Calez: "Peaceful"
One of the projects I'm most looking forward to in the coming year is Calez's upcoming Ceito mixtape. The 2008ighties artist has spent most of 2013 building a buzz around his next release, dropping Too Broke Tape and G-Unit Bundle Pack, along with several well-played loosies that have kept interest in him high and wondering what is next. "Thxs x Thxt", dropped om August, then touted as an early look at Ceito. Today, though, we get the official first single from the next big thing to come from Calez. Oh, and he handles the beat as well-so there's that. Take a minute to check out one of the most talented artists popping out of the middle of the map below and take a look at the third installment of his "The American Dream Project" video diary series.
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[Video] Calez: "The American Dream Concept Ep. 2"
Calez has been one of my favorite artists to make a big jump through this year. Following 2012s critically-acclaimed Kid With Raps, The 2008ighties member and Chicago native dropped Too Broke Tape, one of the most fully crafted releases to come out of the Second City this year. After parlaying that into a frenetic SXSW that saw Calez hustle shows, clearly on his hustle. His performance at RapGenius had bloggers slamming their keyboards to explain this smooth, lyrical kid from the middle of the map.
Since then, he linked up with DJ Oreo for the G-Unit Bundle Pack, a five song EP released in May. With all that behind him, one wouldn't blame Calez for taking a little break heading into the new year. Instead, Calez has stayed heavy on the grind, opening for Macklemore on his "Heist" tour and producing his own web series, of which we have episode two today. Watch as Calez and Oreo crisscross the country, catch some fish and rock some shows in the video below and keep an eye out for Ceito, coming soon.
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[Video] Calez: The American Dream Concept Ep. 1
Chicago hip-hop artist Calez premiered the first episode of his online video series, "The American Dream Concept" yesterday via his own website Ceitorepublic.com. The show is a sort of mini documentary following around the 2008ighties MC as he prepares and works on his upcoming release Ceito, due out in Spring 2014. Calez has been one of the top lyrical artists on the come up out of the Windy City for a minute now and this fresh, different way of getting his name out is definitely worth taking a look at. Give episode one a look below and donate here if you like it enough.
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Calez: "A Mill", "Free Ya Mind"
Calez has been making noise for a minute now and has kept listeners at bay for the most part since releasing the critically-acclaimed Too Broke Tape in March. The Chicago artist gave listeners a few loosies and his infamous G-Unit Bundle Pack to tie them over to the album, Ceito. With the announcement that polishes on the album will take a bit longer than usual, Ceito's release date has been pushed back. But, with bad news comes good and in exchange for the adjusted release Calez offered up a pair of tracks today, "A Milli" and "Free Ya Mind," off of the also-announced Ceito: The Prelude, due out October 17.