Known as “The Roc,” the label founded by Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Kareem “Biggs” Burke was the gold standard of impactful crews. Let’s place in context what rap - in particular Roc-A-Fella Records - looked like at that moment. Related Story ‘jeen-yuhs’ reminds us of the Kanye West we used to love Read now Roc-A-Fella produced the soundtrack album along with Def Jam Recordings. “I feel like we about to go 10 million with what I’m ’bout to say right now,” West said at an October 2002 news conference Roc-A-Fella Records was holding for the release of the film Paid in Full. The beauty of episode two is that it focuses on the years 2002 to early 2005. That reckoning figures to be the crux of the third and final installment next week. Watching this deep look into the creation of West, the man and eventual superstar, has been trippy, at best, and traumatic at worst, especially witnessing his current iteration. Even if you disagree, the second episode of Netflix’s jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is a masterful defense of why it is his most necessary. Kanye West’s debut album, The College Dropout, is his magnum opus.
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