Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Review

Watching Jeen-yuhs A Kanye Trilogy makes one nostalgic, hopeful, faithful, and ambitious. It is a very appealing documentary. It was crafted in such a way to make you feel like you were actually there. I know because I was in the city when radio stations began playing Kanye’s music.

I had the opportunity to live in Chicago when Kanye West was one of the hottest artist being played on the airwaves. I was a student at Dudley’s Cosmetology School and I worked at Macy’s on 111 State Street. I worked from 12:00 a.m until 7:00 a.m. and went to school from 9:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m. I didn’t sleep. There was a go-getter vibe in Chicago during those days and everyone was catching that wave, not just Kanye.

On my ride from work, I would listen to WGCI and I would always hear Kanye West, not just through my speakers, but the car next to mine had Kanye’s music blaring through their speakers as well. Moreover, through listening to Kanye’s music I can specifically remember being in standstill traffic on Interstate 294 reflecting about life because his music made you think.

Kanye West’s music was smooth, upbeat, street, hip. thoughtful and hard. His lyrics make you think of what it was like for poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks to document society on paper, as he documents life through his lyrics. His rhymes were a combination of life lessons, poetry…