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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Rahzel
Person · male · United States · Queens · born 1967 · recording since 1999
American musician
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Also known as Rahzel Brown · Rahzel Manely Brown · Rahzel, "The Godfather of Noyze" · Razhel · 拉泽尔
Timeline
4 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1960s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Make the Music 2000
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
Biography
English biography140 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374416662
Biography
Rozell Manely Brown (born October 6, 1964) is an American beatboxer and rapper, formerly a member of the Roots.
Rahzel is known for an ability to sing or rap while simultaneously beatboxing, as evidenced in his performances of "Iron Man" and his signature song "If Your Mother Only Knew", a hidden track on Make the Music 2000. His talents are showcased in various solo projects as well as on Ben Harper's 2000 single "Steal My Kisses." He also provided his own voice on video games SSX and SSX Tricky, as well as the EA Sports BIG logo from 2000 to 2008. Rahzel was featured on the album True Love by Toots and the Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians.
Studio albums
1999: Make the Music 2000
2004: Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 4 | 17th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 50:41
1The Human Beatbox (interlude)0:312Make the Music 20004:033Super Dee Jay1:064All I Know4:215Carbon Copy (I Can’t Stop)4:416I Know What Ya Sayin’ (interlude)0:357Night Riders3:348Just the Beginning (interlude)0:129Bubblin, Bubblin (Pina Colada)4:2410To the Beat4:1311Wu Tang Live (interlude)2:0912Steal My Soul4:4613For the Ladies (interlude)0:1114Suga Sista4:3215Southern Girl3:1016If Your Mother Only Knew (interlude)8:132003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:11:02
1Let’s Get Ready to Rumble1:312Essentials (JS‐1 Remix)1:223Live in London1:294Rahstrumental Breaks 10:455Nuthin to Fuck Wit1:576The Four Elements1:017Freestyle 1 (Tim Westwood Show)1:558It’s a Must4:079Rahstrumental Breaks 21:5210Childrens Story3:2111Rahstrumental Breaks 3 (Deep Cover)1:3312Hot 97.1 Interlude (LIVE with Funkmaster Flex)5:4913Used to be Perfect (Beat Box Remix)3:2714Southern Girl2:5115The Lesson Part 15:0716Rahzel vs. DJ JS‐15:0117Live from Atlanta (Radio)5:3618Live from Philadelphia2:2319Time to Get Live!2:4220Night Rider (JS‐1 Remix)3:0821The Undisputed (Interlude)1:4922Rahstrumental Breaks 42:5223Freestyle 2 (Tim Westwood Show)2:5024U.N.I.T.Y.1:2725Tribute to Aaliyah (‘One in a Million’ – Live in London)1:1526Guess (U Never Knew)3:52
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Rahzel head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 4 | 17th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freaks of Nature(band) | — | present | |
| The Roots(band) | 1995 | 1999 |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rahzel_2010_%28cropped%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/484cabf9-4ded-4498-9444-e58251b9bba3discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/484cabf9-4ded-4498-9444-e58251b9bba3core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918592genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918592seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahzelbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahzel
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
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Image: Mysekurity · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q918592 · MusicBrainz: 484cabf9-4ded-4498-9444-e58251b9bba3
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