well shes okay different in style i dont think shes like Lauryn Hill at all but i wish her much success

I just read up on Miss Winehouse the other day in Paper or C magazine. MTV played her video early this morning and the voice is so incredible. I’m so sincere right now. She is talented. Very.

YES…I luv her to death…i can’t stop listening to her music. She’s what i’ve been waiting for. Beyonce is my fav artist, and Amy jumpd ova plenty of bitches on my list to sit at #2. I LUV HER!

OMG…Addicted, F me pumps, You should b stronger than me, Best friends are my fav songs. but the list goes on and on.

Amy Winehouse … is a talented singer … i just got the album yesterday and its extremely soulful its this something that i think r&b is missing … not anything like lauryn hill but the type of r&b i would love to see her do … like with her single doo wop … amy can only get better than this

whoa.I’m feeling this.she does have a vibe of Lauryn Hill,i was just listening to Lauryn Hill man I miss her!but i think i might go cop.

This girl is definitely talented and her music is pure fiyah!!! I didn’t find out about her recently and I already am a fan!!! I’m loving her bluesy/jazzy voice and the realness of her lyrics… I love a singer whose lyrics actually have meaning other than a bunch of cute rhyming words… I will be getting this album this weekend!

*rather than

She’s very talented, she’s far better than Joss Stone, but she’s not touching Lauryn lyrics or production wise, not in a million years!! Nowhere near Lauryn’s level. I have YET to find a chick as bad as LAuryn when it comes to lyrical content. Undethroned since ‘98.

Why do people always gotta HYPE stuff like this?

Shorty is dope and she’s talented, but I don’t know why artists can’t just be hot. Instead, they gotta compare them to legends and make false claims.

ANYONE who thinks this chick is BETTER than Lauryn, and will drop an album BETTER and MORE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED than The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is either:

1. Retarded
2. On drugs
3. Crazy and belongs in rehab with Britney Spears.

It’s THAT simple

*I didn’t hear about her until recently… Dang I can’t type… I think it’s time for me to take my black behind to bed!

I am feeling her and her music is pretty original considering the other music that is out right now…

I’m confused @ #13 David… who said she was better than Lauryn???

We all know Lauryn Hill is dope,but calling this girl the White Lauryn Hill ain’t even neccessary,just say she is next to her,not the next,but next to her.She got a nice thing going.I didn’t even know Salaam Remi/Mark Ronson produced some of her album.

LH we miss you!

@ Red, thats what I’m saying,who said that?

I really like her voice I just wish she didn’t use those 50’s beats. It makes it nostalgic or somethin.

lol, @ #16… You know when a white artist comes along and performs above and beyond the norm, people gotta try and make them seem as though they are on levels they clearly are not on… The girl is good but there is only one Lauryn… black, white, or otherwise!

@ Red, I’m saying!Stop giving soooo much credit,just give credit don’t drop your drawls every time and call her the “White” Lauryn Hill,lol.I’m not saying she isn’t good but damn we can see she good, lol.But I understand the spark of debate for attention.

And we know that Lauryn Hill had one studio album, but that album is straight up real.

WHITE OR BLACK…THIS GIRL IS THE TRUTH. HER FIRST ALBUM (FRANK) IS GOOD ALSO
SHE DOES KINDA SOUND LIKE LAURYN HILL ON “TEARS DRY ON THEIR OWN”

but i do like her WAY WAY better than joss stone tho!

I just when to amazon.com and ordered it. I see some similarity between L-Boogie and Miss Winehouse. But why not compare. Shit does anyone even know where Lauryn is right now. She may just be in rehab choppin it up with Britney Spears herself.LOL

Well I can agree that she is better than Joss Stone.I think she brings out the “fake” soul because I don’t feel it.Even though I heard some Joss stuff I think she aight.

Lauryn did lose her mind momentarily…

^^^for real, what happened… I must be out of the loop because I never heard about it…

why on earth would anyone in their right mind compare a yt to lauryn. lauryn’s gone put a hex on this site, and sorry but you’ll have comin for that dumb sh*t.

Well, I like the collabo she has with Ghostface….She str8!

Wow…how did I sleep on this? I usually find out about UK stuff in good time. But yeah…I like her! I don’t know about the Lauryn Hill comparison…I just don’t like putting up people like that.

