Come on breh you wylin right now. Cole said last year that they had songs but could never finish the album due to their schedules. They both were in the process of securing record deals, touring, and laying the groundwork for their success.
I see no reason to believe they're beefing or not friends anymore. Kendrick went to Dreamville's studio and played them the album in 2017, before it came out. Cole came out during the DAMN tour. Kendrick went back to the Dreamville studio to listen to Revenge Of the Dreamers in 2019 and contributed some vocals. Last year Cole was out here name dropping Kendrick as the big three, showing love. He could have simply not mentioned him, like Drake didn't mention him.
Kendrick and Cole are cool
Drake and Cole are friends
Kendrick (in my opinion) legit doesn’t like Drake on a personal level.
Drake has thrown shots at Kendrick but mostly in retaliation. Drake has never truly wanted it with K.Dot, even when Kendrick was throwing direct barbs, Drake was going on stage and calling Kendrick a King.
Kendrick and Cole battling would more than likely be more of a competitive exercise in whose truly number 1. Cole has been HUNGRILY vying for that spot the last half decade while Kendrick has comfortably been sitting on that throne despite a 5 year absence, but the one thing that 5 years did was give Cole momentum. Kendrick would have to bring his lyrical A game for this one
Kendrick and Drake battling would involve actual vitriol and dislike. There would be personal attacks, history rehashed, secrets unburied. It would be this generation’s Nas Vs Jay-Z minus a Helen Of Troy like figure being at the heart of the matter. I’m most interested in learning what it is that Kendrick can’t stand about Drake that caused him to really stand on business when so many other artists decided to befriend him or be cool with him. Drake and Meek went through a real war and ended up cool. Chris Brown and Drake’s camps ended up in a brawl and their cool and do songs together. The only two artists who seem to be on the “fukk Drake forever” train are Push and Kendrick.