'''''When This Is Over''''' is the debut studio album by [[Canada|Canadian]] rapper [[Shad (rapper)|Shad]], released in 2005. The album was financed by $17,500 Shad won from [[CKBT-FM|91.5 The Beat]]'s Rhythm of the Future talent competition while completing his final year of undergraduate study at [[Wilfrid Laurier University]].<ref>{{cite news| |last=Perlich| |first=Tim |date=2006-02-16 |title=Six-string rap: Canuck hiphop threat Shad sticks with guitar|newspaper =[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]| date url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=151890&archive=25,25,2006-02-16| |url-status=dead |archive-url=httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20121022100956/https://nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=151890&archive=25,25,2006 |archive-date=October accessdate22, 2012 |accessdate=2011-07-26 |newspaper=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/shadhiphop |title=Shad When This Is Over CD Baby |publisher=www.cdbaby.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-26}}</ref>
The album features tracks on topics ranging from the [[Rwandan genocide]] to race in [[basketball]].
