Guilty Conscience (album)

Guilty Conscience
Studio album by J. Holiday
Released January 28, 2014
Recorded 2013
Losta Studios
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Studio Crib Zeno
Genre
Length 45:11
Label
  • Music Line
  • HMG
  • Central South
Producer
  • Anthony "T.A." Tate (exec.)
  • Lil Ronnie (exec.)
  • J. Holiday (co-exec.)
  • Ronnie D
  • Jerry Wonda
  • Blaq Smurph
  • Miyk Snoddy
  • B.A.M.
  • Phil Cornish
  • Arden Altino
  • Patrick "Guitarboy" Hayes
J. Holiday chronology

Round 2
(2009)		 Guilty Conscience
(2014)
Singles from Guilty Conscience
  1. "After We Fuck"
    Released: November 12, 2013
  2. "Incredible"
    Released: February 17, 2014
  3. "Heaven"
    Released: 2014
  4. "Where Are You Now"
    Released: 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
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

Guilty Conscience debuted at number 42 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It became Holiday's first album to not chart on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Incredible"  
  • Brandon Alexander Hodge
  • Ronnie Jackson
  • Marquis A. Foxx
  • Aaron C. Sledge
  • Lil Ronnie
  • B.A.M.
4:02
2. "Thinkin About You"  
  • Richard Preston Butler
  • Jermine Jackson
  • Andrew Harr
  • Andre Davidson
  • Karlyn Ramsey
  • Shawn Davidson
Phil Cornish 2:38
3. "Cloud 9"  
  • Alexandria Dollar
  • Jordan Dollar
  • Ronnie Jackson
Phil Cornish 3:51
4. "After We Fuck"  
  • Rafael Ishman
  • Jackson
  • Ronak Dalal
  • Lil Ronnie
  • Ronnie D
 3:31
5. "Guilty Conscience"   
  • Patrick "Guitarboy" Hayes
  • Phil Cornish
 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"  
  • Shaunte Talbert
  • Christopher Newland
  • Jackson
  3:23
11. "Where Are You Now"  
  • Samuel James Harris III
  • Terry Lewis
  4:22
12. "Heaven"  John W. JacksonArden Altino 4:49
Total length:
 42:11
Note

Personnel

Credits for Guilty Conscience adopted from Allmusic.[10]

  • Brandon Alexander - Bass, Instrumentation
  • Arden Altino - Composer, Keyboards, Producer
  • B.A.M. - Composer, Producer
  • Blaq Smurph - Instrumentation, Producer
  • Phil Cornish - Composer, Keyboards, Producer
  • Ronnie D - Producer
  • Kevin KD Davis - Mixing
  • Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis - Bass, Composer, Producer
  • C. Dwight - Composer
  • Rod Harris, Jr. - Guitar
  • Patrick "Guitarboy" Hayes - Composer, Guitar, Producer
  • J. Holiday - Primary Artist
  • Araceli Jackson - A&R
  • Ronnie Jackson - Composer, Executive Producer, Producer
  • Jubu - Guitar
  • Phillip Lassiter - Horn
  • Colin Leonard -Mastering
  • Lil Ronnie - Instrumentation, Producer, Vocal Producer
  • Brandyn Porter - Guitar
  • Ronnie X's 2 - Producer
  • Miykal Snoddy - Composer, Producer
  • Anthony "T.A." Tate - Composer, Executive Producer, Producer
  • Zach Wolfe - Photography

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11] 42

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label
United States January 28, 2014[12]

[13]
  • Music Line
  • HMG

References

External links