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3.0 Reviewby robertsona STAFF
#93: The D.O.C., No One Can Do It Better (1989) On the first verse of the opening track to No One Can Do It Better, The D.O.C. raps âI am not illiterate, no, not even a little bit / Nothinâ like an idiot--get it? / You want the record? Cool, Iâm with it.â Transcribed, it sounds almost like Lil B, apparently self-aggrandizing but just sort of collapsing before it can really go anywhere. This indictment may just be the residue of my infatuation with the last record I reviewed, Kool G Rap & DJ Poloâs Wanted: Dead or Alive (1990), and Koolâs stunning presence on that album. But it also seems partly the fault of The D.O.C. himself, who provides the perfect foil to his coeval; whereas Kool is at his best one of the most dynamic rappers ever, The D.O.C. is merely okay, skilled but dreadfully unconvincing. An extended comparison with one of my favorite rap albums seems unfair, but the difference between âTalk Like Sex,â off Wanted, and this albumâs âBeautiful But Deadlyâ is telling. Both are about women, Koolâs a paean to his org*sm-inducing abilities and The D.O.C.âs a weirdly hateful spew against a woman never specified. âTalk Like Sex,â however, is an utterly hilarious, knowingly silly boast-fest; The D.O.C.âs track is just sort of dumb, from its dated-in-a-bad-way Dre beat (âWe need some guitar that rocks,â quoth The D.O.C.) to its dull lyrics about a woman who wants to eat your soul, or something. Thatâs all there is to it, unfortunately. No One Can Do It Better is, in all honesty, a pretty solid album--just one whose course is navigated by an uninteresting personality. âThe D.O.C. & The Doctorâ and especially âThe Formulaâ (the latter of which is dated in a good way) both exhibit invigorating beats by a young Dr. Dre, and closer âThe Finaleâ has a satisfying grandeur to it. But that last one is exciting primarily as an N.W.A posse cut, not thanks to any outstanding performance on the part of The D.O.C. The comparisons to Kool G Rap then start to feel a little more relevant: the artist behind No One Can Do It Better finds his utility only in subordination to other, better artists--whether that be Dre, N.W.A, even Michelâle of the otherwise-annoying skit âComm. Bluesâ. The album as a result is enjoyable but its significance seems if anything merely regional, its place in the canon precarious at best.
other reviews of this album somberlain (4.5)
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Review: The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better (2024)
References
- https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/55627/The-D.O.C.-No-One-Can-Do-It-Better/
- https://westcoaststyles.com/interviews/2023/09/the-legendary-d-o-c-is-here-for-an-exclusive-wcs-hiphop50-interview/
- https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-and-dragons-dungeons-doggies/
- https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2022/september/the-doc-dallas-no-one-can-do-it-better/
- https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/d-o-c/9300000018806210/
- https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/the-d-o-c-new-music-documentary-1234770618/
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