Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

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(2Pac's vocals)
1999–2001
(Production, guest vocals, and mixing)Template:HlistTemplate:Hlist123:59Template:HlistTemplate:Hlistx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album ratings 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.<ref name="BB200" /> The album was certified quadruple platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).<ref name="RIAA" />

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.<ref name="rollingstone"/> 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").<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="BB200">Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.<ref name="RIAA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On May 24, 2001, the album was certified double platinum for sales of over 200,000 copies in Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="liner notes">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> Template:Track listing

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• "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

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Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>Template:Cite journal Template:CbignoreTemplate:Cbignore</ref>	7

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Until the End of Time by Tupac Shakur

Chart (2001)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	37
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	67
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	78
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	146
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	40
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	9

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	114
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	64

See also

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

External links

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