New York emcee/producer Bishop Nehru self-producing his third LP. Beginning out dropping a pair beat tapes earlier than rising within the underground off the stable debut mixtape Nehruvia, he profile would solely start to extend in 2014 by signing to Mass Attraction Data & kind the duo NehruvianDOOM alongside the late MF DOOM & placing out an missed self-titled effort collectively that very same fall. Bishy would go away Mass Attraction a pair years later to drop 2 full-lengths Elevators & My Disregarded Ideas on his personal, each of which I have a look at as among the finest shit he’s ever achieved. He would additionally drop 7 EPs & 5 extra mixtapes, the newest being Kult Life: From Ache to Work. To begin November although, Nehru’s discovering Solace in Shadows.
“Looking for Solace” is a heavy sample-driven opener speaking about Bishy Chulo looking for consolation whereas “I Don’t Know” soulfully guarantees to make every part all his regardless of if he doesn’t know if the imaginative and prescient’s seen. “Been So Chilly” takes the increase bap route instrumentally flexing how lengthy he’s been within the recreation killing shit main into “Defying Odds” preserving the kicks & snares in tact making it to the levels after days within the hallways.
In the meantime on “Vanilla Frosting”, we have now Nehru sampling a woodwind taking a break from the mic for 135 seconds so he exhibit his sampling abilities flipping a outstanding woodwind previous to the “Breaking the Guidelines” speaking about tryna take it to the subsequent stage over a bagpipe & later the hardcore “Rap Leonardo da Vinci (So Please)” flexing his artistry. “I Don’t Care” boasts him taking the unclear highway, however then the crooning “Good Factor I Know” guarantees you gained’t come again in case you cross him.
“Mr. Pessimistic” begins the encore of Solace in Shadows admitting that life’s been crazier than a Tesla within the quick lane whereas the orchestral increase bap hybrid “Look Inside” telling you how one can change outdoors. “Thoughts over Issues” takes it additional down the basement explaining the one factor that actually issues whereas “All within the Plan” soulfully reassures that this God’s plan. “The Greatest Me” ends by speaking about giving y’all the very best model of himself.
I did benefit from the first entry of the Kult Life collection of EP & a number of months later, Bishop has outdone himself by placing out an album that lives as much as each of it’s predecessors. The manufacturing that he cooked up all by himself is a step above the beforehand talked about EP that we bought from him early into 2024 & conceptually, he’s taking us by the experiences of him discovering consolation inside the shadows.
Rating: 8/10