OFFICIAL BAND BIO: THE CHRONIC KEEPERS, (OFFICIAL MEMBERS; (STEM & GIMICS) ______________________________________________________________________________________ THE CHRONIC KEEPERS ARE STEM's SIDE PROJECT AND IS A WHOLE OTHER ENTITY THEN THE SOLO WORK OF STEM, ALONG WITH CO-FOUNDER MC-GIMICS AND FAZE-1 WHO WAS ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER BUT HAD LEFT THE GROUP WHEN HE RELOCATED OUT OF STATE IN 2010, ALSO RIGHT WHEN THE GROUP OFFICIALLY TOOK A HIATUS AKA A LONG FUCKING BRAKE! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IT ALL STARTED BACK IN 2005,WITH THE 1ST EP RELEASE & THE FIRST GROUP PROJECT FOR UHS RECORDS,OFFICIALLY THE GROUP HAS ALL TOGETHER (4 )OFFICIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS EP's A FULL LP, SINGLES PLUS A NEW 2017 (5 SONG EP RELEASE,"2ND HAND HIGH" MORE ON THAT LATER...BUT FIRST, STARTING IN 2005's WITH THE DEBUT 8 TRACK EP "28:GRAMS IN A OZ" WITCH WAS MADE AT THE END OF 2004 AS A IDEA AS A COOL SIDE PROJECT THAT STEM AND UHS RECORDS COULD HAVE FUN WITH AND WOULD ALLOW FRIENDS AND FELLOW RAPPERS FAZE-1 AND GIMICS TO RELEASE SOME RECORD RHYMES AND GET SOME SONGS DONE AND HAVE SOME FUN FOR STEM,( WHO IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AS WELL AS RECORDING ENGINE FOR THE PROJECT) WOULD GET TO ALSO EXPLORE THAT NEW AVENUE OF RECORDING 2 OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL AS HAVE HIMSELF AS A MEMBER OF A REAL DEAL GROUP A BAND EFFORT, THE "28 GRAMS IN A OZ"EP WAS DROPPED ON NEWS YEARS 2005,THEN THE NEXT THING TO GET DONE AS A GROUP WAS 2007's UHS SAMPLER WITCH HAD A MIX OF STEM SOLO WORK AND SOLO WORK FROM BOTH GIMICS AND FAZE,AND 2 SONGS AS THE CK 'THE PIPE LINE OF TIME IN OUR RHYMES" AND "INDUSTRY PLAYING" 2007. AND THEN WORK BEGONE ON WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST FULL LP(11 SONGS) WITCH WOULD BE STARTED IN EARLY 2007,WHILE WORKING ON THE OHS SAMPLER, AND WOULD BE RELEASED IN 2008 AND HAVE ALL 3 MEMBERS ON IT "THE SMOKIN LOUNGE" A STONER RAP CLASSIC ,A FULL ALBUM WITH 11 FULL SONGS, THIS EP HAD ALL 3 ON THE RELEASE, HOWEVER BUT HAD STEM & FAZE ON MOST OF THE SONGS. ASWELL AS NOTED ,THE KEEPERS BEING A GROUP WOULD HAVE EITHER FAZE-1 OR MC GIMICS ON A SONG OR ALL 3, STEM WHO ALSO RECORDED THE KEEPERS WOULD BE ON ALL THE SONG,IF NOT AS A RAPPER AS A DJ SCRATCHING AND MIXING
FAZE1, (WHO WAS ALSO ON THE 1ST EP & THE FULL LP "THE SMOKIN LOUNGE" AS WELL AS THE 4 TRACK 2010 EP 'UNTITLED" WITCH WAS THE LAST RELEASE TO FEATURE THE CLASSIC CHRONIC KEEPERS TRIO OF (STEM-FAZE1-MC GIMICS) WOULD BE THE MEMBER WHO HELPED BRING THE KEEPERS THE STAGE, REALLY DUE TO THE FACT STEM WAS HEAVILY TOURING HIS SOLO WORK LOCALLY ALLOVER CA AND UP IN EAST LA, AT THE AIRLINER IN 2008 HAD STEM BOOKED A FEW TIMES AND FAZE-1 BEING STEM'S FRIEND WAS INVITED UP ONSTAGE TO SPIT SOME RHYMES OVER WHATEVER STEM HAD ON THE CDJ PLAYER,WITCH WAS MOST LIKELY A REAL DEAL CHRONIC KEEPER BEAT/SINGLE STEM WOULD ADD A CK MIX OR A "I GOT 5 ON IT BEAT" OR SOMETHING COVERISH TO LIVE UP THE CROWD
AT TIMES AND STEM WOULD HAVE FAZE ON THESE SONGS,WITCH LEAD TO A FEW OFFICIAL CK SHOWS, BEING BOOKED THIS IS THE SAME AS WELL AS A FEW STEM & GIMICS CHRONIC KEEPERS SETS WENT DOWN IN THE LATE 2009,WHEN GIMICS WOULD ROLL OUT WITH STEM OR MEET UP)
,THE CHONIC KEEPERS WHO, ALWAYS HAD 1 OF THE 2 (GIMICS & FAZE-1) ON A SONG IF NOT THE 3 OF US WITCH ARETHING SOME OF THE DOPEST SONGS WE PUT OUT AND DONE LIVE, THE 4 SONG EP,THE LAST RELEASE DONE BEFORE THE BRAKE WAS "UNTITLED" (2009) AND IS A OK 4 SONG MIX UP WITH BOTH GIMICS AND FAZE1 PAPERING,STEM AND FAZE GIVE A WICKET IMANGINORY IMAGE AS FOUND ON ONE OF THE SONGS,AND A SIMPLE KIND OF BEAT IS DONE WITH GIMICE AND STEM'S MIX "ANOTHERBONGHIT" BOTH TRACKS BEING RELEASES AS INTERNET ONLY RELEASES IN 2009-2010,
THE EP IS A HALF AND HALF KIND OF PROJECT,BOTH GIMICS AND FAZE APPEARED ON THE EP,JUST NOT ALWAYS ON ALL SONGS, BUT THAT IS HOW ALL THE PROJECTS WENT STEM AND GIMICS WOULD START UP SOMETHING AND THEN FAZE WOULD COME BY AND ADD HIS PART,THATS HOW THE GROUP STARTED AS A DOPE SIDE PROJECT, AND REALLY YOU CAN SAY THERE HAS BEEN A FEW VERSIONS OF THE CHRONIC KEEPERS, THE 1ST BEING ALL 3 OF US IN THE EARLY DAYS 2005-2007- THEN THE VERSION WITH STEM AND FAZE1 WAS THE MIDDLE LIVE ON STAGE FULL LP VERSION, MC GIMIC WAS ALSO ON THE SMOKING LOUNGE LP, LIKE I SAID THIS PROJECT HAD MORE OF THIS MIX, AND THE VERSION NOW TODAY IS THE "PIPE LINE VERSION" IF YOU WILL THE STEM AND GIMICS VERSION, WHO ALSO HAD A FEW LIVE SHOWS AND ALL BUT WHO ALSO BROUGHT YOU SOME CLASSIC KEEPERS FLOWS OVER THE YEARS! THE NEW EP, "2ND HAND HIGH" IS JUST ABOUT HERE, THE 2 FULL SONGS "BLUE DREAMING" AND "ALWAYS ON POINT" ARE FOUND HERE ON THIS PAGE BELOW, PLUS HIT UP THIS LINK OFFICIAL CHRONIC KEEPERS FACE BOOK
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