Yameen is an American hip hop producer from

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, United States. His most recent album, "Diamond is Unfadable" was released in 2017 on Rumble Pack Records.

Light of Love / Sound of Fire

In 2010, Yameen released an

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music video for his single, “Light of Love” featuring singer, Lady Alma. The video was a production of Daisuke Nakayama's Realthing studio located in Shibuya, Tokyo and directed by Jamie Vickers (

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, Madhouse). “Light of Love” was a

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of an intended full-featured

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called “The Sound of Fire,” consisting of characters such as the titular Yameen, Meca, Ichi-go and more featured in the video. The video ends with the cast of characters sitting atop the iconic

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music group 3-eyed logo, a clear nod to Yameen's history as " StinkE" with the group.

SupremeEx

The recording alias "SupremeEx" is generally reserved for collaborative concept albums between Yameen and

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. In 1998, SupremeEx released the instrumental-only affair, ''Destructor'' on retail cassette which originally caught the ear of Tajai and also lead to collaborations with Bobbito's Footworks,

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/ EA Sports and Eckō Unltd. clothing, among others. SupremeEx & Tajai began recording what would become their first project together, '' Projecto: 2501'' that same year. In 1999, SupremeEx and Tajai released '' Projecto: 2501'' as the first album on Tajai's fledgling Hieroglyphics Imperium sub-imprint,

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. The critically acclaimed EP - applauded for its imaginative use of story telling elements such as included trading cards,

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and web-delivered content - featured guest artists

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, Low Budget ( Hollertronix), Jay Biz (Hieroglyphics), DJ Nozawa & Major Terror. Additional content was also included on the Enhanced CD including a bonus MP3, computer wallpaper, videos in the studio recording "Projecto" and more. In 2005, Rumble Pack Records released an all-new full-length album from SupremeEx & Tajai entitled, ''

Nuntype ''Nuntype'' is the first full-length album by Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics MC Tajai and SupremeEx following their EP, Projecto: 2501. The album features R&B and soul singer Goapele. It was released on November 8, 2005 on Rumble Pack Recor ...

''. Again, building on the story-telling aspects the duo established on, "Projecto" Nuntype is an album about Chaos, Prophecy and Change with Tajai as a deity who wields the power of Creation. Guest artist included R&B crooner,

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on the album's single, "Meaning". Although never established as an official labelmate, nor indicative of the classic "Hiero sound", Yameen's roots as Stinke — the creator and curator of Hieroglyphics.com between 1995 and 2001 — offer him a curious niche in helping broaden the Hiero discography.

StinkE (Web Developer)

Yameen, under his nom de web "StinkE," designed and coded many popular hiphop websites and was featured as one of URB magazine's "Next 100" people to watch in April 2001. His work with the music group Hieroglpyhics proved particularly ground-breaking. In 1995 when the individual group members of Hieroglyphics were each released from their respective

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, Yameen's

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caught the attention of

member

who made the website the official online destination of Hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics.com was one of the first websites from any music artist and was featured heavily in popular media of the time. Yameen as the site's

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engaged directly with the group's fanbase, fostering a vibrant and active online community at a time when most people did not have access to personal computers or the internet. This community-driven aspect is what allowed the Hieroglyphics to continue to flourish as independent artists without the need of a major label. In 2013,

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mayor Jean Quan recognized the efforts of Yameen and Hieroglyphics.com as "a pioneering entity in technology and innovation and shining example of a local, homegrown business with worldwide appeal and recognition" while officially establishing September 3 as "Hiero Day" in the city of Oakland, CA. Yameen also coded websites for artists such as

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, The Giant Peach, Murs, Mr. Len & more.

Discography

Solo albums

* '' Never Knows Best'' (2008) * '' Never Knows More'' (2009) * '' Never Knows Encore'' (2010) * '' Come On & Go Off'' (2014)

SupremeEx albums

* '' Destructor'' (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

) * '' Projecto: 2501'' (

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

) * ''

'' (

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) * '' Nuntype: The Instrumentals'' ( 2006)

Other appearances

* '' March Madness 2000 (Videogame)'' (

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

) * ''Some of the Coolest Rappers...Ecko Clothing Compilation'' (

) * ''Sleeping Giant'', mixtape by

(

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) * Pre-emptive Hype 3.5 HipHopSite

External links

Official Artist Website

Yameen Discogs

SupremeEx Artist Website

Nuntype Website

Projecto: 2501 Website

Hieroglyphics Website

SupremeEx Discogs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yameen American hip hop musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Rappers from Philadelphia Ropeadope Records artists 21st-century American rappers