Jennifer Hudson - Think

[Gregsynthbootlegs]

This isn't a good performance.

[mmqpichardo]

omg why is she shouting. this is not musical at all.

[RosewaterElf]

This is a bit cruel. Aretha has to see her past glory brought to life in the body of a young Jennifer Hudson. Aretha is sitting there with a face like a slapped arse, clearly wishing she could make Jen disappear. Ms.Franklin doesn't like the competition.

[ksionc100]

@RosewaterElf Jennifer forgot to bring to life Aretha's intonation and sense of rhytm in her rendition. What is more, her upper belts are weak and screamy. Aretha enjoyed it as much as she honestly could.

[armsberry]

the whole audience including aretha is like......oh no she didn't come out here and sing the hell ouuta the damn song......she wrong 4 dat....lol

[hununuisnoob]

@2:13 that awkward moment when aretha is not impressed

[shannon11maart]

I love this song and btw: my name's Shannon XD

[BestFemaleVoices]

the more i listen to it the more i love Jennifer... Incredible!!!

[MsNickiLover]

Best singer of our time..Jennifer Hudson i mean <3

[FaulFerkel]

she sings just hysterically

[travis7con]

this sucks!

[cassinko]

Hey guys, Jennifer is performing live. We have to give leeway to the adrenalin rush that throws of a performer sometimes. Aretha nor some of the best artists do not sound their best live. Whitney never one day lived up to my expectations when she is out of the studios. I saw Aretha then and lately and I just had to give and take. Love Miss Hudson and as time goes by she will totally master the craft. She is already getting there.

[Quinn6677]

SHE BUTCHERED THE SHIT OUT OF THIS SONG

[cveta9]

She's the only one who can sing this song and not sound ridiculous but actually really, really good!

[sigarantang]

wow.... C6 !!!!??!!! amazing

[travis7con]

THIS WAS TERRIBLE

[zepp1977]

Is it me or does Aretha remind you of a demented blue big bird crossed with jaba the hut? If she doesn't like you, do you get dropped in the pit with the rancor and oscar the grouch?

[2tim149]

& dude, the m.c. looks like he on somethin.

[2tim149]

I love Jennifer, but the delivery is not right. Aretha was smooth with hers. She was so relaxed and matter of fact. The way Aretha delivers this song is almost comical and right on point for any woman who has been there & done that. She's a classic and once she sang a song it was just "broke" for anyone else. They just can't touch it.

[cakafella]

were there cardboard cutouts in the audience? during her song, i didnt see a finger snapping a head nodding, dayum!

[RUTHE1ONE]

Jennifer dear the lyrics are "you better think" and not "you better thank"....i think this song was out her league.

[diamondkeith1]

She ghetto

[MIMI88998899]

I NEVER LIKE THIS SONG BY ARETHA. IT MIGHT HAVE A GOOD MESSAGE BUT THE SONG IS DEFINTELY NOT ALL THAT.

[JshrBs01]

Jennifer Hudson has a nice singing voice but I think she is trying to hard in this vocal performance.

[MsCupC4KE]

some of the best modern black singers have come from idol...

[primohomme]

Rather mediocre

[Chimier]

@primohomme That's Little Miss Foghorn for ya....

[PasseggeroDelVento]

wow fantastic

[crazyramus]

1:26 aretha looks like shes thinking "this bitch!"

[mourachan]

love black voices ;)

[Jorge1193]

I think that Jennifer is amazing, but with this song she tried to push it to hard... it was all too much. Maybe it would have been better if she had sung it simpler

[ShareTheresa]

@Jorge1193 that's what I think often, but well, it's just Jennifer :D

[ateneorules]

By the way I love Siobhan's version and i downloaded it from itunes

[ateneorules]

OMG i remember Siobhan in this song, but wow Jennifer is the finest singer today

[lglpn09]

Why does Aretha look like she's not impressed at all. lol

[mommasguy]

she is better than fantasia and more popular...

[lilseaxydee]

@mommasguy LOL NOT BETTER UR A FOOL FOR SAYING THAT LOL

[grani08]

@mommasguy Chile Please.... Somebody pinch him so that he could wake up

[Hieyna]

If I pictured her singing this song, I would say NEVER. But, listening to it - she really is magnificent. :)

[paraconti]

compare this with Fantasia's Lady marmalade performance at UNCF's honor for Patti La Belle and you see the difference in singing a cover and yet being original.

[grani08]

@paraconti Agree 100%

[primohomme]

She sounds messy, out of tempo and flat at times...

[paraconti]

The audience don't seem too enthusiastic about her performance while she was strutting about the stage singing...

[grani08]

NO. She didn't do this one. AT ALL

[deep71483]

Power and control! What an amazing voice. I would kill to sing like her.

