COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. So that was important for me to do, and that’s why I named the project PTSD. Key and BPM for PTSD by G Herbo, Juice WRLD, Lil Uzi Vert, Chance the Rapper. The same with the Jay-Z beat and the Beanie Sigel beat. So it’s a non-ending cycle rather you’re a male or female.”. I come from a two-parent household, but when you’re out and faced with situations you have to think for yourself and make a lot of times and make adult decisions as a kid. Me being an artist and not really having to be in the streets anymore helps me be able to look at life differently. This sets the stage for G Herbo's PTSD, which is expected to rake in 50,000-60,000 in total activity (1,000-2,000 pure album sales). Stuck at home after his tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, G Herbo talked via phone with Rolling Stone about PTSD, how Chicago shaped the album, and what it was like working with Juice WRLD. This growing stream count is expected to translate to 170,000-190,000 in total activity with 4,000-7,000 coming from pure album sales. Once he recorded the hook, we knew we had a smash. Just reliving these traumatic events affects your day-to-day. I recorded the majority of it in Chicago. Sign up for Rolling Stone’s Newsletter. UPDATE: The final numbers for last week’s releases are in. Share. 11. Trump Brags About Supporters Harassing Biden Campaign Bus, Video: Trump Supporters Allegedly Tried to Run Biden Bus ‘Off the Road’, Trump Will Declare Victory Before All Votes Are Counted, Report Says, ‘Fargo’ Recap: Just What the Doctor Ordered, The Best New Online Mattress Brands Reviewed, Best Albums of September 2020: Alicia Keys, Neil Young, Toots and the Maytals, and More. I’m a student of hip-hop, so I grew up listening to these records. I couldn’t travel for the firearms case. Those are my brothers. The same with the Jay-Z beat and the Beanie Sigel beat. You got Chance The Rapper, Lil Uzi Vert, and Juice WRLD on “PTSD.” How did that come together? @nolimitherbo Soundtrack by @doncannon . I come from a two-parent household, but when you’re out and faced with situations you have to think for yourself and make a lot of times and make adult decisions as a kid. I just stayed in the studio and rapped about my life. Every feature on my album was natural, cause these are my friends. I wanted to pay homage to the legends I grew up listening to, but to still rap about my life and my situation. e put this brick wall up because we are afraid to be that next tragedy or that next victim. The title track featuring Juice WRLD, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Uzi Vert became G Herbo's first ever song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 38 on the chart, as well as number 19 on Hot Hip-Hop/Rap Songs, and number 15 on Hot Rap Songs. He sits at #16. Make sure you typed in your email correctly. Death Row Songs like “Gangsta Cry” and “Party in Heaven” show your vulnerability as a songwriter on this album. I just stayed in the studio and rapped about my life. Every feature on my album was natural, cause these are my friends. We are afraid to let anyone in that is going to hurt us or take advantage of us. We are paranoid all the time and have to carry a weapon to go to the grocery store. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'My Turn, "G Herbo Gets Candid About How Going to Therapy Inspired New 'PTSD' Album", "G Herbo Warms Up First Quarter With His New Solo Project 'Sessions, "G Herbo announces 2020 dates for PTSD Tour", "List of things canceled or postponed in Colorado due to the coronavirus", "Review: G Herbo Confronts His Demons On Illuminating 'PTSD, "G Herbo, Juice WRLD, Lil Uzi Vert, & Chance The Rapper Drop "PTSD, "Yall go tweak on my homie deluxe @nolimitherbo i did 2 & 8 with my homie @calimusic1", "PTSD deluxe out now! Snoop Dogg, Beyoncé, Cardi B, Offset, Lizzo, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert & More: Who Won Halloween 2020? Tweet. Songs like “Gangsta Cry” and “Party in Heaven” show your vulnerability as a songwriter on this album. Naturally. The same with the Jay-Z beat and the Beanie Sigel beat. "Trenches" & "In a Minute". By Any Means f. 21 Savage And it is. I never boxed myself in as a drill rapper, I just came out in a drill era. And you behave a certain way and live your life a certain way because of these obstacles you’ve been through, and we don’t really look at it as a mental illness or sickness. Even in just two days, they managed to sell 34,609 copies first week, debuting at #12. History repeats itself, so you can follow a blueprint that’s been successful. A lot of the stuff I’ve been through in Chicago, seeing murders as a kid and really having to take care of myself in the streets. I was paranoid all the time. When did you decide to start sharing about that? “Being nervous and having to carry a firearm everywhere. I was hounding him — I had to make sure Juice recorded the hook. 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BJ The Chicago Kid Glass In The Face f. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie The veteran Chicago rapper discusses how he wrote his most vulnerable album to date. I always made music based upon my life, and things I am going through. So I had a blueprint to follow, I just had to execute in my own way. Everybody recorded their part right in front of me. Any feeling that I got and came to my brain, I let it out on wax. Also see Camelot, duration, release date, label, popularity, energy, danceability, and happiness. Speaking on that is important because I have a lot of family, 90% of the people I am around, suffer. At #15 is Freddie Gibbs who sold 31,290 copies of Alfredo, 20,524 from pure sales. What I took away from watching him the most was to naturally be yourself. This album will likely have 130,000-140,000 in total activity with 24,000-27,000 physical copies sold. PTSD is the third studio album by American rapper G Herbo. You don't know me at all.". Any feeling that I got and came to my brain I let it out on wax. That will give the Chicago-native the no. Click here to read the full article. 10. I feel drill was a way of life, it wasn’t really music. Share. I never wanted to leave the house without a gun and when I did travel and go do shows in different states, I always wanted to have a gun on me because I am nervous all the time. Party in Heaven f. Lil Durk Just reliving these traumatic events affects your day-to-day. I don’t really trust people as much because of the stuff that I’ve been through. I wanted to speak on a lot of the situations I’ve been through and how it shaped me to the man I am today, and how it helps people face their fears. I never wanted to leave the house without a gun and when I did travel and go do shows in different states, I always wanted to have a gun on me because I am nervous all the time. I have had [PTSD] for well over 10 years of my life. Then Chance came naturally and Uzi as well. A lot of our friends were dying early, 14- and 15-years-old, and we use to have guns in our videos and stuff like that, but that was really us having to carry these guns every single place we went. PTSD is the third studio album by American rapper G Herbo. Naturally. We are afraid to let anyone in that is going to hurt us or take advantage of us. “One of my younger sisters suffers from post traumatic stress disorder,” he says. And it is. G Herbo Is Still Reckoning With ‘PTSD’ Dewayne Gage. Speaking to someone who has never been through any of this and can help you on a professional level will tell you that a lot of stuff that people like me go through does mold us a certain way. You said you were clinically diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder?