#152 They are a lot of Black people that lived raised and Born in the UK and I am one of them.

Naomi Campbell is also a fellow Brit.

Me And Mr. Jones is about Nas.

Amy is a huge fan of Nas and the song is an Ode to him about her lover getting in the way of her going to a Nas concert. If you heard her interviews and read the reviews you would know that.

Damn….We get it. She’s not Lauryn Hill. She’s definitely killing most of the artists in the forefront. I don’t feel she’s doing too much at all. That is her voice. She’s not doing all those Mariah Carey circa 1991 runs. Less is definitely more. I guess because I myself am an alcoholic heroin addict with a eating disorder, I dig her rawness.

#152 I hope you realize that there are Black people who live in the UK, Germany etc. We don’t only reside in America.

Amy Winehouse is the shit , but I don’t think America will embrace it they like Bubble gum music like Beyonce whose sales here in the UK are not impressive.

Damn….We get it. She’s not Lauryn Hill. She’s definitely killing most of the artists in the forefront. I don’t feel she’s doing too much at all. That is her voice. She’s not doing all those Mariah Carey circa 1991 runs. Less is definitely more. I guess because I myself am an alcoholic heroin addict with a eating disorder, I dig her rawness.

Very well said BTW Mariah may have a lot of octaves but I also like more raw singers like Aretha and Amy anyday over a multitude of octaves with thin voices a la Mariah.

Amy is not White BTW she is arabian.

and no she is not a terrorist and related ot Osama Bin Ladin.

Americans are so full of themselves.

I like her music , but this is kind of old.

ive been jammin amy for a while know i had her song rehab on my myspace page she is great. Im so excited some of my UK favs are getting some attention!!!! If you like Amy you will like this girl name Mutya Buena there calling her the queen of slow jams.

BRIAN, you might not have been the first to make the comparison, but it certainly sounded like you endorsed them. You noted you “couldn’t agree more” that amy winehouse’s album is the album lauryn hill wanted to make. Really? You’re in talks with Lauryn, and she said this is the album she wanted to make?

Your most recent comment sounds like a BACKTRACK to me. I’d have more respect for you as a music reviewer if you at least held your ground. I do understand why you wouln’t want to though: you’ve made a baseless, silly comparison, and most folks on here don’t agree with you.

She’s alright but I think you are giving her waaaay too much credit.
(Could you just have a thing for blue eyes?)Her songs are mediocre at best. Yes, she has an old school (umm Motown-ish) flavor. But that alone doesn’t make her Aretha or Gladys (or even Lauryn for that matter). Lyrically, nice… and a little more mature than most of what’s out… but that’s more a product of being exposed to the UK cultural scene than anything else. I mean, y’all sleep on sistahs like Amel & Angie who do it all the time. Her vocals=bland(no range). I mean it’s likeable, but she AIN’T on Robin Thicke’s level yet. Be for real.

I love how she comes out and says whatever is on her mind. I love Laurny, but she lacks that. I been listening to Amy since late last month, and I love her music.

To: The New Yorker

Judging from how defensive you sound you must be white but Bmore has issuses don’t take it personal.But in response to everything else you said. Lauyrn made the album she wanted to make and should have made. Like I said before Amy’s album is a throw back album done very well but Christina did the same thing just poorer.Lauryn could have done that easy but I doubt Amy could have done what Lauryn did production wise and definately not lyrically.

And Beyonce’s artistc vision is what she has presented through her music and videos just as Amy or Ciara have presented their’s through their music and videos. I don’t even know what you even meant by that but there you go it’s pretty simple. People need to stop equating artistry with genres there are people in every genres making good and bad music.

And lastly to the couple of people who said Lauryn is overrated. I have a question for you. Who do you think isn’t? Just wondering.

He NEVER said she was better than Laurny, fucktards. Please learn how to read before you come in here bashing Amy.

Damn, y’all have some MAJOR race issues…Would you have such a problem with the Lauryn Hill comparison if Amy was Black?

Some people are so caught up with the fact that she’s not Black that you can’t even listen to the music itself. It just KILLS you to give a non-Black person props.

