Gabriel Teodros (born 1981) is a hip hop artist and a member of the groups Abyssinian Creole and CopperWire. He was raised on Beacon Hill, Seattle, Washington. Teodros' music often features socially conscious themes, and he was a catalyst in the surge of dynamic underground rap acts from the Pacific Northwest during the first decade of the 2000s.[. Allmusic.]
Early life
Teodros was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, to an Ethiopian mother and a father of Scottish, Irish and Native American descent.
[ "Interview: Gabriel Teodros". The Find Magazine. July 13, 2010.] His parents met through anti-war organizing in the 1970s, and they split up around the time Gabriel was born. He stayed with his mother, and met grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins as they first emigrated to the United States and all stayed in the same house.
[ Interview: Gabriel Teodros. The Find Magazine. July 13, 2010.]
Teodros's relationship with hip hop culture began at a young age within the South Seattle neighborhood of Beacon Hill. "A lot of kids in my neighborhood were affected by gang culture. And I kind of had a death wish. I felt like, at an early age, that I wasn’t going to live to 21," he said in an interview with Sheeko Magazine. He spent his high school years in Las Vegas, Nevada where as one out of approximately 30 students of color in a predominantly white school, something within him changed. "It was the first time I understood that there was a system in place that wanted kids like me to want to die. And understanding that in high school made me want to live," he said in the same interview. The former breakdancer, graffiti writer and closet-emcee finally began to take his career path seriously at age 16, using hip hop to both understand and explain his world.[ "Profile: Gabriel Teodros" by Alison Isaac . Sheeko Magazine. July 2008.]
Music career
1999–2005: Beginnings and Abyssinian Creole
Teodros began his musical career around 1999, when he returned to Seattle and began working with a live band called 500 Years. That same year, he met an MC named Khalil Crisis (better known as Khingz), from the group Maroon Colony. The two groups began sharing bills together all over Seattle and the two MCs also began working with a community organization called Youth Undoing Institutionalized Racism. In 2001, YUIR sent them to a conference in
New Orleans, and it was there that Teodros and Khingz saw how much they had in common outside of music. They formed the group Abyssinian Creole to both represent their peoples and the bridges between them.
[ Gabriel Teodros (of Abyssinian Creole) - interview by Todd E. Jones. Insomniac Magazine. December 19, 2006.]
Also in 2001, Teodros released his first solo album, entitled Sun To A Recycled Soul.
In 2005, Abyssinian Creole released its debut album, Sexy Beast,[ "Let 'Lovework' Rule" by Charles Mudede. The Stranger. February 27, 2007.] The album's featured guests include Moka Only, Geologic of Blue Scholars and Macklemore.[ "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell Jr. The Stranger. December 1, 2005.] What Sexy Beast made apparent was the diversity of Northwest hiphop: It can come from anywhere (East Africa, Haiti) and be about anything (love, immigration, meditation).[ "Up & Coming" by Charles Mudede. The Stranger. January 10, 2008.]
2006–2007: Lovework
In the spring of 2006, Teodros completed the entire
Lovework album with producer Amos Miller, around the same time MassLine Media was being formed with Teodros,
Blue Scholars and Common Market.
had additional beat contributions from Sabzi of Blue Scholars,
Moka Only, Kitone, and Specs One. Its sound was primarily influenced by Seattle veteran Vitamin D (who also mixed the record) and the late
J Dilla.
The album title,
Lovework was inspired by
bell hooks and her book
, where hooks insists that to truly know love, one must agree that love is a verb. She goes further to say to truly know love, one must work to undo every system of domination that stops people from truly loving. The title was also inspired by a quote from
Kahlil Gibran's
The Prophet: "Work is love made visible".
Also in 2006, Good Medicine was formed: a four-person group composed of Teodros, Khingz, Macklemore and Geologic of Blue Scholars. Good Medicine have headlined a handful of shows in the Seattle area but have never released any music as a group.[ "Things are hopping for hip-hoppers Blue Scholars" by Tom Scanlon . The Seattle Times. January 19, 2007.] Towards the end of that year, Teodros independently released a mix-tape/CD entitled Westlake: Class of 1999, which was a collection of his unreleased songs recorded in four different cities between 2002 and 2006.[ "I Don't Label, I Just Call It Like I Hear It" by Angelica LeMinh . Shotgun Reviews. 2007.]