[movie3king]

Rafaella is better...

[226lol]

naw she didnt do good sorry jen

[hectorgmontiel]

ARETHA LOOKS LIKE BIG BIRD

[lilseaxydee]

no sorry jen

[sexydreadboy]

dat bitch is all of it. awsome

[Ovahness18]

her hair was fierce!

[grani08]

@Ovahness18 Yes it was!

[mzhipz09]

love you jen! but this was a hot mess!

[deep71483]

Oh please. On whose accord? Yours? Can you hit notes like her? Probably not.

[mzhipz09]

@deep71483 i knw i cant sing but she didnt do good point blank period!!! jen can blow just not on this song

[rockrider52]

u r a pussy

[rockrider52]

you can shout a lot man,+u dont bring the message across except that u hurt my ears.

[nightmoves0809]

I love her 'attitude' walk.

[ZippysoccerT9]

she's really good but that is soooo aretha's song

[mylast1stkiss]

old boy in the beginning was drunk as heck lol

[rocafella885]

HAHAHAHA arethas jus chillin in some big ups fuckin feather mess HAHAHAHA

[PucciosaSatanica]

non basta solo urlare.-.

[JASONLOVESME]

Now as much as I love Jen, she know she wrong! lol. and Aretha Look like she wana fly over there with them big ass feathers and punch Jen in the throat lol. This was a terrible mess. Its okay Jen we still love u.

[psicogui]

Aretha doesn´t seem really pleased with jennifer singing think

[StubbyCub]

Go ahead Jennifer!!!!!!!!!! She has the perfect attitude for this song, I love it!!!!

[glamaddict09]

Go Jennifer!

[kouldeliee]

C6 in 1:35 and 2:16 I love her Beatifull woman and strong person!!

[mslila06]

oh yeah now. . .ms. jennifer hudson killed that!

[radosh91]

this is Jennifer and she rulessssss.....omg this is briliant...

[tasiawood]

I think that the song was to fast for Jennifer. When she got to the second verse it sounded like she could hardly keep up, it also sounded like she was out of breath with that verse

[grani08]

@tasiawood I agree. She is not a walk around the stage singer. She was tired as hell and out of breath. LOL!

[0beckgar]

i love her voice wow

[lili2sexc]

She did hit some really high notes, although, I can not agree that they are fully enjoyable.  But I still love Jennifer, and she's come a long way.

[maurotzn1]

MAMMA MIA...she is fantastic...I love you Jennifer

[nicoqui2008]

omg!! she´s great!

[magicsinger23]

Wow! she hit a C6 2 times the 1st at 1:35 and the 2ndat the very last part of the song!

[rocafella885]

aretha is a legend and all... but fuck lady, what are you wearing?

[statikradio]

LOL! Hell yeah...I think Ms. Hudson's timing was off, she was behind the band a couple of seconds.And yeah, Aretha is like...yeah ok, you can hit the notes but you ain't me...lol

[HOANANIULOA]

@rocafella885 its a blue big bird outfit complete with feathers lmfao

[smartierox90]

she was actually really good

[StarInTheMaking92]

Lol yeah you know she's like "you're good but you ain't me" lol x love these women x

[crazyramus]

1:26 why aretha look like shes thinking "this bitch" lmao

[PAF149]

lmfao!~

[Ringedama]

Wow, anything that girl touches turns into gold!! :-) She is truly amazing!!

[DWFWRGrvfafgv]

a white woman will never be  able to sing so

[greatmusic1001]

lol

it's quite true tho

[yallgotstogo]

wow..ignorant much? hmm i'll name a few.. Christina aguilera, kelly clarkson, mariah carey (and no mariah is not black). They all have amazing voices and none of them are black. Its about talent not race

[PAF149]

Mariahs' father is Black- which means SHE I.S.!...' the child is the seed of the father' (in scripture).

[yallgotstogo]

Her dad was Venezuelan and Black! so you can't just throw away the "hispanic" side.. she is not 100% black..not even half.. her mom is freaking irish! But you have nothing to say about the other great (non black) singers like christina, kelly celine

[PAF149]

listen asshole!- Venezuelan people are B.L.A.C.K.!! The ONLY thing that 'seperates' them in regards to 'race' is 'NATIONALITY'!!! ( the tongue). So I A.M. N.O.T. 'throwing away' her 'hispanic side'! My nephews' mother is irish and his father is black, B.U.T. he(my nephew) is B.L.A.C.K.!!! That is what's wrong with people LIKE YOU getting 'nationality' confused with WHAT IS!!! When 1 parent is BLACK- then that is what the child is son ya heard??? end of it, best..

