Remember Devin The Dude's Gotta Be Me?

Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com.

We've written ad nauseum about Devin the Dude's sleepy brilliance; it's completely within reason to argue that no other Houston rapper has utilized one particular skill set - rapping about weed and women, essentially - to create such a vast and pleasing discography.

Did you know that Michelangelo created that Creation of Adam painting where Adam and God are touching fingertips using only two different colors?

You shouldn't have known that, because it's not true. But if it were, that'd be a perfect metaphor for what Devin's done for this entire career.

His late 2010 LP, Gotta Be Me, is all gooey and charming production coupled with his gooey and charming modulation. There are no transcendent tracks like "Doobie Ashtray" or "Lacville '79," but you can easily listen to the entire thing 100 times in a row without realizing you've done so, and that seems to be the point this time around.

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Best Feature on the Album: Nobody. As in, there are none. It's completely possible that Devin was up at 1:20 a.m. on a Tuesday morning watching Next Friday and decided to go make an album. You can't convince us that this isn't exactly what happened.

Best Indirect Example of How Utterly Likeable Devin the Dude Is: On the rubbery "No Need To Call," Devin somehow manages to make "Don't call if you don't wanna fuck. Bitch, don't call just to say what's up." sound like "I think you're a really dynamic woman, and I'd like nothing more than to massage your feet while you tell me about the stormy relationship you and your mother have."