Mustard caught up with the Recording Academy earlier this week ahead of the Grammy Awards, where he opened up about some of his conversations with Lamar surrounding GNX, who took

Mustard revealed that Kendrick Lamar described feeling like Goku when he first heard the electrifying beat for "Hey Now."

Mustard caught up with PEOPLE about his work on Kendrick Lamar's latest album 'GNX,' the reaction to Lamar's No. 1 hit 'Not Like Us' and his hopes for the 67th Grammy Awards — where he's nominated for producer of the year,

Kendrick Lamar felt like Goku when he first heard the beat for "Hey Now" off his latest album GNX, according to Mustard. In a new conversation with GRAMMY.com, Mustard revealed that Kendrick told him the beats he sends over put him in a whole different mindset when he's rapping.