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Van Hunt (born March 8, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He released his debut album, Van Hunt, in 2004, and a follow-up, On the Jungle Floor, in 2006, both on Capitol Records. He won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for appearing on the tribute version of the Sly & The Family Stone song, “Family Affair”, in 2007. He transitioned to Blue Note Records where his 2008 album, Popular, was shelved and never released. He self-released the compilation album Use In Case of Emergency in 2009.
Early life
Hunt was born in Dayton, Ohio and raised by his single mother. His father, Van Hunt, Sr., was a factory worker and part-time painter, who was a friend of Ohio Players drummer Jimmy “Diamond” Williams. Hunt took up the drums at age 7, and saxophone at the age of 8, later adding bass and keyboards. Guitar was the last instrument he learned to play; he played guitar in a rock band called Royalty. Hunt moved to Texas for a short time before relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in 1996 to attend Morehouse College, where he studied English, but soon dropped out. In Atlanta, he started producing a few hip-hop demos for Atlanta rappers in order to pay bills. Hunt met up-and-coming record producers and artists like Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri and TLC through his work on demos.
Career
Early career
Hunt wrote and co-produced the song “Hopeless” for singer Dionne Farris, formerly of Arrested Development, and joined her band on guitar and keyboards. “Hopeless” appeared on the soundtrack for the film Love Jones (1997).
Early life
Hunt was born in Dayton, Ohio and raised by his single mother. His father, Van Hunt, Sr., was a factory worker and part-time painter, who was a friend of Ohio Players drummer Jimmy “Diamond” Williams. Hunt took up the drums at age 7, and saxophone at the age of 8, later adding bass and keyboards. Guitar was the last instrument he learned to play; he played guitar in a rock band called Royalty. Hunt moved to Texas for a short time before relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in 1996 to attend Morehouse College, where he studied English, but soon dropped out. In Atlanta, he started producing a few hip-hop demos for Atlanta rappers in order to pay bills. Hunt met up-and-coming record producers and artists like Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri and TLC through his work on demos.
Career
Early career
Hunt wrote and co-produced the song “Hopeless” for singer Dionne Farris, formerly of Arrested Development, and joined her band on guitar and keyboards. “Hopeless” appeared on the soundtrack for the film Love Jones (1997).
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Beatnik24 wrote:
"New albums is shit. Not R&B" Why would you bother even listening to his music if you can't accept it's diversity? That makes you look closed-minded and dumb. Go listen to some fucking R&B then if that's what you want to hear.
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richardneal wrote:
so great to have him back
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jwiddlez wrote:
Saw him play last night. He definitely reworked a bunch of his old tracks from R&B to damn near punk rock.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Yeah, we can all do without those two lol.
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MsGreenEyes wrote:
the only thing im hoping for - no meths, no redmen please lol
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MsGreenEyes wrote:
yea, according to the questo's list of inspiration. i bet we can also expect some kind of mixture of psychedelic funk rock and some electro sounds.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Well, the new D'Angelo album—if we are ever fortunate enough to hear it—is supposed to be heavily inspired by early-'70s Funkadelic, so that should be a solid indicator of what to expect.
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MsGreenEyes wrote:
that was SOMETHING! i want new d'angelo's album to be just rocky like that, even more!
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house_jamz wrote:
Album stream: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2011/09/album-stream-van-hunt---what-were-you-hoping-for.html
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CHOOK85 wrote:
New albums is shit. Not R&B :(
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thisbreeze wrote:
Van's free download of his new song "June" here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/van-hunts-free-june-downl_b_877200.html
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ttlove92 wrote:
check out Van's new song "June" tomorrow on huffingtonpost.com
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SoulJazzsterInc wrote:
Van. Where are you? You know we need you to come back, right? [2]
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nistelki wrote:
Van is artsy <3
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Van. Where are you? You know we need you to come back, right?
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slickric49 wrote:
i like this dude's music
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
So much for that official release of Popular lol.
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SoulJazzsterInc wrote:
This month on the Retro Soul group, you can vote for the Best Retro Soul album of 2010. Feel free to join us and cast your vote.
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Beatnik24 wrote:
I saw him in concert 4 years ago, and one of my exes became friends with him. One of the most talented and underrated people in the game.
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ShakdelFresco wrote:
I am dust, blown away over the edge....
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