“Be Grateful”
Jennifer Hudson feat. Forest Whitaker and Jacob Latimore
From the Motion Picture Black Nativity
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I have hoped for another Jennifer Hudson gospel track since “Jesus Promised Me a Home Over There” made minced meat of everything else on her debut solo album. “Be Grateful” has a distinctive Hawkins feel, as the contemporary gospel choir’s softly swelling waves of warm sound lap against Hudson’s melismatic runs.
“Be Grateful” is from Fox Searchlight Pictures’ Black Nativity, a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes’s gospel musical starring Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Jacob Latimore, Mary J. Blige, and Angela Bassett. The film is scheduled for release on November 27, 2013.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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