The Lovework album was released on February 27, 2007, on MassLine, to critical acclaim.[ "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell Jr. The Stranger. February 14, 2007] The album topped the CMJ Hip Hop charts for two weeks and came in at No. 19 for the year 2007.[ College Music Journal. New Music Report. 2007.] Teodros was also named as one of URB Magazines "Next 100".[ "Next 100" Gabriel Teodros - Reviewed by Kevin Polowy. URB Magazine. 2007.]
2009–2010: Air 2 A Bird and GT's Ethiopium
In the fall of 2009, after being deported from the London-Heathrow Airport and having to cancel a European tour, Teodros found himself in a Brooklyn, New York recording studio with
Lovework producer Amos Miller.
[ "Gabriel Teodros Talks about Life, Music, and the Future" Interview by AddisTunes . AddisTunes. November 20, 2009.] They spent two weeks together crafting a 12 track album produced using mostly
GarageBand, a piano, and the recordings of actual birds.
[ Air 2 A Bird "Crow Hill" Album Review by Alex . KEXP 90.3 FM. August 12, 2010.] The result was Air 2 A Bird's
Crow Hill, released independently in the summer of 2010.
[ "Gabriel Teodros & Amos Miller’s Air 2 A Bird" by Chul Gugich. SSG Music. August 17, 2010.]
In December 2009, Teodros released GT's Ethiopium: A Jitter Generation Mixtape.[ "Ethiopium" by Toast. Last Night's Mixtape. December 17, 2009.] This release shined a light on the realities of Ethiopia, touched on America's own imperfections and stressed the importance of exploring one's own intelligence and spirituality. It was made completely using instrumentals from Oh No's Ethiopium, which was made completely using old-school and rare samples of Ethiopian music.[ "Gabriel Teodros – GTs Ethiopium: A Jitter Generation Mixtape (2009)" Dopehug. December 18, 2009.]
2012: Colored People's Time Machine and CopperWire
In January 2012, Teodros released
Colored People's Time Machine, his first full-length solo album since
Lovework.
[ "Review: Gabriel Teodros - Colored People's Time Machine" by Jonathan Cunningham. Okayplayer. January 2012.] Colored People's Time Machine was recorded in Seattle and Brooklyn and is a multi-lingual, multi-genre album that featured vocal, instrumental, and production collaborations with 20 different artists. On it, he explored themes of love (
Goodnight, a brief interlude on a long-distance relationship), cultural identity (
Blossoms of Fire), personal identity (
Alien Native, a biographical tale), the concept of home (
Diaspora and
Beit), loss (
Ella Mable Bright, a tribute to his grandmother featuring
Meklit Hadero), music (
Colored People’s Time Machine, and
Sun and Breeze, also featuring Meklit Hadero and Amos Miller), and the music industry (
You A Star, on which he warns about the pitfalls of the industry and the danger of buying into the illusion of stardom).
[ "New Release: Colored People's Time Machine by Gabriel Teodros" by Anne Mazimhaka. This Is Africa. January 18, 2012.] Other guests on the album include Mexico City's
Bocafloja, Los Angeles emcee SKIM, and Palestinian wordsmith Sabreena Da Witch.
On April 17, 2012, CopperWire's debut album Earthbound was released on Porto Franco Records.[ "NEW MUSIC: Earthbound – Copperwire". 206up.com. April 16, 2012.] CopperWire is a group composed of Teodros, Meklit Hadero and Burntface. All three celebrate their Ethiopian ancestry on the album, but do so through the characters of galactic fugitives aboard a hijacked starship.[ "Space Music: CopperWire, Eastern Bloc Funk and Mœbius" by Robert Lamb. Discovery News. April 25, 2012.] Earthbound's story, as described in liner notes by award-winning science fiction author Nnedi Okorafor, casts CopperWire members as characters that journey to Earth in the year 2089 to learn what it means to be human. They include mad scientist Scholar Black (Burntface), alien-human hybrid Getazia (Gabriel Teodros) and interstellar telepath Ko Ai (Meklit Hadero).[ "With Earthbound, CopperWire Creates a Soulful Sci-Fi Space Opera" by Scott Thill. Wired. April 25, 2012.] The album uses metaphors of intergalactic distances to talk about diaspora and cultural connection and disconnection.[ "Star search" by Mirissa Neff. San Francisco Bay Guardian. May 2, 2012.] The album also uses sonified light curves (that is the sound of , processed through Fourier analysis into frequencies that can be heard by humans) courtesy of SETI Institute researcher and NASA Kepler Labs analyst Jon Jenkins.
