Tame One Biography
Rahem Ross Brown (March 20, 1970 – November 6, 2022), better known by his stage name Tame One, was an American hip hop recording artist and graffiti artist from New Jersey. He was a member of Artifacts, Leak Bros, and the hip-hop supergroup The Weathermen.
Musical career
As half of rap duo Artifacts, they released their "graffiti-honoring debut" album Between a Rock and a Hard Place in 1994, and a follow-up album That's Them in 1997. Tame One has released two albums with the Artifacts, eight solo albums, six mixtapes, and five collaborations one with former labelmate Cage as Leak Bros (Waterworld), one with Del the Funky *sapien (Parallel Uni-verses) and The Revolution album with Dro Pesci and Nick Jackelson. He has worked with artists such as Aesop Rock, El-P, DJ Mr. Len, Breeze Brewin, Travis McCoy, Vast Aire, Yak Ballz, Hussein Fatal, Mos Def, Dro Pesci, The Mighty Rhino, Big Daddy Rap Beast, and KRS-One. He joined the underground supergroup the Weathermen which was formed in 2002 by Cage and El-P, and the same year he released his first solo album and EC debut named When Rappers Attack. Tame One's second solo album O.G. Bobby Johnson appeared in 2005. Next year he issued his next album called Slow Suicide Stimulus, a cooperative project with the Dusted Dons.
In July 2009 Tame One released a music video for his single "Anxiety Attacks" directed by Derek Pike. Credited with making hip-hop's first song about "Molly" (MDMA, the active ingredient in Ecstasy), at this time, Tame met Staten Island rapper Dro Pesci. Together they recorded the yet-to-be-released album "The Revolution".
Tame One also released a new EP for free download at slangcorp.com called "Hell or High Water", produced entirely by DJ Junkwaffel. He also worked on an Artifacts reunion album "No Expiration Date" (2022) as well as promoting a Boom Skwad Recordings solo mixtape en*led "Skwadzilla".
Personal life and death
Tame One was the first cousin of rapper Redman. He belonged to graffiti crews FC CREW (Fame City / First Cl* Crew), originated Boom Skwad Crew (including DJ RhinoCMZ and AKool) as well as LTD (Local Transit Destroyers). He painted pieces, murals and subway trains alongside brother Maliq Griffin (DJ adult movieo). Tame One died from kidney and heart failure on November 6, 2022, at the age of 52. Rahem's mother Darlene Harris utilizes Instagram and Facebook accounts to continue Tame One's artistic legacy.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Artifacts
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1994)
- That's Them (1997)
- That's Them: Lost Files 1989-1992 (2018)
- Rare Collabs & Features (2019)
- Best of... (2019)
- No Expiration Date (2022) (with Buckwild)
The Weathermen
- "The Conspiracy" Mix CD Vol 1" (2003)
Leak Bros
- Waterworld (2004) (with Cage)
Slow Suicide Stimulus
- Slow Suicide Stimulus (2006) (with Dusted Dons)
Del the Funky *sapien & Tame One
- Parallel Uni-Verses (2009)
Black Galactus & The Latino Silver Surfer
- Black Galactus & The Latino Silver Surfer (2018) (with Sol Zalez)
Young Zee x Tame One
- Burn Outz (2024, recorded in 2015)
References
External links
- Cyril Cordor. "Biography", allmusic, undated. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
- Tom Doggett. "Tame One:: Spazmatic:: Blazin' Records", rapreviews, March 28, 2006. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
- Vincent Thomas. "Spazmatic", allmusic, undated. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
- Steve 'Flash' Juon. "Tame One::: When Rappers Attack::: Eastern Conference Records", previews, March 4, 2003. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
- Jason MacNeil. "When Rappers Attack", allmusic, undated. Link retrieved July 13, 2009.
