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Amy Winehouse Producer Mark Ronson Remembers Back To Black

‘Before that came out, there was nothing else on the radio that sounded like it,’ producer told MTV Radio last year. By James Montgomery, with reporting by Sasha Hamrogue Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse Photo: Dave Hogan/ Getty Images Last year, when Mark Ronson was in New York doing press for his upcoming Record Collection album , he couldn’t avoid questions about Amy Winehouse and her long-in-the-works follow-up to 2006’s Back to Black album. But to his credit, Ronson happily answered each and every one and, in the process, had a moment to reflect on not only the success of Black, but on the rather seismic shift it created in pop music. Of course, in the wake of Winehouse’s death on Saturday, Ronson’s words took on newfound meaning. Because no matter how Winehouse is remembered , her music will always be her lasting legacy. “I am really proud of the sound of Amy’s record, and, it’s hard to remember, but before that came out, there was nothing else really on the radio that sounded like it,” Ronson told MTV Radio in August 2010. “And then it kind of influenced things and became quite regular to hear something that would sound like that. I don’t think there’s anything that was as good as it, or as raw as Amy’s vocals and her songs.” Ronson also spoke about how the duo planned on following up Back to Black, pointing to a then recent session he had just completed with Winehouse — a cover of Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party” that appeared on Quincy Jones’ Q: Soul Bossa Nostra album — as a possible hint at things to come. And despite the fact that he had spent most of his time trying to distance himself from the crackling retro leanings of Black, he knew that, when he worked with Winehouse, the best way to proceed was to keep things simple. “If Amy’s record had sold 300,000 copies and mine had sold 100,000 as opposed to significantly more than that, we’d probably both be quite happy coasting along doing the same sound. … [A]nd that’s a sound that I’m genuinely fond of; but the fact that it did get so big sort of forced me to change it up,” he said. “But who knows, because Amy and I recorded a song quite recently for this Quincy Jones tribute record; we did a cover of Lesley Gore, and there was no point in dragging my Roland synths into an Amy Winehouse session. There’s a kind of production arrangement that supports her voice. … And after coming off my record, where the main edict was ‘No covers, no horns,’ to go back and cover a Lesley Gore song with the Dap-Kings and Amy felt like regressing a bit, but it wasn’t, because it just sounds good and that’s what she’s supposed to sound like.” Ronson also talked about the expectations Winehouse was facing with the follow-up to Black, expectations he thought were impossible to manage. And, in doing so, he struck a tone that seems eerily prescient in retrospect. “First of all, we’re in a situation where the record industry basically loses about 10 percent in sales every year, so she’s five years between records, and if you’re talking numbers-wise, then no, [she] probably [won’t sell as many records],” he said. “But I still think she’s fully capable of writing another batch of brilliant songs and making a great record, and hopefully Salaam [Remi] and I will be involved in it because I think we all made a great record together last time. But you can never really count on anything being a given, so we’ll see.” Related Photos Amy Winehouse: A Life In Photos Related Artists Amy Winehouse Mark Ronson

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Michael Jackson — ‘Off the Wall’ Remaster In the Works

Filed under: Michael Jackson Sources connected with the Michael Jackson / Sony deal tell TMZ … among the 10 albums in the works is a remaster of “Off the Wall” — with the help of none other than Quincy Jones. We’re told the plan is for Quincy to take charge of the project, which… Read more

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What is Yahoo! Doing with Goats?

Goat Tech 1.0 An internet giant’s datacenter might not be the first place where you would expect to find a herd of goats, but if you happen to be at Yahoo!’s datacenter in Quincy, Washington, you could very well meet some very special employees working to clear out invasive weeds…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Stars Banding Together to Record New "We Are the World" for Haiti

The world still needs help. It’s been 25 years since Quincy Jones helped gather the biggest names in music to record “We Are the World,” but the song is as relevant today as..

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Nipsey Hussle Drops One More Mixtape Before Debut Album

‘It’s kinda like the final chapter in my issuing music to the streets,’ he tells Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Nipsey Hussle Photo: Ray Tamarra/ Getty Images You can feel that Nipsey Hussle is destined to do some great things in this rap game.

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50 Cent: ‘You Shouldn’t Hold Your Breath’ For Game Collaboration

Despite Dr. Dre teaming up with the former G-Unit member, 50 says he won’t be working with him anytime soon.

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