Cody Chesnutt (stylized as Cody ChesnuTT) is an American R&B and neo soul musician.
Biography
Cody Chesnutt is an American musician of Jamaican descent from Atlanta, Georgia, whose music blends elements of rock, funk, soul, hip hop, and blues. Chesnutt and his former band, The Crosswalk, had a brief stint with Hollywood Records in which they were later booted from the label. The band subsequently broke up and Chesnutt released a double LP in 2002 entitled The Headphone Masterpiece, which was recorded on a 4-track cassette recorder in his bedroom recording studio, which he calls "The Sonic Promiseland".
His closest brush with mainstream success came in 2002, when the hip hop group The Roots remade a song from his album, "The Seed", for their album, Phrenology. The remade version was entitled "The Seed (2.0)" to distinguish it from the original. Chesnutt plays guitar and sings vocals on the track, and appears in its music video, which received heavy airplay on MTV and BET. At the height of his popularity, Chesnutt's backing band consisted of drummer Craig Waters, now with the band The Bellrays, and bassist Aaron Ebensperger. In October 2003, Cody Chesnutt was nominated for the prestigious Shortlist Music Prize, and performed in the ceremony for the prize at the Wiltern Theatre in California.
In 2006, Chesnutt appeared in the music documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party, which was originally recorded in September of 2004. The same year, he recorded the track "Boils" for the 4AD records album Plague Songs and on his MySpace announced an upcoming album titled The Live Release, which he has been performing around the world. In 2007, he performed at the Pop Montreal music festival as one of the headliners.
Many acclaimed musicians count Cody Chesnutt as an exciting force within the field of music.[1] In an interview on MTV's Subterranean, Radiohead's Thom Yorke listed the singer as one of his favorite new acts.
His song "5 on a Joyride" is Featured in the film Me and You and Everyone We Know. Recently, his song "Look Good in Leather" from the album The Headphone Masterpiece has been featured in an Axe commercial.
He appears as himself in the 2002 independent film Charlotte Sometimes, performing on stage, and several of his songs are featured in the soundtrack, including "My Women, My Guitars," "5 on a Joyride," and "Boylife in America."
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 2003: "The World Is Coming"[2]
Featured singles
Notes
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