So, its been a minute, but I am bizzack. So many things have happened. School is going well. My students are kinda crazy but they are darlings too, so I work with them on not being so crazy and a little more darling. I went to New Orleans and there will be more on that later... but on to my real blog...
One day i was listening to the radio on the way to work and Jennifer Hudson's "And I am Telling You" from the Dreamgirls soundtrack came on and I wondered..."Is Jennifer Hudson going to bring singing back?" In a world where Cassie, Ciara and Rihanna grind their attractive, poppy and yet not vocally inclined selves to success, where are the real singers? I mean we know that MJ Blige has made a serious comeback, with a couple Grammy wins earlier this week, but she is old school... Nowadays, a girl has to be able to grind and all of that more than sing. She has to be able to pose on FHM and King, straddling a chair and eating cherries, so that she can make a hit. But listening to Jennifer Hudson, okay I will admit it, I was singing along with Jennifer Hudson... I was thinking.. this girl can really sing. She can sing in a way that makes you feeeel what she is feeling... I think she might be singing back. Where a girl with brown skin, and with a little more to love can step out on the stage take the nominations, go platinum and be divine enough to go to the top of the charts, without talking about grinding and doing extra credit. I would like to take it back to the point where a woman can sing and she can be super dope... and be just that without having body or color problems.
Go jennifer.. Represent chi-town. Hold it down girl.