No One Can Do It Better is
The D.O.C.'s debut album. It went platinum. This was the only solo album The D.O.C. was able to record before a car accident resulted in crushing his
larynx, permanently changing his voice.
Album information
Idolizing East Coast acts such as
Run DMC, The D.O.C. always showed more of a lyrical style, not talking about guns, drugs and violence.
Most of the songs were influenced and sampled from
funk groups such as
Marvin Gaye,
Parliament, and
Funkadelic, but one track in particular was influenced by other genres, "Beautiful But Deadly", a rock-hip hop track, influenced by
Run DMC with a heavy guitar riff throughout the song (it borrows from
Funkadelic's
Cosmic Slop).
Beats were produced by
Dr. Dre, with
Eazy-E being the executive producer for this album.
Reception
Chris Rock ranked
No One Can Do It Better 11th on a
2005 list of the Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums ever.
[ ]In 1998, the album was listed in The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.
Track listing
Singles
Chart positions
