Perhaps it’s her raspy renditions of Teddy Pendergrass hits, her f**k the world attitude or her well-known fascination with marijuana among other drugs that gives reason to her Hip Hop following. Everyone from Ghostface Killah and Pharaohe Monch to the jigga man himself has laced a track or two in the British singer’s catalog and despite her random perhaps high attacks at Kanye West, rapper Busta Rhymes is dying to work with Winehouse.

“There are a lot of artists I’d like to work with, but I don’t want to work with them because of their names, I want to work with them because I know what we’d do together would be something special,” he told the Daily Star.

Apparently this leader of the new school is a long time fan and thinks Amy Winehouse is “incredible” among other things. Busta Rhymes is said to be currently working on his next album Blessed, scheduled for release in late August. [Gigwise]