yes I know thats what the empeg is all about, but it didn't make sense when the only way to play a track was from a playlist

Actually, it's not all about that yet. 2.0x is sort of a transitionary release. In version 1.0x, there was no soup and playlists were the ONLY thing you could organize with. That's why it doesn't make sense to you: Because it doesn't make sense yet. It will in a later release.