Like (record producer) explained

Like
Birth Name:	Gabriel Stevenson
Origin:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years Active:	2006–present

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

Year	Title
2011	The DiV^[9]
2012	GMB^[10]
2018	First Baptist

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]

Production credits

Year! scope="col"

Artist(s)	Title	Album	Label
2011	Pacific Division	Posted co-produced with DJ Dahi	The DiV	n/a
		Number One
		Brown
		Hi Five
	Mac Miller ft. Talib Kweli	Family First^[16]	single	n/a
2012	Pac Div	Sneaker Boxes	GMB	n/a
		Can't Help It
		Savages
2013			Good Kid Maad City (LP)
2014	Ab-Soul	Just Have Fun	These Days... (LP)^[17]
	Nikki Jean	Cool On You^[18]	n/a	n/a
2015		Cruizin^[19]	Canal Street Confidential (LP)	Atlantic Recordings / WEA
2016	Anderson .Paak	Room In Here^[20]	Malibu (LP)	Steel Wool / OBE / Art Club / EMPIRE
		Wake Up^[21]	Milestones (EP)	n/a
	Duckwrth	Get Uugly^[22]	I'm Uugly (LP)	Them Hellas / The Blind Youth / Empire Distribution
	Nick Grant	The Game^[23]	The Game (SI)	Culture Republic
2017	Asher Roth^[24]	That's All Mine ft. Jesse Joykins	That's All Mine (SI)	Retrohash
		Babylon ft. Chronix^[25]	AmeriKKKan Badass (LP)	Pro Era / Cinematic Music Group
	Ill Camille	São Paulo ft Punch & Rose Gold^[26]	Heirloom (LP)	n/a
2020	Channel Tres	fuego ft. Tyler, the Creator	i can't go outside (EP)	Art For Their Good

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.

Year	Award Name	Artist	Title	Label	Win/Nominations
2013	Album of the Year^[27]			Good Kid Maad City (LP)	Nomination
2013	Best Rap Album^[28]			Good Kid Maad City (LP)	Nomination
	Best Urban Contemporary Album^[29]	Anderson .Paak	Room In Here	Malibu (LP)	Nomination

External links

• • Like AllMusic Page
• Like Discogs Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Garrett. Ural. between-producing-for-kendrick-lamar-anderson-paak-like-of-pac-div-is-now-poised-to-be-a-solo-threat. HipHopDX. 30 September 2016.
2. Unterberger. Andrew. "Grammy 2017: The Complete List of Nominees".. Billboard.
3. Web site: Rhymestyle. Rhymestyle. Mac Miller ft. Talib Kweli - Family First. DJBooth. 12 February 2018 .
4. Web site: Ducker. Eric. WEED, SHROOMS, ETHIOPIA, & LIKE FROM PAC DIV'S NEW SOLO JOURNEY. frank151.com.
5. Web site: Emeralds by Like on Apple Music. itunes.com. 25 March 2016.
6. Web site: Hahn. Bryan. PREMIERE: LIKE OF PAC DIV 'SONGS MADE WHILE HIGH' LP AND "MISS ME WITH THAT" VIDEO. Mass Appeal.
7. Web site: Emeralds by Like on Apple Music. itunes.com. 25 March 2016.
8. Web site: Hahn. Bryan. PREMIERE: LIKE OF PAC DIV 'SONGS MADE WHILE HIGH' LP AND "MISS ME WITH THAT" VIDEO. Mass Appeal.
9. Web site: David. Charles. Pac Div – The DiV (Album). Earmilk. 8 November 2011.
10. Web site: Hadusek. Jon. Pac Div – GMB. consequence.net. 10 January 2013.
11. Web site: staff. Sealed For Freshness: Blend Tape - DubCNN. DubCNN.
12. Web site: TheUrbanDaily Staff. Pac Div- Church League Champions Free Mixtape. TheUrbanDaily.
13. Web site: Confusion. Confusion. Pac Div - Don't Mention It (Mixtape). PigeonsAndPlanes.
14. Web site: Huynh. Davis. Pac Div - Mania! (Mixtape). HYPEBEAST. 7 March 2011.
15. Web site: Staff. Pacific Division EP Review. Allmusic.com.
16. Web site: Rhymestyle. Rhymestyle. Mac Miller ft. Talib Kweli - Family First. djbooth.net. 12 February 2018 .
17. Web site: Greene. Jayson. Ab-Soul: These Days... Album Review. Pitchfork.
18. Web site: Cool On You (Produced by Like & Peter Cottontale) by nikki jean.
19. Web site: Staff. Curren$y — Cruzin.... 7 July 2023 .
20. News: BENJAMIN NADDAFF-HAFREY. BENJAMIN. Watch Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals Perform 'Room In Here. NPR. 19 March 2016.
21. Web site: Long Island's Chris Miles Shares His "Wake Up" Video - Vibe. Vibe.com. 16 March 2017.
22. Web site: Voynovskaya. Nastia. Duckwrth Embraces the UUGLY in Life. East Bay Express. 5 October 2016.
23. Web site: Clark. Michell C.. Nick Grant - "The Game" ft. Like & Tessa Evans. Artistic Manifesto.
24. Web site: Asher Roth - That's All Mine (feat. Jesse Boykins III). 4 January 2024 .
25. Web site: BABYLON (feat. Chronixx) Lyrics Joey Bada$$. Mojim.com.
26. Web site: Pass. Shantel. AUDIO: ILL CAMILLE, "SÃO PAULO" FEAT. PUNCH AND ROSE GOLD (PROD. BY LIKE). SaintHeron.com.
27. Web site: Kennedy. Gerrick D. Grammy Awards 2016: Kendrick Lamar made history with an unapologetically black album. Los Angeles Times. 7 December 2015.
28. Web site: Kendrick Lamar: Message Behind Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. GRAMMY.com.
29. Reeves. Mosi. 5 Things You Didn't Know About Anderson Paak. Rolling Stone. 10 February 2017.