Rapper J. Cole has revealed in a new interview that there was once potential for a Kendrick Lamar collaboration album but it probably won’t happen.
Cole has shared a 94-minute interview with Power 105.1’s Angie Martinez and shed light on Kanye West, Soundcloud rappers and this illusive Kendrick project, reports Pitchfork.
Asked if there would ever be a collaborative project with Pulitzer Prize winning rapper Lamar, Cole said; “We just did a few songs. Like, we did a bunch of ideas. Put it like that. It was nothing like, you wouldn’t call it an album”
“It’s not like it’s something that’s actively happening.” He continued:“Not because it’s never gonna happen. Just because, like… it’s not right now, and I don’t like teasing or playing the game ’cause this has been going on for a minute.”
Rumours of an album between the two rappers has been reported since 2010 and throughout the subsequent years. In 2016, TDE rapper Ab-Soul spoke in an interview saying that the album was coming soon.
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Kendrick Lamar recently won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his 2017 album ‘DAMN.’
The Pulitzer judges described ‘DAMN.’ as a “virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life”.
It’s the first time a non-jazz or classical artist has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music.