Joey Bada$$ Drops Off New Three-Pack
The EP consists of “Pardon Me,” “Sorry Not Sorry” and “The Ruler’s Back.”
Joey Bada$$ has been on a hot streak in recent months, dropping off a handful of YouTube-exclusive singles including “Sorry Not Sorry” and “The Ruler’s Back.” The Brooklyn-based rapper has compiled the aforementioned singles for an official studio release, tacking on new track “Pardon Me” to deliver a new EP.
Kicking off with “Pardon Me,” the three-pack project clocks in at just under 10 minutes, closing out with “The Ruler’s Back.”
Bada$$ holds little back on the three cuts, asserting himself by way of bold, braggadocious bars over a simple yet sleek melody.
“It’s a twenty-v-one man army n*ggas tried to mark us out like Garvey / Told y’all that I was back now, y’all pardon me / I set the bar high like a f*ckin’ Harley, look,” he spits on the “Pardon Me” chorus. The new track arrives as a culmination of the shots Bada$$ has been taking at West Coast rappers on its two predecessors.
On his Conductor Williams-produced first track of 2025 “The Ruler’s Back,” Bada$$ proclaims “I stand tall in this rap thing like Yao Ming / And won’t stop ’til the crowd sing when I’m crowned king,” while on its follow-up “Sorry Not Sorry” he spits “‘Cause n*ggas can’t f*ck with me, we talkin’ ’bout it line for line / The audacity of this nigga, he must be out his mind / Haunted by the ghost of Biggie and ‘Pac, I’m them combined.”
Stream Joey Bada$$’s new “Pardon Me” three-pack on Spotify and Apple Music now and stay tuned for more new music from the rapper, reportedly coming soon.
