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Diving deep into the music, lyrics, and themes of one iconic album per season, one song per episode.

05/08/2025

Today’s episode puts Cole & Charles friendship to the test. JAY-Z’s The Blueprint goes against Beyoncé’s Lemonade as the LSS Boyz continue their journey to crown the Best Album of the 21st Century.

They break down key songs and lyrics, recreate the iconic IZZO beat, and argue until they can agree on a winner.

What album do you think should advance?

31/07/2025

Premiering TONIGHT at 6pm / 9pm: “Don’t Tap The Glass” is More Conceptual Than Tyler Admits

A 15 minute video essay. Part dissection, part review, part love letter.

Watch on Dissect’s YouTube tonight at 6pm / 9pm. Spotify and everywhere else tomorrow.

29/07/2025

Week 1 of Last Song Standing’s journey to crown the best album of the 21st century so far begins with two of the most influential artists of the century: Drake and Kanye West.

Cole & Charles revisit each project’s release, debate their best and worst songs, then put them head to head until they can agree on the better album. The winning project advances to the season finale royal rumble, where the LSS Boyz argue until they can agree on the single best album of the past 25 years: the Last Album Standing.

Watch now on the Dissect feed on Spotify or Dissect’s YouTube channel.

POLL: What’s the better album?

19/07/2025

Some possible reference points for Tyler The Creator’s upcoming project “Don’t Tap The Glass.

“I’m BAD” - LL Cool J (1987)
“Get Back” - Ludacris (2004)
Get Rich or Die Trying - 50 Cent (2003)

15/07/2025

SEASON FINALE! Our 18 episode breakdown of Mr Morale & The Big Steppers concludes with “Mirror” - an epilogue that reveals the symbolic key to unlocking the album’s mirrored, two disc structure.

Thank you everyone who tuned in all season. Over six months and 100,000 words, this was definitely the most challenging & rewarding season of Dissect I’ve ever made. And I think that’s a reflection of how demanding this album is when you are *really* listening. You can spend your life running from the mirror, judging the flaws of those around you, or you can face it, and find connection in our shared imperfections.

What’s next for Dissect? A new season of Last Song Standing premieres two weeks from today.

Let me know what album you want to hear dissected next season! I’m thinking about doing a handful of one-off episodes focusing on songs and albums that won’t ever get a full season. I’m open to all genres, so drop your suggestions below 👇

14/07/2025

First impressions and light dissections of LET GOD SORT EM OUT is out now on Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else!

We cover everything from our favorite songs, favorite lyrics, the rollout, the features, and production. I also address the Kendrick verse, including an initial theory about about the “gen” scheme.

Are you loving the new album as much as we are??

08/07/2025

The third verse of “Mother I Sober” stands among the most powerful pieces of music ever recorded. I hope my analysis deepens your connection to it.

Part 2 on “Mother I Sober” is out now.

01/07/2025

“Mother I Sober” is Kendrick Lamar’s most important song - one he said took him 20 years to find. It’s a watershed moment of vulnerability in hip hop, as Kendrick looks at his fractured self in the mirror and attempts to reassemble the pieces.

I hope I did the song justice. Songs like this are why I started Dissect almost 10 years ago, and I believe it’s the most important song I’ve examined in that time.

Part 1 is out now. Part 2 next week.

24/06/2025

On Mr. Morale’s title track, Kendrick begins his transformation - from an unconscious, ego-driven puppet to an awakened presence finally ready to confront the trauma he’s avoiding for decades.

Today, we break it down, line by line. Watch on Spotify or YouTube.

17/06/2025

“Auntie Diaries” is a morally ambiguous story about unlearning inherited prejudice through Kendrick’s evolution in understanding his trans relatives.

Today, we explore this challenging track line by line. Watch on Spotify or YouTube.

10/06/2025

Today we dissect “Savior” - Kendrick Lamar’s deconstruction of false idols in an era of spiritual and religious decline. Watch now on Spotify or YouTube.

03/06/2025

Why is Baby Keem on Mr. Morale? That’s the question we attempt to answer by dissecting “Savior - Interlude” line by line. Out now on Spotify & YouTube.

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