Universally hailed as a thrilling new figure in music for his edgy, lo-fi debut, The Headphone Masterpiece, back in 2002, Cody ChesnuTT is a soul troubadour whose frank, socially conscious ruminations on life continue to challenge popular notions of what modern soul music can look and sound like: a raw ...
Landing on A Hundred: B-Sides and Remixes picks up where the full length album left off... surveying the landscape of everyday life. The message —that life in these times must be dealt with head on — is dressed in a myriad of sonic outfits, but is consistent in its spirit.
“It was great to have other people — Questlove, Gary Clark Jr, Danny Swain, Jay West and Manuel Sahagun — contribute their talent and interpretations to the mix,” says Cody....
Neo-soul artist, Cody ChesnuTT, was best known for his 2002 critically acclaimed, edgy debut album, The Headphone Masterpiece. Questlove took to the record immediately and as a result, a song from album was re-tooled as “The Seed 2.0” with The Roots and went on to become a cultural classic. Ten years later, the singer-songwriter released his second full-length album, Landing On A Hundred, which was recorded with a 10-piece band at Memphis’s Royal Studios (famed for Willie Mitchell’s classic production work with Al Green and many others).
His new music video “I’ve Been Life” premiered with Rolling Stone. Shot in the beautiful, historic Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn and directed by Alex Maxwell of world renowned visual effects company, The Mill, this video is an innovative addition to the message of ChesnuTT’s critically acclaimed album Landing On A Hundred. The video also features the stilt-walking group Brooklyn Jumbies as they walk along the fast paced, buzzing Fulton Street in the borough’s heart. Like the song, the video highlights celebration of the culture strength and resilience of the African Diaspora.
Neo-soul artist, Cody ChesnuTT, was best known for his 2002 critically acclaimed, edgy debut album, The Headphone Masterpiece. Questlove took to the record immediately and as a result, a song from album was re-tooled as “The Seed 2.0” with The Roots and went on to become a cultural classic. Ten years later, the singer-songwriter released his second full-length album, Landing On A Hundred, which was recorded with a 10-piece band at Memphis’s Royal Studios (famed for Willie Mitchell’s classic production work with Al Green and many others).
His new music video “I’ve Been Life” premiered with Rolling Stone. Shot in the beautiful, historic Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn and directed by Alex Maxwell of world renowned visual effects company, The Mill, this video is an innovative addition to the message of ChesnuTT’s critically acclaimed album Landing On A Hundred. The video also features the stilt-walking group Brooklyn Jumbies as they walk along the fast paced, buzzing Fulton Street in the borough’s heart. Like the song, the video highlights celebration of the culture strength and resilience of the African Diaspora.
Neo-soul artist, Cody ChesnuTT, was best known for his 2002 critically acclaimed, edgy debut album, The Headphone Masterpiece. Questlove took to the record immediately and as a result, a song from album was re-tooled as “The Seed 2.0” with The Roots and went on to become a cultural classic. Ten years later, the singer-songwriter released his second full-length album, Landing On A Hundred, which was recorded with a 10-piece band at Memphis’s Royal Studios (famed for Willie Mitchell’s classic production work with Al Green and many others).
His new music video “I’ve Been Life” premiered with Rolling Stone. Shot in the beautiful, historic Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn and directed by Alex Maxwell of world renowned visual effects company, The Mill, this video is an innovative addition to the message of ChesnuTT’s critically acclaimed album Landing On A Hundred. The video also features the stilt-walking group Brooklyn Jumbies as they walk along the fast paced, buzzing Fulton Street in the borough’s heart. Like the song, the video highlights celebration of the culture strength and resilience of the African Diaspora.
Neo-soul artist, Cody ChesnuTT, was best known for his 2002 critically acclaimed, edgy debut album, The Headphone Masterpiece. Questlove took to the record immediately and as a result, a song from album was re-tooled as “The Seed 2.0” with The Roots and went on to become a cultural classic. Ten years later, the singer-songwriter released his second full-length album, Landing On A Hundred, which was recorded with a 10-piece band at Memphis’s Royal Studios (famed for Willie Mitchell’s classic production work with Al Green and many others).
His new music video “I’ve Been Life” premiered with Rolling Stone. Shot in the beautiful, historic Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn and directed by Alex Maxwell of world renowned visual effects company, The Mill, this video is an innovative addition to the message of ChesnuTT’s critically acclaimed album Landing On A Hundred. The video also features the stilt-walking group Brooklyn Jumbies as they walk along the fast paced, buzzing Fulton Street in the borough’s heart. Like the song, the video highlights celebration of the culture strength and resilience of the African Diaspora.
Neo-soul artist, Cody ChesnuTT, was best known for his 2002 critically acclaimed, edgy debut album, The Headphone Masterpiece. Questlove took to the record immediately and as a result, a song from album was re-tooled as “The Seed 2.0” with The Roots and went on to become a cultural classic. Ten years later, the singer-songwriter released his second full-length album, Landing On A Hundred, which was recorded with a 10-piece band at Memphis’s Royal Studios (famed for Willie Mitchell’s classic production work with Al Green and many others).
