_Perfect_Exertions > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Five_Perfect_Exertions.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Perfect_Exertions > Source revision: 1357107394 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1998 EP by Army of the Pharaohs The Five Perfect Exertions EP by Army of the Pharaohs Released 1998 Genre Hip hop Length 23:12[1] Label Superegular Recordings Producer Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind, DJ 7L Army of the Pharaohs chronology The Five Perfect Exertions (1998) Rare Shit, Collabos and Freestyles (2003) ***The Five Perfect Exertions / War Ensemble*** is the debut [extended play](/source/Extended_play) released by [Army of the Pharaohs](/source/Army_of_the_Pharaohs) in 1998.[2][3] The original incarnation of the group included five MCs: [Vinnie Paz](/source/Vinnie_Paz), [Chief Kamachi](/source/Chief_Kamachi), [Esoteric](/source/7L_%26_Esoteric), Virtuoso and [Bahamadia](/source/Bahamadia), along with DJ [7L](/source/7L_%26_Esoteric) and [Jedi Mind Tricks](/source/Jedi_Mind_Tricks) producer [Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind](/source/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](/source/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.[4] ## Track listing No. Title Length 1. "The Five Perfect Exertions (Dirty)[5]" 3:36 2. "The Five Perfect Exertions (Clean)" 3:37 3. "The Five Perfect Exertions (Instrumental)" 3:36 4. "War Ensemble (Clean)" 4:08 5. "War Ensemble (Instrumental)" 4:07 6. "The Five Perfect Exertions (Remix Clean)" 4:08 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Five Perfect Exertions - EP by Army of the Pharaohs"](https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-five-perfect-exertions-ep/414042186). *[iTunes](/source/ITunes)*. December 21, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Jedi Mind Tricks - Five Perfect Exertions (Remix) Lyrics"](https://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3458764513820545892/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [That Realness, Army of the Pharaohs EP](http://thatrealness.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/army-of-pharaohs-five-perfect-exertions.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [The Five Perfect Exertions on Discogs](http://www.discogs.com/Army-Of-The-Pharaohs-The-Five-Perfect-Exertions-War-Ensemble/release/255816) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Army of the Pharaohs – the Five Perfect Exertions / War Ensemble (1998, Vinyl)"](http://www.discogs.com/Army-Of-The-Pharaohs-The-Five-Perfect-Exertions-War-Ensemble/release/255816). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*. v t e Army of the Pharaohs Discography Apathy Block McCloud Celph Titled Crypt the Warchild Demoz Des Devious Esoteric King Syze Planetary Reef the Lost Cauze Vinnie Paz Zilla 7L Bahamadia Blacastan Chief Kamachi Doap Nixon Faez One King Magnetic Journalist Jus Allah Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind Virtuoso Studio albums The Torture Papers (2006) Ritual of Battle (2007) The Unholy Terror (2010) In Death Reborn (2014) Heavy Lies the Crown (2014) Extended plays The Five Perfect Exertions (1998) Compilation albums Rare Shit, Collabos and Freestyles (2003) The Pharaoh Philes (2010) Mixtapes After Torture There's Pain (2007) Affiliated Groups Jedi Mind Tricks Demigodz OuterSpace 7L & Esoteric JuJu Mob See also List of Army of the Pharaohs members --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Five Perfect Exertions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Perfect_Exertions) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Perfect_Exertions?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.