Despite high hopes in the beginning of the year of a possible collaboration between Top Dawg Entertainment's two biggest talents, it may seem that plans for a joint album between Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole is unlikely in the near future.
A report by The Verge noted that the two artists have been leading a jampacked schedule of commitments making it difficult for them to find time to collaborate on an album despite the fans' fervent hopes.
Kendrick Lamar, who last year was nominated for 11 Grammys for his To Pimp a Butterfly album recently tore down the house at New York's Panorama Music Festival with his music. He also took the time to speak about the issues about police brutality at the venue.
For his part, J. Cole is committed to perform at the Lollapalooza event with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, LCD Soundsytem, Lana Del Rey, Future, ASAP Ferg, and Major Lazer.
Adding more complications to their schedules are world tours for both artists which will happen within the month for J. Cole. Lamar is set to kick off his own world tour in August.
While both artists took time to work with DJ Khaled on his next album Major Key, working on a joint album is a different story as it would entail a more tedious process as both J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar would have to be fully involved.
Earlier in the year, TDE President Dave Free discussed the possibility of a joint album but said that he understood that it could not happen overnight.
"A joint album does sound great, but people need to understand, these are two geniuses. 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," he said.