2014: Children of the Dragon and Evidence of Things Not Seen
On May 7, 2014, Teodros independently released the album
Children of the Dragon with Washington, DC–based producer AirMe. Teodros met AirMe in 2011 during a 24-hour layover in Washington, DC while traveling between the cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Seattle, WA. They recorded their first song together that day, before co-creating 20 more tracks together the following month.
[ "Premiere: Gabriel Teodros x AirMe '24 Hour Layover'" by Alyssa Klein. Okayafrica. March 18, 2014.] The title
Children of the Dragon is a reference to mythology Teodros first heard of in
Haile Gerima's film
Teza.
[ "Gabriel Teodros: Children of the Dragon". Africa Speaks 4 Africa. July 6, 2014.]
On October 28, 2014, Teodros released the album Evidence of Things Not Seen with Auckland, New Zealand–based producer SoulChef, and featured vocals from Jonathan Emile, Shakiah and Sarah MK. The album and its title were largely inspired by James Baldwin, and it was released within a full-size book of Teodros' lyrics.[ "Stream Gabriel Teodros' James Baldwin-Inspired 'Evidence Of Things Not Seen' LP" by Z Weg. Okayafrica. October 30, 2014.] City Arts Magazine described it as the best album of Teodros' career.[ "The Power Of Place" by Jonathan Cunningham. City Arts Magazine. December 2014.]
2018: History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual)
On September 21, 2018, Teodros released his fifth solo album,
History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual), a concept album about healing from trauma that was partially inspired by Bessel van der Kolk's book
. The album's featured guests included
Meklit Hadero, Khingz,
Nikkita Oliver, Essam, Shakiah, Mikaela Romero, Otieno Terry and it was entirely produced by
Moka Only.
[ "Gabriel Teodros addresses trauma and the healing he found in music and the Southend on his new album" by Regan Jackson. South Seattle Emerald. October 4, 2018.]
[ "‘History Rhymes If It Doesn’t Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual)’ by Gabriel Teodros" Album Review by Jonathan Zwickel. City Arts Magazine. October 10, 2018.] NPR Music featured the album in a story titled
"Beyond Grunge: 15 Artists Redefining Seattle Music" where they declared
"Gabriel Teodros is one of the bravest rappers currently working in Seattle."
[ "Beyond Grunge: 15 Artists Redefining Seattle Music". NPR Music. June 12, 2019.]
2020: What We Leave Behind
On June 24, 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and on the 20th anniversary of his first solo show at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center in South Seattle, Teodros released
What We Leave Behind, a collection of previously unreleased tracks spanning decades in their creation, along with a few new songs recorded specifically for the release. Some of the track highlights included a
Sandra Bland,
Angela Davis and
James Baldwin-inspired collaboration with Aisha Fukushima titled
"If They Come for Me in the Morning...",
[ "Gabriel Teodros - If They Come for Me in the Morning... (feat. Aisha Fukushima)" Song Of The Day. KEXP. July 10, 2020.] a DJ B-Girl-produced meditation on the pandemic's early months titled
"Listening to Bill Withers",
[ "Gabriel Teodros - What We Leave Behind" Review by Chi Chi Thalken. Scratched Vinyl. June 24, 2020.] and
"Solidarity" an anthem for Black & Asian solidarity with
Kimmortal and Wundrkut on production.
[ "“A World Where Many Worlds Fit”: Kimmortal and Gabriel Teodros on Black and Asian Solidarity" Interview with Tia Ho. KEXP. August 30, 2021.]
