During the final years of Whitney Houston’s life, the only aspect of her story that garnered almost as much media attention as her drug use was her dilapidated voice. Now, with the debut of her ‘I Will Always Love You – The Best of Whitney Houston’ compilation on the horizon, her fans are reminded of that via a new song called ‘Never Give Up’.
‘The Best of Whitney Houston’ will arrive in stores on November 13th. ‘Never Give Up’ was produced by Mariah Carey’s longtime partner in music, Jermain Dupri, hence the track’s unsurprising similarity to their song ’100%’. Listen to ‘Never Give Up’ below:
Despite singing a few impressive notes in ‘Never Give Up’, it’s impossible to deny the drastic change in Houston’s tone. Honestly, she sounds like a completely different person on the song, which is ironically the best vocal performance we have heard from her in years.
Yet, there is no point in critiquing ‘Never Give Up’. Houston has passed, and nothing we say will change the fact that her voice was tattered and torn toward at the end of her life. At least we know she tried to make some improvements before it was too late.
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She sounds country … this new accent sounds like she’s had zero hours of media training.
honestly are we going to keep being reminded of her hard times every time we think of her? so sad how bitter some people are sometimes.
Queen Whitney will live forever
the song itself and lyrics was VVVV good but obv the vocals!
Trent is a damn idiot. It sound better than that trash Triumflop. You must think Mariah’s voice is in good shape or some ish. That hag is hoarse and can’t sing like she use too, while you’re trying to down the best that ever did it. Mariah’s fans are so envy of Whitney til it’s a shame
Truth
Envious? Seriously, how do come up with these rationalizations? The person whom you’re defending overdosed in a hotel bathtub with: no career, no money, no husband, no talent and no dignity. The ‘best that ever did it’ was branded ‘offensive’ and ‘disgraceful’, not only by a widespread of media outlets, but also her OWN FANS. And are there any people to contest that, anyways? Her concert performances and recent recordings would have even William Hung rolling on the floor laughing.
and she is still better than everyone you have ever listened to
U are a delusional fool. Whitney has always been more respected than in music than Mariah and you MC fans know which is why Trent is ALWAYS trying to throw shade at Whitney. No career? Whitney’s last album outsold Memoirs, Mariah’s last 3 albums flopped, she doesn’t sound good when she does sing live, she is 40 something years old still dressing like a 17 year old cheap hoochie, she’s an alchoholic, who know one takes serious as an artist lately, and she is now on AI because her career is in a major fall. She stresses the hell out of her sick husband, she doesn’t like her son because she is never seen carrying him, she uses studio trickery to sound good but when she sings live she sounds a mess. It was never the media who said that ish about Whitney so stop lying that ish came from runt down blogs like this one. The media has always branded Whitney the best singer of all time and she was called that BEFORE SHE DIED. You MC fans has always been jealous of the fact that Whitney is and will always be the most influential female vocalist…deal with it!
Where is the evidence that fans said that about Whitney? Maybe if you MC fans wasn’t so busy worrying about The Voice Whitney Houston, you could have turned those flopped album sales into success. Whitney’s recent recordings may not be that of what she was once capable of, but atleast she doesn’t fake it like she still sounds good by using studio magic to create a sound that is no longer there ala Mariah. Mariah has spent the last 11 years lipsynching yet the bish voice is still not in good condition. And speaking of William Hung, I am sure he is laughing at Mariah’s funny shaped body while laughing at the chart performance of Triumflop; even his single did better
She will live on forever.
OMG SHE DOES SOUND LIKE A DIFF PERSON BUT I LOVE THE MESSAGE OF THE SONG!
Mariah still sings Hero like it’s 1993! she tears it up and while she’s human and has bad vocal days here & there she is still creatively talented and vocally talented. Trent has every reason to stan for her. RIP Whitney!
Delusional, that sounds nothing like 1993, in fact, certain parts of the performance was even lipped. GTFOH