Crate digging is synonymous with hip hop culture. The producers and DJ’s who pioneered the genre popularized the art of digging for any one who takes the craft seriously. It's not just a hobby or past-time, it's a part of the job. Today, this part of the craft isn't exclusive to visiting a store or diving deep into Discogs, though that's still certainly important. Contemporary producers and beat-makers get just as much satisfaction out of finding that perfect dusty sample—the missing ingredient to their next track.
Dungy Bins
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Digital dust has its charm too
Companion Packs
Session Tapes
Far too often, producers have a habit of over-processing their music. Between compression, reverb, delay, saturation, and modulation, we tend to overdo things a tad bit when...
Original Motion Picture
Many of the greatest samples from the O.G. hip-hop generation all the way into the current generation, come from obscure European movie soundtracks. These titles spanned from...
Soulstice
There's nothing like finding gold in the perfect loop when digging in the crates. Diggers will search for hours on end looking for the perfect section in the song to chop, la...
Cruise Control
Port Rich Volume 1 has been a staple in the Soul Surplus sample library. To this day, it remains a best-seller, proving that this was a sound that producers everywhere were l...
In The Cut
In The Cut is a sample pack inspired by the ever-growing and present chill-hop culture that seems to have ignited a newfound love in this new quarantine work from home settin...
Phantasm
Some things are more than what they appear to be. You think you're seeing or hearing one thing, and it turns out to be much more. Phantasm, our latest sample pack, falls into...
Golden Era - Retro Soul
Golden Era is a '70s soul sample pack in the style of artists like Marvin Gaye who transcended the era to make an impact that was genre-defining and timeless in sound and mes...
Soul Seeking - Warm Soul
Soul Seeking is a flagship presentation of what the Soul Surplus Label does so well--soul. Soul has become the backbone of so many popular music genres today that it is almos...
Fragmented Vol. 1 - Resampled Soul
Over the last two years the Soul Surplus team has created volumes of new music. A lot of those creations took place in studios outside of our main studios. Much of it remaini...
Hidden Gems
Hidden Gems recreates the experience of discovering records you never knew you loved from the good old dollar bin. This pack features 15 melodic loops of different styles and...
White Label - Hip Hop
White Label is an underground hip hop inspired sample pack that represents our Soul Surplus label so well. The aesthetic and direction of this release were influenced by the ...
Found Footage - Vintage Cinematic Soul
Found Footage is a vintage, cinematic themed soul release straight from Soul Surplus’ in-house production team. This pack was carefully crafted with vintage analog synthesize...
Cinematic Selections
Cinematic Selections contains 100 Astra presets and loops composed with epic themes and dynamic arrangements. These presets are perfect for anyone doing scoring compositions ...
Echochamber
It is no mystery that the Soul Surplus team enjoys utilizing ambient sounds in the many projects we work on. Yet, it’s not often the terms ‘ ambiance and soul are used in the...
Chill Guitar Vol. 2
Chill Guitar Vol. 2 is the second guitar sample pack release from the Soul Surplus team. These loops are perfect for creating those summer time records that are all about cru...
Vinyl Melodics
The Soul Surplus team presents Vinyl Melodics, a collection of soulful keybeds played with acoustic and electric pianos, warm synth leads, pads, harpsichords, bells, chimes, ...
Lofi Keys Vol. 1
So much timeless music has the stamp of lo-fi warmth, aesthetic, and imperfection that many still chase today letting us know that, “lo-fi never dies!”. Soul Surplus presents...
Bliss
Right on the heels of the release of The Original Motion Picture Sample Pack, the team went back in the lab to create yet another soundtrack adjacent pack, entitled "Bliss". ...
Platinum - Classic Soul
“Platinum: Classic Soul” is a Soul Surplus release that is exactly what the name suggests. All of these feel good vintage sounds included can serve as the basis for any ...
The Blue Pack
Get in touch with your acoustic side. The earthy, wooden tones of the Blue Pack come from real instruments recorded in a room through analog gear. There are no VSTs or even s...
Sapphire
Our newest addition to the library, titled "Sapphire" pays homage to the classic jazz-fusion releases of the 70's. Each loop in this pack pays careful attention to the d...
Live Room - Organic Soul
Live Room is a Soul Surplus release inspired by the magic that happens when instrumentalists are captured in a recording studio. From jam sessions to recording individual ins...
Guitarchitecture
Guitarchitecture is a soul-themed sample pack centered around guitar-focused writing and composition. This pack contains 15 original melodic loops full of individual instrume...
Heritage
Paying homage to the sounds of yesteryear is what we do best at Soul Surplus. Our latest sample pack, Heritage, is no different. Grouping together soulful acoustic guitar bal...
Astra Found Footage
Astra Found Footage Companion Pack is a preset pack expanding upon the previously released Found Footage sample pack by the Soul Surplus in-house team. Now ...
Retrograde: Vintage Soul
“Retrograde” is a release of original vintage soul samples that are classic yet contemporary. There’s soul guitar as a centerpiece to these loops that producers could use to ...
Old Soul
Old Soul is a sample pack release of the heart felt sounds that make soul music so timeless. Gain access to tape saturated gritty soulful pianos, bass, guitar and vo...
14 Karat
14 Karat once again brings the soulfulness and quality Soul Surplus has become known in the industry for. With warm guitars and blaring horns, this pack shines as the perfect...
Theater of Soul
Soul Surplus presents Theater of Soul, a sample pack of masterfully created cinematic vintage soul music. Dive into these compositions containing classic sounds like...
Mirage
This special release feature’s compositions created by Soul Surplus’ own “42North,” the brother production duo who had a hand in starting the label. Mirage consists ...
Soulish the House Party
“Soulish” The House Party takes on the spirit of soulful house and r&b that gets people moving and dancing inspired by artists like Kaytranada who have continued to champ...