TDE President Teases Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole Joint Album: “They’re 2 Of The Biggest Rappers Out”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Top Dawg Entertainment president Dave Free recently talked about the possibility of Roc Nation’s J. Cole hooking up with label protégé Kendrick Lamar for a new album.

Free acknowledged the interest and possibility of both hip-hop heavyweights working together on a new release.

“Anything’s a possibility,” he said. “Everything’s a possibility, but I’ma say this, too: Kendrick and Cole are in a place in their careers and in their lives where they have to keep going. Of course they’re two of the biggest rappers out, but they still have to keep grinding. There’s so much work that they have to continue to do.” (MTV)

Free also explained why Cole and Kendrick would not rush the potential release.

“A joint album does sound great, but people need to understand, these are two geniuses,” he continued. “These are two creative guys. It takes a long time for one of them to get in a space to create a song, so to get two of them in a space to do that, it takes a lot of time and energy. It all has to be a singular project, but it just can’t happen overnight.” (MTV)

The hip-hop duo released a couple tracks appropriately titled “Black Friday” last November.

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Last September, a leaked Cole and Lamar album cover surfaced online and sparked rumors of a joint release coming together.

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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  1. This needs to happen along with the Black Hippy album. This would be a REAL collab album unlike that Drake/Future R&B duet

  2. This needs to happen along with the Black Hippy album. This would be a REAL collab album unlike that Drake/Future R&B duet

  3. They are not gangster rappers, shows hip-hop came along way from negative stereotypes.

  4. They are not gangster rappers, shows hip-hop came along way from negative stereotypes.

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