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Monday, October 20, 2008

The Spotlight is on Jennifer Hudson

ASSI - Jennifer Hudson namesake album sounds like a labor of love. Although she does good job with the delivery of the song Pocketbook, a supposedly fun upbeat club tune that’s different and features Ludacris to give it extra appeal sounds more like an album filler instead of a radio release. The feel good song on the album is “Given Myself” an unselfish romantic tune that makes you feel good about love that was written by Robin Thick. It sounds like T-Pain is featured on the song “What’s Wrong” who is all wrong for this song, the synthesizer is unnecessary, it distorts the song when it is a heartfelt duet that should have featured Chris Brown or Trey Songz. There are a few songs on Jennifer Hudson’s CD that are short and sweet like: “If this Isn’t Luv”, “My Heart”, and “Invisible”, which are straight to the point with the exception of “And I’m Telling You I’m not Going” that could have been omitted from the album. Diane Warren also lends her writing talents with “You Pulled Me Through” that does not compare to “Because you Loved Me” but is appropriate for Hudson’s vocal ability. He is mine, the Man is mine tug-of-war songs between women over the cheating man will always have a place on wax because some women refuse to let him go, and Fantasia and Jennifer have a lyrical battle in “I am his only Woman.” I really like Jennifer vocals on “I Can’t Stop the Rain” one of the many ballets on her debut album. "I Can't Stop the Rain" is an emotional song about a friend who caused the death of another friend and you can hear the pain and sincerity in Jennifer's voice. As I see if you like a CD that you can laugh, sing, and cry to while cleaning the house on Saturday mornings or need something to get to and from work while you escape the hassles of your day, purchase Jennifer Hudson. I give it 3.5 blinks.

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