CAVALIER ALBUM DROP, MANIGAULTS VIDEO, OKAYPLAYER INTERVIEW
We just wanted to send a friendly reminder to reset your clocks, we are finally on that Different Type Time. The new Cavalier album dropped today and the vinyl is already shipping out to everyone who pre-ordered! We are also premiering a new video for “Manigaults”, one of our favorite songs on the whole album. Check out Cav’s tour schedule as well, he is hitting the road with R.A.P. Ferreira for the month of May. We really love this album and so it’s extremely gratifying to finally be able to let y’all hear it. Big ups to Cavalier for putting together a masterpiece, we out here winding our watches with every beat flip!
CAVALIER “MANIGAULTS”
VIDEO PREMIERE
Cavalier "Manigaults" [OFFICIAL VIDEO] Dir by Brandon Damon and Co-Dir @cavalier9367 Produced by @AUXCinema Music produced by ruffiankick
We don’t like to play favorites but this song is one of of favorites, and these new visuals only add to the lush headiness of the track. As befitting such a big tune, Cavalier delves deeply into NYC lore with the title “Manigaults”. The origins to basketball legend Earl "The Goat" Manigault's iconic nickname remain unclear, but the popular belief that he was called "The Goat" as the acronym for Greatest of All Time is what has lasted. Different Type Time is a heavy offering with "Manigaults" proposing that at the very least, Cavalier's contributions to the game put him in the runnings for greatness.
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For heads of a certain time period of NYC hip-hop, Brooklyn born, New Orleans-based rapper and songwriter, Cavalier was the one that got away. The outrageously talented artist whose name and reputation preceded him everywhere you went in the scene. The rapper who everyone knew was so dope that he had to blow, but who never seemed concerned with any of that. The pretty boy draped in Polo who stole every live show with a feather in his hair and a mouth full of gold fronts. The cat so dedicated to his own independence that even indie labels stopped trying to sign him and projects came when they came, but when they came they were undeniable. Cavalier was THAT guy for a lot of us; a silver-tongued philosopher with an eye for the poignant details of black life and a delivery as effortless as a young Ken Griffey’s swing.
All that said, it never really felt like Cav had that moment in the spotlight that we always assumed was coming. After chiseling away through headier cult corners of the NYC hip-hop scene Cavalier was recognized for his memorable co-pilot to Quelle Chris’ 2013 Mello Music debut, Niggas Is Men. The critically acclaimed LP helped propel Quelle Chris into the forefront of indie hip-hop (and also happened to be the first production credits for Messiah Muzik). Cav followed up with his first full length, Chief, which sports a notable Raekwon feature but also early work from producers like Ohbliv and Tall Black Guy. A relocation to New Orleans and partnership with producer/vocalist Iman Omari yielded two more projects: 2015’s Lemonade EP and Private Stock in 2018. Great records all; eagerly sought by collectors and signal boosted by influential media like OkayPlayer, Solange’s Saint Heron, and Pitchfork. Cavalier’s bonafides have never been in question, but his new album Different Type Time feels like a revelation—a sonic suspension bridge between his rich history and the artform’s future.
Different Type Time doesn’t sound like the future though, its vibrations are somewhere all their own. It sounds like jazz, like a conversation overheard in roti shop, or a pool hall, or the foyer of your old building on a fall day, front door propped open with a brick. The blues is in there too, and the south—the American South, and the Global South, and South Brooklyn. It’s not that it sounds like the past, but you can hear everything that came before in the thick of the basslines and the yearning of the keys. Different Type Time also doesn’t sound like now, it sounds like RIGHT NOW; the bounce of the lyrics like the staccato of basketball in the park, carried on a spring breeze.
Although he doesn’t rap on DTT, Quelle Chris plays a pivotal role; producing eight songs and serving as associate producer/consigliere to Cav throughout the creative process.
“There is no time wasted in explaining things when I collaborate with Quelle. He understands the universe I am in and the realities I want to create. He’s in them. And I don’t think I can envision one without him,” Cavalier explains.
Messiah Musik, Wino Willy, Ohbliv, Ahwlee, Child Actor, Fushou and several other producers round out the credits, all lending their talents to the album’s spaciously soulful sound. At the center of all these alchemies is Cavalier, nimbly dancing in and out of pockets like a sidewalk game of jumprope. Different Type Time is a masterclass in this thing we call hip-hop; daring and original, yet always standing deeply rooted in the culture.
1. Different Type Time (prod. Quelle Chris & Cavalier) 2. Custard Spoon (prod. Quelle Chris) 3. Can’t Leave It Alone feat. Eric Jaye (prod. GLassC!ty) 4. Come Proper (prod. Jacob Rochester) 5. Touchtones (prod. Aummaah) 6. Déjà vu / Tydro ‘97 (prod. Messiah Musik / Quelle Chris) 7. Doodoo Damien (prod. Quelle Chris) 8. Baby I’m Home (prod. Wino Willy) 9. Yeah Boiii (prod. Quelle Chris) 10. All Things Considered (prod. Wino Willy) 11. Pears (prod. Malik Abdul-Rahmaan) 12. Told You (prod. Fushou) 13. Badvice (prod. Low Key) 14. Think About It feat. Billzegypt (prod. Ohbliv) 15. Up From Here / 7th Ward Spyboy (prod. Ahwlee / Quelle Chris) 16. Manigaults / I Miss Them (prod. ruffiankick) 17. Lazaroos (prod. Vinny Cuzns) 18. Bespoke feat. Dominic Minix (prod. Hann_11) 19. 50 Bags feat. Lord Chilla (prod. Child Actor) 20. Axiom / My Gawd (prod. GLassC!ty / Quelle Chris) 21. Flourish (prod. Quelle Chris)
Gatefold jacket with photography by 35mmgold, pressed in milky transulcent colored vinyl. Includes MP3 version of album emailed to purchaser on release date.
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Compact disc in jewel case with folded insert featuring photography by 35mmgold. Includes MP3 version of album emailed to purchaser on release date.
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CASSETTE
Clear w/Clear Ferric Tape Cassette with 6 panel j-card packed in clear norelco case featuring photography by 35mmgold. Includes MP3 version of album emailed to purchaser on release date.
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DTT SHIRT
T-shirt features a black&white photo by 35mmgold from the cover of Different Type Time printed on a dark gray nice soft premium Bella & Canvas 3001 t-shirt with 3-color standard ink.
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