Does anyone remember Ms. Dynamite?? Also out of the UK…she *KINDA* sounds like her. Winehouse’s voice sounded familiar and Dynamite popped up in my head. The UK pushes out a lot of good stuff…

LOL @ 23…a sad possibility.

OVERRATED. NEXT!

ohhhhhh sorry for jumping on the bandwagon late people.what so special about her again?

Amy is amazing.. i’ve been playing this album since January .. i love her!

I discovered her a few months back, I only know one song of hers and I get goosebumps just talking about her. She puts a lot of ’singers’ to shame. THAT’S HOW MUSIC WAS MEANT TO BE!

Questluv is about to make me not like his ass for saying some BULLSHIT like that. If I’m ever anywhere near him I’m slapping his ass for that shit.”This is the album Lauryn wanted to make” this nigga must of been high when he said that shit and he KNOWS better.Don’t get me wrong I like her album got it the day after it came out but she DOES NOT COMPARE TO Ms. Hill. Her music like most soul artist, lyrical is mainly about love and relationships(nothing wrong with that at all) and it’s well written but Lauryn was about SO MUCH MORE than that especially the unplugged album. QuestLuv done really pissed me of with that statement because by saying this is the album Lauryn wanted to make he’s saying she’s better than Lauryn and to take a word from the subtitle of her song Me and Mr. Jones that is pure “FUCKERY”.

Okay, i’m still trying to figure out how she’s getting compared to LAURYN HILL? I mean, she sounds talented (the snipets I listened to, cause I could only take so much) but LAURYN HILL? I don’t know about all that. “MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL” stays in my cars SIX DISK CHANGER!

Okay, i’m still trying to figure out how she’s getting compared to LAURYN HILL? I mean, she sounds talented (the snipets I listened to, cause I could only take so much) but LAURYN HILL? I don’t know about all that. “MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL” stays in my cars SIX DISK CHANGER! So I don’t know. I wasn’t feelin’ those songs, but maybe i’ll try her album a since everyone is HOLLERIN’ about it. I always LOVE to support PURE TRUE TALENT.

^ Oh sorry about the double comment, I accidently posted pre-maturely….

And her and Lauryn have totally different styles. Lauryns music was never jazz inspired hers clearly is. Lauyrns vocals were very soulful and that’s really all that connects them. Lauryn was more hip hop/soul and more contemparary sound. Her music is a straight up throw back to the jazz era of music from the 1920, 30, and 40. But as much as I love Lauryn I’m loving her vocals alittle bit more but as an all around artist she still ain’t on Lauryns level.Damn, I know most of the main stream music ain’t what it use to be even a decade ago but people are really reaching with this girl. OK I’m done.

Are you fucking kidding me? Yeah her music is good, she can sing but to compare her to LAURYN HILL the superior singer AND lyricist, thats ridiculous. The Miseducation… is a classic. Even her unplugged album was the shit.

Maybe its because Im drunk right now but this winehouse chick sounds drunk and lazy when she sings. Like shes laying down in a bed in the studio.

I like Emily King better than this chick.

I told yall all last week or so that all the featured female artists be white or white looking chicks and that ish rang a little iffy with me.Who pays you all to push these bitches on Black sites while talented Black females go unheard from.What self loathing niggas is trying to push this trash on us? How dare Lauren Hill be insulted for this white trash.I don’t recall anyone disrespecting the name or Rakim for Eminem.Damn when will nigs earn?

IM SO HAPPY AMY GETTING THE AMERICAN REGONISTION
I MET HER LOADS OF TIMES AS SHE ONLY LIVE BOUT 10 MINS FROM ME LOOOOL
BUT I LOVE HER MUSIC
SHE BANGING
BIG UP THE BRITISH

I swear QuestLove said “This is the album Lauryn wanted to make.” To call Amy the White LH… It’s just better not to label it like that.

Amy Winehouse and Ms Dynamite… Two different genres/roots.

But yep, Amy’s representing the UK/LDN nicely round about now. I’ll buy her a pint when shes back! LOL.

*Edit* I meant for ANYONE to call her the white LH.

HER SO ME AND MR JONES IS THE ISH
AND HER LAST ALBUM WAS BETTER THAN THIS
BUT IF U GET THIS ONE U HAVE TO GET THE LAST ONE IT WOZ CALLD “FRANK”

Didn’t QuestLove also praise Joss Stone? First Joss is called the white Aretha Franklin, now that broad is the white Lauryn Hill. Imagine if Ashanti was white, peeps would call her “baby baby baby” profound poetry that could put Jill Scott to shame.

