“As far as Nas, I know he was working on his album and he was moving around so much and I was moving around so much, I still tour and all that, it was more or less I had to wait for the right time to put something out. Recently, New York rap veteran AZ talked to SOHH about wanting to finally turn out some records with fellow Big Apple emcee Nas. “The vibe was so good that it was like, ‘Man, that’s absolutely gonna happen.'” ( Fay Observer) “We actually worked, bouncing ideas, which was great,” Cole said. “We got it in, finally, again.” After confirming the project will be an album, not a mixtape, he said the pair left the session with four of five songs together. “I just started working with Kendrick the other day,” Cole said. Last year, Cole hinted at plans to work on a joint effort alongside West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar. “But I can see why that sh– is hard, like all those f-in’ joints that were supposed to happen back in the days.” ( MTV) “Now I see why those joints don’t happen, but it’s a different thing when you got will and both your minds are set on it it should happen,” he said.

Artists like Nas and AZ, MF Doom and Ghostface Killah, and Fabolous and Ne-Yo have all been conceptualized, but none of them have yet to materialize. Despite strong performances like 2011’s Watch the Throne and Bad Meets Evil, Cole cited the lack of will power and mutual efforts keeps those artists from dropping even more joint LPs.Ĭole convinced us with his confidence, but he did say that he now realizes why the business makes it difficult for two artists, from different labels to collaborate on a single project.

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