The Fila Fresh Crew was a hip-hop group from

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consisting of Fresh K, Dr. Rock and

The D.O.C. Tracy Lynn Curry (born June 10, 1968), better known as The D.O.C., is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. In addition to a solo career, he was a member of the Southern hip hop group Fila Fresh Crew and later collaborated with ga ...

(known then as Doc-T).

History

Dr. Rock's association with Dr. Dre during his stint as a DJ for the

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helped land the Fila Fresh Crew a spot on the ''

N.W.A and the Posse ''N.W.A. and the Posse'' is a compilation album, re-releasing N.W.A and associated groups' underground rap songs from the Los Angeles area's rap scene on November 6, 1987.Roni Sarig, ''Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-hop Became a Sout ...

'' compilation album in

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. A year later, the trio released the EP ''

Tuffest Man Alive ''Tuffest Man Alive'' is the debut extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

'' which was promoted with three singles. Doc-T left the group and changed his name to The D.O.C., becoming a valuable contributor to Eazy-E's debut album and newly formed gangsta rap group

N.W.A N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes) was an American hip hop group whose members were among the earliest and most significant popularizers and controversial figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, and the group is widely considered ...

. Acting as a writer to many tracks with Ruthless Records (and later Death Row Records), the D.O.C. is most remembered for his

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debut album ''

No One Can Do It Better ''No One Can Do It Better'' is the debut studio album by The D.O.C., released on August 1, 1989, by Ruthless Records and Atlantic Records. It reached no.1 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for two weeks, while peaking in the Top 20 on the ...

'' featuring the hit single "

It's Funky Enough "It's Funky Enough" is the debut single by American rapper, The D.O.C., featured as the first track on his 1989 debut album '' No One Can Do It Better''. It spent 18 weeks on the US Top Rap Songs chart, including four at #1. A video shot in bla ...

". Though the Fila Fresh Crew had disbanded by

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, Dr. Rock launched a solo album of his own in

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under the pseudonym Fela Fresh Crew. In 2017, ''Tuffest Man Alive'' was released on CD for the first time with a previously released b-side ("I Wanna Know What Love Is") included as a bonus track.

Discography

Extended play

Singles

Guest appearances

Music videos

References

External links

Fila Fresh Crew discography
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