Don't Quit Your Day Job
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Don't Quit Your Day Job! is the debut album by rapper Consequence
, released on March 6, 2007. It features "Grammy Family", a song by DJ Khaled
featuring Consequence, John Legend
and Kanye West
which originally appeared on Khaled's album Listennn... The Album and was released as a single in 2006. Guest appearances on the album are Kanye West
, John Legend
, GLC
and Really Doe
.
Consequence (rapper)
Dexter Mills , better known as Consequence, is an American rapper. He is the cousin of rapper Q-Tip of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and was formerly an affiliate of Kanye West's GOOD Music family. Consequence debuted in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest's album Beats, Rhymes, and Life...
, released on March 6, 2007. It features "Grammy Family", a song by DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled
Khaled bin Abdul Khaled , better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, radio personality, DJ, and record label executive. He is a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006, Khaled released his...
featuring Consequence, John Legend
John Legend
John Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career...
and Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
which originally appeared on Khaled's album Listennn... The Album and was released as a single in 2006. Guest appearances on the album are Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
, John Legend
John Legend
John Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career...
, GLC
GLC (rapper)
Leonard D. Harris is an American rapper from Chicago.-Early life:Leonard D. Harris found poetry and hip-hop at an early age and used both to cope with the passing of his parents. “As long as you’re talking about the negativity, you’re only attracting more negativity into your life. Stay positive. I...
and Really Doe
Really Doe
Warren Trotter , better known as Really Doe, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois.- Career:Really Doe signed with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label in 2005...
.
Reception
Don’t Quit Your Day Job was met with fairly positive results from numerous music critics. Rap Reviews stated 'Don't Quit Your Day Job!" won't blow you away, nor will is it likely to make you dance. But it's a soulfully smooth album that both hip hop heads and casual fans can enjoy, with a great replay value.' Allmusic declared '…he doesn't have to slip into stereotypes to show he's a real rapper; he can let his rhymes speak for themselves.'Commercial Performance
In its first week the album sold 7,490 units, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart. Following criticism, Consequence offered a refund deal on his MySpace page, claiming that anyone who purchased the album and was disappointed by it could contact him and get their money back.Track listing
- "Job Song" – 3:18 (Bob JamesBob James (musician)Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
, Dexter MillsConsequence (rapper)Dexter Mills , better known as Consequence, is an American rapper. He is the cousin of rapper Q-Tip of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and was formerly an affiliate of Kanye West's GOOD Music family. Consequence debuted in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest's album Beats, Rhymes, and Life...
, Matko SasekKooladeKoolade is a Croatian hip-hop producer. Born in Zagreb, Jugoslavia in the late 1970s, he began his music career in the mid/late 1990s. Along with other members of the Blackout family he made a strong contribution in making hip-hop an established genre in the Croatian mainstream music scene...
)- Contains a sample from "Nautilus" as performed by Bob James
- "Don't Forget Em" – 3:59 (Mills, Milton NascimentoMilton Nascimento-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
, Kanye WestKanye WestKanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
)- Contains a sample from "Catavento" as performed by Milton Nascimento and "Tone 10" as performed by Takumi Kato
- "Uptown" – 3:44 (Canei Finch, Mills)
- "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" – 4:11 (Mills, Willie MitchellWillie Mitchell (music)Willie Mitchell was an American soul, R&B, rock and roll, pop and funk record producer and arranger, who ran Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee...
, West)- Featuring Kanye WestKanye WestKanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
- Contains samples from "I Wish You Were Here" as performed by Al GreenAl GreenAlbert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
and "Mickey's MonkeyMickey's Monkey (song)"Mickey's Monkey" was a 1963 song recorded by the R&B group The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label. It was written and produced by Motown's main songwriting team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland, who later went on to write 2 more Miracles hit singles, the Top 40 "I Gotta...
" as performed by The MiraclesThe MiraclesThe Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature...
- Featuring Kanye West
- "Night, Night" – 2:57 (Richard FriersonYounglordRichard "Younglord" Frierson is an American Hip Hop and R&B record producer.A native of New York City, he was signed in November 1994, at the age of sixteen, to Puff Daddy's Hitmen Production Team producing for the label's roster including Mase, The Lox, Faith Evans & 112...
, Mills) - "Pretty Little Sexy Mama" – 3:22 (Lamont DozierLamont DozierLamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
, Darren Henson, McKinley Jackson, Mills, Keith Pelzer, James Reddick)- Contains a sample from "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" as performed by Lamont Dozier
- "On Break" (skit) – 0:43 (Mills, Woolfolk)
- "Feel This Way" – 4:11 (Dexter Mills, John StephensJohn LegendJohn Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career...
, Len Woolfolk)- Featuring John LegendJohn LegendJohn Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career...
