Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

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Until the End of Time
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2001
RecordedOctober 14, 1995 – September 6, 1996
(2Pac's vocals)

1999–2001
(Production, guest vocals, and mixing)
Studio
Genre
Length2:04:05
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
Metacritic51/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
RapReviews8.0/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
HipHopDX[6]

Until the End of Time is the seventh

studio album and third posthumous album by American rapper 2Pac
.

It follows his previous posthumous albums

Background

The album is the result of a collaboration between

sessions.

Accolades

BET placed the album 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

4× 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 Gold by British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 100,000 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"
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
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Big Syke Interlude" (featuring
2Pac[a]
  • Jim Gettums[b]
  • Dareen Vegas[b]
  • Crooked I[b]
  • 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 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—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
    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 Shiro and Timothy.
    • "Until the End of Time (Remix)" contains background vocals by R.L. Huggar.

    Personnel

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

    Vocals

    • 2pac
      – All
    • 6 Feet Deep – (tracks 1)
    • Tiffany Villarreal – (tracks 2)
    • Honey – (tracks 4)
    • SKG – (tracks 4)

    Instrumentation

    Guitars

    Bass

    • Cornet Mims – (tracks 3)

    Keyboards

    Arrangement

    • Cold 187um (tracks 1)
    • Johnny J (tracks 3)

    Technical

    • Cold 187um – Mixing Engineer (tracks 1,4),
    • Keston Wright – Engineer (tracks 1,4)
    • Paul Smith – Engineer (tracks 1)
    • Jamyz Hardy-Martin III – Assistant Engineer (tracks 1,4)
    • Brian Gardner – Mastering Engineer ( tracks 1,3,4)
    • Claudio Cueni – Mixing Engineer (tracks 2), Digital Editor (tracks 2)
    • Ian Boxill – Engineer (tracks 3), Mixing Engineer (tracks 3)
    • Johnny J – Mixing Engineer (tracks 3)
    • Jeff Burns – Assistant Engineer (tracks 3)
    • Don Smartt – Assistant Engineer (track,2,5,7,9,10,11,14)
    • Brian Springer – Mixing Engineer (tracks 4)

    Production

    Charts

    Certifications

    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    Canada (Music Canada)[40] 2× Platinum 200,000^
    United Kingdom (BPI)[41] Gold 100,000^
    United States (RIAA)[42] 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.)

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