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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = G Is for Deep
| name = G Is for Deep
| Type = studio album
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Doseone]]
| artist = [[Doseone]]
| Cover =
| cover = G Is for Deep.jpg
| Alt =
| alt =
| Released = {{Start date|2012|05|29}}
| released = {{Start date|2012|05|29}}
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Alternative hip hop]]
| studio =
| genre = [[Alternative hip hop]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=41|s=24}}
| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=24}}
| Label = [[Anticon]]
| label = [[Anticon]]
| Producer = Doseone
| producer = [[Doseone]]
| Last album = ''[[Skeleton Repelent]]''<br/>(2007)
| prev_title = [[Skeleton Repelent]]
| prev_year = 2007
| This album = '''''G Is for Deep'''''<br/>(2012)
| next_title = G Is for Job
| Next album =
| next_year = 2020
}}
}}
'''''G Is for Deep''''' is a solo studio album by American hip hop artist [[Doseone]]. It was released on [[Anticon]] on May 29, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/993262/doseone-last-life-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/|title=Doseone – "Last Life" (Stereogum Premiere)|work=[[Stereogum]]|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=April 4, 2012|access-date=June 15, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611194847/http://stereogum.com/993262/doseone-last-life-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/|archive-date=June 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13587-doseone-end-egg/|title=Doseone "End & Egg"|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Larry|last=Fitzmaurice|date=May 10, 2012|access-date=June 18, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423094535/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13587-doseone-end-egg/|archive-date=April 23, 2016}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| MC = 66/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/g-is-for-deep/doseone|title=G is For Deep - Doseone|work=Metacritic|accessdate=November 18, 2014}}</ref>
| MC = 66/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/g-is-for-deep/doseone|title=G is For Deep by Doseone|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Exclaim!]]''
| rev1 = ''Alarm''
| rev1score = favorable<ref name=exclaim>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/doseone-g_is_for_deep|title=Doseone - G is for Deep|publisher=''Exclaim!''|first=Daniel|last=Sylvester|date=June 13, 2012}}</ref>
| rev1score = favorable<ref name=alarm>{{cite web|url=http://alarm-magazine.com/2012/review-doseones-g-is-for-deep/|title= Review: Doseone's G is for Deep|work=Alarm|first=Zach|last=Long|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Cokemachineglow]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=theskinny>{{cite web|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/records/302173-doseone_g_for_deep|title=Doseone – G Is For Deep|publisher=''The Skinny''|first=Bram E.|last=Gieben|date=June 25, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2score = 85/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6948/doseone-gisfordeep-2012|title=Doseone: G is for Deep|work=[[Cokemachineglow]]|first=Brent|last=Ables|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=July 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706074252/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6948/doseone-gisfordeep-2012|archive-date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''Cokemachineglow''
| rev3 = ''[[Exclaim!]]''
| rev3score = 85%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6948/doseone-gisfordeep-2012|title=Doseone: G is for Deep|publisher=''Cokemachineglow''|first=Brent|last=Ables|date=June 1, 2012}}</ref>
| rev3score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/doseone-g_is_for_deep|title=Doseone - G is for Deep|work=[[Exclaim!]]|first=Daniel|last=Sylvester|date=June 13, 2012|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4score = 5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/doseone/13409|title=Doseone - 'G Is For Deep'|work=NME|first=Ben|last=Cardew|date=July 8, 2012}}</ref>
| rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=nme>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-doseone-13409|title=Doseone - 'G Is For Deep'|work=[[NME]]|first=Ben|last=Cardew|date=July 8, 2012|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/160628-doseone-g-is-for-deep/|title=Doseone: G Is For Deep|work=PopMatters|first=Max|last=Feldman|date=July 17, 2012}}</ref>
| rev5score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/160628-doseone-g-is-for-deep/|title=Doseone: G Is For Deep|work=[[PopMatters]]|first=Max|last=Feldman|date=July 17, 2012|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev6 = ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]''
| rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/doseone-g-deep-anticon/|title=Doseone, 'G is for Deep' (Anticon)|work=Spin|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|date=May 30, 2012}}</ref>
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=theskinny>{{cite web|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/doseone-g-is-for-deep|title=Doseone – G Is For Deep|work=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|first=Bram E.|last=Gieben|date=June 25, 2012|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
| rev7 = [[Alarm (magazine)|Alarm]]
| rev7 = ''Spectrum Culture''
| rev7score = favorable<ref name=alarm>{{cite web|url=http://alarm-magazine.com/2012/review-doseones-g-is-for-deep/|title= Review: Doseone’s G is for Deep|work=Alarm|first=Zach|last=Long|date=June 1, 2012}}</ref>
| rev7score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectrumculture.com/2012/06/12/doseone-g-is-for-deep/|title=Doseone: G is for Deep|work=Spectrum Culture|first=Nick|last=Hanover|date=June 12, 2012|access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev8score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2012/05/doseone-g-deep-anticon/|title=Doseone, 'G is for Deep' (Anticon)|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|date=May 30, 2012|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
}}
}}
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At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''G Is for Deep'' received an average score of 66, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=metacritic/>
'''''G Is for Deep''''' is a studio album from American [[indie hip hop]] artist [[Doseone]]. It was released on [[Anticon]] in 2012.


