Adam Drucker (born April 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Doseone, is an American

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

, producer,

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and

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. He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label

Anticon Anticon (often styled as anticon.) is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1998 by seven musicians and manager Baillie Parker. It is now collectively owned among six musicians, co-founder Parker, and man ...

. He has also been a member of numerous groups including

Deep Puddle Dynamics Deep Puddle Dynamics was a collaborative group featuring underground hip hop artists Sole, Doseone, Alias and Slug. History Deep Puddle Dynamics released the album '' The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?'' on Anticon in 1999. Discography Albums * ...

, Greenthink,

Clouddead Clouddead (styled as cLOUDDEAD) was an American experimental hip hop group, consisting of Doseone (Adam Drucker), Why? (Yoni Wolf) and Odd Nosdam (David Madson). The group's name came from a nonsensical knock-knock joke Drucker's sister told hi ...

Themselves Themselves, previously known as Them, is an American hip hop duo based in Oakland, California. It consists of Doseone and Jel. They are also part of Subtle and 13 & God. The duo's first studio album, ''Them'', was included on ''Fact''s "100 B ...

, Subtle,

13 & God 13 & God is a collaboration between American indie hip hop duo Themselves and German indie rock band The Notwist. The group is signed both to Anticon and Alien Transistor. History The band's name 13 & God stems from the concept of the 12 apostl ...

, Go Dark,

Nevermen Nevermen is an American music group. It consists of Tunde Adebimpe, Mike Patton, and Adam "Doseone" Drucker. It was listed by '' Paste'' as one of the "20 Best New Bands of 2015". History Nevermen was formed in 2008, when Adam "Doseone" Drucker j ...

, and A7pha.

History

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 Mr. Dibbs (born Brad Forste) is an American DJ and hip hop producer. He is the Founder of 1200 HOBOS j/graff collective He was also one of the founders of Scribble Jam. Early life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Forste was introduced to DJing aroun ...

Aesop Rock Ian Matthias Bavitz (born June 5, 1976), better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American rapper and producer from Long Island, New York. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerge ...

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, Sole,

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, Jel,

Odd Nosdam David P. Madson (born 1976), better known by his stage name Odd Nosdam, is an American underground hip hop producer, DJ and visual artist. He is co-founder of the record label Anticon. He has remixed tracks by a variety of bands and artists in ...

, Why?,

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Boom Bip Bryan Charles Hollon (born June 22, 1974), better known by his stage name Boom Bip, is an American record producer and musician. He is one half of Neon Neon along with Gruff Rhys. He is based in Los Angeles, California. Biography Boom Bip started ...

The Notwist The Notwist are a German indie rock band. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations, despite maintaining a relatively stable line-up. While their early records moved through heavy metal into dark indie rock, their re ...

and

Mike Patton Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, producer, film composer and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Faith No More. Noted for his vocal proficiency, diverse singing techni ...

. He has also released several solo albums, including the spoken word album '' Soft Skulls'' and a combination audio CD and poetry book '' The Pelt''. Early in his musical career, Doseone once competed in a

freestyle rap Freestyle is a style of improvisation, with or without instrumental beats (Mystrodamus), in which lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure and with no prior memorization.Kevin Fitzgerald (director), '' Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme' ...

battle with then-unknown

Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...

Scribble Jam Scribble Jam was an annual hip hop music festival hosted in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dubbed "America's largest hip hop festival", sort of like Woodstock. It was co-founded in 1996 by "Fat" Nick Accurso, and Jason Brunson, founders of graffiti magazine '' ...

in 1997. In 1998, Doseone released his first solo album, '' Hemispheres''. In 2000, he released ''

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'', a collaborative album with producer

. In 2012, he released the solo album, '' G Is for Deep'', on

. 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 ''

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'' in 2006. He has also done work in animation. He worked on an online animated cartoon ''NOTGarfield''. The series consists of characters from ''

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'' involved in surreal

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situations. In January 2012 it was announced that

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...

