Doseone
Background information
Birth name	Adam Drucker
Born	(1977-04-21) April 21, 1977 (age 35) Idaho, United States
Genres	Indie hip hop, alternative hip hop, indie rock
Occupations	Rapper, singer, producer
Instruments	Vocals, sampler, synthesizer, keyboard
Years active	1997-present
Labels	Anticon, Mush Records, Big Dada, Lex Records, Alien Transistor
Associated acts	Jel
Website	www.anticon.com

Doseone (born Adam Drucker) is American rapper, producer, poet and artist. He is a co-founder of indie hip hop record label Anticon. He has also been a member of numerous groups including Deep Puddle Dynamics, Greenthink, Clouddead, Themselves, Subtle and 13 & God.

History [link]

Doseone is known for his extensive collaborations with other Anticon members, forming numerous groups and performing guest spots on others' releases. 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. He has also released several solo albums, including the spoken word album Soft Skulls and a combination audio CD and poetry book The Pelt.^[1]

Early in his musical career, Doseone once competed in a freestyle rap battle with then-unknown Eminem at Scribble Jam in 1997.^[2]

Doseone is also an 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. He has also done work in animation. He worked on an online animated cartoon NOTGarfield. The series consists of characters from Garfield involved in surreal dada situations.

In January 2012 it was announced that Adult Swim has ordered a pilot of an animated series called Mars Safari that will feature a soundtrack by Doseone and Jel. Doseone will star alongside Steve Little and Carl Weathers to voice the character Emilio.

Style [link]

Doseone is known for his nasal and high pitched voice, fast polyrhythmic rapping style, and extremely dense and abstract lyrics. 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.

A recurring character in much of Doseone's work is a man named Hour Hero Yes. 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. On the cover of For Hero: For Fool, he appears in old military garb with fire for hair.

Discography [link]

Solo [link]

• Hemispheres (1998)
• Slowdeath (1999)
• The Pelt (2003)
• Ha (2005)
• Soft Skulls (2007)
• Skeleton Repelent (2007)
• Be Evil (2009)
• G is for Deep (2012)

[edit] Boom Bip & Doseone

• Circle (2000)

[edit] Deep Puddle Dynamics

• "Rainmen" (1999)
• The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? (2000)

[edit] Greenthink

• It's Not Easy Being... (1998)
• Blindfold (1999)

[edit] Clouddead

• "apt. A" (2000)
• "and all you can do is laugh." (2000)
• "I promise never to get paint on my glasses again." (2001)
• "JimmyBreeze" (2001)
• "(cloud dead number five)" (2001)
• "Bike" (2001)
• Clouddead (2001)
• The Peel Session (2001)
• "The Sound of a Handshake" b/w "This About the City" (2002)
• Ten (2004)

[edit] Themselves

• "Joyful Toy of a 1001 Faces" (1999)
• Them (1999)
• "This About the City Too..." (2002)
• The No Music (2002)
• The No Music of AIFFS (2003)
• Live (2003)
• "P.U.S.H." (2004)
• Live II (2005)
• The Free Houdini (2009)
• CrownsDown (2009)
• CrownsDown & Company (2010)

[edit] Subtle

• Summer (2002)
• Autumn (2002)
• Winter (2002)
• Spring (2003)
• "F.K.O." (2004)
• "The Long Vein Of The Law" (2004)
• A New White (2004)
• Earthsick (2004)
• Wishingbone (2006)
• "The Mercury Craze" (2006)
• For Hero: For Fool (2006)
• Yell&Ice (2007)
• ExitingARM (2008)
• WASHERE (2008)

[edit] 13 & God

• "Men of Station" (2005)
• 13 & God (2005)
• Live in Japan (2008)
• "Oldage" (2011)
• Own Your Ghost (2011)

Crook&Flail [link]

• Unearthing (2010)

Guest appearances [link]

