Dissect

A five-year wait and a double-disc finale set high stakes. Cole Cuchna and Charles Holmes ask: Did Baby Keem and J. Cole deliver?

Dissect Season 14 is just around the corner! Follow ⁠@dissectpodcast on Instagram⁠ for an official announcement coming very soon.

Host: Cole Cuchna

Guest: Charles Holmes

Producer: Justin Sayles

Editor: Kevin Pooler

Engineer: Sarah Reddy
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J.I.D. and Dissect's Cole Cuchna to break down his Grammy-nominated album God Does Like Ugly.

00:00 Cold Open / Intro

01:45 Album Title Breakdown

05:35 "YouUgly" Breakdown

17:23 "Glory" Breakdown

25:29 "Wrk" Breakdown

31:00 "Community" Breakdown

41:22 "Gz" Breakdown

46:39 Melodic Section of "GDLU"

51:03 "On McAfee" Breakdown

54:51 "Of Blue" Breakdown

01:00:50 "K-Word" Breakdown

01:04:05 What's the message of GLDU?

01:05:18 JID Says Next Project his BEST

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Host: Cole Cuchna

Guest: J.I.D.

Editor: Kevin Pooler

Engineer: Jon Jones

Producer: Justin Sayles
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Dissect's Cole Cuchna is joined by friends Camden Ostrander and Margeaux Labat to discuss their favorite music of 2025, including...

Favorite Musical Moments (04:09)

Favorite "Underground" Albums (13:09)

Favorite Albums of the Year (31:20)

Favorite Songs of the Year (1:13:05)

You can listen to a playlist of their picks ⁠here⁠.

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Host: Cole Cuchna

Guests: Camden Ostrander, Margeaux Labat

Audio/Video Editor: Kevin Pooler

Additional Production: Justin Sayles

Theme Music: Birocratic
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The LSS crew is back with a year-end draft to celebrate the quarter-century mark in music. Cole, Charles, and Justin draft songs across five different categories: Best Song, Worst Song, One-Hit Wonder, Moment Maker, and Personal Favorite.

Who won the draft? Hit the comments and let us know.

Hosts: Cole Cuchna and Charles Holmes

Producer: Justin Sayles

Video Producer: Kevin Pooler

Engineer: Kayla Talley
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Clipse’s Let God Sort ’Em Out is Dissect’s pick for Best Rap Album of 2025. In this episode, we break down 10 of the most mind-blowing bars from the project, line by line, decoding the layers of wordplay, cultural references, and religious symbolism that make this album so lyrically dense.

🎵 Chapters

00:00 Pusha T, “So Be It”

01:40 Malice, “Ace Trumpets”

04:25 Pusha T, “Ace Trumpets”

07:14 Malice, “M.T.B.T.T.F.”

09:29 Pusha T, “P.O.V.”

11:42 Pharrell, “So Be It” Sample Breakdown

14:01 Pusha T, “Chains & Whips”

15:42 Stove God Cooks, “F.I.C.O.”

16:51 Push & Malice, "FICO" 

19:40 Malice, “So Far Ahead”

21:44 Malice, “Birds Don’t Sing”

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