I'm sure nobody's going to care about this... But do you Winehouse lovers remember when Questlove mentioned her in his blog? Saying that Lauryn would've liked to make an album like Back To Black? Here's a recent blog about the same subject:
3. #77 One Monkey Don't Stop No Blog/Amy Winehouse Is The Shit
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recap: everyone from my okayplayers to my ex wants to chastise me for "late bandwagoning Amy". but the deal is i been up on Amy since me and the roots did Giles Peterson's Worldwide BBC show and he gave me a copy of Frank. i thought it was "aight". i still stand by my statement that she found her true calling on the music i grew up on: Doo Wop. and i wanted the world to know about it. i sent this album to 25 journalists i love and respect. i blogged til the cows came home. i dont own a label and i can't do much about your demo.....but damn if i know the coolhunters and tastemakers of the earth still listen to what i gotta say. and i was placing all my eggs in this basket. i championed this album because i GENUINELY like this music. (you shoulda seen the email and voice mail insults i got from ESTABLISHED cats like "how come you dont go crazy of my product like that????")
since then: i have to say that out of all of my rookie endorsements (jill, erykah, d, bilal, amel, little brother, PPP, and anyone else i gave a quote to on the first bat out) i am amazed that the one artist i SWORE they wouldn't get absolutely blew up. if i believe the heads of Universal correct....they borderline told me i saved them millions in marketing with this blog and my giving the album to the right critics. i also see evidence on other boards and general people everyday telling me "if it wasn't for you i wouldn't have even given her the light of day" comments.
see all you "anti bandwagoners" (they are the ones who are on the "i been down since Frank" ---dont mind them....they dont wanna share toys....personally i want everyone to take this toy and give it away again and again)----i endorsed this girl cause she needs it.
i will also take this moment to say that Universal also went too far in their mission to break her wide open by misquoting me
all in these ads and billboards it says
"this is the album Lauryn Hill wanted to make"
--now agreed....this is the album she woulda killed for (ghead close your eyes....you can hear her sing "more than just friends" cant cha?)
but i wouldn't have said that.
now meanwhile......the real quote was Christina Agulara. because its true. she told me she was going to make a throwback record of doo wop flavor. well....she did second best which was a disc of stuff she liked (early 90s flavored hip hop) and a second disc of stuff im sure Ron Fair wanted her to get insurance on.
regardless.....the way the fonts look on that add makes it look mean spirited, and Uni can't see that this can only lead to a backlash.---we dont want that.
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