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

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to voice the character Emilio. Doseone has also participated in creating music for indie games, including ''

Sludge Life ''Sludge Life'' is an indie first-person video game oriented toward graffiti. The game was designed by musician Adam "Doseone" Drucker and artist Terri Vellmann following their release of ''High Hell'' on Devolver Digital. ''Sludge Life'' was r ...

'', ''

Samurai Gunn ''Samurai Gunn'' is a 2D action video game developed by Beau Blyth and Doseone and originally published by Maxistentialism (though it is currently being self-published). The game was released for Microsoft Windows in 2013, OS X in 2015, and a plan ...

'', ''Catacomb Kids'', ''

Enter the Gungeon ''Enter the Gungeon'' is a 2016 bullet hell roguelike game developed by Dodge Roll and published by Devolver Digital. Set in the firearms-themed Gungeon, gameplay follows four Player character, player characters called Gungeoneers as they tra ...

'',

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's games ''Gun Godz'' and ''

Nuclear Throne ''Nuclear Throne'' is a bullet hell roguelike video game developed by Vlambeer. Early prototypes of the game were distributed through Steam's early access program in 2013. ''Nuclear Throne'' was released for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Pla ...

'',

Messhof Mark Essen, better known as Messhof, is an American video game designer and artist best known for '' Nidhogg'', its sequel, and ''Flywrench''. Career In college, Messhof made games with GameMaker and Microsoft Paint software. An early game, ' ...

's ''

Nidhogg 2 ''Nidhogg 2'' is a fighting game and sequel to '' Nidhogg'' by indie developer Messhof. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS and PlayStation 4 in 2017. An Xbox One version was released in July 2018 and the Nintendo Switch version was ...

'', ''

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'' and many other independent games currently in development.

Style

Doseone is known for his nasal and high pitched voice, fast

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ic rapping style, and extremely dense and abstract lyrics. His words tend to express upon topics of

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, and American life. While rapping/singing onstage, he often also simultaneously performs on the

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, sampler, or

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. A recurring character in much of Doseone's work is a man named Hour Hero Yes. He is mentioned in the

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

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prop during live Subtle shows. On the cover of '' For Hero: For Fool'', he appears in old military garb with fire for hair.

Discography

Studio albums * '' Hemispheres'' (1998) * ''It's Not Easy Being...'' (1998) (with Why?, as Greenthink) * ''Blindfold'' (1999) (Greenthink) * '' Slowdeath'' (1999) * ''

'' (2000) (with

) * ''Object Beings'' (2001) (with Why? &

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, as Object Beings) * '' Ha'' (2005) * '' Soft Skulls'' (2007) * '' Skeleton Repelent'' (2007) * '' G Is for Deep'' (2012) * ''Super Game Jam: Soundtrack'' (2014) (with Kuabee) * ''0rbitalis: Soundtrack'' (2015) * ''Enter the Gungeon: Soundtrack'' (2016) * ''Disc Room: Soundtrack'' (2016) * ''A7pha'' (2017) (with

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, as A7pha) * ''Less Is Orchestra'' (2018) (with

) * ''SLUDGE LIFE (Original SoundTrack)'' (2020) * ''G is for JOB'' (2020) * ''A7pha II'' (2022) (with

, as A7pha) Live albums * ''Apogee'' (1997) (with Why?,

Josiah Josiah ( or ) or Yoshiyahu; la, Iosias was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE) who, according to the Hebrew Bible, instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Josiah is credited by most biblical s ...

, as Apogee) * '' Be Evil'' (2009) EPs * ''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) Singles * "Attack of the Postmodern Pat Boones / Cannibalism of the Object Beings" (2000) (Object Beings) Audio books * '' The Pelt'' (2003) * ''

Unearthing ''Unearthing'' is an essay written by Alan Moore and originally published in Iain Sinclair's ''London: City of Disappearances'' in 2006. It has subsequently been developed into a photographic book in collaboration with Mitch Jenkins and a spoke ...

'' (2010) (with Andrew Broder, as Crook & Flail)

References

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* * {{Authority control Living people Anticon Musicians from Cincinnati Underground rappers American male rappers Rappers from Ohio Midwest hip hop musicians American hip hop record producers 1977 births Lex Records artists