[IamChinyere]

Ummm Venezelan is black... Look at their skin... WE SAID BLACK not African American.... What does she identify herself as being?: B.L.A.C.K

[IamChinyere]

MARIAH IS BLACK

[mpaga]

@yallgotstogo Mariah Carey is biracial like president Obama! or Alicia Keys! Her father is African American and her mom is white!!! and even though her skin is very light she defines herself as a Black woman cause in the USA when you have one parent black, you're black!!!! and remember she was on the oprah winfrey legends ball which was for only black american women!!!

[aaron3063]

@yallgotstogo MARIAHS BLACK LOL AND YEA THEY ARE AMAZING

[IamChinyere]

they can sing. But they can bring that church, that power. They can sing, but their ability to SANG is limited

[Aigam12]

hahahaha "Venezuelan people" r not black... LOL

[yallgotstogo]

Thank you.. at least someone here is educated and doesn't limit themselves to this tunnel vision thinking. I am Colombian for example..and I am not black..actually my skin is white lol.. But Venezuelan is hispanic. African American is black.. period..get over it people. (btw this isnt towards you aigam12) lol

[mizzRnBprincezz]

SHE IS SO DAMN AMAZING!!!!!

[ILvJenniferHudson403]

wow she did great dis song is really fast and takez a LOT of energy i'm sure so good job 2 anybody you singz this lolz i kno i couldn't do it

[IGetzMoney07]

Jennifer can sing but she tries to hard at times wtf was that at 1:35-1:38

[jay5003]

luv jhud but check out fantasia singing think during her idol audition without music.

[grani08]

@jay5003 EXACTLY!!!!!!!

[osahju914]

i'm an aretha fan..and I loved that!!!! GET IT GIRL!

[YouLaToya]

Wow... Not an easy song to sing.. Good job J-Jud

[Sh2theB]

Love this one !!!!!!!!

[ragmaz]

Aretha lookin like a pimp! nice

[RockandRollLove]

LOL so true:D!!!

[grani08]

@ragmaz LIL a pimp LOL!

[babyboo6196]

who was te lady n the blue

[kevinmichaelt]

aretha franklin...

[babyboo6196]

o thx

[racerbois]

shes wikld, the power is amazing, she just needs a bit more control over her power notes, but i am a HUGE JHud fan. love her!

[frozenfirelord19]

one of the best rendetion of Think bya diva...Jennifer Rocks!!!Love her...(^,^)

[grani08]

@frozenfirelord19 I don't think so. See Fantasia Idol audition singing it with no background music

[Namaechan]

She does, doesn't she? Ah well.. Everyone loves marshmallows :P

[jonaloin]

can someone please explain to me the lyrics of 'Think'? Wikipedia said it was a feminist song but I'm not quite sure how.

[Madhofd]

I think the lyrics say that men are treating woman like empty headed and controlable biatches. And that's bad... mkay?

[Namaechan]

Um... last i knew, it was from a movie 'blues brothers'... :P

[54spiritedwill54]

great loved it

[lilchuy01]

when was this?

[Blutarsky90]

well nobody can sing it like aretha...

[SoulSistaSDW]

lol not nice but funny! On some videos when people sing her songs she seems like she doesn't care too much.

[vmfleming1]

Did you just have to say that....?

[LaurenRichard108]

yes they did.

[ivanbanderas]

so amazing!!!!

Jenn is incredible!! i love her voice!

[mallymal98]

She did fine. The only problem is that she was going to fast. You could tell she was out of breath. She was excited to sing the song for Aretha and she rushed. Plus she was moving around too much. A song like this you need to take your time as much as possible, even though its up tempo.

[Saphia001]

I think she´s doing just great... when I close my eyes it could be Aretha....

[NonNewtonianToast]

Her voice is not quite making it on the lower notes, but she does a fairly good job, its REALLY hard to perform on par with Aretha, and Jennifer didn't quite get it.

[novecentoC]

I LOVE HER!!!

[jgirl400]

i disagree with everyone, i think she did a great job! y'all should shut up unless you can sing it better!

[Jorge1193]

I think that Jennifer have an amazing voice... but it wasn't a great performance

[ghfan317]

i agree

[crownrecords15]

she sounds horrible on this performance

[bluscorpion]

And the back up was weak. what were they doing, scratching their knees? All bent over and stuff. No support at all. I think she should have sung in a lower register for the song, because sing so high left her no where to go. I'm sure she thought about that afterwards, because you can hear her voice straining a lil bit when she's wailing.

[leight808]

SHE DID FINE

[tinkeyboo2]

Awesome gf you rock

[ewalters23]

Umm ya'll need to remember tha Aretha is the QUEEN and there is no other like her and no one can do her songs like her. All in all, few can even attempt to do an Aretha or Patti song and pull it off. Fantasia and Jennifer are very good at pulling it off.