And stop it with that whole “white people are stealing our music bullshit.” MUSIC HAS NO COLOR. Ray Charles did country music, remember? Let’s not limit ourselves because of the color of our skin.

AND I BET IF AMY WAS BLACK SINGING THE EXACT SAME MUSIC Y’ALL WOULD BE PRAISING HER UP AND DOWN. SMH.

wait a minute….. who da fuk likes Lauryn Hill???? She sucks and fell off the face of the earth thanks GOD!!!! AMY is much better than Lauryn… get it together and don’t hate cause she’s white!!!1

i’m like all the black girls out there and a yt girl has to replace our lauryn. our girls are steady trying to out sex one another.. but the one’s that aren’t like india etc, gets no play..a girl like this comes around and she’s the second coming.

either way. i think she has a great sound.

Love, if you’re talking to me FUCK YOU I never said New Yorker said she was better. YOU learn how to read before addressing someone who wasn’t even talking to you. You Idiot.

I am sooooo f’ing mad that anyone would compare Amy “crystal meth face” Winehouse to Lauryn Hill are you crazy. this is typical of Black people. Because she is a rich jewish girl who can sing “black” she will always receive more praise than the million black people who can sing 10 times better and actually are real this chick is a mess and an attention seeking druggie who wears the same clothes for seven days straight . we always gotta bring our own down( Beyonce) and big up people like this poor little rich jewish girl.what the fvvvck she doesn’t reach my heart when she sings at all!!! you are all buggin’.

i like her voice and the type of music she sings.
white folks takin us back to the ole’ days. (the wonderful 90’s)

Amy Winehouse is the business!!! I’ve been listening to her a minute ago and the girl is talented!! Hopes she continues to do well and brings her soulful music to Cali one time!!!

i think he meant this is something lauryn could have made. the girl is cut from the lauryn hill cloth. point black. there’s room for this and pop music. i just think it’s a shame that no other black chick has represented for retro rnb (yes that’s what i call it) since. more like we haven’t represented for those chicks since lauryn left. now this chick will be the artist of 2007

176 post for a new artist she’s gonna be HUGE if she doesn’t over dose first hope she get’s her shit together because she really is talented.

Me, you must be guilty because I wasn’t even talking to you, I didn’t even mention a name.

Lauyrn made the album she wanted to make and should have made. Like I said before Amy’s album is a throw back album done very well but Christina did the same thing just poorer.Lauryn could have done that easy but I doubt Amy could have done what Lauryn did production wise and definately not lyrically.
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It has nothing to do with the production, more so the lyrics. Her lyrics are frank. And how you know what she can’t do?

She looks like one of Prince’s girls…. typical.

no, it just kills black people to give their own props. i have never seen a black artist get this much praise comment wise. either our artists do suck, or we just view ourselves as inferior.

It`s always a nigga who has to show he/she ain`t racist by saying some stupid shit. Niggas should learn from white people. Look at Justin Timberfucker.. he gets called racist all the time, do you think he is gonna try win any niggas over? Hell no, if we think he`s racist, he don`t give a shit. After all we`re only niggas and we`re gonna purchase his music regardless. Take a look at Paris Hilton, loads of people call her racist, even to her face. Does she give a shit? Nope. Why? Because her fellow white people are gonna love her anyway, and she don`t need nobody elses love.

I’am lovin the “Tears Dry On Their Own” song, dat’s my new favorite tune.

no, it just kills black people to give their own props. i have never seen a black artist get this much praise comment wise. either our artists do suck, or we just view ourselves as inferior.

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True.If it was a break out artist of color I’m sure there won’t be this much praise.Hmmm never progress as leaders but followers,I understand.

Amy is Jewish, and does it matter if she isn’t black?
And i don’t get all the fuzz about the resemblences.
When she came out with Frank, it was Erykah Badu. Now it is Lauryn Hill.
Big whoop?

She is a true artist, writing and composing her own music.

I was afraid of this, that her commercial breaktrough and succes could destroy her reputation and what she truly stands for.

And i’m a bit surprised that you US folks like Corinne Bailey Rae so much, she and her music are boring as hell.

And the wikipedia story about Amy doing the new James Bond tune was not true, she said it herself in an interview, it was blown out of proportion.

