Key Takeaways:

• The album title Lil Herb alerts a return to G Herbo’s early identification and creative roots.
• Collaborations with Anderson .Paak, Jeremih and Wyclef Jean add depth and vary to the undertaking.
• Songs like “Longevity” and “Give It All” delve into themes of fatherhood, grief and private progress.

G Herbo is without doubt one of the few Chicago rappers from his era nonetheless standing tall. On Friday (Nov. 7), the “PTSD” artist launched his newest album, Lil Herb.

The LP’s title takes its identify from G Herbo’s authentic moniker, which he used up till 2015, so it feels particularly becoming that followers are getting this undertaking practically a decade later. Speaking with XXL in May, G Herbo known as the 15-track effort his means of “closing that chapter,” particularly since he’s now “finally about to be 100 percent independent.” Whether Lil Herb marks his final launch below a serious label — it arrived via Uptown Records and its mum or dad firm, United music Group — or if there’s one other on the best way, continues to be unclear.

Regardless, there’s loads to like about Lil Herb. In addition to beforehand launched songs like “Went Legit” and “Reason,” the album finds G Herbo opening up about shedding his brother on “Give It All,” and choosing fatherhood over the road life on “Longevity.”

A number of extra highlights from the album embody “Emergency,” which samples Wyclef Jean’s traditional “911.” There’s additionally the Jeremih-assisted “Whatever U Want,” whose accompanying music video stars G Herbo’s accomplice and mom of his two youngest kids, Taina Williams. Elsewhere, Anderson .Paak seems on “Thank Me,” which fittingly opens with Snoop Dogg’s 2018 Hollywood Walk of Fame acceptance speech.

In some ways, Lil Herb reshapes G Herbo’s narrative, each lyrically and thematically. Across the tracklist, he confronts outdated wounds (“Where Would I Be”), rights previous errors (the beforehand talked about “Longevity”), and appears ahead with optimism (“Colossal”). Take a hear beneath.

On Thursday (Nov. 6), G Herbo sat down with “The Breakfast Club” to debate Lil Herb. “I really don’t feel like it’s my best body of work, but I just feel like it’s my best era of rap. I feel like I’m rapping better than I ever rapped before,” he defined. “I just know for a fact: I’m rapping so good, and I gave it my all.”