I like her songs the beat on them are “bananas! (in my Ashanti voice)” Sounds so old school.

Have you all heard Regina Spektor? She’s the s**t too!Listen to Fidelity..you all will love it!

^^^yea i know of regina. great artist!

Hey New Yorker, they sleepin on her too…

oh yea and i wnated to say that we need to stop with this whole color thing. i feel like some people here don’t like this girl just because she’s white and feel like her color prevents her from having soul. just because you’re black doesn’t mean you have soul (case point: ashanti) and just because you’re white doesn’t mean you can’t have it. stop being so ignorant

AND NO ONE SAID SHE WAS BETTER THAN LAURYN. they said this is the album that lauryn shoud’ve made (by that he meant taking a 60s approach). personally i agree and if you don’t then whatever that’s your opinion. lauryn has a beautiful voice that would’ve sounded great with this 60s vibe thing.

and another thing, LET PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OPINIONS. not everyone is in love with this girl, not everyone is in love with lauryn, not everyone is in love with estelle or that king girl. in all honesty, i got tired of lauryn’s music but i’m not gonna bash her like you guys are bashing amy.

I like her enough to want to send her fan mail about her drug addiction. Chick needs to stop.

oops…. in my previous message i meant who the fuck are they(brick and lace) trying to bamboozle into buying their music?

I’ve been a fan since I first heard her “Rehab” Song back in Oct. I like that old school 1930’s sound, and she does it flawlessly with a touch of new school lyrics. Very cool.

umm u guys are sooo late her album leaked last october. CUz it came out in the UK in October. Anyway I like her , I know plenty of people who think Lauryn Hill is overrated sooo calm down if you think LH is better than her okay go ahead you do no need to get mad at others for liking someone better. I think what he meant when he said this is the Album LH wanted to make meaning the period like 50s and 60s type of sound not necessarily that it is better..

I can’t be the only person who thinks this chick is GARBAGE.

heard shes the lindsay lohan of the UK, but shes got real talent.

SIMPLY GENIUS! She is a gift to the music world. i really appreciate her right now. i cantw ait till she blows up in the US! This girl is beyond talented. Check her Performing live on Youtube…..OMG she is Fantastic!

I love Amy! I here music is very refreshing. We need someone like her to bring music back.

shitz tight

I like the CD but need to let CL know - do not compare it to Miseducation of Lauren Hill. That CD is in a class of it’s own.

i don’t see what the hype is…i really don’t get it. I like Corinne Bailey Rae, who is also from UK, and I think her writing is better.

on a separate music related issue: Dallas Austin just put Joss Stone on blast for fucking for tracks!apprarently that’s how some of these r&b chicks do.

check it out:
http://blogs.sohh.com/sou...7/03/dallas_austin_j.html

that ish is crazy!there was me thinking Joss was one of the sweet genuine types. watch out Raphael she using ur ass!!!

yea..don’t compare Amy Winehouse to Lauryn Hill..she is not nearly as talented. Comparing her to Fergie is OK..but not Lauryn Hill. And I know other white women who can sing soul better than this chick. I’ll be back with some names

OMG apparently christina been doing the same shit fucking for tracks!DANG!!!this white chicks is stank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://blogs.sohh.com/sou...7/03/dallas_austin_j.html

ok..i just heard Rehab..that song is really good..Before, I had just listened to the other one “you know I’m good” and I don’t like that one.

It’s not about color. It’s about talent, and this girl has it !

calm down people!she good!LH good!everybody got some good.my sistas better step it up though.but its not like we look at them for soul,more like for looks,yall know it because we would be talking about “it” right now.

it is about color@#99 when you know damn well the Grammy committee is partial to white women and light skinned sistas. Remember when India Arie got upstaged at the 2002 Grammies. This Winehouse chick will probably get the best new artist award next year..a year after Corinne Bailey Rae lost the award..although Bailey Rae deserved it..her album was on fire…but it’s all about COLOR in this world. Just cuz Corrine wears a little fro’ and this chick got straight hair..that’s what it’s all about. Call me racist if you want to…then damn it..i am

And also I will never buy a Justin Timberlake album for that reason…stealing and making profits off black folks music. I like Robin Thicke..well damn…at least he KEEPS IT REAL by marrying a sista so I got way more respect for Robin. But Justin on the other hand: he steals our music, OUR PRODUCERS (haven’t you noticed that Timbaland totally dropped Ginuwine to work with Justin–total sell out). I’m sick of these white boys and white girls trying to take what’s ours. They’ve beeen doing it during the entire last century. Blues and Bluegrass music is traced to the music from West Africa. If black folks can keep something and have pride in something in this racist country…let it be our music!!

I’m not saying this Winehouse chick is bad (you read my earlier comment..i like the “rehab” song). But I think it’s a damn shame when girls like Joss Stone, Christina, and maybe even Amy Winehouse are dropping their draws and opening their legs to get tracks. But that’s typical “white girl” for you!!!!

