AMARU/DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE SETS RELEASE OF 2PAC DOUBLE CD OF SONGS RECORDED IN THE YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH

“When my mama ask me will I ever change, I tell her yeah…but it’s clear I will always be the same until the end of time.” --2Pac, “Until The End Of Time”

Until The End Of Time, a double CD of songs written and performed by 2Pac during the exhilarating, controversial and ultimately tragic last year of his life, will be released by Amaru/Death Row/Interscope Records on March 27, 2001.

Featuring more than 20 selections, Until The End Of Time brings together the full range of 2Pac’s thoughts and emotions following his release from prison in late 1995 until his death on September 13, 1996.

The tracks on Until The End Of Time are the never-before-released recordings the phenomenally prolific rapper was working on before his murder.  From the inspirational (“Letter To My Unborn,” “Until The End Of Time”) to the combative (“Last One Left,” “All Out”), from thoughtful touching songs (“Mama’s Just A Little Girl,” “Happy Home”) to getting’ crazy party songs (“Let Em Have It,” “Thug N U Thug N Me”), Until The End Of Time delves into the complete 2Pac, tracing his life and experiences as expressed through his own words and many of the songs he intended to be on his next album. 

Executive produced by Suge Knight and Afeni Shakur, Until The End Of Time was culled from 2Pac’s Death Row catalog.  Until The End Of Time is the first of two double CDs of songs from the same Makaveli period; the second double CD will be released at the end of the year.

In late 2000, Amaru/Interscope released The Rose That Grew From Concrete, Volume I, an interpretation of 2Pac’s poetry.  In 1999, the posthumous collaboration Still I Rise from 2Pac & Outlawz was certified platinum.  The 1998 2Pac Greatest Hits album is nine times platinum.  The double album vault compilation R U Still Down? (Remember Me) in 1997 went quadruple platinum, with the single “Do For Love” gold.  Under the moniker Makaveli, 2Pac recorded Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory just prior to his death and the late 1996 release went quadruple platinum.

2Pac debuted as a solo artist on 1991’s 2Pacalypse Now followed by 1993’s Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.AZ.  Both albums were platinum and the latter spun off the gold singles “I Get Around” and “Keep Ya Head Up.”  After the gold Thug Life: Volume I with the group Thug Life in 1994, the double platinum Me Against The World in 1995 debuted at #1 and spawned the platinum single “Dear Mama.”  In 1996, the first original double album in hip-hop history, All Eyez On Me, debuted at #1 and went eight times platinum.  “How Do U Want It/California Love” became a double platinum single.

Prescient about his own death, 2Pac recorded a remarkable volume of material during his final years.  Following his passing, as those songs are released, 2Pac’s significance and almost mythic stature as the voice of a generation continues to grow.  

For More Information Contact:

Jonathan Wolfson/Death Row Records
323.466.0499 (P)
323.466.2176 (F)
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Dennis Dennehy/Interscope Records
310.865.7934 (P)
310.865.7903 (F)
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