‘Not Like Us’ producer Mustard gives Drake advice after Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl blow
Mustard is having the time of his life right now. The producer has been closely aligned with Kendrick Lamar of late, producing his hit single ‘Not Like Us’, as well as ‘TV Off’ and ‘Hey Now’ from his GNX album. Mustard’s time in the spotlight continued as Kendrick Lamar brought him out for his performance of the Drake diss track at the Super Bowl on February 9th.
Following the halftime show, Mustard sat down with Big Boy’s Neighborhood to discuss all things Super Bowl. When Big Boy asked, “What the hell does Drake do after all this?” the Los Angeles native offered some advice.
“I don’t know, man. I actually don’t think about what he could do,” he said. “I just try to stay aligned with pure shit, just being pure and being on the right side of things — not doing no tactics and gimmicks.”
He continued, “I’m not speaking at Drake or for him, but a lot of shit that’s going on — the tactics, the things that you do just to get attention. You don’t need to do that. Just make music, man. Make good music and you’ll be fine.”
During the Super Bowl, Kendrick performed his diss tracks ‘Euphoria’ and ‘Not Like Us’. Before playing the latter song, the Compton rapper taunted Drake, saying, “I want to perform their favourite song, but you know they love to sue.”
He also smiled into the camera and rapped, “Say, Drake, I hear you like ‘em young,” and got a huge response to his popular lyric, “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.” At the show’s end, he called an end to their beef by shutting off the lights and displaying “Game Over” in the crowd.
Mustard isn’t the only hip-hop artist to give Drake advice. Speaking to GQ in October, Killer Mike shared his thoughts on how he can come back from defeat.
“I mean, you do what hip-hop has always done. You take your L’s like you take your W’s, you dust yourself off, you get back to making dope music,” he said. “That’s all. Rap is pugilism and poetry. You’re going to go through battles. I wouldn’t overpersonalize it. I’d just get back to satisfying whatever Drake fans are wanting.”
He added, “The best has taken some losses. Ice Cube handed my favourite group in the world [N.W.A] a loss, but that didn’t stop Eazy-E from discovering Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and making the biggest comeback ever. That didn’t stop Dr Dre from making The Chronic, you know what I’m saying?”