Van Hunt
is what happens when Curtis Mayfield calls Prince to have a sonic conversation... and Lenny Kravitz is on the other line. Now don't get me wrong, he is the progeny of all those before him. But definitely not a one dimensional copycat. Van Hunt is very much in his own skin. There's something eerily smooth about his sound. And he's got the songwriting skills to back up the funky bravado that sexy-soul music demands. His tenderness, tinged with just the right dose of rock and roll, is grimy enough to turn you on a little. Or a lot.
His self titled debut album was a great introduction. Tracks like Hold My Hand and Down Here in Hell definitely make you want to turn the volume up and sing along. While his second album On the Jungle Room Floor, was a more full bodied experience, it still had a lot of the playful moments I came to enjoy on his first work. Tracks like Being a Girl and Hot Stage Lights sealed the deal for me and solidified him in my mind as someone to keep an eye on. His sophomore album, Popular, leaked and was never released. But fear not, his latest work
Use In Case of Emergency, is a self released project with new goodies and previously recorded singles reworked into something even funkier. Overall, I think that he possesses a more humble level of genius than his soul forefathers. But the seed is definitely there. Van Hunt is a struggling artist in process and I can't help but enjoy his growing pains.
His self titled debut album was a great introduction. Tracks like Hold My Hand and Down Here in Hell definitely make you want to turn the volume up and sing along. While his second album On the Jungle Room Floor, was a more full bodied experience, it still had a lot of the playful moments I came to enjoy on his first work. Tracks like Being a Girl and Hot Stage Lights sealed the deal for me and solidified him in my mind as someone to keep an eye on. His sophomore album, Popular, leaked and was never released. But fear not, his latest work
Use In Case of Emergency, is a self released project with new goodies and previously recorded singles reworked into something even funkier. Overall, I think that he possesses a more humble level of genius than his soul forefathers. But the seed is definitely there. Van Hunt is a struggling artist in process and I can't help but enjoy his growing pains.
Try it
seeing is believing go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjqtmfBeyjI
More on the Artist
Van Hunt, an Ohio native, is a 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 his latest work, the compilation album Use In Case of Emergency in 2009.
Van Hunt, an Ohio native, is a 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 his latest work, the compilation album Use In Case of Emergency in 2009.
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