- Skull Snaps
Infobox Album |
Name = Skull Snaps
Type =Album
Artist = Skull Snaps
Released = 1974, 1995 2005
Recorded = 1973
Producer = George Kerr
Genre =R&B / SoulFunk Deep funk Rare groove
Length = 32:12
Label = GSF, Charly Records (bootleg), [Aztec Music] [http://www.aztecmusic.net] ,Ten12 records ,
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yev1z8oaoyv1 link]
Next album = "Snapped"
(2005)
This album = 'Skull Snaps'
(1973)Skull Snaps was a mysterious
funk group that released one eponymous album on the small GSF label in 1973 before disappearing. They were in fact the group originally known asThe Diplomats who had released numerous singles between 1963 and 1970 with middling success."Skull Snaps"' main claim to fame is not its quality, but that the drum breaks on it have been sampled numerous times on rap and hip-hop records; the familiar opening drum pattern of "It's A New Day" (audio|ItsaNewday.ogg|sample) can be heard in songs by well-known acts such as
Ol' Dirty Bastard andThe Prodigy . The first person to sample "It's A New Day" was New Haven, CT Hip Hop artistStezo on a song entitled "It's My Turn".Fact|date=March 2008Ten12 Records re-united all the original members of the Skull Snaps (Erv Littleton Waters, Sam O. Culley, and George Bragg) in 2005 in tandem with the band's first official release, Snapped/ I'm YourPimp , since their 1975 single. Ten12 Records under the direction of Skull Snaps frontman Erv Waters plans to release the entire Skull Snaps catalog on CD/DVD with recordings from the original album plus five bonus tracks, "Al's Razor Blade," "Ain't That Lovin' You," "On Top Of It," "Soul Makossa," & "She's The One", with live footage and archived photos.Skull Snaps meet the Audible DoctorSnapped (aside), I'm Your Pimp (bside)(2005 ten12 records-12-inch release)
#"Snapped" – 5:05
#"I'm Your Pimp (original take)" – 4:07External links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:py3ibkg9hakn AllMusic Guide entry] on Skull Snaps (group)
* [http://www.ten12records.com/ Ten12 Records] on 2005 release Skull Snaps (album)
* [http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=skull+snaps&type=0]
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