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#154 Yes I know there are Black people in Britain, there are black people everywhere. I love my British cousins…but that wasn’t the point of my comment!!!

Our history of music in America is infused with racism. Yes Ray Charles and other Black artists sung country music and what did they say..”why that nigger sanging our music”!!!!

But I know I can only take this convo so far on this site. Some of my people don’t know music outside of what’s on BET or what’s posted on Concrete Loop!!!

@185Corinne Bailey Rae makes beautiful music…I wish the crack your ass was near my big toe right now so I could stick my foot up it

It’s just that yall like the crunk, “act a buffoon like Lil Jon” type music. So don’t go there.

@169–Country and bluegrass music came from West African music…

@167–i don’t have issues..the U.S. has issues

@New Yorker–yes..”typical white girls” open their legs to bond with black men.

I AGREE WIT NUMBER 54.I LOVE MUSIC ARTISTS LIKE REGINA SPEKTOR, GOAPELE AND SUNSHINE ANDERSON.

NO OFFENSE AMY, AT LEAST YOU REPPING 4 THE ENGLISH MUSIC ARTISTS!

i wanna do her

amy winehouse is the truth! i have been listening to “back to black” uk edition for about two months…can’t get enough of it. for all those that doubt how really good she is, just get the album! i can’t wait for the opportunity to see her live when and if she comes to the states. hopefully she will get her personal life in order (get off those drugs and alcohol, hence the “rehab” song) in order for us to enjoy more music in the future.

@ ME

that’s funny. surprise surprise i’m actually black

i’m not saying that MOLH was not a good album. I didn’t care for it much but I still respect it. That was the album, that as you said, Hill wanted to make and made. However, concept-wise this should’ve been her follow up to MOLH

and the other point i was trying to make was against people who said that Winehouse was taking shine away from better black artists when there are also black artists in the mainstream that are taking away shine from these artists.that’s not Amy’s fault.

and by artistic vision, i mean when people actually have something artistic to bring to the table. though Amy’s music isn’t new, it’s different in the mainstream right now and you can see her artistic vision. someone called it retro R&B, perfect term for it. Bey is from a different genre but what artistic vision does she have? she can sing her ass off and comes out with danceable music, but does she say anything of importance? is she someone that you would listen to and say “damn how the hell did she come up with this (lyrics, concept, etc.)?” missy elliott is a perfect example of being artistic

@ 54 is governor that guy from the “supernatural” song with wyclef and santana? if so he’s definitely slept on

amy is great, but when shes wasted, shes awful. go on youtube and look up her singing Beat it with Charlotte Church. She must have been wasted or high because she was awful singing. But her being effed up makes her fun for some reason. i like her style too.

Preach BMORESERIOUS! You said what I didn’t want to say. I was trying to be neutral by saying that in some way, it’s like they are honoring us. Truthfully, BMORESERIOUS’s opinion mirrors my own. Sorry if I came of like a hipocrite, but like I said, I was trying to be neutral and just look at the artist, not the color. But fuck it man, it is what it is!

1Luv

Um, I’m not feelin it, but that’s just me….

i never heard of her til i read bout her on here, and im lovn her music. i cop’d it off of itunes…so thanks cl for introducing me to this artist.

Ami Winehouse and LAURYN HILL mentioned in the same breath is downright DISGRACEFUL.

Way fuckin overrated!!.. The white L Boogie? CL YALL DONE LOST YALL NIGGA LUVIN MIND! THAT’S BLASPHEMY!

its not about black or white its about talent.

amy is THAT bitch. her lyrics are so on point and she really speaks to women in our age group with feeling and honesty.

i love love love her.

i’m feelin her, but if she has a drinkin problem she might wanna get that checked out

I for one cannot get into this woman, mainly because there are too many distractions.

This picture isn’t showing the bigger issue…the woman is like 90lb’s soaking wet. This because of her rampant drug use. Check out her pics on perezhilton.com of her getting busted snorting cocaine a few weeks ago…priceless!

Not to mention for her North American tour, she threw up on stage not once, but twice on two seperate concert dates from drinking and partying. She needs to get some help.

