Thanks to my dear friend Todd from Montreal I discover this amazing and rare record!
Skull Snaps was a funk group that released one eponymous album on the small GSF label in 1973 before disappearing. It was, in fact, the group originally known as the Diplomats, which released numerous singles between 1963 and 1970 with some success.
The Skull Snaps' album contains drum breaks that have been sampled numerous times on various 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, Das EFX, Eric B. & Rakim, Digable Planets,DJ Shadow, Rob Dougan, Black Moon, Guru and The Prodigy.
