dj mustard 2014

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the poll that had to be made.

(going with 2014 for impact here, obv)

Poll Results

OptionVotes
tinashe ft. schoolboy q - 2 on 18
yg - left, right 8
ty dolla sign ft. bob - paranoid 5
t-pain ft bob - up down 3
yg ft. drake - who do you love 2
dj mustard ft. ty dolla sign & 2 chainz - down on me 1
t.i. ft. iggy azalea - no mediocre 1
jeremih ft. yg - don't tell em 1
dj mustard ft. yg, jeezy & que - vato 1
teefli ft 2 chainz - 24 hours 0
kid ink ft chris brown - main chick 0
august alsina ft. bob & yo gotti OR problem & iamsu - numb 0
kid ink ft. chris brown - show me 0
ty dolla sign ft. wiz khalifa - or nah 0
trey songz - na na 0
other (in case i missed something, please specify) 0


le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link

You forgot J. Lo's "Girls".

Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link

MUZZAHONUHBEEE

veronica moser, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link

Paranoid is from 2013.

I'd go for 2 On from this list, but also suspect that there'll be a few more contenders by the time the year is out.

MikoMcha, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZzOhP9YVE

MikoMcha, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link

There should be a faux-DJ Mustard beat poll.

Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzEN0xPkdv4

(actual DJ Mustard prod., not fake, if anyone is about to confuse things because of my last post)

Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q66lo90-WSc

voodoo chili, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link

2 on > who do you love > paranoid > or nah > left right

dyl, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link

i believe bicken back being bool is being released soon

dyl, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link

There's a video for Bicken Back out already

voodoo chili, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link

oh sweet

dyl, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link

Paranoid is from 2013.

squarely a 2014 radio song though

le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link

So any predictions on when Mustard reaches his saturation point? I have mixed feelings, because individually I enjoy a lot of these songs, but collectively they make for a really monotonous playlist, and they've crowded so many other sounds and ideas out of rap/R&B radio.

Evan R, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link

Like, that Jeremih single is fine, but it's so safe and lazy, and such a missed opportunity. Here's a guy who does really interesting work with a variety of producers, often getting some unexpected sounds from them, and for his lead single we get another Mustard by numbers track

Evan R, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link

i'm seeing him open for skrillex tonight

maura, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link

collectively they make for a really monotonous playlist

i disagree w/ this vehemently

variations on a theme imo

le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link

I see the evolution in his sound, and obviously it's a lot more varied than it was just two years ago—his keyboards have taken on an effervescence that's really wonderful—but so much of radio right now is hearing that same opening "boop boop boop boop" melody and thinking "ok, which Mustard track is this now."

Evan R, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link

LEFT RIGHT

The Reverend, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link

the jeremih single being somewhat underwhelming to me is when i realized i am reaching mustard saturation point

dyl, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link

2 on >>>

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link

LEFT RIGHT

― The Reverend, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 2:34 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link

2 on > who do you love > paranoid > or nah > left right

― dyl, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 3:41 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this m/l

johnny crunch, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 00:36 (nine years ago) link

LEFT RIGHT
― The Reverend, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 2:34 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Wednesday, July 30, 2014 02:26 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sisilafami, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link

Like, that Jeremih single is fine, but it's so safe and lazy, and such a missed opportunity. Here's a guy who does really interesting work with a variety of producers, often getting some unexpected sounds from them, and for his lead single we get another Mustard by numbers track

― Evan R, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 4:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah after all the wait for a proper Jeremih single, it's kind of anticlimactic for him to do a "Show Me" knockoff. that said, "Don't Tell 'Em" replaces every single person and musical element in "Show Me" with someone/something I like better, so it's an improvement at least.

some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 05:14 (nine years ago) link

Iamsu! feat. Wiz Khalifa and Berner -- "What You 'Bout" loltrollin'

nova, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 05:31 (nine years ago) link

of those i've heard:

1. ty dolla sign ft. bob - paranoid
2. yg - left, right
3. tinashe ft. schoolboy q - 2 on
4. teefli ft 2 chainz - 24 hours
5. kid ink ft. chris brown - show me

worst: trey songz - na na (urrgh)

mustard's trick is that his productions are quite a bit faster than the sounds that were popular before he broke. gives his productions a certain momentum that prob. partially responsible for radio/club dominance. i think there's a lot more room for him & others to play around with the formula

out here like a flopson (tpp), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 07:26 (nine years ago) link

'dont tell em' is way more forced than 'show me' imo, inferior record

the 'friday night' to 'show me''s 'can't stop won't stop'

rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 09:37 (nine years ago) link

The obvious answer that somehow no one is mentioned is T-Pain's "Up Down" which is >>>>>> everything in this list

rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 09:37 (nine years ago) link

also disagree that this sound is monotonous, it's just a tempo and groove, no more 'monotonous' than reggaeton or w/e

rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 09:38 (nine years ago) link

I... Agree with deej

"don't tell em" is inferior to "show me" simply because the robin s sample is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

that said, i like "don't tell em," it's a nice jam and considering all of the possible templates of songs that could've facilitated jeremih actually getting his album out i think this one is pretty digestible

le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 13:53 (nine years ago) link

The sample is kinda indefensible.

