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. 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 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'.

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 (RIAA) for sales of over four million copies in the United States.

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. 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 (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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Chart (2001)

! Peak<br />position

|Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)

|align="center"|7

Year-end charts

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

! scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Position

! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)

| 37

!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

|67

! scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

|15

!scope="row"|Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)

| 78

! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)

| 146

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 40

! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)

| 9

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

!Chart (2002)

!Position

!scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

| 114

! scope="row"|Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

| 64

Certifications

References

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