1. Van Hunt released his debut album, Van Hunt, in 2004, and a follow-up, On the Jungle Floor, in 2006, both on Capitol Records.
29 Facts About Van Hunt
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Van Hunt transitioned to Blue Note Records where his 2008 album, Popular, was shelved and would not be released until 2017.
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Van Hunt self-released the compilation album Use in Case of Emergency in 2009.
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Van Hunt took up the drums at age 7, and saxophone at the age of 8, later adding bass and keyboards.
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Van Hunt moved to Arlington, Texas for a short time before relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in 1996 to attend Morehouse College, where he studied English, but soon dropped out.
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Van Hunt met up-and-coming record producers and artists like Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri and TLC through his work on demos.
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Van Hunt wrote and co-produced the song "Hopeless" for singer Dionne Farris, formerly of Arrested Development, and joined her band on guitar and keyboards.
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Van Hunt co-wrote several songs with Rahsaan Patterson on his album Love in Stereo, and co-wrote with Cree Summer, including the song "Mean Sleep", for her album Street Faerie, produced by Lenny Kravitz.
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Van Hunt collaborated with Joi on the single "Missing You".
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Van Hunt recorded much of the songs from his debut album in 2000.
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Producer Dallas Austin took Van Hunt's recording to Capitol Records, leading him to sign with the label in 2001.
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Hunt's first album, Van Hunt, was released in February 2004.
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In 2006, Van Hunt appeared with Nikka Costa on the Sam Moore album, Overnight Sensational, on the song "If I Had No Loot".
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Van Hunt was featured on "Half the Fun", a track on the Count Bass D album, Act Your Waist Size, released on Fat Beats Records.
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Van Hunt described winning the award as "one of the bigger pleasures I've had" to The Athens Blur Magazine in 2009.
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Van Hunt released the 4 track digital EP, The Popular Machine, on August 7,2007.
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Van Hunt announced a full-length album, Popular, to be released on Blue Note Records on January 15,2008.
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Van Hunt moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles in 2007 while the album was nearing completion.
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Blue Note had taken over Van Hunt's recording contract after corporate restructuring at Blue Note and Capitol's parent company, EMI.
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Van Hunt wrote on his MySpace blog in January 2008, that he couldn't promise that Popular would ever be officially released.
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Van Hunt commented that he "didn't think that they had enough money" to promote the album properly.
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Van Hunt told the Atlanta alternative weekly newspaper Creative Loafing that he was "devastated" when the label decided not to release the album.
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Van Hunt has blogged about his new approach on his MySpace page.
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In July 2009, Van Hunt told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he plans to release one more album and tour once more, but does not know what his plans are after that.
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Van Hunt performed at the National Black Arts Festival's tribute to Curtis Mayfield at Atlanta Symphony Hall on July 16,2010.
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On June 14,2011, Van Hunt took to his Twitter to announce the release of his first song in 3 years.
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Van Hunt released updates of work on his upcoming album via PledgeMusic during the course of 2014.
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Van Hunt previewed the release of the new album with the new single "Vega ", which was available for release via iTunes and Amazon and followed this up with another single, "Old Hat".
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Van Hunt has been in a relationship with actress Halle Berry since April 2020.