The pacing is confusing: we're a third of the way through, and he hasn't even finished writing College Dropout? Kanye has enough material (musical and otherwise) for a 10-part docuseries. But this is a trilogy. If it's intending standard biography scope, there's way too much idle banter for its runtime. I don't inherently mind the banter (much), but the scope is confusing. So far it's almost entirely the short period between Kanye's arrival in New York and the release of College Dropout. The rest of his career will have to be absolute lightning pace if the intended scope is what I gathered from the trailer. But I'm reserving conclusions -- just confused.
Two gems shone through the mass: "Family Business" and Donda.
I always loved "Family Business." It's major soul chords and sentimentality -- two hallmarks of my taste in hip hop. I'm soft in a way: major sevens over harmonic minor, melancholy over anger. I always loved "Family Business", and I haven't heard it in a while. Hearing it now, with one stunned word of approval from Scarface -- "Incredible" -- was satisfying.
And Donda: what a presence. I've always had a warm and supportive mother, but Donda's warmth and support were astounding. No wonder Kanye treats her like an angel, if two brief glimpses tell the truth.
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