Gabriel Teodros (bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1981) nyɛla yiliyiina ŋun be laɣingu yuli booni Abyssinian Creole mini CopperWire. Tiŋa shɛli o ni zooi n-nyɛ Beacon Hill, Seattle, Washington. Teodros' yila tooi zooi la biɛhigu kpaŋsibu yɛltɔɣa.[1]

Gabriel Teodros
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Piligu biɛhigu

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Teodros nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Seattle, Washington, ka o ma nyɛ Ethiopia nira ka o ba mi nyɛ a Scottish nira, ka lahi Irish nira ŋun yina America.[2]

Discography

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Solo albums

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  • Lovework (Massline, February 27, 2007)[3]
  • Colored People's Time Machine (Fresh Chopped Beats/MADK Productions, January 19, 2012)[4]
  • Children of The Dragon (produced by AirMe) (Independent, May 7, 2014)[5]
  • Evidence of Things Not Seen (produced by SoulChef) (independent, October 28, 2014)[6]
  • History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual) (produced by Moka Only) (independent, September 21, 2018)[7]
  • What We Leave Behind (independent, June 24, 2020)[8]
  • From the Ashes of Our Homes (independent, September 23, 2023)[9]
  • Embers (independent, May 31, 2024)[10]

Collaborative albums

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  • Sexy Beast (with Khingz, as Abyssinian Creole) (MADK/Pangea, November 30, 2005)[11]
  • Crow Hill (with Amos Miller, as Air 2 A Bird) (independent, July 22, 2010)[12]
  • Earthbound (with Meklit Hadero & Burntface, as CopperWire) (Porto Franco Records, April 7, 2012)[13]
  • Sexy Beast EP (with Khingz, as Abyssinian Creole) (MADK/Pangea, 2005)[14]
  • No Label (Massline, 2007)[15]
  • The Lentil Soup EP (produced by DJ Ian Head) (Everyday Beats, May 2011)[16]
  • The Anniversary EP (independent, December 9, 2019)

Mixtapes

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  • Westlake: Class of 1999 (Independent, September 11, 2006)[17]
  • GT's Ethiopium: A Jitter Generation Mixtape (Independent, December 15, 2009)[18]

Non-album singles

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  • "Me & You" featuring Silver Shadow D (independent, July 28, 2009)
  • "Black Love (OCnotes Remix)" with Sarah MK (independent, October 1, 2014)
  • "Domestic Imperialism" with SoulChef (independent, August 25, 2016)
  • "The World Is a Hidmo" (independent, August 29, 2020)
  • "Coffee & Sage" with Third Eye Bling (independent, October 7, 2022)

