The End Of An Era

***The End of an Era*** is the third studio album by Justin Da Mustang, released by Bad Dreams Records with distribution handled by Empire on August 13, 2021. Da Mustang stated that the album features a "beach" or "yacht" type of sound.

## Background

After the release of his fifth extended play *Wicked Lips*, Da Mustang announced the he would be working on his new studio album. He has announced he had been at the studio and photos have been shown of him recording new music.

On the project's concept, Da Mustang stated that its titled refers to the end of his teen's and what happened in the last decade in his life. He confirmed his decision of going on hiatus from music after releasing *The End of an Era* to focus on other ventures.

The rapper has announced he has merch upcoming and he has been transparent about promoting and speaking to radios.

Da Mustang has shown snippets of different songs and lyrics to social media as well as titles such as "I Am The Strip Club" which was announced by Justin through a snippet from his Instagram stores. Justin also announced "Dance Like Nobody's Watching" through Twitter with a snippet.

"Not My Favorite was announced through a livestream from his Instagram. He also announced "3 Day Miami" with a snippet on Instagram as well as announcing he wrote the song about "Posh Spice". He also shared a story on Instagram with a snippet of the song.

On August 3, Da Mustang revealed, via Instagram, the album's standard artwork and announced that it would be released on August 13, 2021. He also stated, replying to a fan in the comments, that a deluxe version is also scheduled to be released, along with its own artwork, most likely at the same time than the standard edition.

Da Mustang also shared that the standard version of the album is set to include 14 songs, while the deluxe will feature 17, and that there will be CDs for both editions.

On September 17, the deluxe version was released, being made available for pre-save on digital platforms three days before.

## Singles

"Dance Like Nobody's Watching", featuring Tinashe, was released on August 21, 2020 as the originally intended lead single for the album, but was scrapped due to its under-performance.

The official lead single "Sip It" with Tyga was released on April 2, 2021, along with its music video, which caused controversy, with Da Mustang rightfully calling out YouTube for not promoting the video. The song was omitted from the standard track listing, but is expected to be featured in the deluxe edition, yet to be released. "Brazil" was also released as a promotional single on the same day.

"I Am the Stripclub" was released on July 2, 2021 as the second single for the album.

"Sex on the Beach", featuring Sophia Scott, was released as the promotional single on August 5, 2021 along with the album's pre-order.

### **Notes**

* "Pillow Fight" contains sampled elements from "Lipgloss", as performed by Charli XCX featuring CupcakKe and written by Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook and Elizabeth Harris (2017). It also contains sampled elements from "What You Gonna Do", as performed by Lil Jon and The East Side Boys, and written by J. Smith, S. Norris and D. Richardson.
* "STFU" contains sampled elements from "Roll the Dice", as performed by Shy FX featuring Stamina MC and Lily Allen, and written by Allen, A. Williams and L. Reeves.
* "I Am the Stripclub" is stylised as "Iam the Stripclub".
* "Woke Up (Diamonds)" contains sampled elements from "Diamonds", as performed by TT The Artist and written by M. Gasque and T. Wilson.
* In the CD format, the length of "XXXTRA" is 2:26. The only difference is that the outro was shortened.
* "N.Y.E." was originally track number 7 in the standard edition, but it was ultimately replaced by "Nights Like This", leaving "N.Y.E." as a deluxe edition bonus track.

### **Scrapped tracks**

* Dance Like Nobody's Watching (feat. Tinashe) (original lead single, later replaced by "Sip It")
* Not My Favorite (confirmed via Instagram live)