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US record producer, recording artist
Musical artist
Gabriel Stevenson , professionally known as Like , is an American record producer, rapper, DJ and songwriter. A three time Grammy nominee , he began working with the Pacific Division , a hip hop trio, better known as Pac Div in 2006.
In 2012, he produced Kendrick Lamar 's "Sing About Me" on Good Kid, M.A.A.D City . He received two Grammy Award nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards : Album of the Year and Best Rap Album . In 2016, he produced Anderson .Paak 's "Room in Here" featuring The Game and Sonyae Elise on the Malibu album.[ 1] The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards .[ 2] Like has production credit with artists such as Mac Miller ,[ 3] Ab-Soul , Joey Badass , Nick Grant, Asher Roth , Ill Camille and Currensy .
Like has released music as a solo artist.[ 4] He released instrumental albums, Zesty and Lightwork in 2014 and Emeralds [ 5] in 2016. On September 30, 2016, he released his first solo rap album, Songs Made While High ,[ 6] which features Anderson .Paak, Buddy, and Kali Uchis .
In 2017, Pac Div regrouped and are scheduled to release an album at the end of the year.
Discography
Instrumental / solo projects
All Songs produced by Like
Year
Title
2014
Zesty
2014
Lightwork
2016
Emeralds[ 7]
2016
Songs Made While High [ 8]
Pac Div studio albums
Pac Div mixtapes
Year
Title
2006
Sealed for Freshness: The Blend Tape[ 11]
2009
Church League Champions[ 12]
2010
Don't Mention It[ 13]
2011
Mania![ 14]
Pac Div EPs
Year
Title
2009
Pac Div EP[ 15]
Production credits
Guest appearances
List of features with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Year
Artist(s)
Title
Album
Label
2011
Polyester The Saint
My Way
Peace Love Unity Respect (LP)
Frank Radio - iHipHopDistribution
2013
Blu
Boyz N Tha Hood
Good to be Home (LP)
Nature Sounds
2015
Blu Madlib Med
Finer Things
Bad Neighbor (LP)
BangYaHead
Blended Babies
Shadows
n/a
BBMG
2016
Nick Grant
The Game
The Game
Culture Republic
Wontu
Puccio
Volume Two (LP)
EveryDejaVu
Hollywood Floss
Face Your Fears
n/a
Hollywood Floss
2017
Justing and the Honored None
Sunshine
Wanderlust (LP)
Justin and the Honored None
Coin Banks
Hatches
Heads (EP)
Low Key Source
Nominations and awards
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Like has received three nomination.
References
^ Garrett, Ural (30 September 2016). "between-producing-for-kendrick-lamar-anderson-paak-like-of-pac-div-is-now-poised-to-be-a-solo-threat" . HipHopDX .
^ Unterberger, Andrew. " "Grammy 2017: The Complete List of Nominees" " . Billboard .
^ Rhymestyle, Rhymestyle. "Mac Miller ft. Talib Kweli - Family First" . DJBooth .
^ Ducker, Eric. "WEED, SHROOMS, ETHIOPIA, & LIKE FROM PAC DIV'S NEW SOLO JOURNEY" . frank151.com . [dead link ]
^ "Emeralds by Like on Apple Music" . itunes.com . 25 March 2016.
^ Hahn, Bryan. "PREMIERE: LIKE OF PAC DIV 'SONGS MADE WHILE HIGH' LP AND "MISS ME WITH THAT" VIDEO" . Mass Appeal .
^ "Emeralds by Like on Apple Music" . itunes.com . 25 March 2016.
^ Hahn, Bryan. "PREMIERE: LIKE OF PAC DIV 'SONGS MADE WHILE HIGH' LP AND "MISS ME WITH THAT" VIDEO" . Mass Appeal .
^ David, Charles (8 November 2011). "Pac Div – The DiV (Album)" . Earmilk.com .
^ Hadusek, Jon (10 January 2013). "Pac Div – GMB" . consequenceofsound.net .
^ staff. "Sealed For Freshness: Blend Tape - DubCNN" . DubCNN .
^ TheUrbanDaily Staff. "Pac Div- Church League Champions Free Mixtape" . TheUrbanDaily .
^ Confusion, Confusion. "Pac Div - Don't Mention It (Mixtape)" . PigeonsAndPlanes .
^ Huynh, Davis (7 March 2011). "Pac Div - Mania! (Mixtape)" . HYPEBEAST .
^ staff, staff. "Pacific Division EP Review" . Allmusic.com .
^ Rhymestyle, Rhymestyle. "Mac Miller ft. Talib Kweli - Family First" . djbooth.net .
^ Greene, Jayson. "Ab-Soul: These Days... Album Review" . Pitchfork .
^ "Cool On You (Produced by Like & Peter Cottontale) by nikki jean" .
^ Staff. "Curren$y — Cruzin..."
^ BENJAMIN NADDAFF-HAFREY, BENJAMIN (19 March 2016). "Watch Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals Perform 'Room In Here" . NPR .
^ "Long Island's Chris Miles Shares His "Wake Up" Video - Vibe" . Vibe.com . 16 March 2017.
^ Voynovskaya, Nastia (5 October 2016). "Duckwrth Embraces the UUGLY in Life" . East Bay Express .
^ Clark, Michell C. "Nick Grant - "The Game" ft. Like & Tessa Evans" . Artistic Manifesto . [permanent dead link ]
^ "Asher Roth - That's All Mine (feat. Jesse Boykins III)" .
^ "BABYLON (feat. Chronixx) Lyrics Joey Bada$$" . Mojim.com .
^ Pass, Shantel. "AUDIO: ILL CAMILLE, "SÃO PAULO" FEAT. PUNCH AND ROSE GOLD (PROD. BY LIKE)" . SaintHeron.com .
^ Kennedy, Gerrick D (7 December 2015). "Grammy Awards 2016: Kendrick Lamar made history with an unapologetically black album" . Los Angeles Times .
^ "Kendrick Lamar: Message Behind Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City" . GRAMMY.com .
^ Reeves, Mosi (10 February 2017). "5 Things You Didn't Know About Anderson Paak" . Rolling Stone .
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