They couldn’t speak their minds in the way we can today,” Hudson said. No no no, this is the ’60s women weren’t allowed to take up space. “How do you tell that story with minimal words where people can still understand the story and you’re not really even speaking? Whereas I walk in and I’m like I want to tell the story, this is how I feel, this is what I want to do. Hudson felt the pressure of Aretha’s generation in trying to get inside the performance and unpack its many layers. Hudson realized in meeting Franklin that she had a “strong presence” around her but that she had a “silence” to her as well. They weren’t allowed to express themselves and speak their mind.” Women didn’t exist in this way at that time. “I was thinking I was going to walk into set and be Jennifer, and express myself in these scenes. And thinking of whatever the circumstances and what’s the subtext of the song in the context in this scene and the context of this moment,” Hudson said. And there’s an arc within the age as well. On “Respect” she got to see the project from the lens of an executive producer, and on “Dreamgirls” she heard a joke from Jamie Foxx about just how green she was in the industry despite her enormous talent. Hudson says that with each project she’s taken on she’s learned a bit more and is eager to develop on the fly. “I will take baby steps, learn as I go, and then one day, I will love to direct something. “I don’t know! Yet! But I think I would like to,” she said. Well what exactly does she want to direct, you might ask? “You take a little step, one step, one day at a time, and I learn as I go.” Maybe one day direct,” Hudson told TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman as part of an awards screening of “Respect” Thursday in Los Angeles at The Landmark Theatres. “I’m going to sound cheesy, but I’m really grateful, and I want to be able to continue to do what I love to do. With any luck, she really wants to direct. So where does she want to take her career next?
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We got her behind the microphone and she Jennifer Hudson-ed it." Critical reception She showed up, I had this great little song in the spirit of Whitney Houston, and she sat down next to me and I started singing it for her, and she loved it right off the bat. He introduced a more vulnerable side vocally, but yet he put it with the ballad side of Jennifer." In an interview with E! Online, Thicke also elaborated on the recording process, stating: "Luckily, her voice is ready to go at all times. I love how allowed me to be me but introduced another side.
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Speaking about what motivated her to record the song, Hudson said: "It's unexpected from me, but it still is me.
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A slightly different arrangement of the song was released as the single, with the original arraignment only made available through the physical version of the album. Rich Travali mixed the track, while audio recording of "Giving Myself" was overseen by Bill Molina. Tony Reyes played the guitar and Larry Cox the organ while Thicke and Jay contributed Backing vocals and drums.
JENNIFER HUDSON GIVING MYSELF OVER TO YOU PRO
"Giving Myself" is a pop–soul ballad written and produced by Robin Thicke, with co-production helmed by frequent collaborator Pro Jay.