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Mustard scored his first No. 1 as a producer with arguably one of many greatest data of the 12 months, Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
In an interview with Billboard on Tuesday (Oct. 8), the beatmaker revisited his position in creating the document and, extra particularly, how he’d react to it being carried out on the Tremendous Bowl LIX. “This [upcoming] 12 months goes to be actually particular. I can’t wait. I’d shed a tear,” Mustard mentioned. “If he performs [‘Not Like Us’] on stage by himself [and] doesn’t name me, I wouldn’t give a s**t. Simply carry out it.”
“The toughest a part of this complete factor is definitely getting the track [placement], so I already gained. I couldn’t ask for no extra. That’s simply the cherry on high,” he added.
As Rap-Up reported, Lamar will probably be headlining the Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime Present at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025. The choice nearly divided Hip Hop followers, with many feeling that Lil Wayne ought to’ve gotten the chance as an alternative.
Mustard beforehand shared that it solely took him half-hour to create the instrumental for “Not Like Us.” To not point out, he didn’t hear the observe till it hit streaming providers in Could, like everybody else. “I didn’t know he was going to fuel that beat like that,” the producer shared.
Elsewhere in his dialog with Billboard, Mustard revealed, “I’ve by no means been in a session with him, however I do bear in mind sitting in a To Pimp a Butterfly session. I used to be simply there as a result of Terrace Martin took me. I bear in mind seeing that s**t and being like, ‘Whoa, it’s lots occurring.’ With me and YG, we didn’t have that many musicians round. That was my first time seeing some s**t like that.”
Mustard’s Religion Of A Mustard Seed hit streaming providers in July with visitor appearances from Blxst, Future, Kodak Black, Lil Durk, and Younger Thug, amongst others. Regardless of the stacked characteristic record, the LP solely bought 18,000 album-equivalent models.