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
Released	March 27, 2001
Recorded	October 14, 1995–September 6, 1996 (2Pac's vocals) 1999–2001 (Production, guest vocals, and mixing)
Studio	Can Am Recorders and Skip Saylors
Genre	Hip hop R&B
Length	2:04:05
Label	Amaru Death Row Interscope
Producer	Johnny "J" QDIII L.T. Hutton DJ Quik
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
"Happy Home" Released: December 2000 "Until the End of Time" Released: February 18, 2001 "Letter 2 My Unborn" Released: June 5, 2001

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	51/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
RapReviews	8.0/10[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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ballad of a Dead Soulja"	Tupac Shakur Johnny Jackson Big Simon	Johnny "J"^[a] Cold 187um^[b]	4:15
2.	"Fuck Friendz"	Shakur Quincy Jones III Sean P. Young	QDIII	5:19
3.	"Lil' Homies"	Shakur J. Jackson	Johnny "J"	3:43
4.	"Let 'Em Have It" (featuring SKG)	Shakur Big Simon Lenton Terrell Hutton Donna Hunter	L.T. Hutton	4:53
5.	"Good Life" (featuring Big Syke & E.D.I. of the Outlawz)	Shakur Mike Mosley Malcolm Greenidge Tyruss Himes	Mike Mosley	4:17
6.	"Letter 2 My Unborn"	Shakur J. Jackson Channette Higgens Channoah Higgens Michael Jackson	Johnny "J"^[a] Tone^[b] Frank "Nitty" Pimentel^[c]	3:55
7.	"Breathin'" (featuring Young Noble, Napoleon, Kastro & E.D.I. of Outlawz)	Shakur J. Jackson Rufus Cooper III Mutah Beale Greenidge Katari Cox	Johnny "J"	4:04
8.	"Happy Home"	Shakur J. Jackson Big Simon	Johnny "J"^[a] Jim Gettums^[b] Dareen Vegas^[b] Crooked I^[b]	3:56
9.	"All Out" (featuring Napoleon, Kastro & E.D.I. of Outlawz)	Shakur Yafeu Fula Cooper III Beale Greenidge Cox	Big Simon Says	5:32
10.	"Fuckin' wit the Wrong Nigga"	Shakur Tyrone Wrice	Tyrone Wrice	3:37
11.	"Thug N U Thug N Me" (Remix) (featuring K-Ci & JoJo)	Shakur J. Jackson Jewell Peyton	Johnny "J"^[a] Jamie Jones^[b] Jason Pennock^[b] Martin Kember^[b]	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)	Shakur J. Jackson Steven George John Lang Richard Page	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)	Shakur Big Simon Anthony Banks Sonny Sowles Fula Bruce Washington, Jr. Maurice Harding	Kurt "Kobane" Couthon^[a] Ant Banks^[b] Sonny B^[b]	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Big Syke Interlude" (featuring Big Syke)	Big Simon Himes	Cold 187um	1:45
2.	"My Closest Roaddogz"	Shakur J. Jackson	Johnny "J"	4:04
3.	"Niggaz Nature" (Remix) (featuring Lil' Mo)	Shakur Jones III Cynthia Loving	QDII	5:04
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	QDII	5:07
6.	"This Ain't Livin'"	Shakur J. Jackson	Johnny "J"	3:41
7.	"Why U Turn on Me"	Shakur Big Simon	2Pac^[a] Jim Gettums^[b] Dareen Vegas^[b] Crooked I^[b]	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)	Shakur David Blake Big Simon Sean Cole	DJ Quik	4:07
11.	"Let 'Em Have It" (Remix) (featuring Left Eye)	Shakur Hutton Hunter Lisa Lopes	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	2Pac	5:37
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

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

• "Fuck Friendz"
  • "Ether" by Nas from the album Stillmatic
• "Niggaz Nature"
  • "What's Luv?" by Fat Joe from the album Jealous Ones Still Envy
• "Letter 2 My Unborn"
  • Liberian Girl by Michael Jackson from the album Bad

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 37 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 63 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 6 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 2 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 10 French Albums (SNEP)[19] 38 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 23 Irish Albums (IRMA)[21] 25 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 24 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 34 UK Albums (OCC)[24] 31 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[25] 2 US Billboard 200[26] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[27] 1 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[28] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29] 37 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[30] 78 US Billboard 200[31] 40 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[32] 9

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified 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

• List of number-one albums of 2001 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 2001 (U.S.)

References

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34. "British album certifications – 2 Pac – Until the End of Time". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 September 2013. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Until the End of Time in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
35. "American album certifications – 2 Pac – Until the End of Time". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 

External links

• Until the End of Time at Metacritic