Rap music is such a protean form that no one bothers to come up with specific names for its different stylistic phases, unlike, say, indie rock with its thick catalog of microgenres. It just moves too fast.
Mustard’s got two songs on the Hot 100 right now. The higher ranked of the two is “Show Me,” by Kid Ink, an unexceptional LA rapper with so little charisma that he’s outshined on the track by human charisma vacuum Chris Brown. Brown, with his bafflingly large and fervent fan base, is at least partially responsible for “Show Me”‘s 12 weeks on the chart, where it has slowly climbed to number 19. The rest of the credit should go to Mustard’s blippy synth riff and obscenely funky bass line.
