Swervo

On September 11, 2017, G Herbo was featured in an interview with XXL, in which he spoke about the project, he said:

{{cquote|As far as when I'm gonna drop that with Southside too, that's coming this year. So, as far as music, bro, I got a lot of good stuff in the pipeline. I just been making sure it's right with the timing. The Southside project...that's going to be one of my biggest projects, hands down. It's going to give me an entire different fan base. I feel like I'll be capturing the entire South with that project. It's all about timing and just strategizing, making sure we're hitting A, B, C and all the way on to Z. I don't want to skip no steps or force nothing. Everything got to be natural and organic."{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/09/g-herbo-upcoming-project-southside-biggest-yet/|title=G Herbo Says His Upcoming Project With Southside May Be His Biggest Yet|work=XXL|last=India|first=Lindsey|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=July 22, 2018}}}}

The album's tracklist, cover art and release date was revealed on July 20, 2018. The announcement comes a month after G Herbo and Southside released the music video for the title track. G Herbo described Swervo as his "alter-ego" and the "opposite of G Herbo". He further commented on the project during an interview with Billboard detailing the concept of him "having fun and party records."{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8460620/g-herbo-interview-luc-belaire-deal-swervo|title=G Herbo Talks Inking First Partnership Deal With Luc Belaire & Sophomore Album 'Swervo'|work=Billboard|last=Saponara|first=Michael|date=June 14, 2018|access-date=July 22, 2018}} In an interview with Complex, G Herbo talked about how the project came about, by saying:

{{cquote|"Southside, who produced the whole album, came up with the name. We would hook up in Atlanta, Miami, or L.A. and just hop in $200K whips, swerv thru traffic—really just have fun and enjoy life—then go to the lab and capture that feeling. It's that vibe. I can't get that feeling in Chicago, because Chicago ain't a place you can relax and let your guard down. Not even for a second. Don't get me wrong, I still talk that street talk, because that who I am at my core, but on this album I'm still having fun with it at the same time."{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/06/g-herbo-southside-swervo-video|title=Premiere: G Herbo Drops Video for Title Track Off Upcoming Southside-Produced Album 'Swervo'|work=Complex|last=Skelton|first=Eric|date=June 21, 2018|access-date=July 22, 2018}}}}

The album's artwork features G Herbo and Southside wearing custom-made jackets, sitting on a top of a white Rolls-Royce Ghost. It draws inspiration from Eric B. & Rakim's 1988 album Follow the Leader.

The album lead single, "Who Run It" was released on April 12, 2018. The second single, "Focused" featuring Southside was released on May 24, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/g-herbo-releases-new-single-and-accompanying-video-focused-new-song.1978726.html|title=G Herbo Releases New Single & Accompanying Video "Focused"|work=HotNewHipHop|last=Goddard|first=Kevin|date=May 24, 2018|access-date=July 22, 2018}} The third single, "Swervo" featuring Southside was released on June 21, 2018, accompanied by the JMP-directed music video. The fourth single, "Some Nights" was released on June 26, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2018/07/26/g-herbo-new-song-some-nights-intro|title=G Herbo shares new song "Some Nights"|work=The Fader|last=Hussein|first=Wandera|date=July 26, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}

{{music ratings

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| rev1 = HipHopDX

| rev1score = 3.5/5{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3222/title.review-g-herbo-southsides-swervo-convincingly-warrants-future-collabos|title=Review: G Herbo & Southside's "Swervo" Convincingly Warrants Future Collabos|website=HipHopDX|last=Chintaluri|first=Narsimha|date=August 13, 2018|access-date=September 30, 2018}}

| rev2 = HotNewHipHop

| rev2score = 84%{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/g-herbo-and-southside-swervo-review-news.56309.html|title=G Herbo & Southside "SWERVO" Review|website=HotNewHipHop|last=Smith|first=Trevor|date=August 1, 2018|access-date=September 25, 2018}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 7.3/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/g-herbo-southside-swervo/|title=G Herbo & Southside: Swervo Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Pearce|first=Sheldon|date=August 1, 2018|access-date=September 25, 2018}}

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Narsimha Chintaluri of HipHopDX stated that "G Herbo's travels outside of Chicago and his comfort zone felt natural and necessary." "Unlike his debut, Herbo's content on Swervo is more compartmentalized; a majority of the tracks here are strictly meant for the young man to vent and talk his CEO boss shit." In addition, Chintaluri stated that "Humble Beast presented a stark look at survivor's guilt, Swervo mainly attempts to represent the flipside – leaving Herbo free to finally revel in success." Trevor Smith of HotNewHipHop stated that "the 22-year-old rapper only continues to grow. Really, there's no limit." Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork stated that "He delivers some of his starkest verses like a steamroller, almost completely desensitized. This daredevil approach to gunplay and cadences makes him seem unbreakable, but the longer the album goes on, the more it wears on you. Swervo is all velocity. He delivers high-powered, stampeding stanzas looking to bum-rush you before you even know what happened."

