Move over cat videos and toddlers with an environmental conscience! There’s a new best video on the internet, and it’s the music video for intellectual neo-soul dude Cody ChesnuTT’s new song “I’ve Been Life.” This video has everything you didn’t know you needed in a music video until today: stilt walkers, traditional African dance garb, fire-breathing, and Cody ChesnuTT’s infectious yet political yet upbeat soul harmonies. And it’s only like three minutes long so you can totally watch it like five times in a row while your boss is in a meeting or whatever.
“I’ve Been Life” comes off ChenuTT’s 2012 release Landing on a Hundred, the long-awaited followup to his 2002 debut, the aptly-titled The Headphone Masterpiece. Recorded at Memphis’ Royal Studios, where Al Green, Buddy Guy, and Ike & Tina Turner did some of their most career-defining work, ChesnuTT’s Landing on a Hundred features a 10-piece band and classic, yet progressive, soul stylings. Now he’s striking out on a US tour to promote the album, which starts in Seattle and wraps up in Florida. You can check out the awe-inspiring new video for “I’ve Been Life” featuring the talented tall men of The Brooklyn Jumbies now:
08.08.13 - Dallas, TX – KXT’s Barefoot at the Belmont
09.05.13 - Seattle, WA - Neptune
09.06.13 - Portland, OR - MusicFestNW
09.07.13 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
09.10.13 - Salt Lake City - The State Room
09.11.13 - Aspen, CO - Belly UP
09.12.13 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
09.14.13 - Albuquerque, NM - Sister The Bar
09.26.13 - Cincinnati, OH - Midpoint Music Festival
09.27.13 - St. Louis, MO – Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
09.29.13 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
10.01.13 - Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre
10.03.13 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
10.04.13 - Atlanta, GA - The Loft
10.05.13 - Nashville, TN – Mercy
10.11.13 - Birmingham, AL – Workplay Theatre
10.12.13 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
• Cody ChesnuTT: http://www.cchesnutt.com
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