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.
It follows his previous posthumous albums R U Still Down? (Remember Me) and Still [I Rise (album)|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. The album was certified quadruple platinum by Recording [Industry Association of America].

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. 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.. 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

placed the album number 3 on their list of the '25 Best Posthumous Albums of All Time'.

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. On June 10, 2014, the album was certified 4× platinum by Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over four million copies in the United States.
On June 22, 2001, the album was certified Gold by British Phonographic Industry for sales of over 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. On May 24, 2001, the album was certified double platinum for sales of over 200,000 copies in Canada.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Notes
  • signifies the original producer.
  • signifies a remixer.
  • signifies a co-producer.
  • "Fuck Friendz" contains background vocals by Tiffany Villarreal.
  • "Until the End of Time" and "Until the End of Time " contain background vocals by Anthem.
  • "My Closest Roaddogz" contains background vocals by Shiro and Timothy.
  • "Until the End of Time " contains background vocals by R.L. Huggar.

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Vocals
Instrumentation
Guitars
Bass
  • Cornet Mims –
Keyboards
Arrangement
  • Cold 187um
  • Johnny J
Technical
  • Cold 187um – Mixing Engineer
  • Keston Wright – Engineer
  • Paul Smith – Engineer
  • Jamyz Hardy-Martin III – Assistant Engineer
  • Brian Gardner – Mastering Engineer
  • Claudio Cueni – Mixing Engineer, Digital Editor
  • Ian Boxill – Engineer, Mixing Engineer
  • Johnny J – Mixing Engineer
  • Jeff Burns – Assistant Engineer
  • Don Smartt – Assistant Engineer
  • Brian Springer – Mixing Engineer
Production

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Canadian R&B Albums 114
Canadian Rap Albums 64