Kendrick Lamar sat down with Hot 97 earlier this morning for an in depth interview about his new album To Pimp A Butterfly. During the 40 minute conversation, Lamar revealed that he still plans to record a collaborative album with J. Cole. You know, basically every fans dream.
"Yeah, definitely. I still would love to do it," he said about working on a project with the Fayetteville rapper. "I talked to the bro, about a little bit over a month and he's on the tour rocking. So we're gonna try and make something happen. They want that."
He also went on to applaud Cole's promotion for his latest effort 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
"Crazy. How they went about it, popping up at fans' houses? Come on, man," he said. "You don't get the marketing resources from a record label. That's them."
Lamar's compliment comes on the heels of Cole's own praise for Lamar.
"I'm just explaining to him, like yo, I feel like you can do it. You have the respect of that neighborhood and L.A. on another level," Cole told Saint Heron of Lamar's ability to end gang violence in Los Angeles. "If anybody can come through and put an end to this sh*t, it gotta be you," he said. "The thing is, music is powerful, but I don't know how powerful it is. I don't know what it can actually do, but I respect him for speaking on it. That nigga's an amazing artist from top to bottom."
The pair first set the Internet on fire back in 2012 when photos surfaced online of the two of them working together in the studio. Over the past few years, as both of their careers have skyrocketed, they have kept hope alive through various interviews that something will eventually come out.
Now that both of their albums have dropped, maybe they'll finally find the time to knock this thing out.
We might just lose our minds when it happens.
