“Private Stock broadens Cavalier’s social influence, especially his emphasis on Black love, by narrowing in on the ills that attack bodies of color. He puts the biases, traumas and mechanisms of Black survival on the masthead, and asks you to consume with not just open, but honest ears. His own Black struggle is a universal one, and this is the album of his that solidly draws the connecting line. ”
““Open Season,” the first music video from Private Stock features New Orleanians in New Orleans... the commonplace is woven with an evocative sense of secret knowledge, while mantra-like “Yo they huntin’ out in the open” and his riffing on those final four words is the sobering verbal gravity that holds it all to earth.”
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While working on the visual component of Private Stock I had a vision of the Black Christ. I cannot say where this signal came from, but the rabbit hole led me to Porto Bello, Panama a about a year later. At the Festival De Cristo Negro, I watched in awe the reverence and devotion to “El Naza” (The Nazarene), a striking Black Christ statue that embodied a religious legend of survival and perseverance of faith.
“Guided forces compel Cavalier to take a journey exploring a 22 mile religious Pilgrimage on the northern coast of Panama. Here, western and indigenous archetypes reform our ideas of death, transformation, and rebirth.”
Being a mere observer to the 22 mile pilgrimage was not an option. I felt overcome with spirit and had to confront that nowhere had I ever seen an archetype of a Black man being the recipient of acts of supplication and praise.
The film that collaborator, Vashni Korin, and I came home with is an archived testimony to this annual observance. “Renaissance” made it’s debut at the New Orleans Film Festival and followed up as a selection to the Black Film Festival of New Orleans, the Amsterdam World International Film Festival and was a semi-finalist in the Prague International Indie Film Festival.
“The anticipated follow up to Cavalier and Iman Omari’s ‘Lemonade EP’, Private Stock, is a potent brew of Cav’s signature observational lyricism powered by Iman Omari’s intoxicating production. Home distilled in New Orleans, the LP features Moruf, Quelle Chris, Blvck Spvde, Georgia Anne Muldrow and more.”
1. Intro
2. Open Season
3. Veritas
4. Doro Wat (prod by mogillah)
5. My All Feat. Billzegypt
6. El Sol
7. Holla Kid
8. Renaissance feat Iman Omari
9. Medicine Man feat Moruf and Blvck Spvde (prod by Quelle Chris and Malik Abdul-Rahmaan)
10. Watch Me feat Quelle Chris and Iman Omari
11. Bar Therapy feat Quelle Chris and Iman Omari
12. Go Brooklyn
13. State Of Mind feat Georgia Anne Muldrow
Bonus Track: Reprise (prod by Iman Omari and JLBS)
All songs produced by Iman Omari except:
#4 produced by Mogillah
#9 produced by Quelle Chris and Malik Abdul-Rahmaan
#14 produced by Jlbs and Iman Omari
All piano parts played by Bae Bro
"Holla Kid" saxophone by Tutty Amin
Arranged by Quelle Chris and Cavalier
Mixed and mastered by Markus Swarvy
Recorded by Iman Omari, BaeBro, Cavalier & David D’angelo
Executive Produced by Cavalier
Private Stock Collector’s Vinyl
This long anticipated pressing of Cavalier’s ‘Private Stock’ sold out on its launch campaign in collaboration with Bandcamp. This limited edition vinyl also came complete with with unreleased bonus material and a beautiful gatefold design. Cavalier's first solo vinyl pressing is meant to serve as a collectable artifact and a functional art piece
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The Private Stock Collector’s Double 12” Vinyl comes complete with unreleased bonus cuts, including flips from Dirt. E Dutch and Quelle Chris, and full remixes from Iman Omari and STLNDRMS (see videos above).
Private Stock
The Experience & Tasting
