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Wrap your brain around this...

crujones | kansas city, mo | 08/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'd first found Doseone in the dollar bin at the local shop in the form of Clouddead. Needless to say, it was the best dollar I had ever spent. Over the next few weeks, my musical mission would be to explore every creepy, abstract corner of Doseone's world. I stumbled upon Circle shortly thereafter. Mission Accomplished.



Upon first listen, I was transplanted to a dreamy, eerie place straddling the line of genius and pure insanity. If you've ever heard Doseone before, you may know generally what to expect. On Circle, he is at the peak of his pretentious, nasal, certifiable self. Complimenting him here is Boom Bip, who has somehow managed to create the perfect backdrop for Dose's often incomprehensible ranting. (Thankfully, they've included liner notes)



This album will surely confuse, confound and bewilder even the most weathered "abstract-hop" listener. Just pay attention, hang on and enjoy your journey."

I love it!

Nickels | 07/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love Boom Bip. I love Doseone even more. Its hard to know where to start with circle. If you like dosone, I would highly reccommend this release. He is stranger than he has ever been. The third track, Square, is where you see it first. This song reminds me alot of sir mixalots "I like big butts" song (Which I Hate) but when I heard Square, I laughed my ass off. I listened to it over and over again. It still hasnt lost its appeal. Other songs hes plain up strange with refrences to religion. In "questions over coffee" He's asking himself questions. "Question 1: Jesus wasnt a carpenter, he was a gardener" Later he revisits que 1 and says "Jesus didnt cut the grass, he just got all melodramatic and moderific & sat in it, and dont tell anyone but I'm making this whole thing up as I go along, and it feels GOOD"



Another song, Me and Peoples, he starts with "So me and jesus, go out to dinner one night, and everyone starts nailing themselves to things, kinda, trying to impress him, ya know? even my freinds, and the waiters. I was SO embarassed" Its hard to explain this album, but I think its witty, hilarious, all of the above. I would strongly suggest buying it."

Far from boring

7th Angl | Ontario, Canada | 05/03/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Circle is undoubtedly Dose's most abstract work to date, which is saying a lot for this most masterful of conceptual lyricists. As most of the other reviewers note, it is very difficult, if not at all impossible, to convey just how absurd this work is. Dose unleashes a fusillade of archaic witticisms, except for on the occasional Boom Bip instrumental. He sounds like a mad 19th-Century british ornithologist on some kind of preposterous stakeout. Believe me, this album makes even less sense the more you listen to it, and this is not at all a bad thing. Circle employs some starkly original production, and the atmosphere is constantly varied so it never becomes soporific in spite of its weirdness."