girl crush part deux

Once I find something that I like, I become almost obsessed with it and play the shit out of it. For example, four-inch black Nine West pumps. I had them only two months before the material was all scraped off the heel and the nail began to protrude from the bottom. A Farewell to Arms. Like I've said, I've read it a hundred times already, but for the past week, every night before bed I escape to the Italian countryside with my man, Fredrick. I found an egg salad recipe that I like, so guess what I have for lunch every day? And then of course, there's Esthero. Having just one CD wasn't sufficient, so now I have another EP, a collection of remixes, pretty much every unrealeased and live jam that she offers on her myspace page, and an official Esthero t-shirt (it has a hot pink pirate skull and cross bones and the cross bones are microphones so it's actually pretty rad).

Now I have a new obsess - er, I mean something I really like. Amy Fucking Winehouse. That bitch is BAD ASS. One day during our Grown Folks Spring Break, Missmo and I sat in the house and watched the I Love New York marathon on VH1 almost in its entirety. They kept showing a clip from the "You Know I'm No Good" video as part of their One to Watch promotion or whatever, and I was like "Wow, I like that chick's sound...and those tattoos." So I Googled her and listened to the song all the way and loved it. Then last Friday night, during our Mellow Zengo Happy Hour Turned Eighth Street Drunkfest, the infamously gorgeous Julia Gulia started playing the CD in her car and I'm all "Oh MY GOD, I LOOOOOOVE Amy Winehouse!" Gules introduced to me to several of the tracks on the CD, and then informed me that Ms. Winehouse used to have a thing with Nas and "Me and Mr. Jones" is about the thing.

Nas, I said. She dated NAS. Triple Bad Ass Bitch points.

And seriously, how could you not love that soulful voice over some MoTown beats talking about dudes with skull t-shirts, being sniffed out "like tanqueray," and being caught cheating because you're sitting in the tub and your man notices you have carpet burns.

Then this morning, I discovered something that just may be the most awesome discovery of the year. "You Know I'm No Good" with Ghostface. It's actually off the Ghostface album, so it's like Ghostface featuring Amy Winehouse, and he does most of the lyrics with a few samples of her jam, but it's fucking AWESOME. And any white girl who does a song with GHOSTFACE is my fucking hero.

So I will be downloading "Back to Black," the new album, as soon as I get home tonight, and I've already placed an order for her first album, "Frank," which is apparently hard to get here in the States because it's not on iTunes and I had to pay twenty fucking dollars for it, but it's well worth it. I sampled it this morning, and besides a jam called "In My Bed" that has the Nas "I Shot Ya" beat, there's a jam called "Amy Amy Amy." Awwwww yeah.

In conclusion, I heart Amy Winehouse.