Like (producer)
Gabriel Stevenson, professionally known as Like, is an American hip hop producer, recording artist, and DJ from Los Angeles, California. The three time Grammy nominee began working with the Pacific Division, a hip hop trio, better known as Pac Div in 2006.
In 2014, 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 Curren$y.
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
Main Articles: Like Production Discography and Like Artist Discography
- LP (Long Play), EP (Extended Play), SI (Single), N/A (Not Available)
- Features group projects, solo projects, production credits and features
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 EP's
| Year | Title |
| 2009 | Pac Div EP[15] |
Production Credits
- List of single songs produced by Like with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
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
|
| Puccio
| EveryDejaVu
| 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 & 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. "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.
- ↑ "Emeralds by Like on Apple Music". itunes.com.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hahn, Bryan. "PREMIERE: LIKE OF PAC DIV ‘SONGS MADE WHILE HIGH’ LP AND “MISS ME WITH THAT” VIDEO". Mass Appeal.
- ↑ David, Charles. "Pac Div – The DiV (Album)". Earmilk.com.
- ↑ Hadusek, Jon. "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. "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. "Watch Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals Perform 'Room In Here". NPR Music.
- ↑ "Long Island's Chris Miles Shares His “Wake Up” Video - Vibe". Vibe.com.
- ↑ Voynovskaya, Nastia. "Duckwrth Embraces the UUGLY in Life". East Bay Express.
- ↑ Clark, Michell C. "Nick Grant - "The Game" ft. Like & Tessa Evans". Artistic Manifesto.
- ↑ "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. "Grammy Awards 2016: Kendrick Lamar made history with an unapologetically black album".
- ↑ "Kendrick Lamar: Message Behind Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City". GRAMMY.com.
- ↑ Reeves, Mosi. "5 Things You Didn't Know About Anderson Paak". Rolling Stone.
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