PTSD is the third studio album by American rapper G Herbo. It was released on February 28, 2020, by Machine Entertainment Group and Epic Records. It features guest appearances from fellow rappers 2Pretty, 21 Savage, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, BJ the Chicago Kid, Chance the Rapper, Jacquees, Juice Wrld, Lil Durk, Lil Uzi Vert, Polo G and Sonta.

The album debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200, earning 59,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

Background

G Herbo said the album was inspired by therapy he took related to his upbringing and misdeeds. He said that he was pushed to go to therapy after being arrested in 2018. He said “When the lawyer told me to go see the therapist, it was really just me embracing it.” He said he also wanted the album to raise awareness on the mental issues many people raised in high-crime neighborhoods go through, saying, “I thought it was important for me because I know it’s a lot of people who are like me.”

RYM Review

A coherent album for most of the listening, the trapper reconstructs his difficult past and proposes more mature lyrics compared to his previous efforts, helped by a cleaner and better but irregular production. His rough and flowing delivery style adapts well to minimal and extroverted trap rhythms, however, several generic and mediocre beats emerge which slow down the smoothness of the project. Despite not having a banger (some guests work good, some don’t), interesting are the ideas of making Jadakiss trap’s “Still Feel Me” (personally, it doesn’t work), opening with Dinasty’s intro and closing on the Beanie Sigel classic “I Can Feel it in The Air”, where Sonta plays the role of Melissa Jimenez and G Herbo pulls out good rough and heavy delivery.