Anatomy of a Verse

Anatomy of a Verse
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The podcast that examines rap music and Hip Hop culture one verse at a time.

  1. 08/18/2021

    12. MF DOOM – Figaro

    Part 2 of the MF DOOM story. We discuss his alter-egos, his commitment to music over image, his relationship with Madlib, his dizzying rhyme schemes, and his ridiculous ability to dissect how old words, memes, and cultures can morph and shift into somethings new.

    39 min

  2. 08/04/2021

    MINI#3 – The Beat Konducta

    The Independent Hip-Hop movement exploded in the early 2000's. While MF DOOM was on the forefront in New York, a triple threat who called himself Madlib was turning heads in Los Angeles.

    22 min

  3. 07/21/2021

    11. The Birth of MF DOOM

    The greatest Hip-Hop comeback story of all time. The music industry rejected him, so he rallied an entire community and became a legend.

    38 min

  4. 07/07/2021

    MINI#2 – Metal Fingers & Special Herbs

    MF DOOM's beats deserve their own category. With unconventional breakbeats, sloppy drum programming, and sample choices that could be adventurously unadventurous, DOOM made everyone rethink the rules of Hip-Hop production.

    14 min

  5. 02/05/2021

    MINI#1 – Earth, Wind & Fire

    Earth, Wind & Fire's keyboardist – Larry Dunn – created one of the coolest and most underappreciated instrumental interludes of all time by playing along to a different song... backwards. This is just one of many ways in which EWF helped usher in the Hip-Hop revolution without actually making hip-hop music.

    4 min

  6. 12/09/2020

    10. Kendrick Lamar – Control

    Kendrick Lamar's 'Control' verse is a brilliantly written love letter to the era of competitive Hip-Hop. In this episode, we examine all the clever references and homages, as well as the misleading media feeding frenzy that followed its release.

    42 min

  7. 11/25/2020

    9. Andre 3000 – A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete)

    Andre 3000 lays it all on the table here: his life, his career, and his relationship with women, drugs, food, fashion, and the music industry. And underneath it all, a message about mental health and defining success from Hip-Hop's greatest mystic.

    36 min

  8. 11/11/2020

    8. Snoop Dogg – F*** wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') (Verse 2)

    Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic ushered in a new era of mainstream Rap Music based in Los Angeles, but not without some challenges from Hip-Hop's original birthplace of New York City. His secret weapon was a Long Beach rapper named Snoop Doggy Dogg, who reminds us that Hip-Hop's DNA began way before 1973.

    33 min
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The podcast that examines rap music and Hip Hop culture one verse at a time.

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  • Creator
    Anatomy of a Verse
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026
  • Show Website
    Anatomy of a Verse