Bram E. Gieben of ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, stating, "the beats, which Dose produced, are heavily electro-influenced, with a melodic pop sheen that suits his approach to vocals on this release."<ref name=theskinny/> He added: "There's little straight-up rap on the album, but Dose's layered, breathy falsetto singing is definitely a product of incredible breath control and strict rhythmic pattern-generation."<ref name=theskinny/> Ben Cardew of ''[[NME]]'' gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, calling it "an alien funk, in which scampering beats collide with wistful vocal lines."<ref name=nme/> Zach Long of ''Alarm'' said, "Doseone returns with a record that reaches in new directions while retaining all the unique characteristics that make his music unmistakable."<ref name=alarm/>
==Reception==
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At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''G Is for Deep'' received an average score of 66% based on 7 reviews.<ref name=metacritic/>


Azeen Ghorayshi of ''[[East Bay Express]]'' included it on the "Top Ten Albums of 2012" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/azeen-ghorayshis-top-ten-albums-of-the-year/Content?oid=3395968|title=Azeen Ghorayshi's Top Ten Albums of 2012|work=[[East Bay Express]]|first=Azeen|last=Ghorayshi|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=May 28, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825141021/http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/azeen-ghorayshis-top-ten-albums-of-the-year/Content?oid=3395968|archive-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>
Zach Long of ''[[Alarm (magazine)|Alarm]]'' said, "[Doseone] puts the entirety of his vocal range on display throughout ''G is for Deep'', layering voices on top of one another to create a veritable choir."<ref name=alarm/> Bram E. Gieben of ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "the beats, which Dose produced, are heavily electro-influenced, with a melodic pop sheen that suits his approach to vocals on this release."<ref name=theskinny/> Daniel Sylvester of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' felt that "''G is for Deep'' remains an album driven by lustrous compositions and like any good artist, Doseone's voice dutifully abides."<ref name=exclaim/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Doseone]]
|title1=Dancing X
| title1 = Dancing X
|length1=3:28
| length1 = 3:28
|title2=Last Life
| title2 = Last Life
|length2=4:05
| length2 = 4:05
|title3=I Fell
| title3 = I Fell
|length3=5:17
| length3 = 5:17
|title4=Thy Pattern
| title4 = Thy Pattern
|length4=4:02
| length4 = 4:02
|title5=Therapist This
| title5 = Therapist This
|length5=3:54
| length5 = 3:54
|title6=End & Egg
| title6 = End & Egg
|length6=4:05
| length6 = 4:05
|title7=Owlshark
| title7 = Owl Shark
|length7=3:26
| length7 = 3:26
|title8=See Answer
| title8 = See Answer
|length8=3:42
| length8 = 3:42
|title9=Arm in Armageddon
| title9 = Arm in Armageddon
|length9=4:20
| length9 = 4:20
|title10=The Bends
| title10 = The Bends
|length10=5:05
| length10 = 5:05
| total_length = 41:24
}}
}}

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from liner notes.

* [[Doseone]] – vocals, production
* Mike Cresswell – mixing, mastering
* Thomas Brendan – design


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|441874}}
* {{Discogs master|441874|G Is for Deep}}


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Latest revision as of 20:12, 1 January 2024

G Is for Deep
Studio album by
Doseone
ReleasedMay 29, 2012 (2012-05-29)
GenreAlternative hip hop
Length41:24
LabelAnticon
ProducerDoseone
Doseone chronology
Skeleton Repelent
(2007) 		G Is for Deep
(2012) 		G Is for Job
(2020)

G Is for Deep is a solo studio album by American hip hop artist Doseone. It was released on Anticon on May 29, 2012.[1][2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alarmfavorable[4]
Cokemachineglow85/100[5]
Exclaim!favorable[6]
NME[7]
PopMatters[8]
The Skinny[9]
Spectrum Culture[10]
Spin7/10[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, G Is for Deep received an average score of 66, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, stating, "the beats, which Dose produced, are heavily electro-influenced, with a melodic pop sheen that suits his approach to vocals on this release."[9] He added: "There's little straight-up rap on the album, but Dose's layered, breathy falsetto singing is definitely a product of incredible breath control and strict rhythmic pattern-generation."[9] Ben Cardew of NME gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, calling it "an alien funk, in which scampering beats collide with wistful vocal lines."[7] Zach Long of Alarm said, "Doseone returns with a record that reaches in new directions while retaining all the unique characteristics that make his music unmistakable."[4]

Azeen Ghorayshi of East Bay Express included it on the "Top Ten Albums of 2012" list.[12]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Doseone

No.TitleLength
1."Dancing X"3:28
2."Last Life"4:05
3."I Fell"5:17
4."Thy Pattern"4:02
5."Therapist This"3:54
6."End & Egg"4:05
7."Owl Shark"3:26
8."See Answer"3:42
9."Arm in Armageddon"4:20
10."The Bends"5:05
Total length:41:24

Personnel

[edit]

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Doseone – vocals, production
  • Mike Cresswell – mixing, mastering
  • Thomas Brendan – design

References

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  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (April 4, 2012). "Doseone – "Last Life" (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (May 10, 2012). "Doseone "End & Egg"". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "G is For Deep by Doseone". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Long, Zach (June 1, 2012). "Review: Doseone's G is for Deep". Alarm. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Ables, Brent (June 1, 2012). "Doseone: G is for Deep". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  6. ^ Sylvester, Daniel (June 13, 2012). "Doseone - G is for Deep". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Cardew, Ben (July 8, 2012). "Doseone - 'G Is For Deep'". NME. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  8. ^ Feldman, Max (July 17, 2012). "Doseone: G Is For Deep". PopMatters. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Gieben, Bram E. (June 25, 2012). "Doseone – G Is For Deep". The Skinny. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  10. ^ Hanover, Nick (June 12, 2012). "Doseone: G is for Deep". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  11. ^ Reeves, Mosi (May 30, 2012). "Doseone, 'G is for Deep' (Anticon)". Spin. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  12. ^ Ghorayshi, Azeen (November 21, 2012). "Azeen Ghorayshi's Top Ten Albums of 2012". East Bay Express. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
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