Could have been a lot better but as far as unauthorized documentaries without the main subject themselves it's pretty good.
It doesn't shy away from looking at Jay-Z critically displaying both positives and negative aspects to his character
One of the ppl being interviewed says something like "We know of Jay-Z the businessman and hustler, but we don't know anything about the person behind Jay-Z" and that's this movie's biggest flaw, we get to know all the chessmoves Jay-Z pulled to get to where he's at, but we don't get to know why and what's his motivation if there's anything beyond money and power that drives him.
We hear about messed up deals he did with various people but we don't get his reasoning why, or if he actually had good intentions in certain political and business deals that hurt the community, or if it was just for profit.
The documentary even goes so far to suggest that Beyonce and Jay-Z's relationship could be a way for them both to gain even more power and success.
Without either Bey or Jay talking about there relationship, this all becomes merely speculative.
It does have some key-players tho like Jaz-O who was instrumental to Jay-Z's career as well as DJ Clark Kent and other behind the scenes dudes in the music-industry, wouldn't have mind seeing Beanie Sigel, Bleek or any of the rocafella artists interviewed tho.
But a lot of people interviewed are merely music-journalists who don't know Jay on a personal level, that's why this documentary falls a bit short but still is a well-crafted doc that might be worth checking out if you have the time: which you probably do as it's only 57 minutes long.
It doesn't shy away from looking at Jay-Z critically displaying both positives and negative aspects to his character
One of the ppl being interviewed says something like "We know of Jay-Z the businessman and hustler, but we don't know anything about the person behind Jay-Z" and that's this movie's biggest flaw, we get to know all the chessmoves Jay-Z pulled to get to where he's at, but we don't get to know why and what's his motivation if there's anything beyond money and power that drives him.
We hear about messed up deals he did with various people but we don't get his reasoning why, or if he actually had good intentions in certain political and business deals that hurt the community, or if it was just for profit.
The documentary even goes so far to suggest that Beyonce and Jay-Z's relationship could be a way for them both to gain even more power and success.
Without either Bey or Jay talking about there relationship, this all becomes merely speculative.
It does have some key-players tho like Jaz-O who was instrumental to Jay-Z's career as well as DJ Clark Kent and other behind the scenes dudes in the music-industry, wouldn't have mind seeing Beanie Sigel, Bleek or any of the rocafella artists interviewed tho.
But a lot of people interviewed are merely music-journalists who don't know Jay on a personal level, that's why this documentary falls a bit short but still is a well-crafted doc that might be worth checking out if you have the time: which you probably do as it's only 57 minutes long.
