Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

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Until the End of Time
Untiltheend.jpg
Studio album by
2Pac
ReleasedMarch 27, 2001
RecordedOctober 14, 1995 – September 6, 1996
(2Pac's vocals)
1999–2001
(Production, guest vocals, and mixing)
Studio
  • Can-Am (Tarzana, California)
  • Skip Saylor (Hollywood)
  • QD3 Soundlab (Los Angeles)
  • Record One (Los Angeles)
  • O'Henry Sound (Burbank, California)
  • Pacifique (Hollywood)
Genre
Length123:59
Label
Producer
2Pac chronology
Still I Rise
(1999)		Until the End of Time
(2001)		 Better Dayz
(2002)
Singles from Until the End of Time
  1. "Happy Home"
    Released: December 2000
  2. "Until the End of Time"
    Released: February 18, 2001
  3. "Letter 2 My Unborn"
    Released: June 5, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 51/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
RapReviews8.0/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Source Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Until the End of Time is the seventh studio album and third posthumous album by American rapper 2Pac.

Contents

It follows his previous posthumous albums R U Still Down? (Remember Me) and Still I Rise . The album consists of material recorded while the rapper was on Death Row Records from 1995 to 1996. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 426,870 copies in its first week. [10] The album was certified quadruple platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [11]

Background

The album is the result of a collaboration between Afeni Shakur's Amaru Records and Suge Knight's Death Row Records, and features previously unreleased works by Shakur. [7] The majority of the music compositions were remixed from their original state. Highly anticipated, Until the End of Time was ultimately one of the best selling hip hop albums of 2001. There were only three times references to Death Row Records were not censored. ("Until the End of Time" (both versions), "U Don't Have 2 Worry", and "All Out"). [12] The core vocal tracks and some instrumentation was recorded during and after the All Eyez On Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory sessions.

Accolades

BET placed the album number 3 on their list of the '25 Best Posthumous Albums of All Time'. [13]

Commercial performance

Until the End of Time debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 426,870 copies in its first week, which will be the last number one album released by Death Row Records. [10] On June 10, 2014, the album was certified 4× platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over four million copies in the United States. [11]

On June 22, 2001, the album was certified Gold by British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. [14] On May 24, 2001, the album was certified double platinum for sales of over 200,000 copies in Canada. [15]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [16]

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ballad of a Dead Soulja"
4:15
2."Fuck Friendz"
 QDIII 5:19
3."Lil' Homies"
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
Johnny "J"3:43
4."Let 'Em Have It" (featuring SKG)
 L.T. Hutton 4:53
5."Good Life" (featuring Big Syke & E.D.I. of the Outlawz)
Mike Mosley4:17
6."Letter 2 My Unborn"
3:55
7."Breathin'" (featuring Young Noble, Napoleon, Kastro & E.D.I.—credited to Outlawz)
Johnny "J"4:04
8."Happy Home"
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
  • Big Simon
3:56
9."All Out" (featuring Napoleon, Kastro & E.D.I.—credited to Outlawz)
Big Simon Says5:32
10."Fuckin' wit the Wrong Nigga"
 Tyrone Wrice 3:37
11."Thug N U Thug N Me" (Remix) (featuring K-Ci & JoJo)
4:11
12."Everything They Owe"
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
Johnny "J"3:07
13."Until the End of Time" (featuring R.L. Huggar of Next)
  • Johnny "J" [a]
  • Tone [b]
  • Frank "Nitty" Pimentel [c]
  • Jamel Edgerton [c]
4:26
14."M.O.B." (featuring Big Syke, Mopreme, Hussein Fatal & Yaki Kadafi—credited to Thug Life & Outlawz)
5:01
15."World Wide Mob Figgaz" (featuring E.D.I., Young Noble & Napoleon—credited to Outlawz)
  • Shakur
  • Jackson
  • Cooper III
  • Beale
  • Greenidge
Johnny "J"4:37
Total length:60:00
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Big Syke Interlude" (featuring Big Syke)
  • Big Simon
  • Himes
Cold 187um1:45
2."My Closest Roaddogz"
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
Johnny "J"4:04
3."Niggaz Nature" (Remix) (featuring Lil' Mo)
QDIII5:04
4."When Thugz Cry"
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
Johnny "J"4:22
5."U Don't Have 2 Worry" (featuring Young Noble, E.D.I., Napoleon, Kastro & Yaki Kadafi—credited to Outlawz)
  • Shakur
  • Jones III
  • Fula
  • Cooper III
  • Beale
  • Cox
  • Greenidge
  • Hunter
QDIII5:07
6."This Ain't Livin'"
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
Johnny "J"3:41
7."Why U Turn on Me"
  • Shakur
  • Big Simon
3:32
8."LastOnesLeft" (featuring Napoleon & Kastro—credited to Outlawz)
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
  • Beale
  • Cox
Johnny "J"3:59
9."Thug N U Thug N Me" (featuring K-Ci & JoJo)
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
  • Peyton
Johnny "J"4:29
10."Words 2 My First Born" (featuring Above the Law)
 DJ Quik 4:07
11."Let 'Em Have It" (Remix) (featuring Left Eye)
  • L.T. Hutton [a]
  • Jamie Jones [b]
  • Jason Pennock [b]
  • Martin Kember [b]
4:25
12."Runnin' on E" (featuring Hussein Fatal, Yaki Kadafi, Young Noble & Nutt-So—credited to Outlawz)
  • Shakur
  • Fula
  • Washington, Jr.
  • Cooper III
  • Cole
2Pac5:37
13."When I Get Free" (featuring J. Valentine)
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
  • Big Simon
  • Johnny "J" [a]
  • Cold 187um [b]
4:30
14."Until the End of Time" (RP Remix) (featuring Richard Page)
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
  • George
  • Lang
  • Page
  • Johnny "J" [a]
  • Tone [b]
  • Frank "Nitty" Pimentel [c]
  • Jamel Edgerton [c]
4:27
Total length:58:59

Notes

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Vocals

Instrumentation

Guitars

Bass

Keyboards

Arrangement

Technical

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [43] 2× Platinum200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [44] Gold100,000*
United States (RIAA) [45] 4× Platinum4,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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