Skull Snaps was a mysterious funk group that only released one album on the small GSF label in 1973 before disbanding. Skull Snaps is also the name of that album. 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 () can be heard in songs by well-known acts such as Ol' Dirty Bastard and The Prodigy. This, added to the fact that is a rare record, means it often trades for $200 to $300 between collectors. The first person to sample "It's A New Day" was New Haven, CT Hip Hop artist Stezo on a song entitled "It's My Turn". Ten12 Records re-united all the original members of the Skull Snaps (Erv Littleton Waters, Sam O. Culley, and George Bragg) for the first time in over 30 years in 2005 in tandem with the bands first offic

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