I dont see why people like this chick plus I heard her attitude is stank. Attitudes play a big part in whether I like an artist or not. She’s ok but I dunno why I keep going to blogs/forums hearing bout this chick. I dunno. People find a new white girl with a little soul to clit hop on every year. first xtina, then joss, then jojo, now amy. Whatever. To each his own.

lol @ the lauryn comparison. I can sorta hear it in the tone of her voice but…..please LMAO.

SERIOUSLY THO SHES NOT EVEN CLOSE LH. Download peace of mind by Lauryn Hill off of her MTV Unplugged album.

You do alot of generalizing Boogie. Shut your tea and crumpet eating ass up!

I like her…Love “you know i’m no good” “rehab” and “back to black” sheer genius…IMO!!!

She’s better than LH!!!! Im really feeling white women now.

I love this chick. She’s definitely a breath of fresh air from alot of these poppy people. In Rehab she does sound like a white Lauryn Hill, but their styles are different.

Yes, white people can be soulful. To say that only black people have soul has to be the “ignorant quote” of the day. And so what, blue-eyed-soul is making a come back? I know that a lot of you closet racists would rather hear bullshit about bullshit artists like Beyonce and Rhianna, rather than real R&B that just so happens to come from a white person. (And until Beyonce can do something on the level of Amy’s Fuck Me Pumps, instead of Freakum Dress she’ll remain a bullshit artist)

I can understand the LH/AW comparision. I listened to several of her tracks and noticed how similar they can be vocally. There were a few time where I listened and thought about LHill. But seriously, they’re completely different. As much as I loved the MisEd. of LHill, it’s overrated, in fact she’s overrated. She does one album and everyone acts as if it’s the gospel truth that can never be surpassed. LHill’s solo work isn’t legendary, if anything it’s a flash in the pan.

138- I sure as hell hope you kept the receipts, because you can’t type or spell for shit. I think UoL seriously needs to re-think their admissions policy. Just about ever other word is spelled wrong, and I’m not even going to start about your grammar.

I have the Back to Black Cd it’s really good. Great Soul album she almost reminds me of Joss Stone. I heard her on the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ghostface Remixed “You Know I’m No Good”. If you really like soul music you will like this Cd. She has this amazing Voice she is so Talented.

She sounds similar to Lauryn Hill but not as good. But I can’t front the Amy’s voice is serious! She sounds damn good “Rehab” is off the hook! I like her style, her voice, she’s smooth as hell! I’ll take Amy Winehouse over Joss Stone with all her trying to hard and stuff. She tries a little too hard it sounds so weird to me.

nicholeoleoleo said:”Yes, white people can be soulful. To say that only black people have soul has to be the “ignorant quote” of the day. And so what, blue-eyed-soul is making a come back?”

Blue-eyed never went anywhere….

White people get soul from listening to Black music, it’s not naturally a part of their culture. So my comment does not come from a place of ignorance. I never said it was impossible to mimic.

And since when did Beyonce become a bullshit artist? Her music is plain and simple…its POP. That’s the music that keeps the industry afloat.

On the real, everybody can’t be all deep and shit, strumming a guitar, its more to life and music than just that. Sometimes you just want to have fun and keep it simple. You know hit the up the club and dance!!! And chicks be freaking out when Bee comes on, and they play Irreplaceable in the club and its like a sea of hands. So I only take the Beyonce diss but so far, give the woman come credit.

And Lauryn Hill a flash in the pan…Ummm Nuh!!! That’s not what that term means. If she was she wouldn’t be the comparison.
Did people forget Lauryn is a MC as well? Amy don’t rock the mic and what movie was she in?

Rockwell is a flash in the pan. Artists you wouldn’t know off the top of your head. Like who’s going to remember Amy Winehouse in 5 years. Tell Questlove to holla at Res or Mystic or Leela James for the matter, before bigging up this chick.

AMY IS THE TRUTH! BACK TO BLACK IS A CLASSIC & SHES WHAT R&B NEEDS. HER FIRST ALBUM “FRANK” IS EVEN BETTER THAN BACK TO BLACK. I LOVE AMY & I WISH HER THE BEST OF LUCK.