2023–2024: From the Ashes of Our Homes and Embers
On September 23, 2023, Teodros released his sixth solo album
From the Ashes of Our Homes. The album's themes range from a tragic fire that he and his spouse,
Ijeoma Oluo, had to flee from in September 2020, to longtime friends that have died, and a shifting landscape wracked by the pandemic, wars, and the climate catastrophe. Alex Ruder at
KEXP wrote
"From the Ashes of Our Homes finds strength in its honest and reflective lyrics that focus on building and nurturing relationships, both at home and in the community." Ashes also marks Teodros introduction to the world as a beat producer on a majority of the tracks.
[ "New Music Reviews (9/25)". KEXP. September 25, 2023.][ "Gabriel T: A Lifelong Journey in Music and Community" by RayJaun Stelly. Converge Music. July 3rd, 2024.]
On May 31, 2024, Teodros released Embers, a collection of new songs alongside previously unreleased remixes and reimagined songs from past projects.[ "New Music Reviews (6/3)" KEXP. June 3rd, 2024.]
Touring
As a part of Abyssinian Creole, Teodros performed alongside Khingz at the Under the Volcano Festival in North Vancouver, BC in 2003,
[ Waterfront Stage. Under the Volcano 2003.] 2004
[ Artists - Malcolm Lowry Stage. Under the Volcano 2004.] and 2009.
[ Performers. Under the Volcano 2009.]
Teodros performed at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Washington in 2006 (with Abyssinian Creole), 2007 (as a solo artist, and with Good Medicine), and in 2010 (with Air 2 A Bird).[ History . Bumbershoot.]
In 2007, Teodros toured the Western part of the United States with Blue Scholars and Common Market,[ "Massline West Coast tour with Blue Scholars, Common Market, Gabriel Teodros" by imaginary dana. Three Imaginary Girls. April 23, 2007.] for the first and only MassLine Tour.[ "A study in educated hip-hop" by Tom Scanlon. The Seattle Times. May 11, 2007.] Also in 2007, Teodros performed at the Sasquatch! Music Festival, which was headlined by Björk, and also featured Manu Chao and Ozomatli.[ 2007 Sasquatch Posters . Sasquatch! Festival | Gallery.] Teodros also performed at the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival in Hartford, Connecticut in 2007 (as a solo artist),[ Trinity International Hip Hop Festival.] and in 2008 (as a part of Abyssinian Creole).[ Trinity International Hip Hop Festival.]
In the summer of 2009, Teodros toured in Mexico with Bocafloja, Eternia and Para La Gente.[ "Road Warriors" by Zachary Stahl . Montery County Weekly. July 30, 2009.]
In 2011, Teodros toured Ethiopia alongside Meklit Hadero and Burntface,[ "CopperWire: How Jam Sessions in Ethiopia Became a Hip-Hop Space Opera" by Ian S. Port. SF Weekly. May 4, 2012.] where they did 12 shows including the first Hip Hop shows to ever happen in the cities of Harar and Gondar. He recorded an album in Washington, DC inspired by the experience,[ "Song of the Day: Gabriel Teodros - Mind Power" by Leigh Bezezekoff . KEXP 90.3 FM. February 24, 2012.] that was released in May 2014[
]
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> "Gabriel Teodros & AirMe - Children Of The Dragon". GabrielTeodros.com, May 19, 2014.
Teodros has also performed in the United States alongside the likes of Lupe Fiasco,[ "Seattle Weekly's Recommended Events" by Kate Silver and Rachel Shimp. Seattle Weekly. January 31, 2007.] Black Star,[ "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell Jr. The Stranger. November 1, 2011.] K'naan,[ Lovework Album Assets . Terrorbird. July 23, 2007.]
Other work
Teodros currently hosts a podcast titled
Worldwide Underground focused on the art and politics of storytelling across every medium.
[ Worldwide Underground. GabrielTeodros.com.]
Teodros leads writing workshops with youth, has helped spearhead after-school programs, and organizes all-ages events.
