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Greatest Rapper Alive Album ∙ Rap ∙ 2025 G Herbo G Herbo has long been the glue holding Chicago’s drill scene together. While artists like Lil Durk and Chief Keef transcended the sound’s roots to bring its rumbling drums and unflinching realism to an international stage, at home, artists like Lil Bibby, King Louie, the late Fredo Santana and G Herbo have kept the sermons at street level. But on 2025’s  Greatest Rapper Alive , G Herbo isn’t merely asking for his flowers—he’s demanding them. The project comes during the most productive time of the rapper’s career, following a busy 2024 highlighted by projects like  Big Swerv / Big Swerv 2.0  and  Strictly for My Fans 2.0 . Herbo knows that influence is nice, but attribution is better. On  Greatest Rapper Alive , he tries to cash in that goodwill for a different sort of accolade. On “Best Rapper Alive”, he raps, “My name in the hall of fame ’cause I’ma shoot, win or lose.”

Welcome to Fazoland (Anniversary Edition) Album ∙ Hip-Hop ∙ 2025 G Herbo On his first mixtape, Chicago rapper G Herbo eschews the heavy percussion of Chicago drill. Instead he floats on soulful sounds, like the chopped-up sample that forms the beat of “Fight or Flight” or the sped-up Stylistics loop that drives the somber and touching “Write Your Name.” At its core, the album is massively heartfelt, most notably when Herbo finds his way back to his family, like on “Momma I’m Sorry.”

Greatest Rapper Alive Album ∙ Rap ∙ 2025 G Herbo

Strictly For My Fans 2.0 Album ∙ Rap ∙ 2024 G Herbo

Big Swerv 2.0 Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 G Herbo A decade after   Welcome to Fazoland   introduced G Herbo as a serious contender in the drill scene, the Chicago rapper now maintains an impressive ubiquity in hip-hop at large. The 2020s have been especially good to him, with hits like “PTSD” and features opposite Gunna and Nardo Wick and an ambitious yet well-received double album,   Survivor’s Remorse . On the comparatively leaner   Big Swerv , he quickly calls back to his beginnings on “Strike You,” an anti-nostalgic opener that demonstrates how the past informs his present. Frequent production partners Oz on the Track and Southside cast long shadows over the project, the former wielding bass frequencies on the soulful “Yup” and the gnarly Sexyy Red team-up “Ten” and the latter present on potent trap variants “Spend That Bag” and “Trim.” With such reliable beatmakers behind the boards, Herbo pops out and shows off for “Drunk AF” and the evocative “Splat.” Reuniting...

Big Swerv Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 G Herbo Past and present come together on the Chicago rapper’s latest.

Survivor’s Remorse: A Side ALBUM ∙ HIP-HOP/RAP ∙ 2022 G Herbo