The closest thing to Lauryn Hill is a UK act recently signed to John Legend’s new label “Home School” for her sophomore, and her name is Estelle SWARAY. She’s a gifted singer/rapper. Her first album is GREAT.

That’s her wikipedia page :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_(singer)

And her myspace :
http://www.myspace.com/stellarents
(”Hey Girl” is a song she did with John Legend on her first album)

Nobody can be as dope as Lauryn but Estelle’s the closest thing to Lauryn right now.

From my home city London, this womans album is FANTASTIC, pure soul!

Amy is the White, well Jewish Amy Whinehouse. She’s doin’ her own thing and that should just be it. I guess you can thank CL for introducing her to those who haven’t heard her yet, otherwise, I think you should be pushing talented Black female vocalists, who get no play (no more Cassie or Bitch Boy leaked music, please!!!!). Amy’s record company has a big promotional push for her. She’s big in the UK, so I think they would do justice by committing some $$ to get her heard in the US. She’s in a ’50s/60s Faster Pussycat Kill Kill type of mode now, not the same as Lauryn.

But watch out, cause this seems to be the latest move, to import White voices, as if no soulful sisters are hitting the mark with the music and lyrics. Also, Black folks, and I don’t mean to lecture y’all, but we need to get off the beaten path to make sure we are not drowned by a sea of incessant garbage music thats being channeled via BET and every Urban/Hip Hop Radio Station. There are a lot of great artists toiling at their craft without the benefit of mainstream radio airplay, cuss and cut lyrics, and lacefront wigs!!!!!! So, the next time you go to the record store or to Amazon, challenge yourself to listen to some one different within your favorite genre and then some one outside of your genre.

CL bring us a mix of artists, our Hip Hoppers, some old schoolers tryin’ to do new things, Neo Soul, Int’l artists of African descent, whatever. Challenge us, I know you’ll get “critical” feedback!

Brian, I was just thinking about emailing you the other day to ask you to put some spotlight on this chick. She is something serious!! I believe she and Robin Thicke are bringing R&B/Soul back!! With all the crap that people have chosen to bump in their stereos these days, it’s so refreshing to hear somebody with some real talent. I hope this is just the beginning of something big that’s about to hit the music world.

amy and joss re the best female white singers over here in london and im glad the america is feelin amy though she has got some drinking problems.

Ayo chick is good, but she is not on a Lauryn Hill level, especially the post Miseducation Lauryn, her more recent studio recordings are exceeding some legends levels. Her lyrics, sound, everything.

Awhile back i gave a youtube link for her song, the Passion, here it is again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zEjKtEHAGs
Tell me which artist is even coming close to this.
If link doesn’t work, just go to youtube and find it.

It’s a shame though. I’m all for diversity and no discrimination, but people are push Joss, Amy, Robin, Justin while all TOO MANY of our gifted artists need some more shine : Governor, Heather Headley, Gaelle, Amel Larrieux, Elisabeth Withers, Sunshine Anderson, Hil St. Soul, Dwele, Marsha of Floetry, Anthony David, Lyfe Jennings,Van Hunt,Kindred The Family Soul, Leela James. Just a few names to think about.

WELL, I think my point has been proven.

I don’t wanna hear no Amy in a sentence with Lauryn Hill EVER AGAIN.

EVER.

But, Amy is dope in her own right, and I believe she will be very successful because she’s dope. Her album is very hot!

Just listen to this girl sing, and she don’t give a fuck, her attidude is laid back take me as you see me! Shes even better live. The business - go Amy girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a listen to her videos on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqSKVv6YO8g

Some of the lyrics from “Me and Mr Jones (fuckery)” on Back to Black album. She is singing about being messed about by a guy!! Every song on her album will mean something to someone on this album, she writes her own songs about her stormy love life!

What kind of fuckery is this?
You made me miss the Slick Rick gig
You thought I didn’t love you when I did
Can’t believe you played me out like that

What kind of fuckery are we?
Nowadays you don’t mean dick to me I might let you make it up to me
Who’s playing Saturday?

What kind of fuckery are you?
Side from Sammy you’re my best black Jew
But I could swear that we were through
I still want to wonder ’bout the things you do

i copped her album on itunes a few days ago, but i’ve been hearing the buzz on her for a couple of months. the woman’s voice is so filled with genuine sorrow and raw emotion, you just can’t help but relate to and identify with her. you can truly associate your painful experiences with hers, because you know she’s coming from a real place. and i think her personal style (1960’s mod with a touch of goth and emo) only makes her more fascinating. i have listened to “you know i’m no good” at LEAST 20 times in the past 3 days, and the rest of her songs are on regular rotation. i also love that she found a lot of inspiration in 50’s and 60’s songs, i love songs from that era too, and it’s nice to see someone else around my age embrace that era’s music.

i don’t also think it’s fair to say that she’s the “next” lauryn hill because:

1.lauryn hill IS NOT GONE, and even if she was, she’s irreplaceable

2. each one of them sincerely has their own distinctive style and voice and they are both powerful singers in their own right, so why should one singer demote the other? because one has “new” material out? please, some of lauryn’s music sounds as fresh and as relevant as the first time i heard it. either way, i’d rather listen to amy winehouse and lauryn hill all day than some blase, cookie-cutter, bullshit music from groups like brick & lace. (even that ridiculous name makes me roll my eyes. who they fuck are trying trying to bamboozle into buying their music?).

here’s hoping that we see more innovation and soul from new AND etablished music artists.

I dig Joss’ album a little more since we’re going to make that comparison even though I think they’re completely different artists and the only thing they have in common is the color of their skin. Joss’ album is just more raw to me, and no, singing about alcoholism doesn’t make your album “Raw” (It’s a more uptempo and natural album, and Joss’ vocals far outclass Amy’s).

But Amy’s album is amazing too. Black artists better be on their shit because artists like Joss and Amy are bringing NEW ish to the game, not that same, rehashed product we’re getting from just about every artist

A new sound and something “fairly” original is definitely what we need and Amy Winehouse is it. I’m tired of the recycled, unoriginal artists. Peace ya’ll…have a great weekend.

I got Amy’s cd the same day as Luvanmusiq and I hate to admit it but I am definitely feeling Back In Black more. The whole cd is just sick!!!!! There is no one out there like this now. She is definitely a break from the commercial norm on our airwaves now. I like the nostalgic and tragic feel of her music. It reminds me of great ARTISTS of the past like Dinah Washington and Billie Holiday. You feel the raw emotion in the words and Amy’s voice. That is definitely what pulls you in.

I love Rehab! It is so damn funny and catchy!! Not exactly Ms. Lauryn, she’s good.

im lovin this chick rite now. she kinda has this throwback jazz/soulful voice. definitely feelin it. not 2 sure about the lauryn hill comparison though. she mite have 2 step it up a notch 2 get 2 the miseducation level

Rehab= Britney Spears’ theme song…

HER SOUND IS OKAY, I CAN’T REALLY UNDERSTAND HER WORDS AND A FEW OF THE SONGS SOUND ALIKE…BUT IF BRIAN OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER THINK THAT SHE’S BETTER THAN LAURYN THEY DON’T KNOW GOOD MUSIC. I THINK THAT ANYONE THAT IS COMPARED TO SOMEONE ELSE ISN’T SOMEONE TO BE RAVING ABOUT. THAT’S LIKE SAYING AVANT IS BETTER THAN R.KELLY. SHE PROBABLY DOESN’T WANT TO BE COMPARED. SO JUST LET HER BE HER.

Shiiiit, I got her album yesterday after seeing her video for Back to Black. She sounds like that old school 1950-60’s shit. I love it!!!!

Is this affirmative action for white chicks? Find white chick say she is the “black version” call it soul. OK whatever. QuestLove is fake, she, fake Joss is fake.

OMGGGGGGGG i have been babging her album nonstop for the last 5months and its still fresh as if i got it yesterday

my friends are sick of me ranting and RAVING about her and her album, im so glad shes finally coming out over here in the states

CHECK MY BLOG I DID ON HER ALBUM

http://blog.myspace.com/i...8f-49f0-8229-a0e3503395a5

Why does she sound like she has a Speech impediment?

Also there is a difference in singing over soul music and having soulful voice

Absolutely love her…her music is great loved her first album…f-me pumps was my favorite song…Thanks Cl for introducin her to everyone..white or black she is the truth

Amy is great, dont sleep on her. Proud she’s flying the UK flag, but i wouldnt compared her to Lauryn Hill at all. Dont sleep on Lauryn also, when that girl is ready to comeback, i think she will shock the life out of everyone. Loved Amy’s first album to death (FRANK), it dosent even play in my CD properly no more, as i have played it so many times lol
But The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is nothing short of a masterpiece, one of those albums that will never sound dated

You shoulda put REHAB on here as well. I’ve had her underground stuff since forever.

