Tame One

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 Weathermen. Tame"s graffiti credibility is as follows, founder of his own Boom Skwad crew, and a member of the following crews: LTD NRG FC TC5 CWK TNR YNN TOP QM8 156 CM KAOS INC. IBM XMEN VGL JFK LS AWC NAM BNS VOS DRUG CAC MHS DW AYAK DENIMS AOF MAYHEM CBS WOW TWS WDM PPP LOD DGS "

Musical career As half of rap duo Artifacts (with brother El Da Sensei), 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), and one with Del the Funky Homosapien (Parallel Uni-verses). 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, etc. 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.

Tame One then released an EP at slangcorp.com called Hell or High Water produced by DJ Junkwaffel. He also worked on an Artifacts reunion album No Expiration Date (2022) and promoted a Boom Skwad Recordings EP (CRAZEE, Doin Me and Boom Skwad on Attack).

In 2024, production duo Parallel Thought posthumously produced Acid Tab Vocab, "'Old Jersey Bastard'", and with Xing and Fox Spazmatic. Also in 2024, Young Zee released "Burn Out" and Division East Records re-released The Grudge LP.

Personal life and death Tame One was the first cousin of rapper Redman. He belonged to graffiti crews FC CREW (Fame City / First Class 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 Porno). Tame One died from kidney and heart failure on November 6, 2022, at the age of 52. The medical examiner cited prescribed pharmaceuticals as the likely cause of the heart failure. Rahem's mother Darlene Harris utilizes Instagram and Facebook accounts to continue Tame One's artistic legacy.

Discography

Albums

+ Albums Year Title Label 2003 When Rappers Attack High Times Records 2005 Leeked to the Public Self Released 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. 2010 The Hell or High Water EP Slangcorp 2014 Skwadzilla Self Released via YouTube (has since been deleted) 2015 Skwadzilla Self Released via Bandcamp 2015 Skwadzilla (EP) Blingnot Media 2016 One Flew Over Da Cukoos Nest ep released by Geo Da Abbott via Bandcamp

Singles + Singles Year Title Label 1994 Wrong Side Of Da Tracks (with Artifacts) Big Beat/Atlantic 1994 C'mon Wit Da Git Down (with Artifacts) Big Beat 1995 Dynamite Soul (with Artifacts) Big Beat 1996 Art Of Facts (with Artifacts) Big Beat/Atlantic 1996 Art Of Facts / Man Digga Comin' Thru (split with Artifacts & Man Digga) Big Beat 1996 The Ultimate (with Artifacts) Big Beat 1998 In The Area / Human Torch (split with Ammbush) Not On Label 1999 Trife Type Times Fat Beats 2000 Crazee - Doin Me - Boom Skwad on Attack Boom Skwad Recordings 2001 Eastern Conference All Stars / Nickel Nine (split with Eastern Conference All Stars & Royce da 5'9") Eastern Conference Records/Rapster Records 2003 5 Left In the Clip / Tame As It Ever Was (split with the Weathermen) High Times Records 2003 5 Left in the Clip Original b/w RJD2 Remix (with the Weathermen) Eastern Conference Records 2003 When Rappers Attack Eastern Conference Records 2003 Here We Go Again / Wha'll Out (split with 8076) HipHopSite.com Recordings 2004 Got Wet? / G.O.D. (with Leak Bros) Eastern Conference Records 2004 Spazmatic - Da Muzik Ahead Recordings 2006 Roll Up / I.C.U. (with Slow Suicide Stimulus) Flospot Records

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 Homosapien & 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)