Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

Until the End of Time is the seventh studio album and third posthumous album by American rapper 2Pac.

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	123:59
Label	Amaru Death Row Interscope
Producer	Suge Knight (exec.) Afeni Shakur (also exec.) Johnny "J" QDIII L.T. Hutton DJ Quik Mike Mosley Kurt "Kobane" Couthon Hurt-M-Badd Cold 187um
2Pac chronology
Still I Rise (1999) 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]
HipHopDX	4/5[4]
NME	6/10[5]
RapReviews	8/10[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Source	[8]
Sputnikmusic	2.5/5[9]
USA Today	[10]
Wall of Sound	49/100[11]

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.^[12] The album was certified quadruple platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[13]

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.^[7] 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").^[14] The core vocal tracks and some instrumentation was recorded during and after the All Eyez On Me and 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'.^[15]

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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[16] On May 24, 2001, the album was certified double platinum for sales of over 200,000 copies in Canada.^[17]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[18]

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 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 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 Thug Life & 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 Outlawz)	Shakur Jackson Cooper III Beale Greenidge	Johnny "J"	4:37
Total length:				60:00

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 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 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 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
Total length:				58:59

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

Instrumentation

Guitars

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

Bass

• Cornet Mims – (track 3)

Keyboards

• Cold 187um – (track 1)
• Ronnie king – (track 3)

Arrangement

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

Technical

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

Production

• Johnny J – (track 1)
• QDIII – (track 2)
• L.T. Hutton – (track 4)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 37 Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[20] 7 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 63 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 6 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[23] 2 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[24] 10 French Albums (SNEP)[25] 38 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26] 23 Irish Albums (IRMA)[27] 25 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 24 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 34 UK Albums (OCC)[30] 31 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[31] 2 US Billboard 200[32] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[33] 1 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[34] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Until the End of Time by Tupac Shakur Chart (2001) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[35] 37 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[36] 67 Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[37] 15 Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[38] 6 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[39] 78 UK Albums (OCC)[40] 146 US Billboard 200[41] 40 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[42] 9 Chart (2002) Position Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[43] 114 Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[44] 64

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[45]	2× Platinum	200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[46]	Gold	100,000*
United States (RIAA)[47]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2001
• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2001