I heard a small clip of the soundtrack, and immediately went out and bought it two days after it was released- I am pretty sure that was a month or so ago. I don't think I had even seen the previews and didn't know what the movie was about, but Jennifer Hudson's voice is PHENOMENAL!!! I am cheap, and wait to rent movies! Looking forward to seeing it though! Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy won "something" (shame on me) at the Golden Globe's last night for their performance. I was half-listening, half cooking, but I heard it!