According to Fitzgerald, there are no second acts in American lives. That’s probably true, unless you’re bigger than America. Kanye’s career has gone through so many ducks, pivots and sensational conclusions, we can’t help but look on as the next step could be the last, as rapt as we were almost 20 years ago.
The first half of my quest to understand the man through his music brought us to 2010 and what may stand as his crowning glory. Now, I’m getting into the knotty stuff – the material we can debate till the Kardashians come home.