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Calid (2017) photo by RJ Eldridge

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Calid B. • "Gold" (Ft. Sam Trump & Party Noire)

It's the theme of this summer apparently; new music by the bundles from seemingly every direction. Last week we got to know Ohio native and Chicago transplant Calid B on his Nathan Salter-directed visual for "Parasites" and dude returned just before the Fourth of July weekend to deliver another one closely on the heels of that with "Gold" an ode to the fine women in everyone's lives.

The single is the first off Calid's upcoming project, AfroBang due out in the next month and comes underlined by a pair of dope features as Sam Trump and Party Noire show up for this one. Possessing a jazzy sense that comes delivered with the overpowering bassline, Calid shows off a distinctly different side musically than we got last week. Honestly, there's been a really cool scene developing down in Hyde Park with Promontory, Party Noire and Calid has emerged as a voice for the sort of Afro-centric movement brewing in the backyard of the University of Chicago. Music is an outgrowth of life and they've been having a lot of fun at the monthly, building the aesthetic into something that can travel, and did recently for both Calid's listening party and Jamila's release show at Double Door. It's some really awesome, positive vibes happening and this one is indicative of that spirit.

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Calid B. • "Parasites"

People can talk all they want about the coasts and their industry-ridden backbones and the wealth of 'talent' they possess, but more and more we're finding that the Midwest is central to the contemporary and future music world and that sentiment got yet more support as we got a new visual from a fresh face on the scene in Calid B. who teamed up with Nathan Salter for a really dope visual arrangement of his single, "Parasites".

It seems like just about every day someone new and talented emerges from the local scene and here we get the ruminations of a Columbus, Ohio transplant that has connected himself to the local artistry and found a capable collaborator in Salter who's worked alongside the likes of Austin Vesely and prepped projects for Eryn Allen Kane and Chance The Rapper, among others. The result is a striking and quick-moving piece that accentuates the driving force in the song; the need to drop the bullshit and move forward progressively. It's an idea we can probably all get behind and one that is perfectly suited for the warm weather we're currently enjoying these days. This one preludes Calid's upcoming push towards his debut project, AfroBang due out later this summer. Get in tune with a new voice in the video above.