Don't Quit Your Day Job(Explicit Version) (2007)

Product Summary Label: GOOD MUSIC/RED UPC: 00827969480526 Release Date: 3/6/2007 Buy.com Sku: 204055697 Item#: M3GEVK Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Job Song ~ Consequence (Rap) 2. Don't Forget Em ~ Consequence (Rap) 3. Uptown ~ Consequence (Rap) 4. Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The - (with Kanye West) ~ Consequence (Rap) 5. Night Night ~ Consequence (Rap) 6. Pretty Little Sexy Mama ~ Consequence (Rap) 7. On Break - (skit) ~ Consequence (Rap) 8. Feel This Way - (with John Legend) ~ Consequence (Rap) 9. Callin' Me ~ Consequence (Rap) 10. Disperse - (with Gangsta L. Crisis/Really) ~ Consequence (Rap) 11. Yo Dex! - (skit) ~ Consequence (Rap) 12. Uncle Rahiem ~ Consequence (Rap) 13. Grammy Family - (with Kanye West/John Legend/DJ Khaled) ~ Consequence (Rap) 14. Good News, Bad News - (skit) ~ Consequence (Rap) 15. Who Knew My Luck Would Change ~ Consequence (Rap) Track Listing 1. Job Song 2. Don't Forget Em 3. Uptown 4. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly featuring Kanye West 5. Night, Night 6. Pretty Sexy Little Mama 7. On Break (Skit) 8. Feel this Way featuring John Legend 9. Callin Me 10. Disperse featuring GLC and Really Doe 11. Yo Dex! (Skit) 12. Uncle Rahiem 13. Grammy Family featuring DJ Khaled, Kanye West, and John Legend 14. Good News, Bad News (Skit) 15. Who Knew My Luck Would Change?   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Tony Williams (vocals). Audio Mixers: Andrew Dawson; Ken Ifill. Recording information: Chung King Studios, New York, NY; Da Edge Of Madness Studio, Cambria Heights, NY; Sony Studios, New York, NY. Illustrator: Jean Labourdette "Turf One". Photographer: Nabil Elderkin. Arranger: Consequence. After years of issuing underappreciated recordings, New York City-based rapper Consequence (born Dexter Raymond Mills, Jr.) finally got a shot at the big time with 2007's DON"T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB. Presented in part by 'Quence's old friend Kanye West, the album showcases his amiable, easy-going take on hip-hop, which is best embodied by "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly," a fast-flowing track that features West, and the soulful John Legend collaboration "Feel This Way." It is no coincidence that Consequence is signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music. Not only does the latter appear twice on Don't Quit Your Day Job, Kanye also hosted the Queens rapper's mixtape Take 'Em to the Cleaners and invited him to appear on his own album, The College Dropout. All this friendly cooperation is probably helped by the fact that both MCs share a love for clean, mellow, soul-sample-based production, have strikingly similar delivery styles -- often rhyming words with themselves in a voice that's closer to speaking than rapping -- and choose to write about similar topics. But Consequence isn't some neophyte MC who West has taken on as a prot?g?. He made his debut in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest's record Beats, Rhymes and Life, and, while his career since then has not been overly active, he has kept a hand in music the entire time. But perhaps because it took him more than a decade since that appearance, Quence chose to approach his first actual solo album from the perspective of a kid just starting out in the game. He begins Don't Quit Your Day Job with a song/skit about being behind on bills and having to put his "pride to the side/Go get a 9 to 5" and ends it with deciding to focus all his time and energy on music instead (having to deal with a nagging mother throughout). The rest of the record moves from tracks about trying to make it big, or at least make it ("Don't Forget Em") to women ("Feel This Way") to general observations on life ("The Good, the Bad, the Ugly"). It's all very relatable; Consequence isn't trying to present himself as anything more than just a regular guy, in the same way Kanye has, and it's apparent. This means that even in songs like "Pretty Little Sexy Mama," where he uses fairy tale imagery throughout ("I make a damsel-in-distress dismantle her dress/And once you meet me past the guards I can handle the rest/I got a plan for the stress in these evil times/So I keep on body armor like it's Medieval Times"), it seems natural and real, the MC's slightly lisped voice ably keeping time and cadence well. In fact, it's in pieces like "Night Night," in which he warns he'll