J. Cole played some unreleased songs he recorded with Kendrick Lamar on the fourth episode of his “audio series” podcast Inevitable.
the songs, “Shock the World” and “Temptation” it's been around since 2010 when they both flirted with recording a joint album together. Cole went into detail about those early collaborations. According to Cole, the two previously met during one XXL Freshman cover shoot featuring both the North Carolina rapper and TDE's Jay Rock. The two stayed in touch and J. Cole eventually sent him some beats. “When I dropped 'Blow Up,' I remember him hitting me like, 'N—ah, I need one of those!' He was talking about how crazy the pace was,” he said. “When I was out in LA, he came by No ID's studio and I linked up with him… I played him the beat for 'HiiiPoWeR,' I played him 'Temptation' with my verse on it, I played him some other joints. which had a verse on it.'
Adding, “When I played them to him, I was like, 'Brother, you can have them if you want.' I remember he said — and it always stuck with me 'cause I'd never heard anybody say that to me before — he looked at me like, “N—ah, are you sure you want to give me these?! “I'm like, 'Yeah, go ahead, get them.' He was like, “Bro, you asleep to yourself.” It struck me because it was actually the stone cold truth of my reality at the time. I was so focused on getting that unicorn hit for my album that I was actually sleeping through the crap out of doing well.”
Kendrick once played the songs for fans during a meet and greet day.
In other Cole news, he announced that Dreamville Fest will celebrate its fifth anniversary in 2025 with presale tickets going on sale December 11 at 9am. ET.
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