Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy - From Through the Wire to King of the Choir

Wow wow wow. Good to be back and back with a bang. This 3-Part Documentary about "The Only One", "Yeezus", "Ye", KANYE OMARI WEST is sublime.

Filmed by Kanye's old time Chicago friends Clarence Ivy Simmons Jr or "Coodie" and Chike Ozah, Jeen-yuhs goes in depth about Kanye's past time pre-College Dropout. His career as an incredible yet cheap producer/beat maker for Roc-A-Feller Record artists like Jay-Z, Ludacris, Mos Def and other famous NYC rappers to use for their own work. While it was clear Ye had talent behind the beats and production from the inception of his career, it took A LOT for his predecessors to truly respect him as a RAPPER/PRODUCER. A man who could do it all.

I don't want to spoil it all and break the entire documentary down, but I will say that the documentary has the perfect balance of old the 3 important things that drove Kanye from a producer to a worldwide phenomena:

1. Recording sessions - seeing Kanye in his element, producing, mixing, mastering and rapping with some of the biggest names in the rap game is just a joy to watch. My two favourites are him spitting his bars for "Two Words" with Mos Def as it is so technical and gifted lyricism but he makes it look so effortless and you can't help but comprehend the genius of him and shock that ROC didn't respect his pen-game from the beginning. The other was watching Kanye with the ARC Choir to make the sample for the iconic song "Through the Wire". The song itself is truly a masterpiece and the doc goes into immense detail about the importance of this specific song, but watching him direct the choir is GORGEOUS (no pun intended) and it just makes you love the songs even more.

1. His relationship with DONDA - If it wasn't already clear, Kanye and his mother have an unbelievable relationship. It is so special and it is clear how important Donda is to his drive, his hunger and his belief and motivation to succeed as not just a rapper, but a WORLDWIDE SUCCESS beyond the world of music. It is clear through learning psychology that your intrinsic motivations are more powerful due to your childhood extrinsic influence. Donda knew her son was destined for greatness and it only fed Kanye, even when he didn't believe it when ROC nation didn't give him the respect he deserved, he could always count on his mother fuelling his drive and power to be "OVERCONFIDENT" and succeed. He does it all for her. As Kanye said, "I DON'T OWE ANYONE ANYTHING....EXCEPT MY MOTHER". She was always involved in his career and got more involved the more he succeeded. THE ANGEL WATCHING OVER THE ONLY ONE.

1. The transition in Part 3. Its clear when the genius was allowed to flourish and his success was realised, Kanye lost what kept him grounded and didn't really keep the day-1 people like Coodie and Chike around. He moved onto bigger and "better" things and so did Coodie with his own life. Watching the transition from the man from "The Chi" who looked an aspire to be the greatest in comparison to when he achieved the grammy's and continued an essence of the drive to be the best even when he was the best is crazy. It is only later on in his career when Donda Passes. Kanye births a new era in his music career stays and he continues the drive and hunger to succeed for her. However, it is clear he loses the moral compass to guide him and this is what allows him to lose touch with reality as the limelight takes over his opinions with no angel watching over him.

I won't give away much more, but it is very well made by Coodie and Chike and it is such fun to watch. Even if you don't like Kanye or what he has done recently, you can only appreciate the will and motivation to succeed against all odds and u would have to be truly blind to not see the talent this man has.

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