End Of Your Era
By
MNEA
End Of Your Era is the latest release on the awesome UK Hip
Hop Label Live From The Groove. The Debut release comes from the artist collective know as
MNEA, who are based across the UK and collaborate remotely to produce their own
take on Hip Hop. Production comes from Conbel Evrence, with co-production,
mixing and mastering from Dweller, Vocals by Dweller and Scrabbleshots, cuts by DL Simon C
and Artwork from Tuff Draft Design. The flip side of this single release is a
remix from dope producer Djar One, out of France.
So, I’m not gonna keep you waiting around, let’s get into
this…
The first thing that hits you about End Of Your Era is how
the beat, keys, bass, multi-layered sounds and cuts combine to bring this head
nod vibe that immediately takes over your whole body. It just seems that your
whole body assimilates the sound and vibe making you both one for the duration
of the track. Once the beat has you hooked you are able to listen and feel the
words that form the basis of the message within. The message comes across in
the form of this emotive tale of looking back at life and how far we have come
and realising that the innocent outlook we had on life as children never really
prepare us for what’s to come on the journey of life. We progress thorough life
understanding that the road in front of us never becomes clearer but, is
littered with decisions to make and hurdles to be overcome that will help us
walk forward and grow as individuals, constantly moving and pushing on until we
reach the End of Your Era. The message here really seems to be that life is all
about making the most of what inspires us and helps us to grow along the way,
it’s not always an easy journey but, if we make the most of every opportunity,
we will always that we have done our very best in live.
So, the flip side of the single is the remix from Djar One
which keeps the vocal message and its emotive context but takes the sound scape
to another level. Djar One keeps the reflective vibe of the original single
while giving it a slightly more mellow, upbeat sound. With this remix, Djar One
helps you to imagine yourself chilling on a warm summer’s eve in a group of
friends, musing over life’s journey to date; the ups and downs, the challenges
and the crossroads life has put in front of you, all the while speaking from
the heart, realising just how far you’ve come and that you are still here,
walking forward with purpose.
Sometimes its difficult to come up with words that express
the overall feel of single, EP or album and that is exactly how I’m feeling now
as I sit here, ready to sum up this single but, and I’ve said this before, this
single and the remix are perfect representations of just how powerful music can
be. Here we have a Hip Hop single, that puts in to music, how we can so often
reflect back over our lives and how those trials, tribulations and
inspirations, have shaped who we are in that moment and it comes across in such
a way as to be relevant to any one of us; and because it is so relatable it
can’t help but, stir those deep down emotions within you, regardless of your
musical tastes.
What MNEA have here is a single of which you can play either
side in the car, club, on the radio, at the BBQ and so on and it will get
people moving and speaking on heir own experiences. For me, this is essential
listening for the summer and beyond, it’s just never gonna get old.
Huge props to MNEA and Djar One for crafting such a great
audible experience.
End Of Your Era is available on Live From The Groove today
on strictly limited 7” vinyl and digital.
My Thanks to Dweller for sending this one my way.
On that note…
Yeah, I’m outta here,
See Ya.
Steve.
LINKS
Get your copy of the Vinyl from the LFTG Website Here:
https://www.livefromthegroove.com/product/m-n-e-a-end-of-your-era-7-vinyl-single-45rpm
Grab a copy from the LFTG Bandcamp Here:
https://livefromthegroove.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-your-era-djar-one-remix
Everything Live From The Groove Here:
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