2. varied sound
Musically speaking, Cali P’s music has covered quite a few different bases but he usually comes back to ‘center’. If I were to make a blanketed statement by saying that Cali P makes Roots Reggae music, it wouldn’t be wrong but it wouldn’t be all-encompassing either. While it has been the genre he most frequently touches, I could point to an entire album of work, the Riga produced Unstoppable, which is…. something else (despite being crowned by the MAMMOTH ‘Jah Rule The World’ [“MY PEOPLE REJOICE AND SHOUT IT OUT LOUD! JAH RULE THE WORLD!”] [WHAT!] [BOOM!]. It was a bit of Dancehall, a bit of Electronic and maybe even a dash of Hip-Hop. Call it what you will, but Unstoppable was also VERY GOOD (song on that album called ‘Sweet Greens’ – probably one of the most overlooked ganja tunes that I’ve ever heard. It was outstanding). That set, on the biggest scale, showed a much earlier level of versatility which, unsurprisingly, was also high quality. More recently, the artist’s latest creation, Vizion from 2021 (no way in hell that album is that old), also featured a more varied sound with, again, big results. So, at this point I neither know nor really even care what type of vibes Cali P comes up with because he’s earned my trust that, whatever he does, will be quality.