In November 2012, Teodros did a TED Talk about hip hop and science fiction, at TEDxRainier in Seattle, Washington.[ "TEDx Video: Gabriel Teodros Does Hip Hop & Science Fiction" by Tigist Selam. Tadias Magazine. December 12, 2012.][ "Video: Gabriel Teodros – Hip Hop & Science Fiction (TEDxRainier)" by Danny. The Find Magazine. December 14, 2012.] The Pittsburgh-based artist Alisha Wormsley cites this TED Talk as an inspiration in her afro-futurist project There Are Black People In The Future.[ "How Do We Build a Better Future?" by Arlette Hernandez. MoMA Magazine. May 13, 2021.][ "40 Acres and a Movie" by Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham. New York Times. April 8, 2021.]
In 2015, Teodros wrote curriculum, taught and helped launch The Residency, a summer program focused on youth development through hip-hop, in partnership with the Museum of Pop Culture, Arts Corps, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.[ "Hip-Hop Summer Camp" by Shaun Swick. City Arts Magazine. June 24, 2016.][ "Macklemore’s youth program seeks permanent home in gentrifying Seattle for the next generation" by Michael Rietmulder. Seattle Times. October 24, 2019.]
Also in 2015, Teodros made his speculative fiction debut with a time-travel story titled "Lalibela" published in the anthology Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements (AK Press).[ "A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction" by Nisi Shawl Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. February 2016.] In 2016 he graduated from the Clarion West Writers Workshop for Speculative Fiction.[ Introducing the Clarion West Class of 2016. Clarion West. March 31, 2016.]
From 2017 to 2023[ A Radio Lineup Update. KEXP. July 18, 2023.] Teodros was a DJ and Host on KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle, WA. He started with an overnight show, and launched the show Early in the summer of 2020, which aired every weekday from 5–7 a.m., Pacific Time.[ "The many lives of KEXP, now a more diverse, online global phenomenon" by Brendan Kiley. The Seattle Times' Pacific NW Magazine. April 29, 2022.] Teodros also served as Associate Music Director at the station, and he had a hand in bringing in shows like Sounds of Survivance[ "KEXP’s New Indigenous Radio Show Sounds of Survivance" by Devon Leger. Earshot Magazine. August 2024.] and Overnight Afrobeats[ "2021 in Review: New KEXP DJ Signals Emergent Seattle" by Josh Feit. Publicola. December 28, 2021.] to the station.
In 2023, Teodros co-taught an interdisciplinary course in the University of Washington's Honors program called "Lovework: an unfinished syllabus", named for his 2007 LP and inspired by the work of bell hooks.[ Faculty Details. University of Washington Honors Program.]
Discography
Solo albums
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Sun To A Recycled Soul (independent, August 16, 2001)
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Lovework (Massline, February 27, 2007)
[ Review by Robert Christgau. Rolling Stone. March 22, 2007.]
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Colored People's Time Machine (Fresh Chopped Beats/MADK Productions, January 19, 2012)
[ "RapReview Of The Week" by Steve 'Flash' Juon. RapReviews. January 17, 2012.]
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Children of The Dragon (produced by AirMe) (Independent, May 7, 2014)
[ "Gabriel Teodros ‘Children Of the Dragon’ Exclusives". Okayafrica. March 27, 2014.]
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Evidence of Things Not Seen (produced by SoulChef) (independent, October 28, 2014)
[ "Gabriel Teodros Unearths Things Not Seen Via His Ethiopian Hip Hop". MTV Iggy. November 20, 2014.]
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History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual) (produced by Moka Only) (independent, September 21, 2018)
[ "Beyond Grunge: 15 Artists Redefining Seattle Music". NPR Music. June 12, 2019.]
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What We Leave Behind (independent, June 24, 2020)
[ "Gabriel Teodros - What We Leave Behind" by Chi Chi Thalken. Scratched Vinyl. June 24, 2020.]
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From the Ashes of Our Homes (independent, September 23, 2023)
[ "Best of September". KRCL. September 29, 2023.]
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Embers (independent, May 31, 2024)
[ "New Music Reviews (6/3)". KEXP. June 3, 2024.]
