G Is for Deep

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]

G Is for Deep
Studio album by Doseone
Released	May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29)
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	41:24
Label	Anticon
Producer	Doseone
Doseone chronology
Skeleton Repelent (2007) G Is for Deep (2012) G Is for Job (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alarm	favorable[4]
Cokemachineglow	85/100[5]
Exclaim!	favorable[6]
NME	[7]
PopMatters	[8]
The Skinny	[9]
Spectrum Culture	[10]
Spin	7/10[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

No.	Title	Length
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

All tracks are written by Doseone.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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