Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

Until the End of Time is the seventh studio album, and third posthumous album by rapper 2Pac. 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.[7] The album was certified quadruple platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[8]

Until the End of Time
Studio album by
2Pac
ReleasedMarch 27, 2001
RecordedOctober 14, 1995–September 6, 1996
(2Pac's vocals)
1999–2001
(Production, guest vocals, and mixing)
StudioCan Am Recorders and Skip Saylors
Genre
Length2:04:05
Label
Producer
2Pac chronology
The Rose That Grew from Concrete
(2000)		 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
Metacritic51/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
RapReviews8.0/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
HipHopDX[6]

Background

A 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").[9] The core vocal tracks and some instrumentation was recorded during and after the All Eyez On Me and Makaveli: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory sessions.

Accolades

BET put it number 3 on their list of 'The 25 Best Posthumous Albums of All Time'.[10]

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.[7] On June 10, 2014, the album was certified quadruple platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over four million copies in the United States.[8]

On June 22, 2001 the album was certified silver by British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[11] On May 24, 2001, the album was certified double platinum for sales of over 200,000 copies in Canada.[12]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[13]

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ballad of a Dead Soulja"
4:15
2."Fuck Friendz"
QDIII5:19
3."Lil' Homies"
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
Johnny "J"3:43
4."Let 'Em Have It" (featuring SKG)
L.T. Hutton4:53
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. of Outlawz)
Johnny "J"4:04
8."Happy Home"
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
  • Big Simon
3:56
9."All Out" (featuring Napoleon, Kastro & E.D.I. of Outlawz)
Big Simon Says5:32
10."Fuckin' wit the Wrong Nigga"
Tyrone Wrice3:37
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 of Outlawz)
5:01
15."World Wide Mob Figgaz" (featuring E.D.I., Young Noble & Napoleon of Outlawz)
  • Shakur
  • Jackson
  • Cooper III
  • Beale
  • Greenidge
Johnny "J"4:37
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)
QDII5:04
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 of Outlawz)
  • Shakur
  • Jones III
  • Fula
  • Cooper III
  • Beale
  • Cox
  • Greenidge
  • Hunter
QDII5:07
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 of 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 Quik4:07
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 of Outlawz)
  • Shakur
  • Fula
  • Washington, Jr.
  • Cooper III
  • Cole
2Pac5:37
13."When I Get Free" (featuring J. Valentine)
  • Shakur
  • J. Jackson
  • Big Simon
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

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies the original producer.
  • ^[b] signifies a remixer.
  • ^[c] signifies a co-producer.
  • "Fuck Friendz" contains background vocals by Tiffany Villarreal.
  • "Until the End of Time" and "Until the End of Time (Remix)" contain background vocals by Anthem.
  • "My Closest Roaddogz" contains background vocals by featuring Shiro and Timothy.
  • "Until the End of Time (Remix)" contains background vocals by R.L. Huggar.

Sampling

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[33] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[34] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[35] 4× Platinum 4,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References
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