Collaborative albums
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Sexy Beast (with Khingz, as Abyssinian Creole) (MADK/Pangea, November 30, 2005)
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Crow Hill (with Amos Miller, as Air 2 A Bird) (independent, July 22, 2010)
[ "Air 2 A Bird Gets Chirpy via Gabriel Teodros and Amos Miller's Crow Hill" by Nick Feldman . Seattle Weekly. July 28, 2010.]
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Earthbound (with Meklit Hadero & Burntface, as CopperWire) (Porto Franco Records, April 7, 2012)
[ "Copperwire's 'Earthbound' album review" by Aidin Vaziri. San Francisco Chronicle. April 15, 2012.]
EPs
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Sexy Beast EP (with Khingz, as Abyssinian Creole) (MADK/Pangea, 2005)
[ "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell, Jr. The Stranger. February 3, 2005]
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No Label (Massline, 2007)
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The Lentil Soup EP (produced by DJ Ian Head) (Everyday Beats, May 2011)
[ "Gabriel Teodros x DJ Ian Head - Computer Parlor" by Larry Mizell, Jr . The Stranger. April 19, 2011.]
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The Anniversary EP (independent, December 9, 2019)
Mixtapes
Non-album singles
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"Me & You" featuring Silver Shadow D (independent, July 28, 2009)
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"Black Love (OCnotes Remix)" with Sarah MK (independent, October 1, 2014)
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"Domestic Imperialism" with SoulChef (independent, August 25, 2016)
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"The World Is a Hidmo" (independent, August 29, 2020)
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"Nothing" with Jonathan Emile (Mindpeacelove/Tuff Gong, September 11, 2020)
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"Coffee & Sage" with Third Eye Bling (independent, October 7, 2022)
Guest appearances
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Moka Only – Flood – "Liquid Sunshine" featuring Gabriel T. (Underworld Inc., 2002)
[ Moka Only - Flood. Discogs.]
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Macklemore – The Language of My World – "Claiming The City" featuring Abyssinian Creole (independent, 2005)
[ Macklemore - The Language Of My World. Discogs]
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Common Market – Common Market – "Every Last One (Cornerstone Remix)" featuring Geologic (of Blue Scholars) & Gabriel Teodros (MassLine, 2006)
[ "Seattle's hip-hop scene comes into its own" by Andrew Matson. The Seattle Times. April 27, 2007.]
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Nam – Exhale – "Ghetto" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Toni Hill (independent, 2008)
[ "Pho Shizzle" by Jonathan Cunningham. Seattle Weekly. May 19, 2009.]
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The Kafa Beanz – Andromeda: The Chronicles of Blackopia Volume 1 – "Tizita" – Gabriel Teodros featuring B Sheba (Burntface Media, 2008)
[ "The Kafa Beanz" by Will Georgi . Okayplayer. January 4, 2010.]
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DJ Ian Head – Pieces – "Sippin Coffee" featuring Abyssinian Creole (independent, 2008)
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Khingz – From Slaveships To Spaceships – "Boi Caimen At Adwa" featuring Gabriel Teodros (Fresh Chopped Beats/MADK, 2009)
[ "Khingz: Time to Share the Wealth" by Jonathan Cunningham. Seattle Weekly. June 16, 2009.]
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Big World Breaks – 4 Those Lost... – "Emerald City Step" featuring Yirim Seck, Khingz, B-Flat, Gabriel Teodros, okanomodé (independent, 2009)
[ "CD Review: Big World Breaks' 4 Those Lost" by Jonathan Cunningham. Seattle Weekly. July 21, 2009.]
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The LivinYard – Summer's Here / Society Of Summer – Khingz, Nam & Gabriel Teodros (independent, 2009)
[ "Seattle's New Summertime Hip-Hop Group" by Jonathan Cunningham . Seattle Weekly. August 11, 2009.]
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Canary Sing – Boss Ladies: A Mixtape – "Raindrops" featuring Gabriel Teodros, Slay, Chev, One. Two (independent, 2010)
[ "Canary Sing's Lioness Talks About Neumos Ladies Night" by Jonathan Cunningham. PubliCola | Seattle Met. February 9, 2010.]
