Rather than filling his album with 20 tracks and fruitless skits, the album is kept concise at under 30 minutes long – the rapper never wasting one word throughout. This is a confident warning shot to his hip hop peers; with nothing else to prove these tracks speak for themselves.
It's compelling fun to hear such a young MC exude so much familiarity and affection for golden-age tropes.
Whether the world notices how great Elevators is shouldn’t dissuade you from investigating it immediately. Not the state-of-the-art, but the state the art could be in if it tried harder.
While Nehru’s intention is commendable, whether Elevators will maintain any kind of relevance decades later remains to be seen. Nevertheless, Nehru set the lofty goal and made a valiant effort to capture the genius of such an eclectic body of work.
Overall, whilst this is probably the most well rounded project Bishop Nehru has released, there is still room for improvement from the young rapper.
Nothing here is revelatory, and DOOM is clearly firing off files labeled “beat.mp3” for the younger artist, but there’s too much talent for this not to all still sort of work.
This is a debut that showcases a rapper reaching for greater heights, attempting to push his own boundaries with some genre-bending foundations. Unfortunately, it lacks that killer, epic punch that such a lofty concept should garner.
Bishop Nehru is a technically gifted rapper, and his talents shine brightest when the BPM gets highest.
I love this album a lot. Bishop is a very skilled entertaining rapper, and he shows it a lot here. The half Kaytranada half doom production is dream worthy and Kaytranada’s side is more poppy and light showing the come up, and doom’s half is more dark and jazzy showing the downfall. If you love great production, and great rapping then check this out.
Just the same boring old album format rappers been using for decades with little structure. While Bishop's bars have never been particularly bad per se; he has yet to impress or astound lyrically, especially to justify all the hype, surrounding his young age & talent. Also, some of the most bafflingly unimpressive work from both Doom & KAYTRANADA... a collaboration which he had hyped up online for years.
1 | Act 1: Ascension 1:02 | |
2 | Driftin' 2:54 | |
3 | No Idea 3:04 | |
4 | The Game of Life 3:35 | |
5 | Get Away 4:12 | |
6 | Up, Up & Away 3:16 feat. Lion Babe | |
7 | Act II: Free Falling 0:17 | |
8 | Tazerz. 1:54 | |
9 | Again & Again 3:01 | |
10 | Potassium 2:34 | |
11 | Rollercoasting 2:49 | |
12 | Rooftops 3:01 |