Cody ChesnuTT: My Love Divine Degree (One Little Indian)
Jamie Atkins, Record Collector, June 2017
THE SUCCESS of 2002's The Headphone Masterpiece effectively wrote soul singer Cody ChesnuTT a blank cheque in terms of creative freedom. For a record to become loved by many, despite being sprawling, deeply eccentric and impossible to second-guess – that's an indication of the chops, charisma and genre-hopping virtuosity it offered.
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