Artist: The D.O.C.
Best Album: No One Can Do It Better
Best Song: The Grand Finale 
This Letter Could Have Been About: D12, Das Efx, De La Soul, Dead Prez, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Digital Underground, Dr. Dre

Why I’m Writing About This Artist: Because No One Can Do It Better is one of hiphop’s early masterpieces, probably one of the top 20 rap albums ever made, and in the right mood I’d put it in the top 10.  It is, weirdly, my Spring Album.  I’m writing this on March 17, and I just listened to it today– spring has not started until I’ve blared the entirety of No One Can Do It Better from my speakers, preferably in a car with the windows down.  Unfortunately, five months after the album released, the D.O.C. was in a car accident that massively damaged his vocal cords, and while he technically has two other albums it’s best to pretend they aren’t real, as his voice was irreparably changed in the accident.  He continued to ghostwrite for members of N.W.A. and affiliated acts after the crash; I’m halfway convinced that he was most of the reason The Chronic was the bestseller it was.

You should own No One Can Do It Better.  Everyone should.

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