Somewhere along the way-I might point to the era around The Life of Pablo and I’m sure some would say earlier-that ego was no longer a piece of the art, but the art itself. An album Kanye believed in so wholeheartedly that even before it lifted him from the shadows to the limelight, he spoke about it as if the world would stop spinning without it. An album that bum-rushed through industry politics, skeptics, and even a near-death experience. The documentary began shooting years before the release of his debut album, 2004’s The College Dropout, a project Kanye and the directors approach as not just another batch of songs, but a soul-wrenching outpouring.
