Tame One
Rahem Brown, better known by his stage name Tame One, is an American hip hop recording artist from New Jersey. He is founding member of duos such as Artifacts and Leak Bros, as well as the hip hop supergroup The Weathermen. Tame One, along with Jay Burnz Jay, are Founder and Co-founder of the super hip hop group The Boom Skwad since 1992, of which Tame One is President. He appointed Jay Burnz Jay as Vice President of The Boom Skwad.
Musical career
Tame One together with El Da Sensei 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, one with Del The Funky Homosapien 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, Dro Pesci, Vast Aire, Yak Ballz, Hussein Fatal, Mos Def, 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. 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 Derek Pike. Credited for making HipHop's first song about "Molly". 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".
He also has released a new EP for free download at slangcorp.com called "Hell or High Water", produced entirely by DJ Junkwaffel. Currently working on a reunion Artifacts album with El Da Sensei and DJKaos 1200 as well promoting a Boom Skwad Recordings solo mix cd entitled "Skwadzilla"
Personal life
He is Redman's first cousin.Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 2003 | When Rappers Attack | High Times Records |
| 2005 | O.G. Bobby Johnson | Eastern Conference |
| 2006 | Spazmatic | Blazin' Records |
| 2007 | The Grudge | Division East |
| 2008 | Da Ol Jersey Bastard | Amalgam Digital |
| 2009 | Acid Tab Vocab with Parallel Thought | Parallel Thought LTD. |
| 2009 | Parallel Uni-Verses with Del The Funky Homosapien | Gold Dust Media |
| 2010 | Hell or High Water | Slangcorp |
| 2014 | Skwadzilla | Blingnot Media |
Singles
Artifacts
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- That's Them
The Weathermen
- The Conspiracy
Leak Bros
- Waterworld
Slow Suicide Stimulus
- Slow Suicide Stimulus
with Del the Funky Homosapien
- Parallel Uni-Verses
with Dro Pesci and Nick Jackelson
- The Revolution