Many years ago, there was widespread speculation that J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar were going to release a joint project. Cole and Kendrick had a close working relationship from the early 2010s, with Cole producing HiiiPower, the lead single from Kendrick’s Section.80 album. In fact, during his Inevitable audio series, Cole said there was actually a point in time where he wanted to sign K. Dot. Although Kenny and Cole worked together on a few songs over the years, the joint album never materialize