Jack Harlow Links With Babyface on ‘Sweet Action II’

Jack Harlow has released ‘Sweet Action II,’ a new EP out now via Atlantic. The Louisville rapper dropped the project on November 6, and its most talked-about moment arrives in the form of a feature: Indianapolis-born legend Babyface guests on the track ‘Too Soon.’ It is a pairing that jumps off the page — one of hip-hop’s biggest current stars from Louisville sharing a record with one of R&B’s all-time greats from Indianapolis, Midwest to Midwest.

The geography is the story. Louisville and Indianapolis sit a short drive apart down I-65, two Ohio Valley cities that rarely share a marquee moment like this. Harlow has carried Louisville with him from the start, one of the city’s biggest hip-hop exports, while Babyface — born Kenneth Edmonds in Indianapolis — has been his hometown’s musical standard-bearer for decades. ‘Too Soon’ puts those two lines on the same record: an Indy icon blessing a Louisville star, and a reminder that the Midwest’s music runs deeper than the coasts usually give it credit for.

Babyface’s presence is the weight on the record. The singer, songwriter and producer built one of the most decorated careers in R&B, writing and producing era-defining hits for Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton, and co-founding LaFace Records with L.A. Reid. His smooth, unmistakable voice has been a seal of quality across four decades, and a Babyface feature in 2026 is not nostalgia — it is a bridge, a legend lending his voice to a new generation’s project.

For Harlow, ‘Sweet Action II’ is a return to a name that started his rise. The original ‘Sweet Action’ EP arrived in 2020, built around the breakout ‘Whats Poppin,’ the Louisville anthem that turned a local favorite into a national star. Since then he has stacked a run few of his peers can match: the No. 1 single ‘First Class’ in 2022, the albums ‘Thats What They All Say’ and ‘Come Home the Kids Miss You,’ and the more stripped-back ‘Jackman.’ in 2023.

The sequel title fits. ‘Sweet Action II’ reads as Harlow circling back to the project that made him — older, more established, and now able to pull a legend like Babyface into his world. For Indianapolis and Louisville alike, ‘Too Soon’ is a hometown moment worth sitting with: two cities, two generations, one record. The EP is out now.