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- Summary: A double album of previously unreleased tracks from the late rapper Tupac Shakur, bringing his total of posthumous releases to four (with a fifth planned for Fall 2001). The songs were recorded during the sessions for 1996's 'Makaveli.'
- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Rap
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Until The End Of Time | |
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Perhaps I was addicted to tha dark side Some where inside my childhood witnessed my heart die And even though we both came from tha same places Tha... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 8
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Mixed: 6 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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Entertainment WeeklyToo often here, post-mortem producers dilute his power with garish backup singers and pop hooks. [4/20/2001, p.72]
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So, even the fact that these 29 tracks, including 3 remixes, have sometimes been re-produced, re-jigged and finely honed production-wise doesn't diminish the original effort involved.
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Still, no matter how many of these admittedly incredible rhymes end up surfacing over time thanks to his mother's part-earnest, part-exploitative efforts, the bottom line is that 2Pac never finished these songs -- there are a few fully developed songs here worth marveling over, just not nearly enough to justify the album's double-disc length
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The problem isn't so much that this album sounds dated (not surprising, as it was recorded back when Lil Bow Wow was in pre-K), but rather that the songs are so poorly mixed and produced...
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Multitracked to death, Until the End of Time lacks the intensity that made the original Makaveli's Don Killuminati: The Seven Day Theory so brash and exciting.
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What saves what sounds from beginning to end like an extremely quick buck -- via material on a music equivalency level of farts and burps -- is Shakur's provocative presence, so urgent in both decadence ("Good Life") and desperation ("This Ain't Livin'") that he still seems here, at least in the spirit of his lyrics.
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Heavy on outside contributions and certainly missing 2Pac's editorial control and final production decisions, Until the End of Time bops and weaves from peak to valley in schizophrenic fashion.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 30
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Mixed: 0 out of 30
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Negative: 4 out of 30
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SergioZ.Jun 8, 2001This is tha bomb !!!!!!!!!
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RobertB.May 31, 2001That's the best album of the year.
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Apr 24, 2015
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MikeD.Aug 19, 2001
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JabarADec 22, 2005This CD was the BOMB! Tupac is a real soldier and there is nobody else like him. Rest in peace my man.
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Oct 31, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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keimorAug 2, 2004Tis album suckxxx azz!1 lol omgz!1
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