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 \u2014 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 \u2014 born Kenneth Edmonds in Indianapolis \u2014 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 \u2014 it is a bridge, a legend lending his voice to a new generation’s project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sequel title fits. ‘Sweet Action II’ reads as Harlow circling back to the project that made him \u2014 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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