Xaliba  let's us hear reggae music in a different way with his moody vibes that gentle delivers poignant lyrics.Xkaliba was born on the Beautiful Breath-taken Island of St.Croix , United States Virgin Island, as a youth his dad and older brother inspired and cultured him in ways that made him gear towards Old traditiional  Reggae Music. At a young age when he first began to sing , most of the songs were counter action but as he got to high school he began writing his own original songs. This name 'Original Nine Finger'as he calls himself also came from an accident that happen while he was working in a metal shop ever since he has taken on the name.

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Xkaliba's style is strictly Virgin Island roots. His style definitely works throughout the entire album and by my own rule, when every song is about something, it generally makes the album much easier to listen to (and review!). Although I rarely describe a roots album as such, the word that first comes to mine when really listening to Baptized in the Ghetto is FUN. It is thoroughly informative and even more so entertaining to listen to this album. The production is top notch (and even up to a few years ago, in my own experience with the music, that wasn't necessarily always the case in VI reggae as the talent was still developing and the attention and necessary funds were still accruing) from Donny Dread, and for his own part, Xkaliba not only has a full understanding of his topics (which run the usual roots gambit from first and foremost HIM Jah, the Empress, Mama, Babylon business and Black enlistment) but a unique method of creating not only vibes and melodies, but odd little stories which more than get his point across, and although I mentioned that he wasn't as talented as was Sabbattical Ahdah, he's no rookie at the game and his actual lyrical and flow ability is top notch, whether pure roots or dancehall.

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