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A genre exploding

We're all over-stimulated. There is so much changing information to take in at any given time. It's incredibly difficult to be in the moment, to be present, when studying, working, spending family or friend time, exercising—anything really. Of course, music as a way to help. Music's healing qualities always offer a supportive shoulder to lean on when we need it most. 

Enter: chill-hop. It's today's easy listening for any age, not just the younger generations. The older ones enjoy it too. But chill-hop isnt boring elevator music. It's intricate and interesting. So much so, rappers and hip hop artists have taken these instrumentals and chopped them up for backing beats. 

And then there are the streaming numbers. Spotify's lo-fi beats playlist has 3.5 million followers alone, many of whom surely listen to the playlist on repeat. The Chillhop Music channel on Youtube has 2.9 million subscribers. All this to say is that people are really into chill-hop right now and this pack will help you produce some of your chillest hop yet. 

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...

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...

Dungy Bins

Digging is synonymous with hip-hop culture. The producers and DJ’s who put the genre on their back have popularized the art of digging for records into a past-time for any one w...

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...

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