{"id":31515,"date":"2024-07-10T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiantmedia.io\/?p=31515"},"modified":"2024-07-10T19:57:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:57:38","slug":"mustard-talks-about-his-big-comeback-dealing-with-personal-challenges-and-his-next-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-34-197-49-85.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/?p=31515","title":{"rendered":"Mustard Talks About His Big Comeback, Dealing With Personal Challenges, And His Next Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Even Grammy-winning artists must occasionally remind their audiences of who they are and what they do. Mustard’s latest “allow me to reintroduce myself” moment achieved exactly that. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The Los Angeles native created the track for Kendrick Lamar’s recent massive hit, the Drake-slaying “Not Like Us.” The 34-year-old beatmaker’s career has been littered with highlights, allowing him to position himself as the face of the California sound wave in the 2010s. Producing singles like Tyga’s “Rack City,” 2 Chainz’s “I’m Different,” YG’s “Who Do You Love?” and Big Sean’s “I Don’t F*k With You,” Mustard was giving the entire industry the sauce, and his tagline “Mustard on the beat, h<\/em>” was heard everywhere hip-hop was played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He founded his record label, 10 Summers, in 2015 and later signed upcoming R&B artist Ella Mai. After winning a Grammy for Best R&B Song in 2019 for producing Mai’s hit single “Boo’d Up,” Mustard received another nomination in the Best Rap\/Sung Performance category for his 2019 single “Ballin” featuring Roddy Ricch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ MORE: After Just 24 Hours, Kendrick Lamar\u2019s \u201cNot Like Us\u201d Video Is Approaching 20 Million Views On YouTube, Far Behind Record Holders Taylor Swift And K-Pop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Mustard’s work has been significantly absent from the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart since Roddy Ricch’s “Late at Night” hit at No. 21 in 2021. Mustard’s absence has been marked by difficult circumstances, including a highly public divorce from his ex-wife, Chanel Thierry, the mother of his three children, in 2022, as well as the deaths of his grandparents at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. As these situations strained Mustard’s faith, he was discreetly plotting his comeback by working on his upcoming fifth studio album, Faith of a Mustard Seed. Travis Scott, Young Thug, Roddy Ricch, Ty Dolla $ign, Ella Mai, and others contribute to the project, which will be released on July 26. It combines spiritual elements with summer bangers and R&B vibes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This past May, in a stroke of heavenly timing, Kendrick Lamar used a Mustard beat for the omnipresent Drake diss-turned-West Coast song, “Not Like Us.” The song earned Mustard his long-awaited first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash. His second wind was activated.
Mustard, born Dijon McFarlane, spoke openly with XXL on Zoom in early June about his hiatus, a public divorce, his comeback to the spotlight through a big collaboration, and his new album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mustard: Yeah, I’ve been quietly working on the next cycle of content that I’ve been curating for the past few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does it feel to be the man of the hour again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels the same, I suppose. [“Not Like Us”] is the most successful song I’ve ever had. But the impact and how it feels, like [I’m] part of history, and the fact that it’s with someone I’ve wanted to work with for years, I believe it’s the right time for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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