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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Themselves| alias = Them| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Oakland , California | genre = Hip hop , Alternative hip hop | years_active = 1997–present| label = anticon. | associated_acts = Subtle 13 & God cLOUDDEAD | current_members = Doseone Jel Themselves is an Oakland -based hip hop group, made up of rapping|rapper Doseone (Adam Drucker) and record producer|producer Jel (Jeff Logan). Dax Pierson , from the affiliated group Subtle (band)|Subtle , has played keyboards for the group, though he is not considered an official member. To date, the group has released three full-length albums and two singles on the anticon. label, as well as being featured on multiple compilations.
Career
Themselves initially recorded and released music under the name Them . The group first made their debut on Anticon 's 1998 breakout compilation Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop with the song "It's Them". Their first album was self-titled ( Them (Themselves album)|Them ) and was released in 1999. This was followed in 2000 by the single (music)|single Joyful Toy of 1001 Faces and another single, This About the City Too , in 2002.
In 2003 they changed their name to Themselves and released The No Music . A remix album was released the next year titled The No Music of AIFFS .
The group returned in 2009 by releasing a free "mixtape" album on the internet, entitled theFREEhoudini , as a promotion for a new upcoming album http://www.anticon.com/thefreehoudini/. TheFREEhoudini featured guests such as sole (artist)|Sole , cLOUDDEAD , Slug (rapper)|Slug , Buck 65 , Serengeti (rapper)|Serengeti , Pedestrian, Aesop Rock , Alias (artist)|Alias , Passage, Mr. Dibbs, D-Styles, Busdriver and Lionesque. This followed a month later by their 3rd studio album, titled CrownsDown . Another remix album, CrownsDown & Company , was released later in 2010.
Associated groups
Themselves is also a part of the supergroup (music)|supergroup 13 & God along with German band The Notwist . The self-titled first album was released in 2005 and was followed up in 2011 by the album Own Your Ghost .
Doseone and Jel also make up part of the band Subtle (band)|Subtle .
