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Skull Snaps
Skull Snaps
Genres: Pop, R&B

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. My Hang Up Is You
2. Having You Around
3. Didn?T I Do It To You
4. All Of A Sudden
5. It?S A New Day
6. I?M Your Pimp
7. I Turn My Back On Love
8. Trespassing
9. I?M Falling Out Of Love
10. Al?S Razor Blade (Bonus Track)
11. Ain?T That Loving You (Bonus Track)

CD Details

All Artists: Skull Snaps
Title: Skull Snaps
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Aztec
Release Date: 12/12/2005
Album Type: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, R&B
Styles: Funk, Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 9336043001027

Synopsis

Album Description

Funk classic! Now if you check my pulse it beats Skull Snaps." - Beastie Boys "Unite". Skull Snaps is a legendary funk album that has long been shrouded in obscurity. The band recorded their self-titled debut and a handful of singles in 1973, and then vanished without a trace. The monstrous break that opens up their classic cut, It's A New Day, furnished the beat for countless hip-hop hits of the mid-'90s & the most sampled break in music history. Packaged in a 6-panel digipak, This deluxe version has been digitally remastered, with extensive liner notes containing new interviews and rare photos, and contains 2 bonus tracks 'Now if you check my pulse it beats Skull Snap' and 'Unite' Aztec Music. 2005.

CD Reviews

Bland & Overrated

Harlem Brother | 07/25/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I had pretty high expectations for this record going in based on what I'd read. Sometimes, well, often, people tend to romanticize these so-called lost recordings. Most of them end up nothing better than was was never lost. This album is pretty bland, straightforward early '70s funk. While it's not bad, I'll probably never listen to it again because I could name at least 200-300 funk/soul CDs that are better than this one. If you want a real lost classic with an original sound, look up Fugi's "Mary Don't Take Me on No Bad Trip," from the late 1960s."

Underground to the fullest

Adam P Boots | Valley Village, CA United States | 01/26/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is an obscure CD reissue of an extremely obscure CD/LP that came out in the 70's from European funk Group, The Skull Snaps.

For those of you who don't know, this album is insanely good funk (my favorite track is still "I'm Your Pimp"), but not only is it insanely good, it's also insanely often sampled. The intro drum beat to one of the songs is basically the "Hip Hop 101" drum break stolen for probably about 10 tracks that you "know and love".

Strictly aside from the "hip hop" aspect, this is kind of an "underground" version of Curtis Mayfield or something similar. At times it's got a "blaxploitation" feel to it, but it's always funky and all the songs on it are just good. If you like soul/funk/R&B from the 70's, this should be in your collection.

I'm with the Beasties. My heart beats Skull Snaps.

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