Typically, Mustard’s productions lay their wares out early and drive home simple hooks flanked by little else but 808 kicks and claps, occasionally throwing in a weird embellishment or nod to his forefathers.
The opening fanfares on My Krazy Life's tracks are gossamer but massive, like a blindside smack from a pillow. Mustard’s still working with the melodic economy that has drawn shrewd trend-watchers Drake, Young Jeezy, and 2 Chainz to his fold, but here they’re lighter and brighter. YG’s major-label debut My Krazy Life marks a turning point for the duo here, Mustard’s production and YG’s songwriting have both gone deliciously widescreen. He and YG have worked closely on mixtapes such as 2012's 4 Hunnid Degreez and the Just Re’d Up series, forging a symbiotic producer-rapper bond the likes of which has scarcely been seen on a mainstream field of play since Drake and Noah "40" Shebib. Mustard's sound peruses the common ground between the chunky low-end synths of seminal house hits like Robin S.’ “Show Me Love” and the orchestral pomp of g-funk-era Dre.
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