If you read my earlier essay titled DON SANTO's African Lion EP Review Essay you should already be having a clue what the deluxe edition is all about. Here is a reccup: The Good: He calls this a Klassikan era in his song "Talk about love" featuring Vee The One. While the phrase “DON SANTO Kalpop Reggae EP” might’ve functioned as a chuckle-worthy punchline for most of the ’90s and ’00s, it’s a concept that proves genuinely fertile in 2019. Helped along by both the genre’s spareness and the relatively low stakes that accompany solo records, Santo sounds downright comfortable here and leverages that comfort into a run of contemplative songs that play up his strengths as a producer, writer, and performer. Though you’d still never mistake Santo’s trademark whine for anyone else, his voice has aged into a softer, more weathered timbre that’s particularly suited to these Afrikana explorations; it adds extra heft to the visions of mortality on opener “Nifundishe,” as well as