{{Infobox album | name = Bad Commando | type = EP | artist = Rema | cover =Bad Commando.jpg | border = | alt = | released = {{Start date|2019|10|04|df=yes}} | recorded = 2019 | venue = | studio = Jonzing World Studio | genre = {{hlist|Afrobeats|Afro-pop|Trap}} | length = {{Duration|m=10|s=09}} | label = {{hlist|Jonzing|Mavins}} | producer = {{hlist|D'Prince <small>(exec.)</small>|Honter|Altims|Kill September|OVÖ|1Mind}} | prev_title = Rema Freestyle | prev_year = 2019 | year = 2019 | next_title = Rema Compilation | next_year = 2020 }}
'''''Bad Commando''''' is the third extended play by Nigerian singer Rema. It was released on 4 October 2019 through Jonzing World, and Mavin Records.<ref name="The NATIVE">{{cite web |last1=Abimbolu |first1=Debola |title=Essentials: Rema's 'Bad Commando' |url=https://thenativemag.com/rema-shares-new-4-track-ep-bad-commando/ |website=The NATIVE |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=4 October 2019}}</ref> Executively produced by D'Prince, with additional production from Honter, Altims, Kill September, OVÖ, and 1Mind. Shortly after the EP was released, it debuted at Number 1 on Apple Music Top 100 in Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two Rema EPs “Bad Commando” and “Rema Freestyle” Taken Off Streaming Platforms |url=https://albumtalks.com/two-rema-eps-bad-commando-and-rema-freestyle-taken-off-streaming-platforms/ |website=Album Talks |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=28 September 2024}}</ref>
==Background and release== Following the success of his second extended play ''Rema Freestyle'', Rema released ''Bad Commando''.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kenechi |first1=Stephen |title=DOWNLOAD: Rema goes wild in four-track EP 'Bad Commando' |url=https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/download-rema-goes-wild-in-four-track-ep-bad-commando/ |newspaper=TheCable|access-date=15 April 2025 |date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
On 4 October 2019, Pitchfork named the lead track from the EP "Bad Commando", as the must-hear rap song of the day.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pierre |first1=Alphonse |title=The Ones: Rema’s “Bad Commando” |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/rema-bad-commando-new-song-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
===Promotion=== The accompanying music video for the album "Bad Commando", was directed by Seun Opabisi and Kewa Oni.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abimbolu |first1=Debola |title=Rema is ferocious in his music video for "Bad Commando" |url=https://thenativemag.com/rema-demonstrates-ferociousness-music-video-bad-commando/ |website=The NATIVE |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=4 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Violet |title=Watch: Rema Releases Visuals To EP's Track Title "Bad Commando" |url=https://guardian.ng/life/music/watch-rema-releases-visuals-to-eps-track-title-bad-commando/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|newspaper=The Guardian|date=5 October 2019}}</ref>
==Composition== The EP contains four tracks which were produced by London (fka. Honter), Altims, Kill September, OVÖ, and 1Mind.<ref name="The NATIVE" />
The London-produced track "Bad Commando", the opening track on the EP contains lyrics recorded in Nigerian Pidgin. The second track, "Lady", is an Afropop song produced by Altims. The OVÖ, 1Mind, and Kill September-produced track "Rewind" contains elements of Caribbean dancehall. The closing track, "Spaceship Jocelyn", is an emo trap song.
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = Pulse Nigeria | rev1score = 4.7/10 }} A review from Pulse Nigeria, Motolani Alake said, “This EP is very – maybe too – experimental. It’s understandable why it had to be experimental, but it’s an average EP. By Rema’s lofty standards over the past two EPs, Bad Commando is a weak project.”<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alake |first1=Motolani |title=‘Bad Commando’ by Rema is a two-fold [EP Review] {{!}} Pulse Nigeria |url=https://www.pulse.ng/articles/entertainment/music/bad-commando-by-rema-ep-review-2024081411443180055 |website=www.pulse.ng |access-date=15 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Bad Commando'' track listing | total_length = 10:09 | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Bad Commando | length1 = 1:45 | writer1 = {{hlist|Divine Ikubor|Michael Hunter}} | extra1 = London (fka. Honter)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Efiko |first1=Nerd |title=#Beatsmith: London On Producing Rema's "Bad Commando" |url=https://www.zikoko.com/beatsmith/beatsmith-london-on-producing-remas-bad-commando/ |website=Zikoko! |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=10 December 2019}}</ref> | title2 = Lady | length2 = 3:33 | writer2 = {{hlist|Ikubor|Timothy Aluku}} | extra2 = Altims | title3 = Rewind | length3 = 2:32 | writer3 = {{hlist|Ikubor|Mac Sutphin|Oliver El-Khatib|Sebastian Lopez|}} | extra3 = {{hlist|OVÖ|1Mind|Kill September}} | title4 = Spaceship Jocelyn | length4 = 3:19 | writer4 = {{hlist|kubor|Timothy Aluku}} | extra4 = Altims }}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Region !Date !Format !Version !Label |- |Various |4 October 2019 |rowspan="2"|streaming, digital download |Standard |Jonzing World, Mavin |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Rema}} {{Jonzing World}} {{Mavin Records}} {{authority control}}
Category:2019 debut EPs Category:Rema (musician) albums Category:Afro pop music albums Category:Trap music albums Category:Jonzing World EPs Category:Mavin Records EPs Category:Albums produced by London (record producer)