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Cole Cuchna thinks you should spend more time with the art you truly love.

This week, Cuchna will release the last episode of the second season of his brilliant podcast Dissect, a show in which he takes a deep dive into the musical and thematic content of his favorite albums.

Each 30-45 minute episode is dedicated to one song on an album.

This season took on Kanye Wests 2010 hip-hop classic My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

I asked Cuchna, who studied music composition, why he devotes so much time to just one piece of art, when there is so much variety out there to behold.

In part, hes resisting falling victim to how we consume things now, he says.

I found myself scrolling on my phone endlessly at night and feeling kind empty afterwards.

The podcast is a way for him to get back in the mindset of deep consideration.

Cuchnas analysis of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is revelatory.

In his more than 10-hour analysis of the album, Cuchna reveals how much more there is to the album than initially meets the ear.

The surprises begin in Twisted Fantasy s very first words, recited by the then relatively unknown rapper Nikki Minaj: You might think youve peeped the scene You havent, the real ones far too mean The watered down one, the one you know Was made up centuries ago They made it sound all wack and corny Yes, its awful, blasted boring Twisted fictions, sick addictions Well, gather round children, zip it, listen Although I was a fan of the album, I never appreciated the depth of these particular lyrics.

On Dissect, Cuchna explains they are a reference to the British childrens author Roahl Dahls scary version of the Cinderella story.

Kanye is announcing that his album is not about the fairy-tale version of becoming rich and famous, but the dark twisted one.

The record, Cuchna says, is about Kanyes life spiraling out of control after his mothers death and the fallout from his jumping on stage to interrupt Taylor Swifts acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

The album ends with the song Lost in the World, which reflects Wests state of mind at the time.

A sense of resolve Each podcast episode is rife with examples of Wests compositional virtuosity that would be difficult to appreciate unless, like Cuchna, youve spent months repeatedly listening to the album.

For example, he points out that the song Devil in a New Dress is tonally ambiguous, with alternating minor and major chords (E major and D sharp minor) that never resolve to the home chord of the song (G sharp minor).

This musical instability reflects the erratic relationship West describes in the song.

It is only at the beginning of the next song on the album, Runaway, that we hear a G sharp minor chord, and feel some resolution.

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