Guest appearances

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  • Moka OnlyFlood – "Liquid Sunshine" featuring Gabriel T. (Underworld/Battle Axe Records, 2002)[19]
  • MacklemoreThe Language of My World – "Claiming The City" featuring Abyssinian Creole (independent, 2005)[20]
  • Common MarketCommon Market – "Every Last One (Cornerstone Remix)" featuring Geologic (of Blue Scholars) & Gabriel Teodros (MassLine, 2006)[21]
  • Nam – Exhale – "Ghetto" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Toni Hill (independent, 2008)[22]
  • The Kafa Beanz – Andromeda: The Chronicles of Blackopia Volume 1 – "Tizita" – Gabriel Teodros featuring B Sheba (Burntface Media, 2008)[23]
  • DJ Ian Head – Pieces – "Sippin Coffee" featuring Abyssinian Creole (independent, 2008)
  • Khingz – From Slaveships To Spaceships – "Boi Caimen At Adwa" featuring Gabriel Teodros (Fresh Chopped Beats/MADK, 2009)[24]
  • Big World Breaks – 4 Those Lost... – "Emerald City Step" featuring Yirim Seck, Khingz, B-Flat, Gabriel Teodros, okanomodé (independent, 2009)[25]
  • The LivinYard – Summer's Here / Society Of Summer – Khingz, Nam & Gabriel Teodros (independent, 2009)[26]
  • Canary Sing – Boss Ladies: A Mixtape – "Raindrops" featuring Gabriel Teodros, Slay, Chev, One. Two (independent, 2010)[27]
  • Sabreena Da Witch – A Woman Under The Influence – "Beit / Home" featuring Gabriel Teodros (independent, 2010)[28]
  • Random Abiladeze – Indubitably! – "On My Feet" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Uptown Swuite (independent, 2011)[29]
  • BocaflojaPatologías del Invisible Incómodo – "Agonia" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Hollis Wong-Wear (Quilomboarte, 2012)[30]
  • KA.LIL (Khingz) – Between Saturday Night & Sunday Morning – "Year 3000" featuring Gabriel Teodros (Wandering Worx, 2013)
  • SoulChef – Food For Thought – "Black Love" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Sarah MK (independent, 2013)[31]
  • Hightek Lowlives – Humanoid Void – "Humanoid Void" & "Believe In Me" featuring Gabriel Teodros (Cabin Games, 2014)[32]
  • BluRum13 & Conn-Shawnery – BluConnspiracy – "Mr. Brainwash" & "Unify the Body" featuring Gabriel Teodros (independent, 2016)
  • Rebel DiazYou Mad! – "You Mad!" featuring Gabriel Teodros (independent, 2018)
  • Chris Carroll – Blue – "Blue" featuring Gabriel Teodros (Raindrop Sound, 2021)[33]
  • Khingz – A Safe Place For Us – "Badtz Maru", "No Perfect Person" & "Ashes '95" featuring Gabriel Teodros (OTOW/freshcutlowers, 2023)[34]
  • BocaflojaDespués de Ma​ñ​ana – "Fanonian" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Aisha Fukushima (independent, 2023)

Videography

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  • 2007: "No Label (Esma Remix)"[35]
  • 2007: "Don't Cry For Us" featuring Khingz & Toni Hill[36]
  • 2008: "Third World Wide"[37]
  • 2008: "Tizita"[38]
  • 2011: "Computer Parlor"[16]
  • 2012: "Blossoms of Fire"[39]
  • 2012: CopperWire "Phone Home"[40]
  • 2012: Bocafloja "Agonia" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Hollis Wong-Wear[30]
  • 2012: "Mind Power"[41]
  • 2014: "Black Love" featuring Sarah MK[42]
  • 2014: "Light Attracts Light & Everything Else Too"[43]
  • 2015: "Greeny Jungle" featuring Shakiah[44]
  • 2016: "Domestic Imperialism"[45]
  • 2022: "Coffee & Sage" with Third Eye Bling
  • 2022: "Open Letter"
  • 2023: "Spacetime"
  • 2023: "You & Me" featuring Aisha Fukushima & Ijeoma Oluo

