Doseone

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]

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 has also participated in creating music for indie games, including Sludge Life , Samurai Gunn , Catacomb Kids, Enter the Gungeon , Vlambeer's games Gun Godz and Nuclear Throne , Messhof's Nidhogg 2 , Disc Room and many other independent games currently in development.^[20]

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]

• Hemispheres (1998)
• It's Not Easy Being... (1998) (with Why? as Greenthink)
• Blindfold (1999) (Greenthink)
• Slowdeath (1999)
• Circle (2000) (with Boom Bip)
• Object Beings (2001) (with Why? & Pedestrian as Object Beings)
• Ha (2005)
• Soft Skulls (2007)
• Skeleton Repelent (2007)
• G Is for Deep (2012)
• A7pha (2017) (with Mestizo as A7pha)
• Less Is Orchestra (2018) (with Alias)
• G is for JOB (2020)
• A7pha II (2022) (with Mestizo as A7pha)
• North American Adonis (2023) (with Buck 65 and Jel as North American Adonis)
• All Portrait, No Chorus (2025) (with Steel Tipped Dove)

• Apogee (1997) (with Why?, Josiah & Mr. Dibbs, as Apogee)
• Be Evil (2009)

• 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)

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

• The Pelt (2003)
• Unearthing (2010) (with Andrew Broder, as Crook & Flail)

• "How U Feelin?" (with Peeping Tom, 2006)

• 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)

• Doseone on SoundCloud Edit this at Wikidata
• Doseone discography at Discogs

• 1977 births
• Living people
• American hip-hop record producers
• American male rappers
• Anticon
• Lex Records artists
• Midwest hip-hop musicians
• Musicians from Cincinnati
• Rappers from Idaho
• Rappers from Ohio
• Underground rappers
• People from Nampa, Idaho

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