I’ve been a fan of Amy Winehouse since her first album,”Frank”, which is excellent!. I think the girl is what a proper artist should be. She’s not trying to be anything, she doesn’t look typical, she doesn’t act typical and her music is not typical. Love her or hate her, the last thing you’re gonna do when you hear her music is roll your eyes and think ‘just another wannabe’. I’m glad she’s making moves in the US, there is a lot of variety and talent here in the UK it’s about time people get to know! The BRITS are coming! Go Amy!!!

Tortured Artist???

I love Amy’s music (I copped that CD first day out, on good faith) I was dissapointed at the too few tracklist, but was “okay” with the poetic content. Amy is a true artist and could probably be developed into so much more with the right people behind her. I dig her writing (filthy lyrics and all), and her voice is her own. I give her a B+ and predict that next time around she’ll come with her A game… if all that damn drinking don’t kill her first.

Her name couldn’t be more appropriate. (LOL)

I Love the retro jazzy & contemporary poetic twist. My Fave’s are “You know i’m no good”, “Back to black”, and “Wake up Alone”.

Too Bad she has a Heroin/Cocaine Addiction (google her if you think i am lying), i know she may be new to some of ya’ll BUT i have been feeling her music long before her US Debut. Amy is a wild child and i hope she doesnt ruin her talent. I know some of you may think i just want to say something bad about the girl. BUT i am actually saying something good. Amy has a GREAT voice, soulful and she can only get better JUST as long as she can stay clean.

YO SHE KNOCKED SUM OF THESE CHIX OUT! I DIG HER…PROPS

She is alright, but she ain`t no Lauryn Hill. Estelle is the closest like the other person said, and Estelle ain`t even that great. Wtf is wrong with you people? Just say it`s good, but don`t go into kunta kinte mode please. Peace.

Qwest:There is but one Lauryn Hill,bruh!Just say she’s a great artist,you do not have to ad lib!

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!

^^^^^^^
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. . .

#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!

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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!

SHES NOT BETTER THAN MY GIRL CIARA!!!! HER VOICE SOUNDS LIKE A GUY’S!!!! ITS CIARA TIME!!!!

You are a genius Chante’. Speak on sista speak on

she aight !! i mean lauren hill and joss stone she AINT !! but she straight

well they use to call r&b,soul black music a long time ago so really it still can to some people black music so its not offensive,but music is music.but lets profile a sister and see how much love she gets because where the hell is leela james?perhaps jill scott?i mean they never got a post of themselves and they are truely some true artist,how about corrine bailey rae?she hot too.

but before i get called out as a hater i do like amy’s music.i just like to see my people shine too and there is NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

Talisa, go back from where you came!! Stop being stupid!

Well well well I have read up about miss winehouse and despite how talented she is she has a terrible uncontrollable drug problem. I think that she is going to ruin her career before it even starts. And she is no where close to Lauryn hill. Lauryn hill sings about stuff that matters f-me pumps may be lyrically good but where is the “soul”? neo soul is about a lot more than that.

SMH @ 229, Ciara is not a better singer in any way than Amy Winehouse. Vocally Amy demolishes Ciara. Thats a fact.

I also wanna add that is it silly for people to criticize her drug problems, we all have her vices and hopefully she can overcome it. That and alot of celebrities have drug problems, MJB had problems with drugs and she overcame it and is stronger for it. I wish Amy the best.

Just listened to the whole CD which I BURNED. Not too impressed. No one song grabbed me and made me feel the music. She sounds like Billie Holiday at certain points. And now knowing her drung problems her song “rehab” sounds ridiculous. She definately should not have said “no, no, no”.

@189
Her music might be beautiful, still it’s boring. And seriously, i had to google to find out who lil’ Jon is….LOL
You US folks have a lot of crap artists out there that ruin the market an oppertunities for other good artists. It is noticable that American artists aren’t dominating the European market at the moment, which is a good thing. Also for you US folks, since you woul never have Amy Winehouse album’s release over here if there weren’t any significant changes compared to 3, 4 years ago.
Amy first album Frank wasn’t released in the US because there was not one promomtioncompany that saw a market to promote a hip hop crossover jazz album made by a white girl.
And for the music taste comment, i’ll bet i have a better music taste than yours, all Europeans have :P.

