The Soul Purpose is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo 7L & Esoteric.

Recording sessions took place at Joe's Wax Museum, The Garden in Massachusetts, The Thingamajig Lab and Miss Pusskin's House in Brooklyn, BassCamp in Lynnfield and BPM in Boston.

It features guest appearances from Akrobatik, Apathy, Cadence, Checkmark, Inspectah Deck, Karma, Mr. Lif, Reks, Vinnie Paz and Count Bass D. The album was preceded with four singles: "Speaking Real Words", "Mic Mastery", "Call Me E.S."

After years of doing guest verses for other acts, and releasing songs such as "Be Alert" on their own; the duo managed to garner significant hype in the underground hip hop community.

They even received press in The Source, and attracted enough attention to get a guest verse from Wu-Tang Clan's Inspectah Deck.