Artist.......: Cody Chesnutt
Album........: Album de la Semaine
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Soul
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2014-03-08
Str.date.....: 2012-12-00
Quality......: 216kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.cchesnutt.com/
track title time
1. Album de la Semaine 29:24
* 'til I met thee
* That's still mama
* Everybody's Brother
* What kind of cool
* Where is all the money going
* Under the spell of the handout
Runtime 29:24
Size 45.50
Release Notes:
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
storyteller for the people wearing a guitar and a toothpick-chewing smirk; a. A
wide-eyed, intense soul brother in a crazy-fly get-up singing about bedraggled
love in the land of Lost Angeles. HeÆs all of that, but wiser now while still
wearing poetic license on his skin like a battle scar. The Atlanta native has
always stood his own creative ground , ever since he first holed himself up in
his bedroom to record The Headphone Masterpiece, armed with his DIY musical
arsenal: a drum machine, an array of instruments, a dusty four-track cassette
recorder and a giant pair of headphones to block out the world. The result was
an unvarnished collection of songs û 36 in total -which alchemized his love of a
multitude of styles: classic rock, rhythm and blues, pop, punk and gospel music.
A decade earlier, Cody explored the AtlantaÆs early æ90s R&B scene as a singer,
and then toiled in his LA-based band, The Crosswalk. His time spent alone
exploring raw new sounds in his bedroom had finally paid off in 2002 with the
release of The Headphone Masterpiece. Industry taste makers like music writer
dream hampton and The Roots drummer and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon bandleader
Questlove took to the record immediately, hearing in CodyÆs music the kind of
emotional intensity and savvy, irreverent wordplay that was sorely missing in
Black music in the early 2000s as the neo-soul movement sputtered to a near
halt, losing several of its key players to their own hiatuses. A song from The
Headphone Masterpiece was re-tooled as ôThe Seed 2.0ö for the RootsÆ seminal
album Phrenology, exposing CodyÆs music to a wider mainstream audience. The song
was nominated for two moonman statuettes at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, and
his own album was nominated for the prestigious Shortlist Music Prize that same
year. His fiery performance in Dave ChappelleÆs Block Party added to his growing
cult-fame status as an electrifying showman and daring genre-bender. The film
was helmed by French video director Michel Gondry, best known for directing
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and his pioneering visuals for the
alt-musician Bj÷ork. A fan of CodyÆs music, he also directed the stunning video
for ôKing of the Game,ö a song from CodyÆs 2006 one-man stage project ôThe Live
Release.ö
Landing On A Hundred, CodyÆs second full-length LP, marks his return to the
music game after a period of family-man retreat and reflection that did a world
of good for him after his meteoric rise to near fame. The title is a reference
to the slang saying, ôKeeping It One Hundred,ö or telling the whole truth, and
for lovers of true blue Southern soul this new album is a must-have ù 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. ôThe original tracks were cut on
two-inch tape,ö Cody explains.. ôMy hands were tingling, because I got to sing
on the actual microphone that Al Green recorded with. Nothing has changed. The
down home acoustic treatments are still in place.ö
Topics on Landing On A Hundred cover lots of grown-folks business: a manÆs 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 CodyÆs songs:
how it reveals itself in your darkest thoughts, how it can heal old wounds with
a hand clap and a foot stomp. Truthfulness emanates from CodyÆs vocal chords and
the strings of his guitar while his strong, sensitive voice and riveting sound
continues to command listeners, leading them to their own higher ground.