Comments on: Jennifer Hudson Wins Best New Artist NAACP Image Awards – VIDEO

By: arca

arca — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:03:57 +0000

Wow – when did she get so good? I’d download that if it were for sale (even though the style isn’t my thing)

This is so bittersweet for her – honestly, I have no idea how she can go on after what happened to her. Faith helps, and I don’t know, I find it incredibly inspiring that she does have her faith intact.

By: foxydonna

foxydonna — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:28:14 +0000

Jennifer Hudson is a star. Period. There’s no denying this anymore. This performance got me but good! Jennifer is feeling the music and digging down deep, and this has improved her singing. I think JHud is going to be around for a long, long time.

By: SallyinIllinois

SallyinIllinois — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:01:22 +0000

That girl can SANG!

Ghostwriter, I’m not a singer and don’t know about “breaths”, but I’m sure she like other singers takes singing lessons. I know Aretha is still going to school for voice….so I imagine all great singers do.

By: ghostwriter

ghostwriter — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:57:34 +0000

She is definitely stepping onto Whitney’s throne these days. Can’t wait to see if she does this song again down the road. She’s amazing, but this sounds like a song that is “new” in her voice.

Her breathing choices weren’t that good. Typically each line is done with only one breath where she took two. To dream, (breath) the impossible dream as opposed to her version (I don’t know if she did this on the first line, but she did it on most lines) To dream (breath) the impossible (breath) dream.

That would work for Jason Castro, and sound unique and moving for him. But her voice is too big and strong to do that. Plus she took breaths in the middle of long words.

But as I said, this seems like a new song for her– and if she keeps singing it, it will come more into her voice– I would love to hear her sing it six months from now.

(And I’d love to hear her take the ending of this song to church a little more than she did, lol– starting with “scorned and covered with scars.”)

Nonetheless, I’m not sure if AI has ever brought a better singer to the public’s eye.

By: widz

widz — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:31:26 +0000

^Well new to the recording industry..Heh.

By: jimmyboyd2

jimmyboyd2 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:26:02 +0000

Hi, everybody. This is Jennifer Hudson, a “New Artist.” :ponder_tb:

By: KarenLE67

KarenLE67 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:14:49 +0000

This is an incredibly challenging song to breath life and meaning into. I wouldn’t change a note or a breath or a phrase. Truly stunning, truly definitive.

By: pj

pj — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:07:19 +0000

I can’t see the vids at this computer, but she looks gorgeous in the picture. Congratulations to her.

By: oceana

oceana — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:03:38 +0000

Congratulations. She’s such a beautiful and talented person.

By: GwendolynD

GwendolynD — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:58:28 +0000

That gave me chills. Jennifer looks great.

By: widz

widz — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:47:57 +0000

Congrats Jennifer! *is watching vids now – thanks mj!*