dj mustard 2014

i'm seeing him open for skrillex tonight

collectively they make for a really monotonous playlist

i disagree w/ this vehemently

variations on a theme imo

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."

LEFT RIGHT

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

2 on >>>

LEFT RIGHT

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

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

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

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.

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

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

'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'

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

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

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

The sample is kinda indefensible.

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

the sample is genius, you're insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

agree w/ Miko it's just corny

an attempt to replicate 'show me'

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.

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

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

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.

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

(great song otherwise though obviously)

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

schoolboy q shouldn't be rapping on R&B songs

between the beat & tinashe's vocals there's a real smoothness to "2 on" and i could see maybe how schoolboy q's gruffness was seen as a nice counterpoint to that but i just find it jarring and garish and think drake approaches the song much better

ugh drake singing the "2 on" chorus is nails on chalkboard shit

I haven't heard the Drake version, but I'm cool with Q on it (it's my second favorite on this list) and I can't see how Drake Draking all over it would improve it.

schoolboy q shouldn't be rapping on R&B songs

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:34 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

these are some of his best songs although really he shouldn't be rapping on anything these days

Drake getting on "2 on" is 2 on the nose, if you get what i'm saying

the mustard beat is the best part of that record, by far.

Like, it's not a hit without it—tinashe is a corny ryan hemsworth collaborating xerox of a xerox of aaliyah

so really, no one else is repping for the T-Pain record tho?

t-pain song is pretty great still middle of the pack for me tho

apparently i'm killfiled by deej but i am going on record as up/down as one of my faves of the year.

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 (Yesterday) Permalink

such a grating awful song

I almost wish bars/clubs I go to'd just play old-school LA rap at this point, Mustard tracks sound better on blown-out speakers like everything but still can't mask the weak aspects of it

gotta be a better club-oriented producer who can take dude's spot

Up Down is excellent, especially the remix (BOOSIE B), but the bass on Left, Right is too earth-shattering for me to not vote for it.

"Up Down" is great, yeah, love the slightly spectral melody in the background, there's a real stateliness to the whole thing.

I don't actually want bars to only play LA rap I've just been on that kick lately, just Iamsu's production crew is more my speed, mostly cuz their drums aren't weaksauce

You gotta eat the booty like groceries

RJ & Choice - Rich Off Mackin

Great Mustard-beats on that mixtape.

dayo otm

fred too

Oh man, Post to Be is amazing! Thanks!

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!

"post to be" is incredible

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

gotta eat the booty like groceries is line of the year

song is good but dyl otm

His beats are creeping towards 120

rolling eat the booty like groceries 2016 thread bookmarked.

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'?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

you don't eat groceries. you buy groceries

Wow pedants are the worst

i dunno bro, i both buy and eat groceries

not booty though, no thanks

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

seems a waste to buy booty and not eat it too

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

I made that my tinder bio

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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)

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

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

this is the best part of that song

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

"flex" is so fake mustard it's sick

it sounds like dancehall to me

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

nah, good track tho

i think american internet just discovered it like a month ago

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

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