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Thanks to the upcoming posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures, fans will be able to hear a collection of new Amy Winehouse material, but beyond that, the public shouldn't expect a ton of unheard material. That's just not the way Winehouse recorded, friend and producer Salaam Remi told MTV News during a November 4 interview in New York's Jungle Studios.

"She didn't record like 2Pac, so that's not the case," Remi told MTV News of Winehouse. "There are definitely things that people hadn't heard that have been recorded, but they're in different modes in different forms. But she wasn't a recorder like that."

One such song is "Like Smoke," the singer's collaboration with Nas, which was completed after she died in July.

"Amy sang on records that we never put out with Nas," Remi said. "As far as them now getting on the same record, that was a conversation in play for the last couple of years but that just didn't happen yet. And when I listened to that song, I was like, 'You know what? This makes sense,' to actually make that happen as far as things that she wants to do that didn't happen yet."

According to Remi, Winehouse didn't record just for the sake of recording. "She'd just do one take of a song, she'd write it and then she'd go sing it. Back to Black was a short album in comparison; it was like 37 minutes," Remi said of Winehouse's 2007 breakout album. "[She was like,] 'This is what I'm writing, this is what you get, underline, bye.' "

Still, the producer said there is some material waiting in the wings. "It's not that type of recording process, but there are definitely a lot of things that people haven't heard before or weren't aware of," he said.

Are you hoping for more Amy Winehouse music? Let us know in the comments!

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The late Amy Winehouse and Nas had a mutual bond that few knew about.

Not only do Amy and Nas share the same September 14 birthday, but according to producer Salaam Remi, they have a number of collaborations that were left on the cutting-room floor. The recently released "Like Smoke" is the first time fans got to hear them in tandem.

"Amy sang on records that we never put out with Nas," the multiplatinum hitmaker told MTV News last month in New York's Jungle Studios. "As far as them now getting on the same record, that was a conversation in play for the last couple of years but that just didn't happen yet, and when I listened to that song, I was like, you know what? This makes sense, to actually make that happen as far as things that she wants to do that didn't happen yet."

"Like Smoke" will appear on Amy's December 6 posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, and features Nas dropping a pair of brand-new verses in between Winehouse's bluesy vocal. Though Amy wasn't around to hear the rhymes Nas dropped just a couple of weeks ago, Salaam is confident that based off her admiration for the Queensbridge rapper, she would approve.

Amy famously sang about Nas on "Me and Mr. Jones" from her breakout Back to Black album, and the two became acquainted through their mutual friend Salaam. "He just put it in perspective for me," Remi said of Nas' mind-set before writing his portion of "Like Smoke."

"I never wanted you to be my man, I just need your company," Amy starts out singing to an unknown lover. Nas on the other hand speaks directly of his fallen friend when he spits, "I be out in London, Camden, hunting for the answers/ Why did God take away the homey," he questions.

"As far as myself, I feel like I'm repping her musically because that's what I know of her more than anyone else," he said. "And then as far as where [Nas is] at, he put that energy back into [the song], because she repped for him. I mean, who writes songs for people, unless you really respect them?"

What do you think of "Like Smoke"? Let us know in the comments!

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With the rumour mill already churning as to who some of the people we´ve never actually heard of might be, there is a possibility that a real CELEBRITY might actually enter the house… No, sorry… The Kitchen… The Dance Hall… The Ice Rink… NOOOOooooo. Oh yes, the jungle. But, then again, given previous years, it´s doubtful!!!

Anyway, just in case you want to set your calendar alerts, here is the first schedule…

Episode 1 – Sunday 13 November: 9-10.30pm
Episode 2 – Monday 14 November: 9-10pm
There is no transmission on Tuesday 15 November due to international football.
Episode 3 – Wednesday 16 November: 8.30-10pm
Episode 4 – Thursday 17 November: 9 – 10pm
Episode 5 – Friday 18 November: 9-10pm
Episode 6 – Saturday 19 November: 9.15 – 10.15pm
Episode 7 – Sunday 20 November: 9 – 10.30pm
Episode 8 – Monday 21 November: 9 – 10pm
Episode 9 – Tuesday 22 November: 9 – 10pm
Episode 10 – Thursday 24 November: 8.30 – 10pm
Episode 11 – Friday 25 November: 9 – 10.30pm

I am sure it will be as much fun as previous years, either that or as much of a waste of money that could have been invested in real shows that we all might actually enjoy, instead of cancelling quality drama for this sort of ego driven trash. My opinion is just that… MY opinion, you are welcome to it

Biologists Rony Garcia and Jose Moreira for the Wildlife Conservation Society, used hidden cameras to observe and record jaguars in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, but also they are using perfume to attract these animals.

“The method we are using to study jaguars in Guatemala is an invasive method that is based on the specimens photographed using camera traps,” Moreira said in Reuters Television.

“It was helpful to use Obsession (for Men) to attract the Jaguars off the hidden cameras (…) and this allowed us to estimate with greater certainty gender and number of animals living in each area studied,” he added.

Incredibly, the perfume acts as a magnet for the Jaguars and was discovered by an experiment in WCS Zoo in Bronx, New York.

This practice was tested in Guatemala and thanks to the fragrance it was possible to record the jaguars in the wild and even its mating rituals.

“These hidden cameras help us identify how many jaguars live in this area. They help us to have control over the population and allow us to tell the government, the public, that ‘Laguna del Tigre’ still requires conservation efforts,” said García .

via Momento 24.