Three years in the making, the second solo EP from the founder of North Mumbai hip-hop crew Bombay Lokal is a document of Shaikhspeare’s artistic growth. If his debut Shaikh Them Pt. 1 (2019) was a banger-filled introduction to the wordsmith’s formidable skills in Urdu, Hindi and English, Mood Swings relates more facets of his complex personality. It comprises a range of styles and themes, from opening R&B ballad “Berukhi” to closing drill cut “Bombdabad”—and the standout “Khwahishein”, on which he waxes poetic about hopes, fears and dreams in the life of an artist.