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

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. He was a member of Artifacts, Leak Bros, and the hip-hop supergroup The Weathermen.

Musical career

Tame One together with

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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, six solo albums, three mixtapes, and three collaborations one with former labelmate Cage as Leak Bros ( Waterworld), one with

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(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,

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, Vast Aire,

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. 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''. His 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", the video was directed by

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. Credited with making HipHop's first song about "Molly" (MDMA, the active ingredient in Ecstasy), at this time, Tame met Staten Island rapper Dro Pesci and producer Nick Jackelson. Together they recorded the yet-to-be-released album "The Revolution". Brown 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 a reunion Artifacts album with El Da Sensei and DJKaos 1200 (2014) as well as promoting a Boom Skwad Recordings solo mix cd entitled "Skwadzilla".

Personal life and death

Tame One was the first cousin of rapper Redman. He died from

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on November 6, 2022, at the age of 52.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Artifacts

*'' Between a Rock and a Hard Place'' (1994) *''

That's Them ''That's Them'' is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Artifacts. It was released by Big Beat Records in 1997. It peaked at number 134 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, number 3 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, and number 25 on the To ...

'' (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 Homosapien & Tame One

*''

Parallel Uni-Verses ''Parallel Uni-Verses'' is a collaborative studio album by Del the Funky Homosapien and Tame One. It was released by Gold Dust Media in 2009. The album was entirely produced by Parallel Thought. A music video was created for "Flashback". Product ...

'' (2009)

Black Galactus & The Latino Silver Surfer

*''Black Galactus & The Latino Silver Surfer'' (2018) (with Sol Zalez)

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:One, Tame 1970 births 2022 deaths African-American male rappers Rappers from Newark, New Jersey Underground rappers 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians The Weathermen (hip hop group) members 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people