Kundivihira

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  1. Biography by Cyril Cordor. Allmusic.
  2. "Interview: Gabriel Teodros". The Find Magazine. July 13, 2010.
  3. Review by Robert Christgau. Rolling Stone. March 22, 2007.
  4. "RapReview Of The Week" by Steve 'Flash' Juon. RapReviews. January 17, 2012.
  5. "Gabriel Teodros ‘Children Of the Dragon’ Exclusives". Okayafrica. March 27, 2014.
  6. "Gabriel Teodros Unearths Things Not Seen Via His Ethiopian Hip Hop". MTV Iggy. November 20, 2014.
  7. "Beyond Grunge: 15 Artists Redefining Seattle Music". NPR Music. June 12, 2019.
  8. "Gabriel Teodros - What We Leave Behind" by Chi Chi Thalken. Scratched Vinyl. June 24, 2020.
  9. "Best of September". KRCL. September 29, 2023.
  10. "New Music Reviews (6/3)". KEXP. June 3, 2024.
  11. "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell Jr. The Stranger. December 1, 2005.
  12. "Air 2 A Bird Gets Chirpy via Gabriel Teodros and Amos Miller's Crow Hill" by Nick Feldman Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Seattle Weekly. July 28, 2010.
  13. "Copperwire's 'Earthbound' album review" by Aidin Vaziri. San Francisco Chronicle. April 15, 2012.
  14. "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell, Jr. The Stranger. February 3, 2005
  15. "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell Jr. The Stranger. February 14, 2007
  16. 16.0 16.1 "Gabriel Teodros x DJ Ian Head - Computer Parlor" by Larry Mizell, Jr. The Stranger. April 19, 2011.
  17. "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell Jr. The Stranger. December 28, 2006.
  18. "Tonight: Gabriel Teodros at Chop Suey" by Kevin Capp. Seattle Weekly. March 15, 2010.
  19. Moka Only - Flood. Discogs.
  20. Macklemore - The Language Of My World. Discogs
  21. "Seattle's hip-hop scene comes into its own" by Andrew Matson. The Seattle Times. April 27, 2007.
  22. "Pho Shizzle" by Jonathan Cunningham. Seattle Weekly. May 19, 2009.
  23. "The Kafa Beanz" by Will Georgi. Okayplayer. January 4, 2010.
  24. "Khingz: Time to Share the Wealth" by Jonathan Cunningham. Seattle Weekly. June 16, 2009.
  25. "CD Review: Big World Breaks' 4 Those Lost" by Jonathan Cunningham. Seattle Weekly. July 21, 2009.
  26. "Seattle's New Summertime Hip-Hop Group" by Jonathan Cunningham Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Seattle Weekly. August 11, 2009.
  27. "Canary Sing's Lioness Talks About Neumos Ladies Night" by Jonathan Cunningham. PubliCola | Seattle Met. February 9, 2010.
  28. A Woman Under The Influence Archived 2013-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. Harvard Hiphop Archive.
  29. "That's so Random" by Nick Miller. Sacramento News & Review. August 18, 2011.
  30. 30.0 30.1 "Bocafloja – Agonia". Ritmo Urbano. August 2012.
  31. "Gabriel Teodros ft. Sarah MK ‘Black Love’". Okayafrica. November 6, 2013.
  32. "Seattle Music 2014: Soul Artists". Seattle Magazine. September 2014.
  33. "Song Of The Day: Chris Carroll - Blue (feat. Gabriel Teodros)". KEXP. November 29, 2021.
  34. "Stranger Suggests: Dee's Nuts, Three-Body Problem, Who Is She? Record Release Party, and New Music from Gabriel Teodros and Khingz". The Stranger. September 20, 2023.
  35. "2009 Stranger Film Genius Zia Mohajerjasbi" by Charles Mudede. The Stranger. November 12, 2009.
  36. "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell, Jr. The Stranger. July 12, 2007.
  37. "Gabriel Teodros - Lovework" by dantana. Okayplayer. January 18, 2007.
  38. "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell, Jr. The Stranger. August 7, 2008.
  39. "Video: Gabriel Teodros - Blossoms of Fire" by Shamz. Okayplayer. January 11, 2012.
  40. "PREMIERE: CopperWire’s New Music Video - Phone Home" by Garrett Houghton. MTV Iggy. April 17, 2012.
  41. "Gabriel Teodros - Mind Power" by Ado. African Hip Hop. March 3, 2013.
  42. "Watch Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef’s ‘Black Love’ Ft. Sarah MK [Premiere]". Okayafrica. October 1, 2014.
  43. "Stream Gabriel Teodros' James Baldwin-Inspired 'Evidence Of Things Not Seen' LP". Okayafrica. October 30, 2014.
  44. "Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef Premiere Their Protest Video For 'Greeny Jungle". Okayafrica. February 20, 2015.
  45. "Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef / Domestic Imperialism". Sociedad Cimarrona. September 3, 2016.
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