[grani08]

@ewalters23 Don't forget the old Miki Howard. She did the best version of Until you come back to me. find it on youtube. The video isn't great but her voice is amazing

[katie261989]

Wow I did not like this at all. i justheard a lot of screaming and high notes not executed well. I'm stunned, he usually sounds so good. But I think fast uptempo songs are not her strongest. Somewhere over the rainbow is amazing!

[dhopkins01]

1:37 sucked...but i love me some jennifer hudson

[beatingxheartbaby]

jennifer is so courteous for thanking ARETHA for listening to HER. now don't get me wrong, Aretha truly is the queen of soul. But in duet or group song I've seen Aretha in, she always tries to outsing the other singers and I feel like it may have gone to hear head that she's the queen. When Fantasia sang for Patti, Patti showed such gratitude and enthusiasm. Anyway, Jennifer truly did justice to this song and was incredible. As always.

[isnichoo]

Yes,Aretha looked little bit arogant there.Not like Patti who showed great appreciations when Fantasia and Jennifer sang for her.

[jadenight0]

this sis why black ppl annoy me sometimes...instead of being so eh eh to ur own ppl....love and encourage aliite more..sheesh

[MONRAYDAYIZBACK]

patti showed enthusiam because she knows she wont get to many of them(no offense to patti i love her, but the way she sings she will never be taken serious by any of the big timers, the thing that amazes alot of people is the notes, they be like she hit wat. and aretha can cover, well could cover all those notes and more, but she knew where to place them, thats why she is respected and considered a musical genius, sadly like any genius it went to her head. and she has lost her voice, what a loss

[isnichoo]

no matter how genius is her,i think she must appreciates everyone who gives a tribute for her

[MONRAYDAYIZBACK]

why should she appreciate a subpar performance.

[jonTerrel88]

Yall gotta remember Jennifer is new to this type of "stardum" she will learn to control her voice in due time. I think her main problem was that she was nervous. She even messed up the words :34 -:36. she has to break herself in like a new pair of shoes.lol

[zchyboy762]

ok shut up this song was awesome she sang it her way

[kikka3006]

not even comparable with aretha franklin's... Strong voice, but definately out of control in so many phrases.

[sixfobrutha]

Man, I love Jennifer Hudson, but this was a train wreck!!!! Not good, Jennifer's fast joints just don't seem to come out right, when she's covering a fast song, cause the other song she sang was just awesome.

[PiscesPat]

Her fast songs are terrible because Jen lacks funk and rhythm. She has a lovely voice though.

[MAL2BASIC]

I think something was wrong with the music...its in the wrong key?

[HappyRoostertje]

0.50-1.07 is absolutely excellent imo

[Gregsynth]

She OVERSINGS-that's a huge problem with singers today.

Aretha NEVER oversang this song

but this? Jesus...

[hwiseman]

Exactly. I think she was trying to catch up to the song. Never could. She's a great singer but this was not executed well.

[Gregsynth]

Agreed.

I'm not saying she's bad, just out of control on this song.

[DARIUSWALKER9]

fuck what you guy's talking about she acn blow bitch's

[amazmace]

What a hot, sexy, beautiful lady singing without over-doing-it! Who was that at 1:27?

[HappyRoostertje]

That's Aretha Franklin, the original singer of ''Think'' ;) They're both awesome:)!

[whenbored16]

THAT WAS A HOT MESS

[Mar2ool]

she has a good voice but this is a mess just noise 2 me....they shuda got fantasia 2 do this it wuda bin way beta if she had.....sorry but its true

[GoGoDancer23]

Sorry JHUD fans, you all have to admit that this was not a good performance.

[braxho]

i like her but i love song think and she here only shout ... here is nozhing about sing .... baby sry but this is not good...

[cillaaaaaaaa]

her voice is AMAZING!!!!

[LingLingRox]

not really jennifer at her best

[EmesWillsunToo]

I agree, but she's going to learn how to speed it up if she wants to play Aretha in a movie. Personally, I hate how they change the pace of the song or beat rather. Why can't these award shows just do it how it was originally made? They just have to "bring the song up to date". I turn the channel on award shows who do that. It's like if hasn't been made during this time period, then they have to change it up to make it so. It just pisses me off.

[peacee001]

watch?v=RgaNM6w9JLY

[shonalynch1]

shes real gud. didnt no she was that gudd :)

[vasaka007]

woooooow. she's so good... :):):):):)

[cameronfox]

wow, not as powerful as it should have been. i love me some hudson though! go ahead!

[troublesomme]

She needs to colour her voice more. This was just loud and screechy and not in touch with the band and singers at all.

[Madhofd]

Just not fast enough, not her song

[jonnyboy25]

she gets lots of the words wrong the silly cunt

[ilikesexyness1000]

great loved it

[dgirl424]

agreed - i love jennifer but this was most definitely not her song :-(