Also, Justin Timberlake loves to sing BLACK music..but have you ever seen Justin dating a sista–Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Justin screws the whitest, most flat assed things out there(i.e. Cameron Diaz..etc). So I guess Joss Stone can get some props for at least dating a black man..since she is fucking for the songs. Joss keeps it more real than Justin

DO NOT TURN THIS POST INTO A RACE ISSUE!!!

Thats why some female singers don’t need props from me if they actually fucking for tracks, damn shame.Well.But I doubt this woman right here fucking for tracks,lol.

@ MJ it already has,LOL,did you read the post?

LASHONDA WHY U HERE BRINGING UP SOME SEPARATE ISSUE????SHOUDLN’T U BE BLEACHING THAT FACE OF YOURS LOOOOOLL!!!!!ASHY FACED BIATCH

This girl is the truth! I love the entire retro feel. I love her voice. A lil like Lauryn, a lil like Billie. She’s got it!

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what’s ur problem?i was just letting people know about some music news?ur the one bringing in a completely unrelated topic. some of y’all just need to drop this whole race/self-hating issue. you don’t know me or my reasons for using bleach (to make my complexion smooth cos its patchy, NOT to make me white) so to people like Stud10 FUCK YOU!!!!!!!

but for real these white people WITH SOUL need to get more shine man. thats why i’m happy peeps like robin thicke gettin the recognition he deserves (almost platinum baby!!!!!). its about good music folks not race. but ye she is a bit reminiscent of L-Boogie

oh yea this chick is bad! (a la run dmc)

her first album is also really good.

I BOUGHT THE ALBUM, BACK TO BLACK. IT’S ALRIGHT, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE ‘FRANK’ ALBUM IS THE BETTER OF THE TWO. AND WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO…YOU HEAR A CHANGE IN HER VOICE, AND THE BLACK ALBUM DOES SOUND LIKE AN IMPERSONATION OF LAURYN HILL’S VOICE. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT AMY WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

lashonda don’t explain yourself. you do what you do girl and everyone else can kiss your ass.

wtf this is the internet. let’s stick to talking shit about the celebs please.

LMAO #107

I hadn’t heard of her until recently and I intend to cop the CD. I wouldn’t compare her to Lauryn though. How does QuestLove know what Lauryn wanted to make? Miseducation was fiyah..every song and is still on rotation in my house.

BTW, get off the black/white foolishness and give this woman a chance.

’bout damn time y’all put more quality artists up! i really this chick’s voice too! they play her song (the remix of it with Ghostfac) on Hot 97 a lot.

***the UK is stepping it up musically these days.

BRIAN AND QUESTLOVE…YALL TRIPPING!!! SHE AINT EVEN ON LAURYN HILL’S LEVEL OR BEYOND, AND TO SAY SO WAS A ‘BOLD STATEMENT’ AND MORONIC. I GUESS YALL IN AWE OF HER BEING JEWISH AND HAVING A VOICE LIKE THIS. SHE’S GOOD BUT LETS KEEP THE HYPE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

bmore— i feel you on that. i wish that white media would shine the spotlight on black artists who have a similar vibe like anthony hamilton, talib kweli, etc… who are majorly unappreciated in main stream. you put a white face to the same sound and they win grammy’s. it ain’t right.

btw….i think she sounds more like erykah badu but that’s my opinion…

I’m not feeling her at all
Is it me or She just doesn’t sound real to me
Maybe she’s trying too hurt

man, I miss Lauryn Hill and this chick isn’t her

everytime i watch her videos, i still can’t believe that such a voice is coming out of this woman. i think she’s lip syynching or something. like milli vinilli. lol

her music is nice, her voice is nice, but on the same note, i’m a little tired of people taking music from way back in the day, and recreating it. like christina aguilera and her “cabaret” music, as scott storch so nicely put it. i wish music could progress, and artists could represent a real NEW sound. but i guess this is due to the lack in unique and creative minds.

hole up……….Lashonda is patchy AS WELL AS ashy???????!!!! DANNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!bitch is a hot mess, on the outside as well as the inside….GTFOH with ur hydroquinone aplying self

She reminds me of white Erica Badu not Lauryn Hill

Umm…she is okay. Her songs sound pretty much the same. Don’t really see what is so unique about this girl. She kinda of sounds like Lauryn Hill. She has talent and some potential. But I would rather listen to Emily King or someone like Corinne Bailey Rae than her. She’s alright.

I really dig this chick but L Boogie she is not.

