Jennifer Hudson – I Remember Me (Album Review)
Jennifer Hudson – I Remember Me
(Release Date: March 22, 2011)
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1/2 out of
There is something compelling about Jennifer Hudson, her life story, the highs, the lows… they all add too the voice that speaks to us through her music. After losing Idol she could have disappeared from the public like most of the people on the show but instead she hung around and waited until it was her turn to shine. I like Jennifer I’m not even ashamed to say I watched the entire season she was on Idol. I remember the awkward over singing and the transition she took to the complete package she is today. Life is not without its tragedy and she has had her fair share but here she is new album and all. Unlike most of the people who sing about hurt and love you can feel it coming from her voice, it is something that is genuine both tragic and beautiful.
Jennifer is what you would call a “traditional” singer I know it has been so long that we have heard or even seen one of those especially in urban music that it is a shock to my system, but it is a welcome shock. It also helps that she can sing her butt off and could put a hurting on a lot of more famous people than her (everybody should have seen her hold her own with the likes of Beyonce in Dreamgirls by now). So it is nice to see her continue to get some shine in the music game even if lesser talents and I use the term loosely get more spotlight I’m glad that Arista hasn’t forgotten about her.
I Remember Me is a tour de France of the who is who in song writing and music production from Alicia Keys, Rich Harrison, Ne-Yo, R.Kelly, Ester Dean, and Diane Warren. I’m sorry but as impressive as that list is at least to me none of these people brought their A+ game to the table. It is Jennifer who carries the so so alright-ish music over the finish line and that is more a testament of her skills as a singer rather than the music being mind blowing. I think it probably came down to one of those instances when people are so used to over compensating for the terrible artists that when somebody is actually good for a change they were left a little bit out side of their element (I’m going to pretend like that was the problem). Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying the music is terrible at all what I am saying is I know what all of these song writers and producers are capable of and they could have done more. The album is light no drama no heavy handed songs just nice light R&B Pop music which is good because there are only so many Drop it Low girl and BMF type songs I can listen to before I need to rotate my tires. I would have liked to see a more personal album from Jennifer but I’ll settle for this at least for right now.
