Ryan McMahon, better known by his

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Iame (pronounced ) (often stylized as IAME or iAMe), and also known since 2014 as "one-man band" Wool See, is an American rapper, record producer and record executive from

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, now based in Vermont. He is a member of the hip hop groups

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and Sandpeople. In 2012, he released the album ''Lame$tream,'' which was given favorable reviews including

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, who on said "This is an MC at the very top of his game" and the albums's songs "shines a light on the MC's powerful grasp of storytelling." He has shared stages with Grayskul,

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, The Chicharones and Boom Bap Project, among many others.

Musical career

During Iame's early musical career, he released the album ''Paradise Lost'' in 2003 with the short lived group Redshield. This album caught the attention of notable Pacific Northwest hip hop artists

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and JFK aka Ninjaface, who would later invite Iame to join

in 2005. Iame is also part of the group Sandpeople, a group consisting of ten members, one of which being Scribble Jam champion Illmaculate. Following ''Paradise'', he started an independent hip hop label named Heaven Noise. In 2009, he released the album I Am My Enemy. The album reached #3 on the CMJ hip hop charts, behind only

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and Eyedea & Abilities. In 2010, he released the album Lightfighter. In 2011, Iame started a Kickstarted campaign to fund his new project ''Lame''. The album features Solillaquists Of Sound and Xperience. The next year, he released the album ''Lame$tream'' and the mixtape ''The Deaf Kid Mixtape''.

Discography

— Solo

Studio albums (as IAME)

* ''Noise Complaints'' (2005) * ''I Am My Enemy'' (2009) * ''Lightfighter'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''Lame$tream'' (2012)

= Studio albums (as Wool See)

= * ''Homie Garden'' (2015) * ''Shed'' (2015) * ''LifeAlert'' (2015) * ''Leaving / Left'' (2017) * ''Ewe Gross'' (2018) * ''Cope Money'' (2022) * ''Ketamine Dream Machine'' (2023) * ''Ketamine Dream Machine Vol. 2'' (2023) * ''Invisibility Cloak'' (2023) * ''Couch Rap Galaxy Brain'' (2023) * ''House Cat'' (2024) * ''High Rivers'' (2024) * ''Premiere Finale'' (2024) * ''I Moved to Vermont and Slowly Became a Jam Band'' (2024) * ''A Weak in the Life'' (2024)

EPs and mixtapes (as IAME)

* ''The Deaf Kid Mixtape'' (2012) ixtape/small> * ''Lame$tream Bonus EP'' (2012) P/small>

EPs and mixtapes (as Wool See)

* ''Winter Worn EP'' (2014) P/small> * ''Left / Over'' (2017) P/small> * ''Ewe2'' (2018) P/small> * ''Panic Room Pop'' (2023) P/small> * ''Just Called'' (2024) P/small> * ''Fifth Grade Fit Model'' (2021) ixtape/small>

— with Sandpeople

Studio albums

* ''Points of View'' (2004) * ''All In Vain'' (2005) eleased in Japan as ''The City Sleeps'' (2006)/small> * ''Honest Racket'' (2007)

EPs, mixtapes and compilations

* ''Sandpeople Present...'' (2006) ompilation/small> * ''Sandpeople: Promotional CD'' (2007) ompilation/small> * ''B-Sides Vol. 1'' (2008) ixtape/small> * ''B-Sides Vol. 2'' (2009) ixtape/small> * ''Long Story, Short...'' (2009) P/small>

— with Oldominion

— Other collaborations

Studio albums

* ''Paradise Lost'' (2004) (with $iMpLe & Mo-B, as Redshield) * ''Due Yesterday'' (2007) (with Goldini Bagwell, as Clockwerk) * ''D00ZY'' (2024) (with R4PC4MP) * ''Greenlit Series'' (2025) (with Claud Six, as Greenlit Series)

EPs and mixtapes

* ''Long Story Short EP'' (2009) P(with Sandpeople) * ''Mandarine'' (2022) P(with Rico James & Elder Orange, as Jade Relics)

— Guest appearances

* Smoke - "Fog On The Shore" from ''Bleed'' (2006) * Syndel - "Drown" from ''Enchantress'' (2006) * Illmaculate - "New Mob" and "Times Have Changes" from ''Police Brutality'' (2009) * Xperience - "What 2 Say" from ''William The VIII'' (2010) * Taco Neck - "The New Wrong" from ''Tutorial'' (2010) *

- "N.W.A List" from '' Hold On for Dear Life'' (2011)

References

External links

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(List of releases)
Heaven Noise Recordings official site
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