''Until the End of Time'' is the seventh

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and third posthumous album by American rapper

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. It follows his previous posthumous albums ''

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'' and '' Still I Rise''. The album consists of material recorded while the rapper was on

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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

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(RIAA).

Background

The album is the result of a collaboration between

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and Suge Knight's

, 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. ("Until the End of Time" (both versions), "U Don't Have 2 Worry", and "All Out"). The core vocal tracks and some instrumentation was recorded during and after the ''

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'' and '' Makaveli: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory'' sessions.

Accolades

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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

(RIAA) for sales of over four million copies in the United States. On June 22, 2001, the album was certified Gold by

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(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

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. * "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

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Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes. Vocals *

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– All * 6 Feet Deep – (tracks 1) *

– (tracks 2) *Honey – (tracks 4) *SKG – (tracks 4) Instrumentation Guitars * Alfred Spanky – (track 25) *Greg Dalton – (tracks 3) * Marion Williams (tracks 4) Bass *Cornet Mims – (tracks 3) Keyboards *

Cold 187um Gregory Fernard Hutchison (born August 4, 1967), known as Big Hutch and Cold 187um, is an American rapper and producer, and leader of the rap group Above the Law. He currently records for his self-founded label. Biography Hutchison is ...

– (tracks 1) *

Ronnie king Ronnie King is an American musician, producer, and co-owner of Blue Label Records with Sean Couevas. Credits include * 2Pac, keyboards on '' Still I Rise'', '' Until the End of Time'' * Snoop Dogg, Hammond organ on '' Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$ ...

– (tracks 3) Arrangement * Cold 187um (tracks 1) *Johnny J (tracks 3) Technical * Cold 187um – Mixing Engineer (tracks 1,4), * Keston Wright – Engineer (tracks 1,4) * Paul Smith – Engineer (tracks 1) * Jamyz Hardy-Martin III – Assistant Engineer (tracks 1,4) *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...

– Mastering Engineer ( tracks 1,3,4) * Claudio Cueni – Mixing Engineer (tracks 2), Digital Editor (tracks 2) * Ian Boxill – Engineer (tracks 3), Mixing Engineer (tracks 3) * Johnny J – Mixing Engineer (tracks 3) * Jeff Burns – Assistant Engineer (tracks 3) * Don Smartt – Assistant Engineer (track,2,5,7,9,10,11,14) *Brian Springer – Mixing Engineer (tracks 4) Production *

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- (tracks 1) *

QDIII Quincy Delight Jones III (born 23 December 1968), better known as QDIII, QD3 and Snoopy, is an English-born Swedish-American music producer and film producer. Family Jones was born in Wimbledon, London, the son of Swedish model Ulla Andersson ...

– (tracks 2) * L.T. Hutton – (tracks 4)

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External links

* {{Authority control Tupac Shakur albums 2001 albums Albums published posthumously Death Row Records albums Interscope Records albums Interscope Geffen A&M Records albums Albums produced by DJ Quik Albums produced by L.T. Hutton Albums produced by Johnny "J"