Daily Throwback: Nappy Roots - Awnaw

The Shuffle God's country cousin must of picked this one. I seriously haven't heard this cut in a minute. The Nappy Roots weren't the average run of the mill southern bumpkin rap group, which is why I liked them. While they were hot, I would have liked to have heard a collabo with them and Outkast, Goodie Mob, or anybody else who was a member of Atlanta's famed Dungeon Family crew. They seemed to be on the same musical wavelength as the DF Express. Hell, I'd kill for the members of Outkast to drop something together nowadays, but that probably won't happen. Awnaw's hook is so infectious, one listen will have you singing it in your sleep. You're welcome.

R.I.P. Chris Kelly of Kriss Kross

Hip-hop has it's first casualty of 2013.  Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly, one half of the classic teenage hip-hop duo Kriss Kross along with Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith, was found dead today in his Atlanta home.  The cause of death has yet to be determined. Kelly was 34 years old.

This is truly a sad moment in hip-hop and music as a whole.  Kriss Kross dropped their debut album, Totally Krossed Out, in 1992.  It featured the massive hits Jump and Warm It Up.  These two half pint emcees had a ton of people (including yours truly) trying to go out in public with their clothes on backwards.

Let's take a moment to remember Chris and reflect on the joy Jump brought to our lives in the early months of 1992.  If you have drink in your hand as you read this, pour a little out for the Miggiddy-miggiddy-miggiddy-miggiddy Mac Daddy.  Thank you, Chris. Here's one of my Kriss Kross favorites.  You're welcome.

Conscious Residue Bracket Challenge

F*ck Christmas!  This is the most wonderful time of the year.  The highest of highs and the lowest of lows.  Where legends are made and stars are born.  Who will be this year's Steph Curry, VCU, or Adam Morrison (I thought that mf'er would never stop crying)?

Most importantly, we all get to fill out brackets.  For the next 2 weeks you get to hear that guy that sits next to you at work brag about what a genius he is for picking that 13 seed to upset the 4 seed in the first round (even though we all know he just picked his favorite animal to win).

Finally, your blog is nobody till it has its own bracket, so let me introduce to you the first annual Conscious Residue bracket.  Its free to join, only bragging rights are on the line.  I'm just interested to see which of my 5 readers know what's up with NCAA basketball.  If you want to join, click the link below.  You're welcome.

CR MARCH MADNESS '13

Shame Ol' Song (Vol. 1)

I've decided to add another new facet to the blog, something I will call Shame Ol' Song.  In this segment, I will breakdown a news story that I find particularly alarming or disturbing.  Hopefully there won't be consistent updates to this segment, but we all know we live in an imperfect world.

The story of Joe Rickey Hundley gets the nod for the first installment of Shame Ol' Song.  Here is his story according to Yahoo! News: