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Above, Pac Div talks to MTV about their debut album, Grown Kid Syndrome, guest appearances on the album, producers and more.

Courtesy of MTV:

Pac Div have been gradually building buzz for the past couple of years. Their 2009 mixtape, Church League Champions, has spawned videos for the singles “Mayor” and “Whiplash/Young Black Male,” which receive play on MTV. They hope to continue that success with their 2010 album, Grown Kid Syndrome, and further establish their sound.”We want to bring our own sound into the game,” Like said. “It’s not about having big-time producers on every single track or ‘insert favorite singer here, there.’ It’s not about celebrity status with us. It’s just, like, making good music, and Church League kind of embodies that.”

But the group did in fact work with a big-name producer, Pharrell Williams. They recorded four songs with the Neptunes hitmaker because his energy fit where they wanted to take things.

“Working with Pharrell, it’s just the energy he brings,” Mibbs explained. “He has a lot of good ideas as far as hooks, and even his beats are amazing. It just fits that whole mode, that everyman-type feel. That’s what Pharrell gives us.”

Pac Div said they are 75 percent done with the project, and the other 25 percent is reaching out to other artists to be on the record. They maintain, however, that their goal is introducing Pac Div.

“We don’t want to talk prematurely, but we’ve got surprises,” Like said. “We really just want to introduce our sound. Like when you hear your first classic album, it was all in-house. It wasn’t a whole all-star cast of producers.”

Sidebar: Though I think that J. Cole’s The Warm Up is the best mixtape of the year, she tried to convince me otherwise, in saying that it is a close second to Pac Div’s mixtape. So I gave Pav Div’s mixtape another spin and now I am coming to the conclusion that they are both number one. That is my opinion though. Thoughts?

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