fight if he needs to, that things come across a little forced. It's as if he feels he has to prove his street cred when his talent -- part old-school, part backpacker -- is imposing enough, appealing in its intelligence and uniqueness; he doesn't have to slip into stereotypes to show he's a real rapper, he can let his rhymes speak for themselves. ~ Marisa Brown Producer: Kanye West; Consequence; Darren Henson; Canei; Keezo Kane; Younglord the Truth; Len Woolfolk "Low Down"; Keith Pelzer; Karriem Riggins; Kanye West Engineer: Andrew Dawson; Ari Raskin   Compilation Appearances Vol. 1-Traffic Jams (Explicit Version) College Dropout (Explicit Version) College Dropout (Clean) Chitlin Circuit Late Registration (Explicit Version) Late Registration (Clean Version) Hip Hop Violinist (Explicit Version) Hip Hop Violinst Professional Part 3 (Cln) Professional Part 3(Explicit Version) Listennn The Album (Explicit Version) Gospel According To Patti Labelle Grey Hairs Loss 4 Wordz Time Machine(Explicit Version)   Associated Artists and Works Q-Tip   Technical Info Release Date : 03/06/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : 94805 Label : Red Urban Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 49m : 34s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00827969480526   Bio Consequence was born in Queens at the dawn of the hip-hop era, when all of rap's influential early artists were based in the New York City area. Throughout his career, Consequence gained credibility not only on the streets with his peers but with the critics as well. A gifted storyteller, he has a keen and unwavering sense of what he is all about. His objective realism provides a clear alternative not only to gangsta rap but also to the watered-down and overly calculated pop-rap. “What I rhyme about is what I see around me, I’m a result of the hood, my rhymes are a reflection of what I see,” comments Consequence on his forthcoming release Don’t Quit Your Day Job on Getting Out Our Dreams/ Columbia. Consequence received his first big career boost from the chart topping trio A Tribe Called Quest. As a kid performing on the streets of his neighborhood he attracted the attention of A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip and began running with the Tribe while still in high school. Consequence appeared on A Tribe Called Quest’s Beats Rhymes and Life album which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Album Charts in 1996. He co-wrote and appeared on eight tracks; the track he co-wrote and appeared on with Faith Evans, “Stressed Out”, garnered significant attention from fans and critics alike and placed him on the radar of the power players in the industry. In the years to follow, Consequence worked diligently on his craft, establishing his identity as an emcee separate from A Tribe Called Quest. The prolific artist emerged with several mixtapes: The Cons Vol. 1: All Sales Are Final, The Cons Vol. 2: Make the Game Come to You, and Take Em To The Cleaners, which was produced and hosted by Kanye West and also featured artists such as Common, Talib Kweli, 88 Keys, and John Legend. The Cons Vol. 3: The Comeback Kid and A Tribe Called Quence are his latest mixtape releases. The chemistry between West and Consequence is undeniable and Kanye’s involvement is no mystery as Consequence has always surrounded himself with and attracted the best in the business. In 2004, Consequence went on the road as a member of The Kon Man crew on the "School Spirit" tour in support of his appearance on the track "Spaceship," from Kanye West's Grammy winning and Platinum debut album The College Dropout. On the track he raps “I don't wanna ever go back there…So I won't be takin' no days off 'til my spaceship takes off” - a line reflective of his fierce determination to make it in the harsh reality of the music business. He maintains his unique style and approach to music and life despite all the twists and turns his career has taken, and that path has finally led him directly into the spotlight. In 2005, Consequence journeyed back on the road with Kanye West for to accompany him on the coveted “Touch the Sky” tour where he performed not only his part from "Spaceship," but also his verse from “Gone” featured on Kanye’s sophomore Platinum selling album “Late Registration.” The tour, which ended at the end of the year, also featured the talented Keisha Cole, American Idol phenomenon Fantasia, and fellow G.O.O.D. Music artist GLC.      Product Image