Yes, “Jeen-yuhs” the docu-series is available on Netflix, divided into three parts i.e. Vision, Purpose and Awakening. The first episode, "Vision", debuted on Netflix on February 16, 2022, followed by the bi-weekly releases of "Purpose" and "Awakening" on February 23 and March 2, 2022, respectively.
This Netflix documentary follows Kanye West's career from the beginning, showing how he went from being a rapper to a record producer to a businessman to a fashion designer before becoming a household name. It will trace Kanye West's development over a 20-year period.
Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, a three-part documentary as opulent as West himself, aims to examine all the factors that have shaped West into the person he is today, from a producer who was having trouble getting noticed as a rapper, to the person we know. In addition to examining the highs and lows of West's life and career, jeen-yuhs also takes into account the co-director and co-producer Coodie Simmons' life.
Simmons conducted the first interview with West in 1998 and has devoted a significant portion of his life to serving as West's documentarian. Through this, jeen-yuhs demonstrates West's excellence as a musician and more, as well as the kind of alluring and compelling character who would persuade someone like Coodie to give up his goals and follow West as he realizes his own.
Who is Kanye West?
Kanye Omari West, better known by his stage name Kanye West, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and clothing designer. He is regarded as one of history's greatest and most influential hip-hop musicians and producers, as well as one of his generation's most divisive artists.
Chicago, Illinois-born and Atlanta-raised, as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, West first came to prominence by creating the "chipmunk soul" sampling style and producing singles for a variety of artists. He put out his debut studio album, The College Dropout (2004), with the intention of pursuing a solo career as a rapper. The album was well received both critically and commercially. The year after, he established the record company GOOD Music.
With more than 160 million albums sold worldwide, Kanye West is one of the best-selling musicians ever. He has garnered 24 Grammy Awards and 75 nominations, which ranks him joint-tenth all-time and gives him the joint-most Grammy Awards of any rapper with Jay-Z. His other honors include the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, the Billboard Artist Achievement Award, and a joint-record three Brit Awards for Best International Male Solo Artist. In addition to being named one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time by the same publication, six of West's albums were listed among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2020. In the yearly Pazz & Jop critics poll, he and Bob Dylan hold the joint record for the most albums placed at the top, and he also has the fifth-most Billboard Hot 100 entries (133). In both 2005 and 2015, Time magazine listed him as one of the top 100 global influencers. After holding the title of richest musician in the world from 2019 to 2022, Forbes estimates his net worth at $400 million as of 2022, placing him among the wealthiest artists in the world.
What is Jeen-yuhs about?
The film, which is divided into three 90-minute acts with the simple titles Vision, Purpose, and Awakening, is very similar to Yeezy's career in that it starts out impressive, then almost exhilarating, before growing tedious and slightly irritating in its final moments. The scenes that take place between 2001 and 2004 are the best; they are the scenes in which Simmons had unrestricted access to the West and followed the burgeoning rap producer from Chicago to New York as he became a serious player in the game.
The scene in "Vision" where Simmons follows West, who was 21 at the time, as he makes plans to break into the Roc-A-Fella headquarters in Manhattan and perform solo artist demos in various offices, may be the most enlightening scene in the entire canon of jeen-yuhs. The pathetically unsuccessful stunt makes the record company executives completely uninterested in his music, and Kanye is forced to hand back his CD and leave feeling defeated. The scene illustrates how he would go to any length to be heard and how humiliation didn't even belong in his rhyme dictionary, showing how he would do anything to be heard.
His attempt to enter Roc-A-Fella's as a producer ultimately failed, but his attempt to enter as an actual MC was successful. As a result of the record company delaying the release of Kanye's debut album by two more years, he was forced to take even bigger chances, such as self-financing his first music video (Through the Wire, directed by Simmons and Ozah), and recording with his mouth in a mess following the car accident. Roc-A-Fella finally released The College Dropout in 2004, to widespread acclaim (Grammy for Best Rap Album). Ye's reputation will be cemented by the end of "Purpose."
It can be difficult to watch Simmons, who genuinely cares about his old friend from Chicago, abruptly change from rap phenomenon to drug-addled music and fashion mogul in the final act, "Awakening." The final episode, which covers the years from 2005 to the present, is less engaging than the earlier episodes because it relies heavily on montage sequences to fill in all the blanks while following Kanye's various ups and downs.
Is Jeen-yuhs worth watching?
"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," arguably Kanye West's best album, is the subject of an excellent book by Kirk Walker Graves. Graves sums up West perfectly when he writes: "The innermost contradiction that makes Kanye who he is, the one that makes him both a great artist and a great hooligan, is his overindulgence of everything childish within himself." Because of his innocent demeanor, Kanye is not only one of the most alluring artists of the twenty-first century, but also one of the hardest to defend. Everything West does, from his fantastic songs to his presidential campaign, embodies a great deal of hope and vision. Currently, an asterisk must be added to any praise offered to West.
The purpose of jeen-yuhs, however, is not to delve as deeply into West's life as it does in the first two acts; rather, it is to demonstrate that the old Kanye is still around; he just loses sight of him amid the presidential elections, Twitter rants, and pointless speeches. Although jeen-yuhs can become bogged down in Coodie's feelings toward Ye and his own self-examination of his life at this time, it is nonetheless an important record of West's development for fans and, at least in those first two acts, a convincing demonstration to skeptics that, despite West's boastful behavior, he has the talent to back it up.
FAQs
Q. How long is “Jeen-yuhs” ?
A. The three-part film's duration is close to five hours and includes 267 hours of never-before-seen production-related footage of West. The film follows a young Kanye West through his life and career until 2021, starting with the recording of The College Dropout, his self-titled debut album, in 2004.
Q. Why was “Jeen-yuhs” chosen as the title?
A. The Kanye documentary from 2022 is titled "genius," or jeen-yuhs. Kanye, a well-known rapper and music producer, has a history of referring to himself as a genius, whether it be in reference to his music, clothes, or general concepts and ambitions.
Q. Is Kanye West A.K.A Ye a billionaire?
A. Ye has been removed from Forbes' list of billionaires, according to one of the most respected organizations that tracks wealth among the world's financial elites. Although Forbes now pegs the Adidas deal's contribution to his net worth at just $400 million, the previous estimate put it at $1.5 billion.
Q. Why did Kanye change his name to “Ye”?
A. West submitted a request on August 24, 2021, to have his legal name changed from Kanye Omari West to Ye, with no middle or last name. He gave "personal reasons" as the justification for the name change. Kanye said in an interview: "I believe 'ye' is the most commonly used word in the Bible. In the Bible, it means you. So, I'm you. I'm us. It's us. It went from being Kanye, which means the only one, to just Ye."