MikoMcha, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link

you know this song didn't make an impression on me the first time and i never listened to it again but it sounds kinda dope to me now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhArLwBO5VQ

le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 14:00 (nine years ago) link

the sample is genius, you're insane

le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link

I guess it shouldn't be too surprising that Jeremih's first big single with Diddy as his manager would feature an interpolation of a way-overplayed megahit. But when he partnered with Diddy I hoped he was getting Dirty Money Diddy, not late-'90s lazy-sample Diddy

Evan R, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 14:10 (nine years ago) link

my favorites

1. paranoid
2. 2 on (my dream version of this is drake switched out for schoolboy q but w/ his verse cut down to 16 bars, alas...)
3. 24 hours
4. left right (this sounds incredible and punishing on really good speakers)
5. show me

i don't dislike any of these songs and i think this is one of the best runs for contemporary rap/r&b in a while (not for one producer, though that also, but just for the genre in general). some of them are more forgettable than others obviously but i really love this sound.

i've even come around on some of the ones i didn't particularly like at first... "na na" has really grown on me

le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link

"vato" is an obvious rip off of "my nigga" but i really liked that song, was kinda disappointed when they immediately dropped it

le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 14:12 (nine years ago) link

Wait, my bad. I meant the indefensible Snap lyrics on the Jeremih track.

Although I'm sure some ILX0rs are into them as well.

MikoMcha, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link

I'm fine with sonically pillaging Eurobeat, but lyrically? I dunno...

MikoMcha, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link

oh yeah the "rhythm is a dancer" interpolation is whatever... i really like singing it but it's more functional than anything. i think they get away with it but barely.

le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link

agree w/ Miko it's just corny

rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link

an attempt to replicate 'show me'

rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link

Huh, hadn't heard Down on Me. That song is very very good. Kinda the next step of dynamic switching, going into this overdriven frenzy. Nice new trick. Might vote for it, but then again, left right, paranoid, etc.

Frederik B, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link

4. left right (this sounds incredible and punishing on really good speakers)

YES! The first time I played it out in a club both me and my dj partner were like o________o

The Reverend, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link

yeah i thought it was a total dud of a track until i went to hear the album at a listening thing at def jam on their $90 million soundsystem and was blown away

le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link

I think I'm the only person who's not really all that impressed with "2 On", production-wise. It's Tinashe and Q who elevate the track IMO.

Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link

Ugh, I hate that Q verse. It's like listening to a guy sitting on a toilet barking orders to his girlfriend to make him a sandwich. Really pushy and gross

Evan R, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link

(great song otherwise though obviously)

Evan R, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link

The transition from I Just Wanna Party to Left, Right on My Krazy Life is epic.

voodoo chili, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link

don't ask me what they're doing with polow da don's drop on that song

le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 September 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link

lmao there's three different producer drops in the first nine seconds of this song

le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 September 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link

"Don't Tell 'Em" sounds like it was conceived and recorded in like five minutes but I love it.

Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 15 September 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link

"i don't fuck with you" really starting to pop now

snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Friday, 26 September 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link

two months pass...

huh i'd forgotten jordin sparks existed for a minute but i'm feeling this mustard joint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67vkDcIEf38

lex pretend, Friday, 5 December 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link

she sounds pretty unnatural on it

dyl, Friday, 5 December 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link

unnatural in what way? she doesn't sound like she used to but it's been a while

the sentiment >>>>

mustard redeeming himself for all the bro stuff

lex pretend, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link

"it's been a while" covers it honestly, i think on some level i was expecting her to sound like she did in "tattoo" and "battlefield" etc lol

dyl, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 00:46 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

The real answer is I Don't Fuck With YOU

, Saturday, 7 February 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link

no i kinda hate that song

dyl, Saturday, 7 February 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link

dyl I don't fuck with YOU

, Saturday, 7 February 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link

:)

dyl, Sunday, 8 February 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link

I don't give a fuck

aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Sunday, 8 February 2015 10:44 (nine years ago) link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jd7jp

tok freestyling classics over 'loyal' (9mins) makes mustard sound like south rakkas crew ^__^

r|t|c, Sunday, 8 February 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

what's good in 2015

hot doug stamper (||||||||), Friday, 3 April 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link

You gotta eat the booty like groceries

, Friday, 3 April 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link

RJ & Choice - Rich Off Mackin

Great Mustard-beats on that mixtape.