And for everyone who thinks Amy has a drinking or drugproblem: She stopped smoking weed 2 years ago. She’s not on drugs, the coke/crack pictures were fake, this was confirmed by Amy’s A&R who publiced the original picture that was sent to the agencies.
And for the drinking: i think you need to listen to Rehab a few more times. She doesn’t have a problem with drinking, she is depressed because she split with her back then boyfriend (she also split up with her last boyfriend a few weeks ago) and as a result of that she has been drinking a lot. She could stop anytime with drinking, she just doesn’t want to.

Well said NYV CVNT - YOU HAVE DONE UR RESEARCH BEFORE JUDGING AMY! LISTEN TO HER VOCALS ON THIS LIVE DUET WITH PAUL WELLER. ESPECIALLY FROM 2.24 MINUTES INTO THE VIDEO IT JUST SHOWS WHAT HER AWESOME VOCALS ARE CAPABLE OF!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WTzhWACsHc

ms. amy winehouse. i’ve been loving her for about a month now. the british music scene is definitely where it’s at now. i have her cd back to black and i really love it, i recommend it to everybody. now that you’ve said it she does sound a bit like lauryn hill…oh yeh, had me go back and cop the miseducation of lauryn hill…throwback. anyway, the song “i’m no good” had a version on ghostface cd more fish…dope too.

I like her music, its different. I wouldnt have thought she sounded like that.

All I have to say is this: she tries too hard.
I don’t buy it.

Who cares about colour??? Who cares about Joss Stone??

The fact is Amy Winehouse is one of the best, most talented, most gifted artists out there right now. ‘Back To Black’ is THE best album @ the moment.

So all of u going on and on about ‘Oh, she’s white, she’s being hyped up’… put your prejudice aside for 35-40 mins and listen to an absolutely fantastic album.

Been listening to her since her first album but this album ranks her in my top 5. For all those making comparisons or pointing out similarities in her and Ms Hill you’ll enjoy hearing her live version of He Can Only Love Her. She does alittle Doo Wop (That Thing) snippet at the end. I never even thought about Lauryn listening to Amy but the more I heard the comparisons the more I noticed alittle similarities.

Amy Winehouse - He Can Only Love Her (Live)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/yr8nui

I don’t like how critics say she like Lauyren Hill.That’s not true.They should focus on her success more instead of commenting on ‘personal’ problems. I’m not that much of a fan of Bey.And I think she’s a wonderful person.But I believe Amy is more soulful than 75 percent of black artists out there today in the industry. Her music is about something. That’s why I listen to music like her’s today and old school-where the voices really matter.I’d like to go without seeing women on stage or on videos with dresses or skirts that practicaly show crouches.Or no videos that talk about having sex or seeing booties in my face.Music with a message dosen’t get ahead in America.

“but she’s not touching Lauryn lyrics or production wise, not in a million years!! Nowhere near Lauryn’s level. I have YET to find a chick as bad as LAuryn when it comes to lyrical content. Undethroned since ‘98. ”

Sorry Lauren was sued by everybody that worked on her CD and she gave up writing credit to the people who sued her. Why do you think she has not come up with a follow up

very overrated check this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vfdl7-E80Q

i am so very confused about this white jewish lady!!!! i listen to lots of her stuff and she is freaking fantastic!!!!

I love love love her!!!!!

but.. i am very confused…

SMH @ 235

I find it absolutely hilarious that you can sit on your ass and say US acts aren’t dominating the European charts at the moment. The biggests acts for 2006-07 that’s touring right now are in fact our acts. Madonna, Justin, Beyonce, Christina and Pink are slaying you guys. I’ll even include Nelly Furtado (even tho she’s Canadian) cause she’s our neighbor and US producers are responsible for her success right now. just cause you had a little resurgance on the rock side of things you wanna act a fool.

I can appreciate Amy for what she delivers but you must realize that the UK and European music scene is in more dire straits than the US right now. I have been a member of UKMIX.ORG for over three years and all they talk about are our acts. I wonder why that is??????????????

You say Amy isn’t on drugs? yeah, and neither was Anna Nicole Smith. I rest my case.

WOW! I haven’t commented on this site in sooooo long but I had to comment to give props to Amy Winehouse…. I am defintiely with you on the blue eyed soul thing…her voice is great! Rough and pretty, her music speaks to my old soul. I really love this album and has not been able to take it out of the CD player since I got it… She is very original,,, I compare her to no one, she’s got her own thing right now!