Swero debuted at number 15 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 22,000 album-equivalent units (including 3,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.47926/title.hip-hop-album-sales-drake-keeps-hitting-milestones-as-scorpion-stays-at-no-1-for-5th-straight-week#|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: Drake Keeps Hitting Milestones As "Scorpion" Stays At No. 1 for 5th Straight Week|work=HipHopDX|author=Kyle Eustice|date=August 6, 2018|access-date=March 1, 2020}} The album also accumulated a total of 25.4 million on-demand streams from the set's tracks that week.

All tracks written by Herbert Wright III and Joshua Luellen, and produced by Southside, except where noted.{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/92162320|title=Swervo / G Herbo|publisher=Tidal|access-date=July 29, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory|title=ACE Repertory|publisher=ASCAP|access-date=July 29, 2018|at=Select "TITLE", type "Song" in the search engine, and click "Search".}}{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/90310412|title=SUPERFLY (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Future|publisher=Tidal|access-date=July 29, 2018}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 46:42

| title1 = Some Nights

| writer1 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Southside|Chopsquad DJ{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length1 = 3:18

| title2 = Swervo

| writer2 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen|Bryan Simmons}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Southside|TM88{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 3:12

| title3 = How I Grew Up

| note3 = featuring 21 Savage

| writer3 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen|Shayaa Joseph}}

| length3 = 3:40

| title4 = FoReal

| writer4 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Southside|Cubeatz{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 2:38

| title5 = Catch Up

| note5 = featuring Chief Keef

| length5 = 3:10

| title6 = Tweakin (Head)

| length6 = 3:01

| title7 = Pac n Dre

| writer7 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen|Simmons}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Southside|TM88{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length7 = 3:14

| title8 = Bonjour

| writer8 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen|Simmons}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Southside|TM88{{ref|a|[a]}}|Jake One{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length8 = 3:32

| title9 = Huh

| writer9 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen|Max Adam Lord}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Southside|Max Lord{{ref|a|[a]}}|Taso{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 3:21

| title10 = 100 Sticks

| note10 = featuring Young Thug

| length10 = 3:46

| title11 = Honestly

| writer11 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen|Jarad Higgins}}

| note11 = featuring Juice Wrld

| extra11 = {{hlist|Southside|Jake One{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length11 = 3:34

| title12 = Letter

| extra12 = {{hlist|Southside|Cubeatz{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length12 = 4:45

| title13 = Focused

| extra13 = {{hlist|Southside|Jake One{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length13 = 2:43

| title14 = Who Run It (Remix)

| writer14 = {{hlist|Wright III|Luellen|Jordan Houston|William Hart|Thom Bell|Paul Beauregard}}

| length14 = 2:48

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Notes

• {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an uncredited co-producer{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BlumjKwnk2M/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BlumjKwnk2M |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=🦅DJ🦅 on Instagram: "Out now. intro produced by Me and @808mafiaboss ..."|publisher=Instagram|author=🦅DJ🦅|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=July 27, 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BlvCpcWjMWB/|title=Tm88 on Instagram: "#2 #7 #8 Co produced by 88 ..."|publisher=Instagram|author=Tm88|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=July 27, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BlvML6iglPd/|title=@cubeatz on Instagram: "swervo out nw foreal and letter prod sizzle and us"|publisher=Instagram|author=@cubeatz|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=July 27, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BlvUmC8lCKM/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BlvUmC8lCKM |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Snare Jordan on Instagram: "Go check that G Herbo x Southside Swervo album out. ...|publisher=Instagram|author=Snare Jordan|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=July 27, 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BlwRPTWnW3o/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BlwRPTWnW3o |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Max Lord 808MAFIA 🦅🐍 on Instagram: "SWERVO IS OUT! GO BLOW OUT YOUR CAR'S SPEAKERS ASAP ...|publisher=Instagram|author=Max Lord 808MAFIA 🦅🐍|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=July 28, 2018}}{{cbignore}}

Sample credits

• "Who Run It (Remix)" contains a sample from "Who Run It", performed by Three 6 Mafia.{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/5/three-6-mafia-most-influential-rap-group-cardi-b-asap-rocky-rae-sremmurd|title=Three 6 Mafia's Most-Sampled and Best-Remixed Songs|work=Hypebeast|author=HP Cheung|date=May 4, 2018|access-date=July 27, 2018}}

Credits adapted from album's back cover.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/gherbo/status/1020297905163440128|title=SWERVO on Twitter: "#SWERVO ALBUM WITH @SIZZLE808MAFIA OUT 7/27 ...|publisher=Twitter|author=SWERVO|date=June 20, 2018|access-date=July 22, 2018}}

Technical

• Max Lord – recording, mixing
• Tony Wilson – editing
• Slavic Livins – Mastering engineer (for [http://www.chicagoaudiomastering.com/ Chicago Audio Mastering])

Additional personnel

• Oscar "YT Designs" Galvan – art direction, design
• TeeJay Spencer – art direction, design
• Rowdee "TheManBehindCovers" – art direction, design

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