The Haitian-born Canadian producer Kaytranada expands on the house and techno genres to create modern Disco tracks, using what Billboard describes as an "inventive, funk-meets-electronica sound". An NPR review noted that, rather than adhering to any single genre, the album morphs between Afrobeat, house, funk, R&B, disco, hip hop, and others. These are ubiquitous styles found in the Nigerian popular genre, from where Afrobeat gains its heritage. Bubba relies on its Afrobeat elements to "build a physical experience" in its bass and instrumentation, and feels "chameleonic" in its range. The album is commonly described as "trance-like" and "psychedelic". In a Pitchfork review, it was said to "[push] the audience's boundaries away from what they are comfortable with".