• "Riddles" by Presage on Outer Perimeter (1998)
• "Painting Words" by Sole on Music Without A Face (1998)
• "Odessa" by Aesop Rock on Appleseed (1999)
• "Very Important Message" "Our Dirty Big Secret" by Sole on Bottle of Humans (2000)
• "Dose One" by Illogic on Unforeseen Shadows (2000)
• "Drawbridge" by Aesop Rock on Float (2000)
• "Untitled" by Prefuse 73 on Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives (2001)
• "Meniscus" by J. Rawls on The Essence Of J. Rawls (2001)
• "Carnival Creatures" by Tommy V on Quarter Life Crisis (2001)
• "Magicians" by Onry Ozzborn on Alone (2001)
• "10th Floor Witches" by Frederick & Nina on Head / 10th Floor Witches (2001)
• "Zero Zero Zero" by Sole on Uck rt (2001)
• "They Removed All Trace That Anything Had Ever Happened Here" "Branches Bare" " You're Worth The Whole World" by Hood on Cold House (2001)
• "Hurry Up And Slow Down" by Raj on Conscious Contemplation (2001)
• "More From June" "We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)" "Pitty Party People" by Anticon on We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)
• "Mannequin Hand Trapdoor I Reminder" by Boom Bip on Seed to Sun (2002)
• "Glory" "Moon Repellent" by Fog on Fog (2002)
• "Select Mix" by Jel on 10 Seconds (2002)
• "Opus Ashamed" by Alias on The Other Side Of The Looking Glass (2002)
• "Song For John Walker" by DJ Krush on The Message at the Depth (2002)
• "Running Of The Bulls" by Sleep on Riot By Candlelight (2002)
• "Pas D'armure" by TTC on Ceci N'est Pas Un Disque (2002)
• "No Thanks" by Sole on Man's Best Friend Volume 2: No Thanks (2003)
• "Air" by Push Button Objects on Ghetto Blaster (2003)
• "Red Hat Attack" by A Grape Dope on Missing Dragons (2003)
• "Basic P.P.O. Blues" by Funkstörung on Isolated. Triple Media. (2004)
• "O Silent Bed" "Anticon" by Pedestrian on Volume One: UnIndian Songs (2005)
• "Gemini (Birthday Song)" "Sanddollars" by Why? on Elephant Eyelash (2005)
• "My Winter Vacation" by Populous on Queue For Love (2005)
• "Not A Speculation" by Andrew Coleman on Tony Alva's Hair (2005)
• "Feed The Fish" by dDamage on Shimmy Shimmy Blade (2006)
• "Luck And Fear" by Alias & Tarsier on Brookland/Oaklyn (2006)
• "How U Feelin?" by Peeping Tom on Peeping Tom (2006)
• "Baiyon And Hair Stylistics" by Baiyon on Like A School On Lunch Time EP (2006)
• "Void It Out" by DJ Baku on Dharma Dance (2008)
• "Steroids" by Serengeti & Polyphonic on Terradactyl (2009)
• "The Injury" by Tobacco on LA UTI (2010)

Compilation appearances [link]

• "Rainmen" "It's Them" "Human Races The Tortoise" on Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop (1999)
• "Do Tell" on Rapid Transit (2000)
• "Dead Beats, Generation Of" "Inventor's Cry" on Ropeladder 12 (2000)
• "My Way Out Of A Paper Bag" on Coast II Coast (2000)
• "We Ain't Fessin'" "A.D.D." "My Way Out Of A Paper Bag" on Gigasingle (2001)
• "Them's My Peoples" on A Piece Of The Action (2001)
• "Confessions (Of Three Men)" on Tags Of The Times 3 (2001)
• "Thisboutthecitytoo" on Urban Renewal Program (2002)
• "Dark Sky Demo" "Mothers Of Invention" "Poison Pit" "It's Them" "Good People Check (Hrvatski Remix)" on Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004 (2004)
• "Freelance Exist" on Complex Volume 1 (2012)

References [link]

1. ^ Bush, Ben. "Interview with Doseone". The Believer. https://www.believermag.com/exclusives/?read=interview_doseone. 
2. ^ Dahlen, Chris (March 6, 2005). "Interviews: Doseone". Pitchfork Media. https://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5981-doseone/. 

External links [link]

• Doseone on Mush Records
• Doseone on Lex Records
• Doseone on Discogs
• Doseone on Myspace
• Doseone at Allmusic