In Whose Name?

Watching In Whose Name? Felt like being invited into a world that is usually hidden behind headlines and noise. It shows Kanye West in all of his vulnerability, his genius, and his pain. I found myself completely absorbed, at times heartbroken, and at other times amazed by the sheer honesty of what was unfolding on screen.

What touched me most was how human the film felt. It does not try to glorify or condemn him. Instead, it allows us to sit with the contradictions, the struggles, and the rare moments of tenderness that make him feel real. I walked away feeling like I had seen not only an artist but a person trying to hold himself together in the middle of chaos.

For me, this was more than a documentary. It was an experience that stays with you long after it ends. Absolutely deserving of 10 out of 10.

For there to have been over 3000 hours of footage shot, I thought this documentary would be a bit fuller, less fluffy. Yes, they did show footage that invited us in to a deeper part of Ye, but I don't believe they went deep enough. And yes, there were some dramatic scenes that put Ye's ego, frustration, anger and mental health on display but it still seemed surface level to me. I left feeling like I didn't know much more about him going out as I did going in.

I went to see Kanye West's documentary filmed over 6 years called In Whose Name. The theater was 80% full. He hired a documentary filmmaker to follow him everywhere. You get to see how a bipolar musical and creative genius went from feeling like a high priced slave and being worth $6 billion dollars to taking control of his IP and brand and destroying it on purpose to free himself. Yes he's a little bit crazy. Yes he is a marketing genius. Yes he knew exactly what he was doing. Non-conforming. Unwilling to be owned for any amount of money.

It was strangely lacking in music. More of his gospel revival type music was in it than anything. This was not a music video but rather an expose into mental health and stigma and creative and intellectual control of oneself.

I'm glad I saw it. There were a couple of points where we laughed out loud. Watching @kanyewest and @elonmusk have an autistic exchange about being confounded with women and love made everybody chuckle and squirm. Deliciously awkward, as you would expect from two Uber geniuses.

I played his album on my way home last night Donda2. I'm not more than a top 40 sort of Ye fan but I appreciate his music and poetry much more after gaining a bit of an intimate connection with him from this revealing and vulnerable expose.

I feel a bit duped by the false advertising. With so many hours of footage, I wasn't expecting this thin portrayal of Ye. To be honest, I felt that it was more an effort to spin his negative press over the past couple years, as opposed to showing a truer of picture of what we've seen publicly. I was wondering why they would release this documentary but I know why now. They're trying to save an image that was destroyed by Ye. It's sad because this documentary could have been way more immersion and truthful to connect to it's audience. We all suffer mentally sometimes. It would've been nice to show Kanye's true story - the good, bad and ugly. Selling us this polished version literally contributes nothing.

Kanye is the Goat of music but its sad what happend to him like imagine Donda didnt die The college dropout his debut is one of the best albums ever and its certanly one of the best rap albums late reg and graduation are as good his trilogy was perfect

He is so impactful and his unreleased songs are better than most artists discographys

And one last thing

I know hes said some bad things (very bad)

But seperate the art from the artist.