Season 3 of Dissect is dedicated entirely to the music of Frank Ocean. Today we begin with Ocean’s upbringing in New Orleans and his move to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina. We’ll then break down his landmark 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra.
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S3E1 – Frank Ocean: A Man of Art and Mystery

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Our dissection of MF DOOM and Madlib's Madvillainy continues with the songs "Raid" and "Curls."
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Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
Co-Writer: Camden Ostrander
Additional Production: Justin Sayles
Audio Editing: Kevin Pooler
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S12E5 - Raid / Curls by Madvillain

Our season long dissection of MF DOOM and Madlib's Madvillainy continues with its third track "Meat Grinder" - a complex lyrical odyssey accompanied by an equally impressive beat.
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S12E4 - Meat Grinder by Madvillain

We begin our season-long analysis of MF DOOM and Madlib's collaborative classic Madvillainy. We revisit the circumstances that brought the two together, then dive into the album's opening track "The Illest Villains" before our line by line analysis of "Accordion."
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S12E3 - Accordion by Madvillain

S12 co-writer Camden Ostrander and The Ringer's Justin Sayles joins the show to nominate and dissect our favorite lines from MF DOOM's Operation Doomsday (0:50). Then we share our line by line analysis of the second and third verses of "Doomsday" that was cut from our last episode (40:51).
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Dissecting Operation Doomsday's Best Bars

Our celebration of MF DOOM continues with his debut Operation: Doomsday, an album in which DOOM lays the foundation for his multi-character musical universe. Through a detailed analysis of a few key samples and verses, we’ll discover the very human story hidden behind the villain’s mask.
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Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
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Audio Editing: Kevin Pooler
Theme Music: Birocratic
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S3E1 – Frank Ocean: A Man of Art and Mystery

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