I heard on here that he was dropped but then there is talk about him recording and releasing a new album ready for the summer.

What's going on?

MattyJam said:

Fuck, I hope he's releasing something soon. Is there anything about it on his MySpace page?

CalhounSq said:

Cracks me up that you're such a fan now! I remember those threads with people trying to convince you to give him a chance! WElcome to the light!

I've heard that he got dropped from Capitol, but Capitol went under so I wouldn't doubt it. He actually ran out of money while he was on tour behind On The Jungle Floor, and had to cancel the last leg of his tour. Apparently he decided to start recording another record with that time he would have been on the road, and it makes sense that it'd be released in the summer. Can't Wait!!

guitarslinger44 said:

WHEN did Capitol "go under"? last i checked, the Capitol Music Group is alive and well.

now, Van may not be on Capitol anymore but fear not he's got a new label home (which is one of the most historic labels in the US) and will be releasing a new album this fall. so, stay tuned.

If he's putting out another album, I sure hope it gets more promo than Jungle Floor!
No wonder the poor guy runs outta cash.
I don't remember hearing a single song from the last album on the radio or any videos. Frankly, if not for the org, I wouldn't have know it was out

So uh, thanks guys

ButterscotchPimp said:

Capitol Music Group was just formed in Febuary of this year. It was a merger made by EMI of Capitol Records and Virgin Records. Capitol Records still exists but its a sub-babel now. I don't know if Van is still signed or not. The industry hates and is threatened by real talent, so he may not be.

BlaqueKnight said:

Release it independent then, I need some new Van Hunt this summer

I love Van Hunt
and I actually played
his first album last night

I hadn't gotten into the 2nd project just yet

Who the hell is this Van Hunt I keep seeing all over the org? Does he have any music that I would like? (You motherfuckers know what I like and how choosey I am).
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vainandy said:

I took a chance on him
and I really liked his first album
upon FIRST listen

some of his stuff is reminiscent of
maybe something Prince woulda thought of
I wouldn't compare his style to Prince's though

Slave2daGroove said:

Nikka was dropped from Virgin....

Does he have any uptempo funky type stuff with real drums and bass, kinda like Jamiroquai? Or any uptempo housey/disco type stuff (however, not trance/acid sounding stuff)? That's the kind of jams I'm looking for.

guitarslinger44 said:

I know! I fucking LOVE him now

vainandy said:

Try the 2nd album, "On the Jungle Floor" & if you dig it enough THEN grab the first album...

BlaqueKnight said:

The industry does not "hate or is threatened by real talent".
One could debate in today's music industry whether artists who aren't from American Idol or straight pop crap (ala Black Eyed Peas or Akon) can get a fair shake by some of the majors because they don't sell.

Capitol isn't a "sub-label". It's an imprint now, which isn't a new thing in the music industry. It didn't "go under".

And i just said that Van has a new label home, i'm just not at liberty to say which one yet (but again, if you'd like to guess it's one of the most historic labels in the US), and will have a new album out this fall.

vainandy said:

I THINK YOU MIGHT LIKE "HOT STAGE LIGHTS". THAT'S A FUNKY UPTEMPO SONG. TO ME HE'S A MIXTURE OF PRINCE, LENNY KRAVITZ SPRINKLED WITH MARVIN GAYE

Ironically i am listening to van hunt's debut cd right now. I like van hunt's first cd better than the second but the second is still cool. The first cd is slamming. My favorites second of pleasure,down here in hell with you,hello goodbye,highlights,who will love me in winter.
Vainandy,if you like sly stone you would like hello goodbye, highlights, and out of the sky. The rest of the album is a mixed bag of neo soul and a little lenny kravitz. It is what is unique about his first album you don't get the same sound throughout. I would love to see him come out with a new album this fall because i sure as hell ain't buying the bullshit that's coming out now.

ButterscotchPimp said:

Could it be Stax Records? They recently reformed and have already signed Angie Stone.They have some big things planned.

SoulAlive said:

Stax Records is back. Damn, its been 32 years.

ButterscotchPimp said:

Excuse my mis-catergorization of what Capitol is now; imprint, subsidiary of EMI...whatever. It still sits under Capitol Music Group. Anyone who disagrees can google it. I didn't say that it went under. Regardless of the terminology, its all bullshit ways for labels to hire, fire redistribute and shuffle money. The industry is utter crap and is always reorganizing in order to accomodate the messes they make. People are sick of talentless or marginally talented bimbos and himbos singing cookie-cutter 3:30 commerical jingles about nothing. The "industry" created this formula and has been sticking to it for quite some time now because they can control it but that's another topic.
I'm happy for Van if he has a new label. Good for him. Hopefully, they will try harder than his old one did to promote him properly.

While cathcy - I never thought Being a Girl was a good song to be playing live as he did on Letterman, Craig Ferguson (or Kimmel, or Conan, or Leno).

...VainAndy - I think you will like If I Take You Home, and Hot Stage Lights from his Jungle Floor album. From the first album - you might dig Hello Goodbye.

SoulAlive said:

Good guess, but not correct.
Another historic label would be.....

BlaqueKnight said:

i didn't disagree, i just corrected you. and i know you weren't the one that said that Capitol "went under", someone else did i just responded in the one e-mail to both issues.

the industry is in transition. i wish that you were correct about people being sick of talentless or marginally talented bimbos, but to be honest you're not. i wish you were. if you look at the Billboard charts every week, you see what's selling and what's not. if you listen to the radio, you know what's selling and what's not.

so you can't put it ALL on the labels that sign and try to market artists like Van, Nikka Costa, Esthero, and the like and it's just that the media isn't in a place where they care about talented and original sounding artists anymore. i dare say that if Prince were a new artist today, i don't think he'd get a record deal.

the industry didn't "create" this formula, it evolved here. if you want to assign a large part of the blame the beginning of the state of the current industry began with the corporate takeovers of radio stations. that began the whole thing.

bobsteezy said:

yeah those two songs along with the lead single character are on the jungle
floor's standout tracks.

I never got into this guy. I have listened to both of his albums and I just didn't like him.

ButterscotchPimp said:

Is it Motown???

bboy87 said:

another good guess, and another wrong one.

but you guys have the right idea.

ButterscotchPimp said:

Atlantic?

AlexdeParis said:

that's what I'm thinking...