I like her music! Its a very old timey feel to it, which i love. Heard shes on drugs, hope she gets it together, would be ashame to lose good talent

She’s fiyah… The remix to You Know I’m No Good w/ Ghostface is crazy!

Concreteloop helped Amy out. She is number one on itunes with her album ‘Back To Black’.

chinababy, that comment about Amy not rapping or acting is so damn irrelevant. I mean, what does that have to do with anything? Would that make her the better person? No!

Maybe this is a step in the right direction, this could be the “thing” that brings back real soul music. Labels are probably looking for true talent now.

Are we still going crazy over white people just because the sound soulful? It’s 2007 - this sh*t still blows my mind. Okay the girl has soul….and…?

I don’t find anything creative or compelling about her music, it’s very predictable and self indulgent. Entertaining - YES, Earth shattering - NO. Too much hype if you ask me. Black or white…this is nothing new or innovative and yes, like everything else, it’s all been done before.

And for the Lauren Hill comparison. Lauren is not my gold standard when it comes to vocalists, but her debut album and the Fugees prior work was much more creative and inspiring and when it come to vocalist no one tops my girl Jill. You can tune a piano to her voice, she’s one of the only singers that acting sing notes pitch perfect.

And please stop with this “black artists better step up their gam crap”. There are plenty of black artists making underground music that is souful, creative, innovative and can blow Amy, Lauren and a whole bunch of other people out the box. The only difference is when a white artists can do it just as well as you, you are no longer neccesary - period. Don’t believe me, just look at the history of the music industry. Remember this is a business and a white girl with soul is much more novel than a black one - just look at how people on this site are on her shit. Now compare that to all the negative comments on the post about black artists. It doesn’t take much to impress some people.

Love, the comment was addressing the comparison as well as the person calling LH overrated and a flash in the pan.

I wasn’t comparing them as people.

Alright NY, let’s end it on that note!!!

And please stop with this “black artists better step up their gam crap”. There are plenty of black artists making underground music that is souful, creative, innovative and can blow Amy, Lauren and a whole bunch of other people out the box. The only difference is when a white artists can do it just as well as you, you are no longer neccesary - period. Don’t believe me, just look at the history of the music industry. Remember this is a business and a white girl with soul is much more novel than a black one - just look at how people on this site are on her shit. Now compare that to all the negative comments on the post about black artists. It doesn’t take much to impress some people.

^^^^I totally agree.

I know that a lot of you closet racists would rather hear bullshit about bullshit artists like Beyonce and Rhianna, rather than real R&B that just so happens to come from a white person. (And until Beyonce can do something on the level of Amy’s Fuck Me Pumps, instead of Freakum Dress she’ll remain a bullshit artist)

^^^I hate when people put other artists down to praise other artists. Rhianna and beyonce are pop artists and in no shape or form should be compared to Amy who is not in the same genre of music. There is no such thing as “Black music” or “white music”. Me being a music fanatic and critic, it seems like everyone has to put music in a box. Music is music, music is art, music is an art form and even though labeled, should not be limited to a certain race or gender, color of people…..ect.

I like AMy, I think she has a unique sound. She is NOT a vocalist, but she illicts a response and she dares to be different it seems.

#54…I am feelin you on that, but I have all of those albums as well. At first liten I was hooked, this girl is GOOD!!! I actually went to youtube and watched all of her clips and she sounds good in ALL of them, live or studio…I LOVE Black music but I also LOVE good music and with some of the pure foolishness being funneled through our community it is refreshing sometimes to find something different…Amy is definately not Lauryn Hill, but damn I would love to hear them on a track together…now THAT would be ill!!!

PS…Some of her best stuff is not even on her albums…Listen to her remake of Valerie (Off the Chain!)

The girl is a straight meth/crack/cocaine head!

I don’t see why they are comparing her to L. Hill.

This album is OK, but her previous album is alot better. People always want to jump on someones bandwagon…Some of yall love yourselves some ‘blue eyed’ soul!

People jumped on Joss Stone’s bandwagon when she reached the US…”oh she’s soulful for a white chick”…the same thing is happening with Amy’s cocaine ridden ass!