Waiting To Exhale

Madlib - Episode Viii

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14. SPRINTING

“Requiem for a Flawed Capitalism” is a ciphered indictment — a funeral verse for a system that promised freedom but delivered exhaustion. It’s not just a critique of capitalism’s excesses; it’s a requiem because the damage is already done, and the mourning is overdue.
Here’s the architecture behind the lyric:
Conceptual Spine is based on W.E Du Bois’s warning — “The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun…” — becomes the opening wound.
That “moment” is reframed as a false dawn, where emancipation mutated into wage servitude, and the plantation became the platform.
Central Metaphor: The Spin Cycle
Old stains: slavery, colonialism, racial capitalism
New detergents: democracy, meritocracy, “equal opportunity”
Fresh cycles: gig economy, debt peonage, algorithmic bias
Fabric softener: diversity optics, corporate inclusion, sanitized history The metaphor exposes how exploitation is rebranded, not removed — the drum keeps spinning, and we tumble again.
Visual and Emotional Tone
Urban decay, discarded tech, fog-drenched skylines — the imagery reflects a world where capital has outlived its conscience.
The lyric doesn’t beg for reform — it architects rupture, naming the mechanisms and refusing the soft lies.
Cipher Rap × Funeral Cadence
The delivery is Nas-style: poetic, militant, reflective.
It’s not just a rap — it’s a requiem, a eulogy for a system that never mourned its victims.
The chant:
Why It Resonates
Because it doesn’t just name the problem — it exposes the architecture, flips the optics, and demands clarity. It’s not nostalgia. It’s not reform. It’s a ciphered reckoning.

Requiem for a Flawed Capitalism #Hip-hop Cipher Rap × Funeral Cadence

cup of joe - Knox

#LemonadeREDUX is NOW AVAILABLE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ORIGINAL
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see original trailer here: 
https://youtu.be/e3tMmIYazqM 
Cavalier and Iman Omari release their anticipated collaborative project "LemOnade" on the Vibe Music Collective imprint. Featuring contributions from P.U.D.G.E., Norvis Jr., and frequent collaborator Quelle Chris, the project was conceived and recorded primarily during the duo's stint in New Orleans. 
"LemOnade" is a sincere, rough edged, intimate dose which plays more like a score than your average "mixtape".
Tracklist
1. Dedicadance prod by P.U.D.G.E.( @pudgebeats)
2. New Flip 
3. Your Brain On Drøøgs 
4. Inna Di Dance 
5. Heavy Crown 
6. Commitment prod by NorvisJr (@norvisjunior)
7. Dat Lah 
8. The Dirge 
9. Tuck & Roll ft Quelle Chris, Iman Omari 
10. Bywater Blue

credits
released 23 September 2015 

Written by Cavalier 
Prod by Iman Omari @imanomari(except where noted) 
Mixed by Iman Omari and BaeBro (@baebro)
Special thanks to Malik Abdul-Rahmaan 
Album photos by Kalada Halliday @BKLYNBikeSupply 
Executive produced by Cavalier & Iman Omari 
Recorded in New Orleans, Austin, & Newark 
Vibe Music Collective (@vibe-music_co)

LemOnade EP Full Tracklist

Another unreleased gem from the batch of songs which became Quelle Chris presents 2Dirt4TV Ep2 "Niggas Is Men" 

"Those Before" features Cavalier, Chopp, & P.U.D.G.E.

Put together by Quelle Chris with Cavalier and Fresh Daily; produced by Quelle Chris, Messiah Musik, and Sifu; featuring Tanya Morgan, Denmark Vessey, DJ GroWeyez, Chay, and Bwameeks; "Niggas Is Men" is a dusty, sharp cornered 13 track affair. A prelude to Quelle Chris's upcoming Mello Music Group debut proper, NIM is a head-nodding, intoxicating journey through reincarnation, long tokes, the poisoned food supply, addiction cycles, and even hot & crusty hoes.
credits
Niggas Is Men released March 19, 2013



Niggas Is Men (unreleased)

Those Before feat Cavalier, Chopp, & P.U.D.G.E. prod by Quelle Chris

produced by https://soundcloud.com/vertiqua

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LemOnade Redux 
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*Heavier from "LemOnade Redux"


Verse 1 
King Me, I'm trynna make it all across the board 
They serenade you on the water before they toss you off 
The blunt is post modern the strain is Corleone 
When the choices you go to make could nearly cause a war 
Ninety four Source Awards 
Seen broken jaws on the iron horse 
I asked 'where niggas is at' they said 'Dyin' off' 
It lost sense like when Los lost Hec 
His rest was only two blocks north 
I heard it went south it made me wonder just how that went left 
Is it the world's too small or is it too far fetched 
No second guesses second chances I'm questioning 
Just what it means to make it 
Some make it out with a degree but cant escape arraignments 
My OG they found OD'd dead on the pavement 
I'm low-key getting no sleep stressin' these scene changes 
I'm tired of this Black cinema 
Tragic calls from Seneca 
By Seneca Falls we trapped indicas 
Never would've thought back then Black men stats could be driven up 
From my dead end actions or giving ups 
I had to shoulder that 
I know sometimes the high road's not the overpass 
To grow an older man over grass, laughs, and balderdash 
I had to know the code know my zodiac 
If I could hold the ram 
And guide my horns through these wild changes 
It wasn't judgement but it got disgusting out in Vegas 
Hundred dollar paper plans in a thousand places 
She down to swallow proper aim in a house of strangers 
With sages I discuss the bumps puff exotic fragrance 
If they suss tell em don't go fuck up my uraeus 

King me 
I'm trynna take it all across the board 
King me 
I'm trynna make it all across the board 
Before they cross the swords 
Before they cause a war 
King me 
I'm trynna take it all across the board 
King me 
I'm trynna make it all across the board 
Before they cross the swords 
Before they cause a war 

Before leaving Earth spittin' verses in retrograde 
I wade deep waters alone by metronome I bump the centigrade 
And make it hot nigga servin' this lemonade 
With what we got uh watch let me angel-strate 
Rockin' Moroccan wears like a shepherd 
I don't say prayers I recite poems inspire experts 
For me putting ideas on a record 
They might try and give me a couple years inside for time and effort 
I got a diamond spine iron hyde 
The last uninfected mind of this kind of Will I am Legend 
If it's eye for eye by design 
Their masters owe invested piles of these dollar bills to my descendants 
Some claim king but don't know the subjects 
Question them with this gem 'who do you serve' 
That's a tender nugget 
Encrusted jewels cuz my form is ancient 
I brought it this far today must be my coronation 

King me 
I'm trynna take it all across the board 
King me 
I'm trynna make it all across the board 
Before they cross the swords 
Before they cause a war 
King me 
I'm trynna take it all across the board 
King me 
I'm trynna make it all across the board 
Before they cross the swords 
Before they cause a war

Written by Cavalier
Produced by Iman Omari
Photo Kalada Halliday
@cavwins #LemOnadeRedux #LemonadeEP

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