We're taking a few weeks off Dissect's Cole Cuchna is joined by The Ringer's Charles Holmes to discuss Kendrick Lamar's GNX and debate it's best song. There's GNX background and trivia, lyrical breakdowns, and best song nominations. They also discuss the Kendrick x Drake battle songs to see whether any of Kendrick's battle tracks make the cut.

Last Song Standing is an annual show on the Dissect podcast feed that attempts to crown an artist's greatest song of all time by debating their way through their entire discography. Past season can listened to for free on Spotify.

Dissect will resume its season on Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers in a few weeks.

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Our season-long analysis of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers continues with "Purple Hearts." As the final song of Disc 1, "Purple Hearts" represents a critical juncture in the album where Kendrick calls on God to guide him through the album's emotionally wrenching second half. Kendrick also receives guidance from Ghostface Killah, who plays a Saint-like role in the story.

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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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Our season-long analysis of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers continues with its eighth track "We Cry Together." We interpret the song as a representation of Eckhart Tolle's concept of the pain-body, an energy field within the body comprised of accumulated, unconfronted trauma and pain.

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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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Our season-long examination of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers continues with "Rich Spirit."

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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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Dissect's Cole Cuchna is joined by hip hop journalist Rob Markman to discuss the 10 year anniversary of Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly. Together they reflect on the album's release and reception, its enduring themes, and its legacy.

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Host: Cole Cuchna

Guest: Rob Markman

Video/Audio Producer: Kevin Pooler

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Our season-long analysis of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers continues with "Rich - Interlude," a track given to controversial rapper Kodak Black. Why? Well, that's exactly the question we attempt to answer.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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