Cody ChesnuTT :: Black Skin No Value

After an eight-year hiatus, Cody "two T's in the nuTT" ChesnuTT—the man behind the Roots' hit "The Seed 2.0" and his own soul epic The Headphone Masterpiece—has finally returned with a new set of tunes. Black Skin No Value, a six-song EP released this past December, is a typically eclectic and gracefully soulful collection of songs. "Do Better To The Young," which sounds like a lost Marvin Gaye demo circa "What's Goin' On," is followed by the sparse acoustic gem "The Quiet Girl Who Eats Alone" and the trademark frank Chesnutt lyricsism of "Everybody's Brother," which begins with the line "I used to smoke crack back in the day." But perhaps the strongest song on the EP is the timely and topical "Where Is All The Money Going," which fuses elements of gospel music with the dirty fervor of garage rock. According to an interview with Fader, a full-length is also in the works and will be released sometime before next summer.

Cody Chesnutt - "The Quiet Girl Who Eats Alone" (from Black Skin No Value)
Cody Chesnutt - "Do Better To The Young" (from Black Skin No Value)
Cody Chesnutt - "Cadillac" (Live)

New Cody Chesnutt - "Come Back Like Spring"

"...imagine the sort of compositions Marvin Gaye would write if he were living in the Florida foothills, tending to his wife and family, sitting next to a pond with his guitar , wondering what to make of what's left of the world..." - Chuck Lightning, The Believer

Cody Chesnutt, the reinventer of soul music that last swept the world with The Headphone Masterpiece and his Roots collaboration "The Seed 2.0", will finally be releasing new music in the form of a new album titled Landing On 100. You can read a beautifully conducted interview with Chesnutt by producer Chuck Lightning (Janelle Monae) over at Creative Loafing. You can also read The Believer magazine's music issue, which includes the new song on its compilation, here.

Cody Chesnutt - "Come Back Like Spring" (from Landing On 100)