Lashonda, thanks for posting this link:

http://blogs.sohh.com/sou...7/03/dallas_austin_j.html

hahahahaha….damn..Christina Aguilera is a slut! Dayuuuuum (still love her music though)

Dallas needs to keep putting everyone on blast.. I’ll be visiting that site more often.

ye thanks for the link Lashonda : )

that shit seriously opened my eyes about what is going on in the music business. some of these chicks are just crazy. co-sign w. B MORE SERIOUS, i want more of Dallas giving us all the inside stories. that gossip is juicy as hell!!!!!

BTW:can y’all just leave this Lashonda chick alone (120), she done explained herself too many times and that whole bleaching issue is over. let it be and leave the poor girl alone. keep ur head up mami!!!!

ohhh i almost forgot: i LLLLLOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEEE amy winehouse & apart from the fact they all from the UK there is no comparison between her & that teen whore Joss Stone. Although i think she would have to get MUCH deeper to be close to L-Boogie (that MTV Unplugged album had me crying on the floor at my grandma’s house!LAURYN HILL IS DEEEEEEEEEPPPPPP)

no one is lauryn hill but lauryn hill. please stop the shallow comparisons. allow each musician to express her talents without undermining the uniqueness and greatness of those who came before. lauryn is a legend on too many levels to go into here–she remains the one and only lauryn hill. amy winehouse is amy winehouse. said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzRyF3ER3lA

Why do “we” always have to make a white counter part to a great Black artist. “A White Lauryn Hill?” We never say there’s a “Black Elvis,” or a “Black Barbra Streisand,” or even a “Black Celine Dion” Lauryn is Lauryn- Amy not quoting scriptures -Damn’ that she ain’t even rhyming!!- Holla back at me when she get half the talent Lauryn has.- ElleLuciano

I agree with #31 and especially #69. the music is nostalgic and soulful, but I am not feeling her, at all. I am however feeling the new stuff from Brian McKnight, Tamia, Heather Headley, and even classic folks like Freddie Jackson and Howard Hewett have some good songs out right now. Anyways, I gotta turn this off because I do not like this song. Sorry, I guess I’m the black sheep and I got a headache!!

LOL @ 20!!!!!that shit had me chocking

i meant 120!!!!!!!!!

to respond to the majority of the comments, I just want to set the record straight by saying I’m not the one that compared them.

several e-mails I’d gotten about her said they felt like she was “the white lauryn hill” and then questlove made that comment (it’s posted on her ad in vibe magazine).

I think amy is a very talented young lady, but there is NOTHING original about her music. it’s already been do before, long ago, she is just bringing it to the forefront of popular music right now. all it is is soul music. and she’s put her own spin on it, by pairing it with her lyrics and dope melodies, harmonies and vocal arrangements.

and yes, she does have an alocohol/heroine addiction, as well as eating disorder. it’s a shame too, because she’s very talented.

Its nice to you as Americans are embracing our British music, BUT i am a very honest berson, and as a Brit, Amy’s album is good BUT its nothing to shout to the roof tops about let alone hype it up as much as Brian has done. ALTHOUGH, her debut album (Frank) was the SHIT now that was dope from stronger than me to ‘you sent me flying’ was wicked.

Also, Amy is incomparable to Lauryn Hill they are v.different artists so i dont that comparison was a credible one

Lastly, shes ARABIC not WHITE! lol ciao!

@ 97 Thanx 4 da link hun. Bt fucking for trax? Is nothing sacred animore?Can’t say i’m surprized at Xtina (she always sed she ws dirrrty lol) but Josh Stone?O my wrd dat ish b crazy!to think she had her cherry popped by dat nasty neegrow Dalis Austen?urgh disgusting!to be honest he acks lyke a bitch!lol! gossuping bout da whole ishue lyke i gossup wit ma girlfreinds!lol

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is this for real????You need to stay off the blogs & go back to school for real!lol!!!Your spelling and grammar is atrocious. I mean atroshus……smh

U guys are stupid as hell for actually believeing that shit that Dallas says.LMAO>

>>>NYLA

People will believe anything..you can say that Ashanti is sleeping with the whole music industry and people will believe it when it is apparent that the ish he’s talking about was like 5 years ago.LOL> If he’s EVEN telling the truth.

Lauryn Hill is waaay overrated. People act like she’s a legend or something, sorry but she is going to have to come up with more than one good overrated ass cd to make that list for me.

xcuse me 135 bt i’m i completd my studies @ university in London so dont b throwin accusashions around when you are unaware of whom u r addressing. secondly if Dalis is lying lyke some of y’all sugest then y ain’t he been sued for defamation?He won’t becus this ish b tru & Xtina jus gna keep queit bout it & hope it goes away. perhaps it is u who is the stupid ones.

Yeah well this a the internet people believe everything without sources or reliable ones at that.
They believe anything that comes out of someone’s mouth regardless if that person just wants to receive attention because he is not in the limelight any more.

