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The Ringer

Analyzing the music and meaning of one album per season, one song per episode. Join host Cole Cuchna as he dives deep into albums by Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Radiohead, Beyonce, Tyler The Creator, Frank Ocean, and more. Let's Dissect.

Dissect

Dissect's Cole Cuchna is joined by Touré, King Green, and James Francis to reflect on the historic year in hip hop. They begin by revisiting the Drake and Kendrick battle, nominating their favorite song, lyrics, and quotable that came from the beef. Then they award and dissect their favorite rap lyrics of the year before closing out the show with their favorite song and album of 2024.

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Best Bars of 2024. Plus: Drake vs. Kendrick Retrospective

Cole and Cam award their favorite music of the year across a number of categories, including Favorite Album, Favorite Song, Favorite Underground Album, Most Surprising Album, and many more.

Listen to the playlist of songs featured in this episode here.

Host: Cole Cuchna
Guest: Camden Ostrander
Audio Production: Kevin Pooler
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Our Favorite Music of 2024

Dissect's Cole Cuchna breaks down the title, themes, and sequencing of Mac Miller's Balloonerism - a surreal exploration of mortality, addiction, and purpose. Cole dissects each song, explores the psychedelic influences of The Beatles, and places special emphasis on the album's final song "Tomorrow Will Never Know."

Dissect Season 13 will premiere February 4th. Follow @dissectpodcast for clues leading up to the album reveal.
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Mac Miller's 'Balloonerism' is an Existential Dream (Full Album Analysis)

Season 13 of Dissect begins Tuesday, February 4th. A VIDEO version of the podcast will be available on Spotify and YouTube. However, Dissect remains an audio-first experience, and has not changed from its original format.
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Season 13 Album Reveal! Begins February 4th.

Dissect's first VIDEO season is an 18-episode analysis of Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. After revisiting Kendrick's years-long public hiatus leading up to its 2022 release, today's episode dissects the album's opening track "United In Grief" - a song that sets up every major theme explored on the album.

New episodes every Tuesday.

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Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
Video/Audio Production: Kevin Pooler
Additional Production: Justin Sayles
Theme Music: Birocratic
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S13E1 - Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Dissect host Cole Cuchna shares his initial thoughts and analysis on Kendrick Lamar's Halftime performance at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. 
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Kendrick Lamar's Great American Game (Super Bowl Reaction)

We continue our season-long analysis of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers with its second track "N95." Kendrick critiques the various masks we wear to fabricate our identities in our performance of self on the world's stage.

New episodes of Dissect release every Tuesday. 

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Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
Video/Audio Production: Kevin Pooler
Additional Production: Justin Sayles
Theme Music: Birocratic
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S13E2 - Dissecting 'N95' by Kendrick Lamar

Our season-long dissection of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers continues with a lyrical analysis of "Worldwide Steppers."

New episodes release every Tuesday.

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Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
Video/Audio Production: Kevin Pooler
Additional Production: Justin Sayles
Theme Music: Birocratic

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:25 Episode 2 Recap
01:21 "Worldwide Steppers" Intro Analysis
03:33 Meaning of "oklama"
07:25 Significance of Name Order
10:13 "Worldwide Steppers" Breakdown & Significance
12:13 Chorus Breakdown
14:48 Eckhart Tolle's Egoic Unconsciousness Explained
16:50 Verse 1 Analysis
28:15 Verse 2 Analysis
35:14 Chorus Analysis Pt 2
38:56 Verse 3 Analysis
53:52 Conclusions / Episode Recap
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S13E3 - Dissecting "Worldwide Steppers" by Kendrick Lamar

Our season-long analysis of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers continues with "Die Hard." After establishing the capacity for evil in all human beings on the previous song, "Die Hard" posits that the opposite must be true: that we all have the capacity for good, too.

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Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
Video/Audio Production: Kevin Pooler
Additional Production: Justin Sayles
Theme Music: Birocratic
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S13E4 - Dissecting "Die Hard" by Kendrick Lamar

Our season-long analysis of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers continues with a lyrical dissection of "Father Time." Kendrick confronts the mask of masculinity he inherited from his father and realizes he must transcend the toxic elements or risk passing them on to his own children.

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Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
Video/Audio Production: Kevin Pooler
Additional Production: Justin Sayles
Theme Music: Birocratic
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S13E5 - Dissecting "Father Time" by Kendrick Lamar

Alongside Rhymesayers Entertainment, Dissect is honored to premiere an unreleased interview with MF DOOM as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of MM..FOOD. Recorded in 2004 just weeks before FOOD's release, the interview spanned DOOM's entire career, including his origins as Zev Love X, his approach to writing and production, and thriving as an independent artist.

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Interviewed by Kevin Beacham
Produced by Kevin Beacham & Rob Vanvranken
Mixed by Rob Vanvranken
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Unreleased MF DOOM Interview (Exclusive Premiere)

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