Season 5 is dedicated entirely to Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer-Prize winning album DAMN. Today’s episode dives into Lamar’s upbringing in Compton and the developing spiritual beliefs encoded in his early discography. As we’ll come to find out, these beliefs become the basis of the underlying question DAMN. serves to answer: Is it wickedness or weakness?
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S5E1 - Kendrick Lamar: DAMN.

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A line by line analysis of Kendrick Lamar's new song "euphoria." Part 2 of our emergency double episode on the ongoing beef between Kendrick and Drake.
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Dissecting "Euphoria" by Kendrick Lamar (PART 2)

Cole is joined by The Ringer's Charles Holmes and Justin Sayles to discuss the weekend's sudden and chaotic crescendo of the ongoing beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. They talk through the timeline events, discuss each track, and declare a winner. Finally, they rank their top 3 songs of the beef.
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Kendrick vs. Drake: Instant Reaction (PART 1)

Our dissection of MF DOOM and Madlib's Madvillainy continues with "Figaro" - a track that finds both artists in prime form.
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Co-Writer: Camden Ostrander
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S12E6 - Figaro by Madvillain

S12 co-writer Camden Ostrander joins the show for a bonus conversational episode dissecting "Money Folder" by MF DOOM and Madvillain.
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Money Folder by Madvillain (BONUS)

Our dissection of MF DOOM and Madlib's Madvillainy continues with the songs "Raid" and "Curls."
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Co-Writer: Camden Ostrander
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S5E1 - Kendrick Lamar: DAMN.

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