Until The End Of Time
R U still down for more? More prolific than ever, the sadly  departed Tupac reemerges with yet another compilation of demos,  unfinished thoughts, and songs evenheprobably didn't like.Until the End of Timechronicles the fruitful Makaveli period of  Pac's career, shortly before his untimely slaying. One of Tupac's  greatest assets was the way he reveled in his own contradictions, the  way he'd drop an uplifting track like "Keep Ya Head Up" in the middle  of a hardcore gangsta album. Despite moments like the pensive "Until  the End of Time" or "Letter 2 My Unborn," an overwhelming majority ofUntilis straight thug life. He's a masterful narrator ("Ballad  of a Dead Soulja," "Last Ones Left"), but over the course of  one-and-a-half hours the thugisms get monotonous, especially given the number of  songs that appear twice. The most intriguing moments ofUntilare the odd references--to his own death, to a young Jay-Z, to the  then-unknown phrase "Bling Bling." An album strictly for die-hards.--Hua Hsu