Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

Until the End of Time
Studio album by 2Pac
Released March 27, 2001
Recorded October 14, 1995–August 29, 1996
(2Pac's vocals)
2000–2001
(Production, guest vocals, and mixing)
Genre West Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, G-funk, Political Rap
Length 124:05
Label Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records, Interscope Records
Producer Johnny "J", QDIII, L.T. Hutton
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. "Until the End of Time"
    Released: February 18, 2001
  2. "Letter 2 My Unborn"
    Released: June 5, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(51/100) link
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
The A.V. Club(mixed) link
Entertainment WeeklyB link
HipHopDX link
NME(6/10) link
RapReviews(8.0/10) link
Rolling Stone link
Wall of Sound(49/100) link at the Wayback Machine (archived April 5, 2001)
Music Box

Until the End of Time is the third posthumous studio album from the late rapper Tupac Shakur, following 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 toward the later end of 1996. A majority of the music compositions were remixed from their original state. Until the End of Time was very highly anticipated and ended up being one of the best selling hip hop album in 2001.[1]

Commercial success

Until the End of Time debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. On June 10, 2014 it was certified 4x platinum by RIAA.[2] On 22 June 2001 it was certified Silver (60,000) by BPI.[3] On May 24, 2001 it was certified 2x platinum (200,000 units) in Canada.[4]

Accolades

BET put it number 3 on their list of 'The 25 Best Posthumous Albums of All Time'.[5]

Track listing

Disc One

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Ballad of a Dead Soulja"  Remix by Cold 187um Original by Johnny "J" 4:15
2. "Fuck Friendz"  QDIII 5:19
3. "Lil' Homies"  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.)Mike Mosley 4:17
6. "Letter 2 My Unborn"  Remix by Trackmasters Original by Johnny "J" 3:55
7. "Breathin'" (featuring Outlawz)Johnny "J" 4:04
8. "Happy Home"  Remix by JIM GITTUM, Daren Vegas & Crooked I Original by Johnny "J" 3:56
9. "All Out" (featuring Outlawz)Big Simon Says 5:32
10. "Fuckin' wit' the Wrong Nigga"  Hurt-M-Badd 3:37
11. "Thug N U Thug N Me" (Remix) (featuring K-Ci & JoJo)Johnny "J" 4:11
12. "Everything They Owe"  Johnny "J" 3:07
13. "Until the End of Time" (featuring R.L. Huggar of Next, back vocals by Anthem)Remix by Trackmasters Original by Johnny "J" 4:26
14. "M.O.B." (featuring Outlawz & Thug Life)Remix by Ant Banks Original by Kurt Couthan 5:01
15. "World Wide Mob Figgaz" (featuring Outlawz)Johnny "J" 4:37

Disc Two

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Big Syke Interlude" (featuring Big Syke)Cold 187um 1:45
2. "My Closest Roaddogz"  Johnny "J" 4:04
3. "Niggaz Nature" (Remix) (featuring Lil' Mo)QDIII 5:04
4. "When Thugz Cry"  Johnny "J" 4:22
5. "U Don't Have 2 Worry" (featuring Outlawz)QDIII 5:07
6. "This Ain't Livin'"  Johnny "J" 3:41
7. "Why U Turn on Me"  Remix by JIM GITTUM, Darren Vegas & Crooked I Original by 2Pac 3:32
8. "LastOnesLeft" (featuring Outlawz)Johnny "J" 3:59
9. "Thug N U Thug N Me" (featuring K-Ci & JoJo)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 Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)L.T. Hutton 4:25
12. "Runnin' on E" (featuring Outlawz & Nutt-So)2Pac 5:37
13. "When I Get Free" (featuring J. Valentine)Remix by Cold 187um, SR. Shakur Original by Johnny "J" 4:30
14. "Until the End of Time (Remix)" (featuring Richard Page, back vocals by R.L. Huggar & Anthem)Johnny "J" & Franky "Nitty" Pimentel 4:27

Unused Tracks

Album chart positions

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[6] 2× Platinum 200,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[8] 4× Platinum 2,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Chart (2001) Peak positions
Australian Charts #37[9]
Austrian Charts #63[10]
Belgium Charts (Flanders) #6[11]
Billboard 200 #1[12]
Canadian Charts #2[12]
Deutsch Charts #23[13]
Dutch Charts #10[14]
French Charts #38[15]
Irish Charts #25[16][17]
New Zealand Charts #24[18]
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums #1[12]
Switzerland Chart #34[19]
UK Chart #31 / #33[20][21]

Samples

Samples Later Used

Preceded by
Hot Shot by Shaggy		 Billboard 200 number-one album
April 14, 2001 – April 20, 2001 		Succeeded by
Now 6 by Various artists

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  2. ↑ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – July 14, 2015". http://www.riaa.com. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "Certified Awards". bpi.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada.
  5. ↑ "The 25 Best Posthumous Albums of All Time". BET.com. 25 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – 2 Pac – Until the End of Time". Music Canada. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "British album certifications – 2 Pac – Until the End of Time". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 September 2013. Enter Until the End of Time in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  8. ↑ "American album certifications – 2 Pac – Until the End of Time". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 15 September 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  9. ↑ Steffen Hung. "2 Pac – Until The End Of Time". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  10. ↑ Steffen Hung. "2 Pac – Until The End Of Time". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  11. ↑ "2 Pac – Until The End Of Time". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  12. 1 2 3 "2Pac". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  13. ↑ musicline.de / PhonoNet GmbH. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  14. ↑ Steffen Hung. "2 Pac – Until The End Of Time". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  15. ↑ Steffen Hung. "2 Pac – Until The End Of Time". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  16. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track". Chart-track.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  17. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track". Chart-track.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  18. ↑ Steffen Hung. "2 Pac – Until The End Of Time". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  19. ↑ Steffen Hung. "2 Pac – Until The End Of Time". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  20. ↑ "2Pac – Until The End Of Time". Chart Stats. 2001-04-21. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  21. ↑ "2PAC – The Official Charts Company". Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  22. ↑ "samples used in 2PAC songs all 80's songs". Remixboard.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

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