Hearing the initial news that my favorite singer had died was hard to believe. And here today, it’s hard to believe that it has already been a year that she’s been gone. Hard to believe that outside of a leaked version of an unfinished track or two, and couple of posthumous collaborations, we’ll never get a proper Amy Winehouse release again. I hate to say it, but on the path she was on, in the back of my mind I figured it was only a matter of time before the inevitable. But I never expected it to happen so soon. In fact, I held out hope for the opposite. There were reports she was doing alot better, looking alot better, and sounding alot better than she previously had been. Had a new album in the works, and had been performing again. I was first introduced, albeit unknowingly, to Miss Winehouse’s music in December of 2006, on Ghostface Killah’s album “More Fish.” I’m not sure if it’s a testament to Amy’s ability to capture (and in essence, BECOME) that throwback sound I’ve long been a fan of, or an embarrassing lack of ear on my part, but on Ghostface’s “You Know I’m No Good” I could’ve sworn the hook which Amy sung was a vintage vocal sample the producer dug up just for Ghost. It was until later on I went searching for the original sample (which I so often do, especially on beats with vocal samples) that I discovered...