i found an interview with cody chesnutt online. quite a few people have been talking about him and comparing him to prince a little, it might be of some interest to orgers. i happen to think hes pretty fantastic!

heres the link.

http://www.junkmedia.org/...han56.html

Cool, thanks. I especially liked the following parts:

So why do you prefer to work alone?

Because you get to see everything that you heard in your head. See that's the thing about most bands. It's healthy to have different opinions, but what creates the tension sometimes, you have one person that has the vision, and another person that has the vision. And you never know which one gets cheated, you know. The relationship can bring about something beautiful, but you never know if you saw that version through completely by yourself what it would have been.

Why do you think there is a general dearth of bands in soul and R&B, yet it's so prevalent in rock?

Because, as I was telling the sister over there, that kind of vision as musicians, it's not nurtured. Record companies don't nurture it. They don't support that. They keep it locked in this one little box, because if you got a band you're gonna wanna experiment and see how much music you can create. So it's not nurtured. Tony Toni Tone was one of the only bands that a lot of blacks have known in our generation to truly get away with live music. And the Roots. You got some people who don't even get into the Roots because it's live music, because it's a band element. We're not exposed to it in black culture. We're not exposed to it enough. You still got brothers, they don't know how to react to the music because they don't even recognize it as a possibility. They see that as, "He playing white folks music, he playing a guitar." I had people in Virginia walk away because they didn't know what I was going to do. When I started playing, it just took them a minute 'cos they lack the exposure and at first don't have the patience.

It's slightly strange considering so much of hip-hop's sound has been determined by samples of bands.

Completely man. Especially when you think of the origin in the music, look at the '70s, man. People look at the '70s and think that was a period where [bands] only existed in that period. Like "Oh man, they had bands back in the day." Well you can have a band now.

He made some good points in that interview. I understand what he stated about bands not being nurtured in the R&b community. Why should the music be kept in a box with labels telling artists what to sound like? I can't wait to hear his album.

I heard a sample of "Look Good In Leather" and wasn't impressed. Can anyone assure me as to the quality on the rest of his forthcoming 2CD album?

It would be nice if someone fresh came and shook music up a little...

Essence said:

If you listened to the samples on his site they are remixes. I don't think they are anything to get all hyped about either. Supposedly, the album versions are different and very good.

BlaqueKnight said:

Me Neither.if only He could Perform with Mr.SandMan at the Apollo?? give this Buster the Hook A.S.A.P