- Featuring John Legend
- "Callin' Me" – 3:36 (Frierson, Mills)
- "Disperse" – 4:41 (Leonard HarrisGLC (rapper)Leonard D. Harris is an American rapper from Chicago.-Early life:Leonard D. Harris found poetry and hip-hop at an early age and used both to cope with the passing of his parents. “As long as you’re talking about the negativity, you’re only attracting more negativity into your life. Stay positive. I...
, Mills, Sasek, Kingsley Swan, Suzanne Swan, Warren TrotterReally DoeWarren Trotter , better known as Really Doe, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois.- Career:Really Doe signed with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label in 2005...
)- Featuring GLCGLC (rapper)Leonard D. Harris is an American rapper from Chicago.-Early life:Leonard D. Harris found poetry and hip-hop at an early age and used both to cope with the passing of his parents. “As long as you’re talking about the negativity, you’re only attracting more negativity into your life. Stay positive. I...
and Really DoeReally DoeWarren Trotter , better known as Really Doe, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois.- Career:Really Doe signed with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label in 2005... - Contains a sample from "The World Is a Place" as performed by Rhythm
- Featuring GLC
- "Yo Dex!" (skit) – 0:46 (Mills, Karriem RigginsKarriem RigginsKarriem Riggins is a jazz drummer, hip hop producer, dj, and sometime rapper. He is a former member of the Ray Brown Trio and Mulgrew Miller trio and currently appears in the Diana Krall quartet....
)- Featuring DJ Swivel
- "Uncle Rahiem" – 4:09 (Mills, Riggins)
- "Grammy Family" – 3:24 (Mills, John Stephens, West)
- Featuring DJ KhaledDJ KhaledKhaled bin Abdul Khaled , better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, radio personality, DJ, and record label executive. He is a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006, Khaled released his...
, Kanye West and John Legend - Contains a sample from "You've Made Me So Very HappyYou've Made Me So Very Happy"You've Made Me So Very Happy" is a song written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy, and was released first as a single in 1967 by Holloway on the Tamla label...
" as performed by Lou RawlsLou RawlsLouis Allen "Lou" Rawls was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game"...
- Featuring DJ Khaled
- "Good News, Bad News" (skit) – 1:17 (Vinnie Barrett, Bobby Eli, Mills)
- Contains a sample from "Love Won't Let Me Wait" as performed by Luther VandrossLuther VandrossLuther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
- Contains a sample from "Love Won't Let Me Wait" as performed by Luther Vandross
- "Who Knew My Luck Would Change?" – 5:16 (Barrett, Eli, Mills, Keith MooreKeezo KaneKeezo Kane is an American hip-hop producer. In 2004, he signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label.-Production credits:*Right About Now : "The Beast"...
- Contains a sample from "Love Won't Let Me Wait" as performed by Luther VandrossLuther VandrossLuther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
- Contains a sample from "Love Won't Let Me Wait" as performed by Luther Vandross
- "Blowin' My Phone (Callin' Me Pt. 2)" [iTunes bonus track]
Production
- KooladeKooladeKoolade is a Croatian hip-hop producer. Born in Zagreb, Jugoslavia in the late 1970s, he began his music career in the mid/late 1990s. Along with other members of the Blackout family he made a strong contribution in making hip-hop an established genre in the Croatian mainstream music scene...
— track 1, 10 - Kanye WestKanye WestKanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
— track 2, 4, 13 - Canei Finch — track 3
- YounglordYounglordRichard "Younglord" Frierson is an American Hip Hop and R&B record producer.A native of New York City, he was signed in November 1994, at the age of sixteen, to Puff Daddy's Hitmen Production Team producing for the label's roster including Mase, The Lox, Faith Evans & 112...
— track 5, 9 - Darren Henson — track 6
- Keith Pelzer — track 6
- Len Woolfolk — track 7, 8
- Karriem RigginsKarriem RigginsKarriem Riggins is a jazz drummer, hip hop producer, dj, and sometime rapper. He is a former member of the Ray Brown Trio and Mulgrew Miller trio and currently appears in the Diana Krall quartet....
— track 11, 12 - Consequence — track 14
- Keezo KaneKeezo KaneKeezo Kane is an American hip-hop producer. In 2004, he signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label.-Production credits:*Right About Now : "The Beast"...
— track 15 - Devo SpringsteenDevo SpringsteenDevon Harris , better known as Devo Springsteen, is a Grammy Award winning producer and songwriter. Springsteen launched the career of multi-platinum selling recording artist John Legend by signing him to Kanye West’s GOOD Music in 2003...
— track 16
Album chart positions
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
113 |
| U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | 27 |
| U.S. Top Independent Albums | 10 |
| U.S. Top Heatseekers | 1 |