Craps is an album by Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets...

, released in 1971 on the Laff Records

Laff Records

Laff Records was a small independent record label specializing in comedy and party records originating on the West Coast of the United States. Amongst their artists were Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, LaWanda Page, George Carlin, black ventriloquist duo Richard And Willie, Kip Addotta, Belle Barth, Rex...

 label. His second overall release (his first being his self-titled 1968 release

Richard Pryor (album)

Richard Pryor is the debut album of comedian Richard Pryor. It was recorded live at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California.-Track listing:#"Super Nigger" - 3:16#"Girls" - 3:25#"Farting" - 2:02#"Prison Play" - 9:12#"T.V. Panel Show" - 7:09...

 on the Dove/Reprise label), it was released during the comedian's transitional period from a middlebrow

Middlebrow

The term middlebrow describes both a certain type of easily accessible art, often literature, as well as the population that uses art to acquire culture and class that is usually unattainable. First used by the British satire magazine Punch in 1925, middlebrow is derived as the intermediary between...

 Cosbyized

Bill Cosby

William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the...

 comic into a more improvisational, socially conscious, controversial brand of raw humor that Pryor would help to pioneer during the 1970s. Several monologues from the album were repeated for Pryor's first concert film, Live & Smokin, though that movie would be held from release until 1985 as a VHS videotape. Recorded at Redd Foxx

Redd Foxx

John Elroy Sanford , better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American comedian and actor, best known for his starring role on the sitcom Sanford and Son.-Early life:...

's club in Hollywood, Pryor is introduced by the emcee as "the crown prince of comedy".

For some unknown reason, possibly a mix up at the record producer, some LP's were pressed with a comic referred to as Hotshot Hogan on the B-side.

Tracklisting

1. "Gettin' High"
2. "F**k From Memory"
3. "Big Tits"
4. "Gettin' Some"
5. "President Nixon"
6. "Tryin' to Get Some"
7. "Cool"
8. "Cops/The Line-Up"
9. "Masturbating"
10. "Religion"
11. "Black Preachers"
12. "Being Born"
13. "Blow Our Image"
14. "Blackjack"
15. "I Spy Cops"
16. "Sugar Ray"
17. "White Folks"
18. "Indians"
19. "Ass Wupin'"
20. "Got a Dollar"
21. "Pres' Black Baby"
22. "Dope/Wino/Panthers"
23. "After Hours"
24. "280 Pound Ass"
25. "Crap Game"
26. "Insurance Man"
27. "Black and Proud"
28. "Gettin' the Nut"
29. "Jackin' Off"
30. "Snappin' Pussy"
31. "Fartin'"