![]() It's not that they're bad, it's just that they sound a bit uninspired on that song, as well as on "Jump" and "Hooked on Your Love. JordinSparks Sparkle OneWing ShauricePhickFan 5.34K subscribers Subscribe 24K Share Save 2.3M views 10 years ago Show more Show more Mix - JordinSparks Sparkle OneWing Keke Wyatt, Ledisi. And this album, completed before Houston's death in February, sounds like it was created for a modest, midlevel project, not the return of a superstar.Ĭee Lo Green's contribution, "I'm a Man," comes off as a likable castoff from one of his albums, while the movie's fictitious trio - played by Sparks, Carmen Ejogo and Tika Sumpter - handles Curtis Mayfield's "Something He Can Feel" less like Aretha Franklin and more like an "X Factor" tryout. Despite her one-time superstar status, Houston wasn't supposed to carry "Sparkle," Sparks was. Lyrics to Jordin Sparks One Wing: Feels like Im going down on one way street And every direction I need, I need, I need heaven to show me just little. Houston appears on only two songs - the lackluster single "Celebrate" with Jordin Sparks, where she takes a backseat to the younger singer, and the stunning version of the gospel classic "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," where she showed how the power (if not the range) had returned to her voice. If Sparks goes on to enjoy success on the screen, Sparkle will be remembered as her first film otherwise it's destined to be known only as Houston's last role.Time for real talk: The "Sparkle" soundtrack ( RCA) was never going to be Whitney Houston's comeback. Sparks already has started shooting her second film, a music-free indie drama with former Idol finalist Hudson, who won a best supporting Oscar for her debut in Dreamgirls. The film also reprises some Curtis Mayfield-written selections from the original Sparkle, including "Something He Can Feel."
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