His new music video “I’ve Been Life” premiered with Rolling Stone. Shot in the beautiful, historic Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn and directed by Alex Maxwell of world renowned visual effects company, The Mill, this video is an innovative addition to the message of ChesnuTT’s critically acclaimed album Landing On A Hundred. The video also features the stilt-walking group Brooklyn Jumbies as they walk along the fast paced, buzzing Fulton Street in the borough’s heart. Like the song, the video highlights celebration of the culture strength and resilience of the African Diaspora.
FREE MP3, “Gunpowder on the Letter (featuring Gary Clark, Jr.)” Available Here
"Any one of these songs can be a friend to anybody at any given time." – Cody ChesnuTT
Famed Soul Troubadour Heads to SXSW for Several Shows As Part of Spring Tour
Landing on A Hundred: B-Sides and Remixes picks up where the full length album left off... surveying the landscape of everyday life. The message —that life in these times must be dealt with head on — is dressed in a myriad of sonic outfits, but is consistent in its spirit.
“It was great to have other people — Questlove, Gary Clark Jr, Danny Swain, Jay West and Manuel Sahagun — contribute their talent and interpretations to the mix,” says Cody. “They brought colors and textures that I might not have considered, but did so with desire to maintain the integrity of the original work.”
Landing on A Hundred: B-Sides and Remixes is available for pre-sale @ Amazon.
In other exciting news, for the first time in 10 years Cody will be performing select songs from his critically acclaimed debut album, The Headphone Masterpiece.
Don’t Miss Cody ChesnuTT On Tour, Including SXSW
March 12: New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s
March 13: Austin, TX @ Clive’s Bar
March 15: Austin, TX @ Hotel San Jose
March 15: Austin, TX @ Rachel Ray’s Feedback Day Party
March 15: Austin, TX @ Bungalow
March 15: Austin, TX @ Holy Mountain Backyard
March 17: Houston, TX @ The Studio @ Warehouse Live
March 19: Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
March 20: Durango, CO @ Community Concert Hall @ FLC
March 22: Park City, UT @ Canyons Resort Spring Grüv
March 23: Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest
March 26: Walla Walla, WA @ Main Street Studios
March 27: Yakima, WA @ Seasons Performance Hall
March 28: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
March 30: West Hollywood, CA @ The Troubador
April 26: Durham, NC @ The Art of Cool Music Fest
June 14: New York City @ Apollo Theater
What the Press is Saying...
“showcasing a powerful voice that still conjures Stevie Wonder and countless other influences and antecedents.” - NPR
“A breath of fresh air” - Soul Train
“Chesnutt strikes the rare balance between evoking soul and funk’s glory days and taking the genres into new and unexpected places” – Boston Globe
“... a triumphant redemption of songs...” – SPIN
"Chesnutt is the type of guy that gets the details right" - A.V. Club
While Valentine’s Day is only one day of the year, true love is everlasting; which is exactly what ‘60s soul revivalist Cody ChesnuTT conveys in his new video for the song “Love Is More Than A Wedding Day”. Watch it HERE via Yahoo! Music.
“Love Is More Than A Wedding Day” comes from Landing On A Hundred, Cody’s second full-length LP that was released last October and marked his return to the music game after a period of family-man retreat and reflection. The title is a reference to the slang saying, “Keeping It One Hundred,” or telling the whole truth, and for lovers of true blue Southern soul this new album is a must-have — he recorded it with a ten-piece band in Memphis-based Royal Studios, the sonic birthplace of some of the deepest works by soul and blues luminaries like Al Green, Buddy Guy and Ike & Tina Turner.
Topics on Landing On A Hundred cover lots of grown-folks business: a man’s road to redemption after years of womanizing and crack addiction, the power and labor of slow-burning marital love that eclipses mere material expressions of affection. Keeping it truthful is ultimately what matters most in Cody’s songs: how it reveals itself in your darkest thoughts, how it can heal old wounds with a handclap and a foot stomp. Truthfulness emanates from Cody’s vocal chords and the strings of his guitar while his strong, sensitive voice continues to command listeners with its riveting sound, leading them to their own higher ground.
Neo-soul artist, Cody ChesnuTT, was best known for his 2002 critically acclaimed, edgy debut album, The Headphone Masterpiece. Questlove took to the record immediately and as a result, a song from album was re-tooled as “The Seed 2.0” with The Roots and went on to become a cultural classic. Ten years later, the singer-songwriter released his second full-length album, Landing On A Hundred, which was recorded with a 10-piece band at Memphis’s Royal Studios (famed for Willie Mitchell’s classic production work with Al Green and many others).
His new music video “I’ve Been Life” premiered with Rolling Stone. Shot in the beautiful, historic Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn and directed by Alex Maxwell of world renowned visual effects company, The Mill, this video is an innovative addition to the message of ChesnuTT’s critically acclaimed album Landing On A Hundred. The video also features the stilt-walking group Brooklyn Jumbies as they walk along the fast paced, buzzing Fulton Street in the borough’s heart. Like the song, the video highlights celebration of the culture strength and resilience of the African Diaspora.