@ bmoreserious
what is typical “white girl”?? you basically write about how blacks are discriminated against yet you generalize white girls. the funny thing is for every white girl using sex to get ahead, there is a black girl, asian girl, etc. doing the same thing

and what is “keeping it real”? just because someone married a black person doesn’t make them real.

plus for all the people complaining about how Amy is taking away the shine from people like Anthony Hamilton, etc, keep in mind that it has nothing to do with race. Beyonce, Ciara , and Ashanto are also taking shine away from these people and they’re black as well. Yes, Bey can sing but what artistic vision does she have? Yet you guys are so quick to focus only on the whites who “take our music”. now who discriminates?

many of you have some serious race issues that you need to sort out. stop being so ignorant

#138 Whether or not it’s true who really gives a damn he was with christina 5 years ago according to her He was the one who cheated. So it’s a he say she say thing. But it’s not like this happended recently if he is even telling the truth. I mean who didn’t know Christina was Dirrty and a wild child in 2002-03 I mean she did have a whole cd about it soo who gives a damn.

He just wants attention

I like Amy Winehouses music is that okay no it’s nothing new but it is better than half of the BS they play on the radio.

Dallas Austin__NEEEXXT. Why is he bringing up old shit anyway. It’s not like Xtina was hiding her skanky waays back in those days anyways. But I’m glad she cleaned up her act a bit, it’s also not like he hasn’t slept around either (TLC) rolls eyes.

Lauryn Hill is ssooooo damn overrated it’s not even funny.

Yeah people on this site has major Race and sexist issues.

Yeah and they will believe anything like they believed Bee and Jay broke up and JHUd didn’t take a rule because someone is going to be nude in the movie( there wasn’t any reliable sources to that either lol)

Now they believe some crackhead…lol.That’s brining up stuff that happened a long time ago. When he cheated on Xtina..lol…and I don’t even like Xtina.lol But no I’m not that gullible and if it is true it isn’t really news worthy.

Damn, I should be ashamed of myself. Amy is fiyah. I got to go cop her album. I never heard of her. I read on wikipedia that the producers of the the new James Bond 22 movie talked to her about singing the theme song. After hearing her today, She’ll be an excellent Choice. I love music like her’s, Corrine Bailey Rae and Robin Thicke. Bringin’ the soul back.

Dallas and Christina use to date back in the day and he cheated on her.hmmmm double standards um yes I think so.

I like Amywinehouse , but some of ya’ll act like White people are only supposed to sing one type of music POP and I guess Beyonce is fake becuase she is a POP star. I guess MJ is fake cuz he is the king of POP. Get outta here with that BS.

Amy winehouse has been out for a while hmm about 5 years to be exact. Her cd came out last year and you guys are just now posting it.LAATE.

She’s hot, fa sho, but she ain’t no Lauryn. Gone with that ?uestlove.

I sincerely enjoy the contribution that White artists are bringing to the table. But at the same time…I do feel a liltle iritated sometimes. It’s like Elvis all over again. I hope I don’t sound biased or anything like that. I can’t help how I feel. But I do appreciate them…on a positive note I will say it’s like they are honoring our culture.

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I dig her*

I love Amy’s music. I’ve been listening to her stuff for a while now. She’s a great artist, but she’s not the best performer. Her stage presence is really lacking. I wish she would work on that. Maybe if she wasn’t drunk or high all the time she’d be better. She’s honest. She admits that she’s a drunk. I don’t think the american media is ready for her just yet, but im glad she’s coming to the states. She’s a nice alternative to the BS that’s on the radio.

CL is always late with music but a year late that’s funny. Why do Whites have to be honoring our music music is music is Beyonce honoring madonna with her music hmmmm since she sings pop, you guys make absolutely no sense sometimes, but this is CL.

It’s funny how Dallas say Xtina had sex with him for beats but NONE of her songs on Stripped was produced by him so hmmmmmmmmmmm and you guys are dummies for believing him. Not only that but they were in a relationship and according ot her he cheated on her.

Here we go again!!!!

White people, don’t have soul, they copy it!!!

Amy Winehouse is a great artist. Let’s just leave it at that.

Lauryn can sing, flow, and act and she did all of this before the age of 25. Don’t compare the 2.

Corrine Bailey Rae is a wonderful artist, but that’s not soul music.

Robin Thicke is great as well. But he ain’t nothing new.

@133 why did your comment make me feel like Little Richard? You mofos stole our music, then gonna invade us with The Beatles & the Rolling Stones and so on and so on. Then think it is so great because ya’ll did it.

The music industry was segregated for so long based on race and sex, so it will only come up when discussing it because its a part of the foundation.

co-signing with #75 I was going to write the same thing - that chick is strung to hell out on drugs, cancelling concerts and all - Me and Mr. Jones might be about drugs - just like the original Me & Mrs. Jones. Y’ll better listen to those lyrics again. . .