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Doseone
Background information
Birth nameAdam Kidd Drucker
Born (1977-04-21) April 21, 1977 (age 48)
Nampa, Idaho, U.S.
OriginOhio, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
Instruments
Years active1997–present
Labels
Member of
Formerly of
Websitewww.anticon.com

Adam Kidd Drucker (born April 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Doseone, is an American rapper, producer, poet and artist.[1][2] He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon.[3] He has also been a member of numerous groups including Deep Puddle Dynamics,[4] A7pha, Greenthink,[5] Clouddead,[5] Themselves,[6] Subtle,[7] 13 & God,[8] Go Dark,[9] and Nevermen.[10]

History

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Doseone was born Adam Kidd Drucker[11] in Nampa, Idaho, on April 21, 1977.[12] He is known for his extensive collaborations with other Anticon members, forming numerous groups and performing guest spots on others' releases.[1] He has recorded with many musicians including Mr. Dibbs, Aesop Rock, Slug, Sole, Alias, Jel, Odd Nosdam, Why?, Fog, Boom Bip, The Notwist, and Mike Patton.[1][6][13] He has also released several solo albums, including the spoken word album Soft Skulls and a combination audio CD and poetry book The Pelt.[2]

Early in his musical career, Doseone once competed in a freestyle rap battle with then-unknown Eminem at Scribble Jam in 1997.[14] In 1998, Doseone released his first solo album, Hemispheres.[15] In 2000, he released Circle, a collaborative album with producer Boom Bip.[16] In 2012, he released the solo album, G Is for Deep, on Anticon.[17]

Doseone is also a visual artist. He has worked on the cover art for many of the albums he has performed on. He has contributed the artwork on Jel's album Soft Money in 2006.[citation needed] He has also done work in animation. He worked on an online animated cartoon NOTGarfield.[18] The series consists of characters from Garfield involved in surreal dada situations.

In January 2012 it was announced that Adult Swim had ordered a pilot of an animated series called Mars Safari featuring a soundtrack by Doseone and Jel.[19]

Doseone is also a prominent composer for indie games, most notably those published by Devolver Digital. Those include Sludge Life, Samurai Gunn, Catacomb Kids, Enter the Gungeon, Vlambeer's games Gun Godz and Nuclear Throne, Messhof's Nidhogg 2; he also served as a co-developer on Disc Room and High Hell.[20]

Style

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Doseone is known for his nasal and high pitched voice, fast polyrhythmic rapping style, and extremely dense and abstract lyrics.[5][7] His words tend to express upon topics of childhood, nature, and American life. While rapping/singing onstage, he often also simultaneously performs on the synthesizer, sampler, or keyboard.[21]

A recurring character in much of Doseone's work is a man named Hour Hero Yes.[22] He is mentioned in the 13 & God song "Ghostwork" as well as throughout albums of his band Subtle. Album and video artwork, as well as art on Subtle's official website, suggest Hour Hero Yes to be a bald man with a black and white striped face, an image which is embodied by a bust that serves as a centerpiece prop during live Subtle shows.[7] On the cover of For Hero: For Fool, he appears in old military garb with fire for hair.[7]

Discography

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See also: Deep Puddle Dynamics discography, Clouddead discography, Themselves discography, Subtle discography, 13 & God discography, and Nevermen discography

Studio albums

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Live albums

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EPs

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  • Crazy Hitman Science (1999) (with Jel, Why?, et al., as Blud N Gutz)
  • The Samurai Gunn (2013)
  • Free Ring Tone of the Month Vol. I (2013)
  • Bitchsword (2014) (with Ash, as Go Dark)
  • Heavy Bullets (2014)
  • Free Ring Tone of the Month Vol. II (2014)
  • Brightwild (2015) (Go Dark)
  • Hunt Me (2016) (Go Dark)
  • Even with Demons (2023)

Singles

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  • "Attack of the Postmodern Pat Boones / Cannibalism of the Object Beings" (2000) (Object Beings)

Audio books

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Collaborations

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Video games

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  • Heavy Bullets (2014)
  • Super Game Jam: Soundtrack (2014) (with Kuabee)
  • 0rbitalis: Soundtrack (2015)
  • Enter the Gungeon: Soundtrack (2016)
  • Disc Room: Soundtrack (2016)
  • SLUDGE LIFE (Original SoundTrack) (2020)
  • Escape Academy (Original SoundTrack) (2022)
  • SLUDGE LIFE 2 (Original SoundTrack) (2023)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Doseone". Pitchfork. March 5, 2005. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Bush, Ben (February 16, 2023). "Interview with Doseone". The Believer.
  3. ^ Long, Zach (June 1, 2012). "Review: Doseone's G is for Deep". Alarm.
  4. ^ Blais-Billie, Braudie (October 17, 2018). "Alias' Final Album Announced". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c Dahlen, Chris (February 12, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Greene, Jayson (May 29, 2009). "Themselves: theFREEhoudini". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d Dahlen, Chris (October 5, 2006). "Subtle: for hero: for fool". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  8. ^ Howe, Brian (May 5, 2005). "13 & God: 13 & God". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  9. ^ Pilley, Max. "Go Dark: Neon Young". Loud And Quiet. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  10. ^ Camp, Zoe (January 27, 2016). "Nevermen: Nevermen". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  11. ^ Wang, Oliver (August 2000). "Doseone". Spin.
  12. ^ "Dose One | Discover music on NTS". Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  13. ^ Breihan, Tom (August 7, 2009). "Doseone Talks Collabs With Tunde and Mike Patton, Alan Moore, More". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  14. ^ Dahlen, Chris (March 6, 2005). "Interviews: Doseone". Pitchfork Media.
  15. ^ Brown, Marisa. "Doseone - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  16. ^ Quinlan, Thomas (May 1, 2000). "Boom Bip & Dose One: Circle". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  17. ^ Feldman, Max (July 17, 2012). "Doseone: G Is For Deep". PopMatters. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  18. ^ Martins, Chris (June 9, 2010). "Q&A: Themselves' Doseone Talks About His Bizarro YouTube Comedy Series, TVhaha". LA Weekly. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  19. ^ Midnight, Kim (June 14, 2012). "Doseone". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  20. ^ Semel, Paul (May 6, 2016). "Interview: Rapper Doseone dishes on making music for Enter The Gungeon". GameCrate. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  21. ^ "Adam "doseone" Kidd". Uses This. February 13, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  22. ^ "Subtle". Pitchfork. November 5, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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