Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album) - Composition

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Until the End of Time is the seventh studio album and third posthumous album by American 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 (Tarzana, California)
Skip Saylor (Hollywood)
QD3 Soundlab (Los Angeles)
Record One (Los Angeles)
O'Henry Sound (Burbank, California)
Pacifique (Hollywood)

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)

Don't Go 2 Sleep
(2001)

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

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.[5] 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").[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 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 Billboard 200 chart, selling 426,870 copies in its first week, which will be the last number one album released by Death Row Records.[7] 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.[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.	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	QDIII	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	QDIII	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 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

Alfred Spanky – (track 25)
Greg Dalton – (tracks 3)
Marion Williams (tracks 4)

Bass

Cornet Mims – (tracks 3)

Keyboards

Cold 187um – (tracks 1)
Ronnie king – (tracks 3)

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

Johnny J- (tracks 1)
QDIII – (tracks 2)
L.T. Hutton – (tracks 4)

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

Year-end chart performance for *Until the End of Time* by Tupac Shakur
Chart (2001)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29]	37
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[30]	67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[31]	78
UK Albums (OCC)[32]	146
US Billboard 200[33]	40
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[34]	9

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[35]	114
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[36]	64

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[37]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[38]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[39]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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Seprick, Evan. "Until the End of Time". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
'Flash' Juon, Steve. "2Pac :: Until the End of Time". RapReviews. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
Caramanica, Jon (April 16, 2001). "Tupac Shakur: Until The End Of Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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Andrew Dansby (April 4, 2001). "2Pac Too Tough to Top". Retrieved March 1, 2020.
"RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – July 14, 2015". riaa.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007.
"Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
"The 25 Best Posthumous Albums of All Time". BET.com. June 25, 2014.
"Certified Awards". bpi.co.uk.
"Gold/Platinum". Music Canada.
Until the End of Time (booklet). Amaru, Death Row, Interscope. 2001.
"Australiancharts.com – 2Pac – Until the End of Time". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Austriancharts.at – 2Pac – Until the End of Time" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Ultratop.be – 2Pac – Until the End of Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"2Pac Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Dutchcharts.nl – 2Pac – Until the End of Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Lescharts.com – 2Pac – Loyal to the Game". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Offiziellecharts.de – 2Pac – Until the End of Time" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
"Irish-charts.com – Discography 2Pac". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Charts.nz – 2Pac – Until the End of Time". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Swisscharts.com – 2Pac – Until the End of Time". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"2Pac | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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"2Pac Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"2Pac Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Jaaroverzichten 2001". Ultratop. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
"Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 12, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
"Jaaroverzichten – Album 2001". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
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"YEAR-END CHARTS RAP ALBUMS 2001". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
"Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
"Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
"Canadian album certifications – 2 Pac – Until the End of Time". Music Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
"British album certifications – 2 Pac – Until the End of Time". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 15, 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.
"American album certifications – 2 Pac – Until the End of Time". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

Until the End of Time at Metacritic

v t e Tupac Shakur
Discography Songs Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Thug Life: Volume 1 Me Against the World All Eyez on Me
Posthumous albums	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac's Life
Live albums	2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Prophet: The Best of the Works Nu-Mixx Klazzics Tupac: Resurrection The Rose, Vol. 2 The Prophet Returns Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 Best of 2Pac
Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle
Extended plays	Don't Go 2 Sleep
Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "Dear Mama" "So Many Tears" "Temptations" "California Love" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "How Do U Want It" "I Ain't Mad at Cha" "Toss It Up" "To Live & Die in LA" "Hail Mary" "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" "Do for Love" "Changes" "Unconditional Love" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "Until the End of Time" "Letter 2 My Unborn" "Thugz Mansion" "Still Ballin'" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"
Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' from tha Police" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down" "Panther Power"
Featured singles	"Gotta Get Mine" "Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"
Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me
Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination
Outlawz	Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble
Related articles	Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur Thug Life East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts All Eyez on Me (film) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. City of Lies

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[de] Until the End of Time (Album)

Until the End of Time (englisch für: bis ans Ende der Zeit) ist das siebte Studioalbum des US-amerikanischen Rappers Tupac Shakur. Es ist das zweite postum veröffentlichte Album des Künstlers und erschien am 27. März 2001 über die Labels Death Row Records, Interscope und Amaru Entertainment.

- [en] Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

[es] Until the End of Time (álbum)

Until The End Of Time es un álbum póstumo del rapero 2Pac lanzado el 27 de marzo de 2001. Este álbum consiste de una colección material no liberado y remezclas del periodo "Makaveli" en Death Row. Fue el segundo álbum sin la aportación creativa de Tupac. Until The End Of Time fue muy esperado y terminó por ser el álbum de rap mejor vendido del año 2001. El sencillo "Until the End of Time" con Richard Page contiene un sample de la canción "Broken Wings" del grupo de los 80 Mr. Mister (del que Page era líder). El vídeo de la canción es una compilación de imágenes nunca vistas de Tupac. Suge Knight y Afeni Shakur fueron los productores ejecutivos de este álbum, con diez canciones producidas por Johnny "J", gran amigo de 2Pac y productor suyo durante mucho tiempo. El álbum fue triple platino por la RIAA.

[ru] Until the End of Time (альбом)

Until the End of Time — второй посмертный студийный альбом американского рэпера Тупака Шакура, вышедший в 2001 году. Этот альбом представляет собой сборник ранее неизданных песен и ремиксов. Поклонники творчества Тупака с нетерпением ожидали выхода этого альбома, и после релиза в 2001 году он стал самым продаваемым хип-хоп альбомом года. В США было продано свыше 5 миллионов копий, и альбом получил статус пятикратно платинового 10 мая 2001 года[1].

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