Diva/Mensch pair for July 23, 2025

Jennifer Hudson won the 2008 Grammy for Best R & B Album for her self-titled debut album. Would you believe I bought that album? Yes ma'am, I did.

Diva: "Pocketbook"

Mensch: "Jesus Promised Me a Home Over There"

"Pocketbook" pulsates with diva energy! The beat is killer and you gotta love a song where the refrain is "Don't make me hit you with my pocketbook."

I anticipate that you'll listen to "Jesus Promised Me a Home Over There" and think, "Girl, that is a serious diva trip on that song!" And yes, her performance is full of all that diva business, especially the high-flying ending. And the Hammond organ, whoa. But I'm classifying it as a mensch because she chose to have the last track on her self-titled debut CD be a gospel song. That is a divine moment of high mensch.