Frederik B, Friday, 3 April 2015 23:07 (nine years ago) link

dayo otm

deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 3 April 2015 23:36 (nine years ago) link

fred too

deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 3 April 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link

Oh man, Post to Be is amazing! Thanks!

Frederik B, Saturday, 4 April 2015 01:24 (nine years ago) link

Gah, I've been listening to this song on repeat for the last two hours. Goddammit, there went my weekend.

you're chick come close to me
ain't coming home when she post to be
dum dum dum dum post to be
dumdumdum booty like groceries!

Frederik B, Saturday, 4 April 2015 02:36 (nine years ago) link

"post to be" is incredible

J0rdan S., Saturday, 4 April 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link

i think y'all are getting a bit too excited but it is a jam

dyl, Saturday, 4 April 2015 06:38 (nine years ago) link

gotta eat the booty like groceries is line of the year

song is good but dyl otm

deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 4 April 2015 07:11 (nine years ago) link

His beats are creeping towards 120

The Reverend, Saturday, 4 April 2015 09:05 (nine years ago) link

rolling eat the booty like groceries 2016 thread bookmarked.

longneck, Saturday, 4 April 2015 09:13 (nine years ago) link

I was def too excited, couldn't sleep, screwed up my weekend plans. But it's a great song, and what excites me most, is that Mustard can still deliver these jams so regularly, and actually vary his sound. Is this the first time his trademark 'hey, hey, hey, hey' has become 'ah, ah, ah, ah'?

Frederik B, Saturday, 4 April 2015 12:08 (nine years ago) link

lol no one cared about this song when it dropped last year

it's aight but it's no "figure 8"

lex pretend, Saturday, 4 April 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link

Figure 8 is brilliant. Is there a Chris Brown-less version of Post To Be lurking around anywhere?

Matt DC, Saturday, 4 April 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link

oh there was a lot of chatter about "groceries!" and how the song was gonna be a hit last year. I'm just surprised it actually eventually happened.

some stupid push back (some dude), Saturday, 4 April 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link

initially it felt like mustard trying too hard to catch up to nic nac but it's just a great song

J0rdan S., Saturday, 4 April 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link

hate to be a party pooper (*raises eyebrows, winks*) but "eat the booty like groceries" is nonsensical

k3vin k., Saturday, 4 April 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link

you don't eat groceries. you buy groceries

k3vin k., Saturday, 4 April 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link

Wow pedants are the worst

, Saturday, 4 April 2015 17:50 (nine years ago) link

i dunno bro, i both buy and eat groceries

not booty though, no thanks

deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 4 April 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link

fine go ahead and don't eat your groceries seems pretty wasteful tho

j., Saturday, 4 April 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link

seems a waste to buy booty and not eat it too

hot doug stamper (||||||||), Saturday, 4 April 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link

smh at "that's fax no printer" every time

r|t|c, Saturday, 4 April 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link

I made that my tinder bio

, Saturday, 4 April 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link

📠🚫📄

, Saturday, 4 April 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link

two months pass...

i'm sure i'm missing some but i tried to pull together all the mustard singles from rack city forward https://open.spotify.com/user/nminichino/playlist/4LJtvEIPgYSyOARnrCmauc

rn i'm more interested in fake mustard but that may be down to how much i have grown to love "somebody" (may as well replace "natalielarose" with "mustardonthebeat" at the beginning)

this chump registered with his real name → (Nick Minichino), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link

one great detail on "post to be" is when and how often jhené aiko insists "i'll make him do it"

this chump registered with his real name → (Nick Minichino), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link

may as well replace "natalielarose" with "mustardonthebeat" at the beginning

this is the best part of that song

dyl, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 02:36 (eight years ago) link

in the club like wuhh going duh like wuhh etc is the best part imo, but that bit's good too

r|t|c, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 09:02 (eight years ago) link

"flex" is so fake mustard it's sick

, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 10:38 (eight years ago) link

it sounds like dancehall to me

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 1 July 2015 13:24 (eight years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BigyqAiSiSQ

now u mention, does this get usa play idk

couple weeks ago the model st3fani4 f3rr4ri0 (her named portfolio was sticking out of her bag ok #dontjudgeme) walked onto my train literally just as it came on in my headphones... i'm slowly recovering

r|t|c, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link

nah, good track tho

J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link

i think american internet just discovered it like a month ago

J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link

three years pass...

missed when this came out but this is my fav mustard track.....ever?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Less_(Ashanti_song)

johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 July 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link


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