The Life and Mind of Jim Jones

How does one go from “running around playing tag with a curly afro” in Harlem to Blood’n to Dip’n to gracing the (off-) Broadway stage?

As revealed in This Is Jim Jones, the Carly-Carol-directed documentary detailing the rise of the Dipset Capo, you listen to Dame “Splash Gordon” Dash.

Over the course of 10 parts, Jim’s blunt-filled journey is told and it’s every bit his story as it is Dame’s, since a considerable amount of Jim’s success occurred post-Cam’ron and with Dame, who admits “I didn’t think Jimmy would be the one I would pass the torch to.”  (Neither did we.) The doc drives home the fact that its star can’t quite rap, but that’s irrelevant—he’s a businessman with the wide-eyed/red-eyed determination to succeed.

The 90-minute running time might seem like a bit much for someone who’s musical contribution to the world is the sole “Ballin’”, but it trudges along just fine with the hilariously awkward situations Jim finds himself in, most notably when he’s completely out of his element at Dame’s side during a Spring ’08 showcase for Rachel Roy clothing where American Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour makes an unofficial cameo.  We also get a look at Jim’s stint as head A&R at Warner Bros. It’ll come as no surprise when you find out he was fired.

Rocafella/Dipset fans will also be entertained, as the decline of both collectives is detailed to some degree and secrets are spilled such as Jay and Cam’s beef over “Oh Boy.”  And of course, the overtures are made for Cam to return to the roost, with Dame saying time and again, “Cam should be here.”

No doubt—but would this doc have been made if that was the case?

- Devin Chanda

Check out the official trailer of This Is Jim Jones below.