Goapele

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Goapele Mohlabane

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Goapele (pronounced gwa-puh-LAY) means “to move forward” in Sitswana, a South African dialect.

Goapele Mohlabane started singing as a child, and at age 14 she joined the Oakland Youth Chorus. After high school, she decided to pursue music as a professional career and enrolled in the Berkley College of Music in Boston. After that, she worked with San Francisco musicians and artists, then went on to record on both east and west coasts of the United States to record her self-released debut album, Closer.

After this release, she formed Skyblaze Recordings with her brother Namane to oversee her musical career. Her first nationally distributed album, Even Closer, an expanded version of her debut album, was initially released through Hieroglyphics Imperium until Columbia picked her album up for worldwide distribution and signed her to a recording contract. Even Closer was rereleased with extra tracks, and, in 2005, her second album, Change it All was released, focusing on the activism in which she had been involved since she was a child.

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Goapele Mohlabane

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Image	Title	Label	Catalog Number	Year	In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Actions
Albums
	071177GKM		Goapele	Closer ‎(CD, Album)	Goapele Music	071177GKM	US	2001	Sell This Version
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	none		Goapele	Even Closer (Album)	Skyblaze Recordings	none	US	2002	Sell This Version
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	82796-92910-2		Goapele	Change It All (Album)	Columbia, Skyblaze Recordings, Sony Urban Music	82796-92910-2	US	2005	Sell This Version
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	DCN133		Goapele	Break Of Dawn (Album)	Decon, Skyblaze Recordings	DCN133	US	2011	Sell This Version
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	81011606-2		Goapele	Strong As Glass ‎(CD, Album)	Skyblaze Recordings	81011606-2	US	2014	Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
	HIPRO006-2		Goapele	Got It (Maxi)	Skyblaze Recordings	HIPRO006-2	US	2003	Sell This Version
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	HIPRO-004-2		Goapele	Closer (Single, Maxi)	ABB Records	HIPRO-004-2	US	2002	Sell This Version
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	BBE 12 024		Goapele	Even Closer EP ‎(12")	BBE	BBE 12 024	Europe	2004	Sell This Version
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	CAS 59729		Goapele	First Love (Single)	Columbia	CAS 59729	US	2005	Sell This Version
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	82876845992		Goapele	Love Me Right (Single)	Columbia, Skyblaze Recordings	82876845992	US	2006	Sell This Version
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	none		Goapele • Hip Hop Pantsula	Goapele • Hip Hop Pantsula - Victory ‎(File, MP3, Single, 320)	Skyblaze Recordings	none	US	2010
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	ERECDJ343		Goapele	Dreamseeker EP (EP)	Empire, Skyblaze Recordings	ERECDJ343	Japan	2017	Sell This Version
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	none		Goapele	Play ‎(CDr, Single, Promo)	Decon	none		Unknown	Sell This Version
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	none		Mateo (7) ft. Goapele & Ab Liva*	Mateo (7) ft. Goapele & Ab Liva* - Don't Shoot Me Down ‎(CDr, Single, Promo)	Krucial Noise	none	US	Unknown	Sell This Version
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Compilations
	none		DJ Sake1, Goapele, DJ Eleven	DJ Sake1, Goapele, DJ Eleven - Big Things Start Small Volume 2 ‎(CD, Comp, Mixtape)	Not On Label	none	US	2005	Sell This Version
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	none		DJ Eleven, Goapele, DJ Sake1	DJ Eleven, Goapele, DJ Sake1 - Big Things Start Small Volume 1 ‎(CD, Comp, Mixtape)	Not On Label	none	US	Unknown	Sell This Version
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Miscellaneous
	HIPRO-003-2		Goapele	Even Closer (Album Sampler) ‎(CD, Promo, Smplr)	Skyblaze Recordings	HIPRO-003-2	US	2002	Sell This Version
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	WSK-58366		Goapele	Even Closer (Sampler) ‎(CD, Promo, Smplr)	Skyblaze Recordings	WSK-58366	US	2004	Sell This Version
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	CSK 17318		Goapele	Change It All (Album Sampler)	Skyblaze Recordings, Sony Urban Music, Columbia	CSK 17318	US	2005	Sell This Version
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	none		Goapele	Milk & Honey (AYBEE's Gorilla In Trunk Slap) ‎(File, MP3, Promo)	Skyblaze Recordings	none	US	2009
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	none		Goapele & Nate Greenberg	Goapele & Nate Greenberg - Catch 22 (Nate Greenberg Remix)	Not On Label	none		2010
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	none		Goapele & 9th Wonder	Goapele & 9th Wonder - Catch 22 (9th Wonder Remix)	Not On Label	none		2010
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	none		Goapele	Nothing Compares 2 U	Not On Label	none		2010