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Sabreena Da Witch – A Woman Under The Influence – "Beit / Home" featuring Gabriel Teodros (independent, 2010)
[ A Woman Under The Influence . Harvard Hiphop Archive.]
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Random Abiladeze – Indubitably! – "On My Feet" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Uptown Swuite (independent, 2011)
[ "That's so Random" by Nick Miller. Sacramento News & Review. August 18, 2011.]
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Bocafloja – Patologías del Invisible Incómodo – "Agonia" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Hollis Wong-Wear (Quilomboarte, 2012)
[ "Bocafloja – Agonia" . Ritmo Urbano. August 2012.]
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KA.LIL (Khingz) – Between Saturday Night & Sunday Morning – "Year 3000" featuring Gabriel Teodros (Wandering Worx, 2013)
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SoulChef – Food For Thought – "Black Love" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Sarah MK (independent, 2013)
[ "Gabriel Teodros ft. Sarah MK ‘Black Love’". Okayafrica. November 6, 2013.]
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Hightek Lowlives – Humanoid Void – "Humanoid Void" & "Believe In Me" featuring Gabriel Teodros (Cabin Games, 2014)
[ "Seattle Music 2014: Soul Artists". Seattle Magazine. September 2014.]
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BluRum13 & Conn-Shawnery – BluConnspiracy – "Mr. Brainwash" & "Unify the Body" featuring Gabriel Teodros (independent, 2016)
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Rebel Diaz – You Mad! – "You Mad!" featuring Gabriel Teodros (independent, 2018)
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Chris Carroll – Blue – "Blue" featuring Gabriel Teodros (Raindrop Sound, 2021)
[ "Song Of The Day: Chris Carroll - Blue (feat. Gabriel Teodros)". KEXP. November 29, 2021.]
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Khingz – A Safe Place For Us – "Badtz Maru", "No Perfect Person" & "Ashes '95" featuring Gabriel Teodros (OTOW/freshcutlowers, 2023)
[ "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.]
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Bocafloja – Después de Mañana – "Fanonian" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Aisha Fukushima (independent, 2023)
Videography
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2007: "No Label (Esma Remix)"
[ "2009 Stranger Film Genius Zia Mohajerjasbi" by Charles Mudede. The Stranger. November 12, 2009.]
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2007: "Don't Cry For Us" featuring Khingz & Toni Hill
[ "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell, Jr. The Stranger. July 12, 2007.]
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2008: "Third World Wide"
[ "Gabriel Teodros - Lovework" by dantana . Okayplayer. January 18, 2007.]
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2008: "Tizita"
[ "My Philosophy" by Larry Mizell, Jr. The Stranger. August 7, 2008.]
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2011: "Computer Parlor"
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2012: "Blossoms of Fire"
[ "Video: Gabriel Teodros - Blossoms of Fire" by Shamz. Okayplayer. January 11, 2012.]
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2012: CopperWire "Phone Home"
[ "PREMIERE: CopperWire’s New Music Video - Phone Home" by Garrett Houghton. MTV Iggy. April 17, 2012.]
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2012: Bocafloja "Agonia" featuring Gabriel Teodros & Hollis Wong-Wear
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2012: "Mind Power"
[ "Gabriel Teodros - Mind Power" by Ado. African Hip Hop. March 3, 2013.]
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2014: "Black Love" featuring Sarah MK
[ "Watch Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef’s ‘Black Love’ Ft. Sarah MK [Premiere]". Okayafrica. October 1, 2014.]
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2014: "Light Attracts Light & Everything Else Too"
[ "Stream Gabriel Teodros' James Baldwin-Inspired 'Evidence Of Things Not Seen' LP". Okayafrica. October 30, 2014.]
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2015: "Greeny Jungle" featuring Shakiah
[ "Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef Premiere Their Protest Video For 'Greeny Jungle" . Okayafrica. February 20, 2015.]
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2016: "Domestic Imperialism"
[ "Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef / Domestic Imperialism" . Sociedad Cimarrona. September 3, 2016.]
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2022: "Coffee & Sage" with Third Eye Bling
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2022: "Open Letter"
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2023: "Spacetime"
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2023: "You & Me" featuring Aisha Fukushima & Ijeoma Oluo
External links
