G Herbo, I Don’t Wanna Die | Track Review 🎵

Rapper G Herbo commences his sixth studio album, 25, with a short but gritty, potent, and ‘real talk’ banger, “I Don’t Wanna Die.”

“Idon’t wanna die anymore / Lived so many lives in a row / Devil on the right, angel left (It’s cold) / Won’t lack, won’t lack, won’t lack.” Woo – those are chilling lyrics! 🎙 G Herbo truly brings it on 🎵 “I Don’t Wanna Die”, the opening track from his sixth studio album, 💿 25. Before he drops a verse that he absolutely slaughters, the tone is set by the intro, which also reappears as the outro.  Also, helping the Chicago rapper out is the malicious, minor-key production of 🎛 Southside.

“Wanna see my life’s a movie? Press play / Bitch, the street ain’t checkers / It’s a chess game, now let’s play.” Woo (again)! With the tone set by the sung intro (and reprised on the outro) and Southside stitching up a bad ass beat, G Herbo goes in. He depicts the hardships of his life and the lives of others with rough and tumble, violent experiences.  There are several devastating nuggets he serves up as Herbo doesn’t sugarcoat anything.  Building off the ‘chess game,’ he schools us on guns, escaping being shot himself, and loss (“Kobe took his last breath, I seen him rolling his eyes on the nine”).

Final Thoughts 💭

Perhaps what’s most amazing about “I Don’t Wanna Die” is that G Herbo is being authentic to the nth degree, yet also delivers an infectious record you can’t stop listening to. “I Don’t Wanna Die” is street to the core, something some can relate to, and others can’t – everyone has different life experiences.  Either way, Herbo has turned his hard-nosed tale into an inescapable, one-verse musical gem.  This, folks, is how you “kick ass and take names” on the introductory track of an album!

🎙 G Herbo • 💿 25 • 🏷 Machine Entertainment Group / Republic • 🗓 7.1.21

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