When I heard her voice it does kind of remind me of Lauryn Hill (Wish she would come out with something new).

GOOD LOOKIN’ on this review. I picked up the album on Friday. Can’t stop it. I got it on CD, on my iPod. She is the truth. …”sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray…” She is SO on point

the “me n mr. jones” track is intended for nas (as in nasir jones). there r a number of hints, including the reference to slick rick, who is commonly compared to nas. also, she describes her so-called love as a “black jew.” finally, toward the end, she says, “mr. destiny 9 n 14,” which is nas’s b-day. I think the song says more of her love (and heartbreak) for hip-hop than of any single person, or artist, though she makes clear that she’s come to expect more from nas.

@ Kimniles

Comparing Amy with Anna is ridiculous. Not even to start with your biggest Madonnatour crap argument. Justin?? I might stand up for that to scratch my ass you were thinking i was sitting on (unbelievable isn’t it?) hand luagh out hard, he is a joke.
Your arguments are weak and lame.

The only good band/artist from the US that had a breaktrough in the past couple of years is The Gossip.

I have been pumpin her damn cd. I must say i’ve become an instant fan. I cant remember the last time, I llked someone so quickly. And its not cuz of the “hype” its just cuz in my opinion, her music is the shit. Very soulful. But i saw a clip of her being drunk on stage, though it was funny as shit, she needs to get some help. Why is it, that so many TALENTED/RARE artist usually have some kind of drug/alchol issue?

Her voice is very different. Really grows on you. However a lot of her music is remakes of old stuff like Tears dry on their own is clearly Marvin Gay Ain’t no mountain… (listen closely to the music). Still she is unique and a great vocalist. Sad that they say she’s an alcoholic though. Hope she overcomes this.

Y’all need to just take a step back and hear what this chick done did. She made the music my gramamma listened to and made it bump w/ all of the soul to spare. She’s good.

Estelle estelle estelle estelle estelle…
I cannot wait till her new album drops!

Do black people have any pride for their culture nowadays. If music knows no color, then why didn’t White America want to hear the true pioneers of Rock n Roll: Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley. When these blacks were doing it White America never considered it, but when Elvis used (stole) it then thats when they started to listen. The only white musician that I respect because he actually contributed something to Rock was Buddy Holly. Same scenerio here, you can NEVER compare this girl to Lauren Hill, Robin Thicke to Stevie Wonder. Dont label me a “Hater” or racist just because I would like to preserve my race/culture, because whites have been and are still swiping everything from blacks. To me both of them are overrated and there are many Blacks “the true faces of RnB/Soul” that are not given credit or recognized. Most of you Negreos are brainwashed into this Western/European way of life and don’t want to be identified with the black masses.

P.S. The ONLY white musicians out right now that has some type of substance is Gavin DeGraw/Jason Mraz. If anyone has soul its them.

Yea SHOCKED, I’m really feelin’ Gavin DeGraw. But I can’t stand Jason Mraz.

But Amy Winehouse is still the shit, nobody can deny that.

Amy Winehouse is that deal!

“Tears Dry on Their Own” is a song Miss Hill would give her right buttock for.

I love amy and i’m just so addicted to her since the first time I heard her voice. I don’t think she should be compared to anyone. She has a unique voice and I love the topics she picks in her songs. Her music is so light and at the same time so painful. Lauryn Hill is great too but Amy winehouse is hypnotizing. Joss stone is cool but I think she makes music to sell while Amy is so spontaneous about her music, it’s candid, she just pours her talent in her songs. At least she’s not getting greedy yet…

I love Gavin and Jason. But i love Robin Thicke, too…so i can’t really agree with shocked. But forreal, Don’t hate on Amy cuz she is that real deal. Look at the acoustic version of “Valerie” on Youtube. That’s ridiculous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_eMfts-hY

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i admire amy winehouse for her honesty and great songs but i why she hasn’t been arrested yet 4 taking drugs ..i don’t know …i hate that they treat celebrities differently as if they can get away with crime. she is constantly on magazine covers for not her talent for good music but for taking drugs which is stupid .although i think drugs help her musicwise lol

I prefer Ciara Ciaras A betta entertainer and can sing and dance this broad doesn’t put on a good show , she needs to ditch the drugs and go to Rehab !

YES YES YES!