Guilty Conscience (album)
Guilty Conscience | ||||
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Studio album by J. Holiday | ||||
Released | January 28, 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
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Length | 45:11 | |||
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J. Holiday chronology | ||||
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Singles from Guilty Conscience | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Urban Informer | [1] |
You Know I Got Soul | [2] |
Guilty Conscience is the third studio album by American recording artist J. Holiday, released on January 28, 2014 by Music Line, HMG and Central South Distribution. It serves as Holiday's first album in nearly five years, since the release of Round 2 (2009).
The album features production from Lil Ronnie, Ronnie D, Jerry Wonda, Blaq Smurph and Miyk Snoddy, among others.[3] Guilty Conscience receive mostly positive reviews, giving the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.
The album was a commercial disappointment, becoming the lowest selling release of Holiday's career.
Background
On January 8, 2014, during an interview with Urban Bridgez, J. Holiday spoke about the album title, saying: "I named it Guilty Conscience because it’s basically like a movie. Let’s say, because I do what I do; I’m an R&B artist. So let’s say that if you could put a soundtrack to my life, in the last 5 years, this would be the soundtrack. So it’s kind of like, I’m telling my business. You know what I mean and I didn’t really want to. But it’s going to help when it comes to relationships like love and all of that because it’s like the sh*t really happens. The same way Steve Harvey did the book Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man. So it’s like the album, like I messed up with my main chick, trying to get with the side-chick. Like she was out there, but I didn’t know. So now I’m learning and I have to go back and fix my relationship because the side-chick got me all tore up. So for instance, like on the title track Guilty Conscience, that’s me talking to my main girl. And now I’m like, where you going, what are you doing, why are you doing this, why are you putting on make-up? You know what I mean and that’s the guilty conscience and what it’s about."[4]
Singles
The song "Sign My Name" was released as a buzz single, on May 29, 2012, it peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.[5] The first single "After We Fuck" was released on September 23, 2013.[6] A music video was released on November 22, 2013.[7] The second single "Incredible", was sent to urban radio on February 17, 2014.
Promotion
He released a sampler of the album, that contains 4 snippets and 3 of the tracks.[8]
Commercial Performance
Due to the album's lack of promotion, it would only managed to debut at number 42 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Track listing
Guilty Conscience – CD – digital download – streaming | |||
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No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
1. | "Incredible" |
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4:02 |
2. | "Thinkin About You" | Phil Cornish | 2:38 |
3. | "Cloud 9" | Phil Cornish | 3:51 |
4. | "After We Fuck" |
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3:31 |
5. | "Guilty Conscience" |
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4:08 |
6. | "Ms. Get Around" | 3:33 | |
7. | "Wrong Turn" | 3:23 | |
8. | "Home Wrecker" | Lil Ronnie | 4:08 |
9. | "Dumb" | Patrick "Guitarboy" Hayes | 3:24 |
10. | "Come Back Home" | 3:23 | |
11. | "Where Are You Now" | 4:22 | |
12. | "Heaven" | Arden Altino | 4:49 |
Total length: |
42:11 |
- Note
- The track listing was confirmed by Amazon.com.[9]
Credits and personnel
Credits for Guilty Conscience adopted from Allmusic.[10]
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Charts
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11] | 42 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label |
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United States | January 28, 2014[12] |
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References
- ↑ http://www.urbaninformer.com/2014/01/31/j-holiday-clears-mind-guilty-conscience-album-review/
- ↑ http://youknowigotsoul.com/album-review-j-holiday-guilty-conscience-4-stars-out-of-5
- ↑ "J. Holiday Books December 10th For Comeback Album 'Guilty Conscience'". Singersroom.com.
- ↑ http://urbanbridgez.com/ubgblog/2014/01/08/ub-interview-j-holiday-talks-guilty-conscience-going-indie-industry-politics-more/
- ↑ "Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Issue Date: 2012-09-15". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ http://sosincereent.blogspot.com/2013/09/j-holidays-new-single-after-we-fk.html?m=1
- ↑ Video on YouTube
- ↑ "J. Holiday Guilty Conscience (Sampler)". DJBooth.net.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Guilty Conscience: J. Holiday: Audio CD". Amazon.com.
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/guilty-conscience-mw0002613295
- ↑ "J. Holiday – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for J. Holiday.
- ↑ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152025172482521&id=18711872520&__user=100002947226978
- ↑ "Itunes - Music - Guilty Conscience by J. Holiday". Itunes.apple.com.