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Mustard scored his first No. 1 as a producer with arguably one of the biggest records of the year, Kendrick Lamarâs âNot Like Us.â
In an interview with Billboard on Tuesday (Oct. 8), the beatmaker revisited his role in creating the record and, more specifically, how heâd react to it being performed at the Super Bowl LIX. âThis [upcoming] year is going to be really special. I canât wait. I might shed a tear,â Mustard said. âIf he performs [âNot Like Usâ] on stage by himself [and] doesnât call me, I wouldnât give a s**t. Just perform it.â
âThe hardest part of this whole thing is actually getting the song [placement], so I already won. I couldnât ask for no more. Thatâs just the cherry on top,â he added.
As Rap-Up reported, Lamar will be headlining the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at New Orleansâ Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025. The decision virtually divided Hip Hop fans, with many feeling that Lil Wayne shouldâve gotten the opportunity instead.
Mustard previously shared that it only took him 30 minutes to create the instrumental for âNot Like Us.â Not to mention, he didnât hear the track until it hit streaming services in May, like everyone else. âI didnât know he was going to gas that beat like that,â the producer shared.
Elsewhere in his conversation with Billboard, Mustard revealed, âIâve never been in a session with him, but I do remember sitting in a To Pimp a Butterfly session. I was just there because Terrace Martin took me. I remember seeing that s**t and being like, âWhoa, itâs a lot going on.â With me and YG, we didnât have that many musicians around. That was my first time seeing some s**t like that.â
Mustardâs Faith Of A Mustard Seed hit streaming services in July with guest appearances from Blxst, Future, Kodak Black, Lil Durk, and Young Thug, among others. Despite the stacked feature list, the LP only sold 18,000 album-equivalent units.