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BACK TO HER ROOTS The Oscar-winning American Idol debuts her self-titled album Jennifer Hudson
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Release Date: Sep 30, 2008; Lead Performance: Jennifer Hudson; Genre: R&B
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Chris Willman
Chris Willman is a senior music writer for Entertainment Weekly
For her debut album Jennifer Hudson,
the Oscar winner
recorded 40-plus tracks over two
years, finally whittling them down to
these 13, which are helmed by 11 different
production teams. Gee, you suppose
anybody was overthinking this thing?
The identity-defying ''something for
everybody'' mentality yields a Robin
Thicke ballad, a Timbaland stomper, some
semi-acoustic soul from Stargate, and so
on. None are exceptional, but they're all a
sufficient delivery system for those
spectacular vocal chops. The only complete
stinker is ''What's Wrong (Go
Away),'' a hookup with T-Pain. Was anyone
panting to hear Hudson duet with an
Auto-Tune program? B–
Download This: Listen to Pocketbook and other songs from the new album on the singer's MySpace page
Posted Sep 23, 2008
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