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Dissect

MX1E2 - "Nosetalgia" by Pusha T & Kendrick Lamar

Dissect

Cole Cuchna

Music, Arts, Society & Culture

4.910K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Our "Lyrical Masters" mixtape continues with a line-by-line analysis of Pusha T's 2013 track "Nosetalgia" featuring Kendrick Lamar. For clues on what artist and song we're dissecting next week, follow @dissectpodcast on Instagram. Host, writer: Cole Cuchna Producer: Justin Sayles Audio Editing: Kevin Pooler Theme Music: Birocratic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So usually these episodes begin with a hook, some backstory about the song that's going to be dissected,

0:06.2

a few compelling facts that grab your attention and get you interested enough to stick around after the ad break.

0:11.6

And I had one of those intros written for Pusha tea and Kendrick

0:14.5

Lamar's nostalgia. I talked about how back in 2013 both artists were still hungry to prove

0:19.8

themselves, how Push was cementing himself as a solo artist after his duo Clips went on hiatus.

0:25.0

How Kendrick was coming off 2012's Good Kid Mad City and chasing the best rapper Alive heavyweight belt.

0:31.0

But I ended up scrapping that intro because after analyzing

0:34.6

every reference on Tondra and punchline in no stalsia, I can't help but to begin this

0:39.2

episode by simply saying that I now believe no stalsiait is one of the best songs of all time

0:44.0

is one of the best songs across all genres of the past decade

0:47.4

and contains one of the single greatest lyrical moments in music history.

0:51.4

And I hope by the end of this episode you'll understand why.

0:58.4

From Spotify this is Dissect long-form musical analysis broken into short digestible episodes.

1:04.0

For the second track and our Lyrical Masters' mixtape,

1:07.0

we're dissecting Pushatase 2013 track Nostalgia featuring Kendrick Lamar.

1:11.0

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1:43.0

Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative,

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