{{distinguish|The Improv Presents: Don't Quit Your Day Job}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Don't Quit Your Day Job! | type = studio album | artist = [[Consequence (rapper)|Consequence]] | cover = Don't Quit Your Day Job.JPG | alt = | released = {{Start date|2007|03|06}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = {{Duration|m=49|s=34}} | label = {{hlist|[[GOOD Music|GOOD]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[RED Ink Records|RED Ink]]}} | producer = {{hlist|[[Consequence (rapper)|Consequence]]|[[Koolade]]|[[Kanye West]]|Canei|[[Younglord]]|Darren Henson|Keith Pelzer|Len Woolfolk|[[Karriem Riggins]]|[[Keezo Kane]]}} | prev_title = The Wait is Over Vol. 1: The Best of The Cons | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = The Cons Vol. 5: Refuse 2 Die | next_year = 2007 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-quit-your-day-job-mw0000569769|title=Consequence - Don't Quit Your Day Job|work=[[AllMusic]]|first=Marisa|last=Brown|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> | rev2 = [[Exclaim!]] | rev2score = mixed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/consequence-dont_quit_your_day_job|title=Consequence: Don't Quit Your Day Job|work=[[Exclaim!]]|first=Del F.|last=Cowie|date=March 22, 2007|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> | rev3 = [[HipHopDX]] | rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=hiphopdx>{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.763/title.consequence-dont-quit-your-day-job|title=Consequence - Don't Quit Your Day Job!|work=[[HipHopDX]]|first=William|last=Ketchum|date=March 12, 2007|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> | rev4 = [[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] | rev4score = mixed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2006/11/consequence-don’t-quit-your-day-job/|title=Consequence: Don't Quit Your Day Job!|work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|first=Thomas A.|last=Harden|date=November 2, 2006|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> }} '''''Don't Quit Your Day Job!''''' is the debut studio album by American rapper [[Consequence (rapper)|Consequence]]. It was released on [[GOOD Music]] and [[Columbia Records]] on March 6, 2007. The album features the song "[[Grammy Family]]", a song with [[DJ Khaled]] featuring [[Kanye West]] and [[John Legend]], which also appeared on DJ Khaled's debut album "[[Listennn... the Album]]" and was released as a single in 2006. Guest appearances on the album include [[Kanye West]], [[John Legend]], Really Doe and [[GLC (rapper)|GLC]].
In the album's first week, it sold 7,490 units, while also debuting at #1 on the "[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]" New Artist chart.<ref name="Saint-Louis">{{cite web |url= https://allhiphop.com/news/consequence-talks-album-sales-offers-fans-special-deal/ |title=Consequence Talks Album Sales, Offers Fans Special Deal |access-date=2007-04-07 |last=Saint-Louis |first=Tai |author-link= |date=2007-03-20 |format= |work=AllHipHop News |publisher=www.AllHipHop.com}}</ref> Consequence also offered a refund deal on his [[MySpace]] page, claiming that anyone who purchased the album and didn't like any of the songs could contact him and get their money back.<ref name="Saint-Louis"/>
== Reception == William Ketchum of [[HipHopDX]] gave the album three stars out of five, saying: "Despite its drawbacks, ''Don't Quit Your Day Job!'' is still a solid debut from Consequence and another winner in the GOOD Music catalog."<ref name=hiphopdx/>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Job Song | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Consequence (rapper)|Dexter Mills]]|[[Koolade|Matko Šašek]]|[[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]]}} | extra1 = [[Koolade]] | length1 = 3:18 | title2 = Don't Forget Em | writer2 = {{hlist|Mills|[[Kanye West]]|[[Milton Nascimento]]}} | extra2 = West | length2 = 3:59 | title3 = Uptown | writer3 = {{hlist|Mills|Canei Finch}} | extra3 = Canei | length3 = 3:44 | title4 = The Good, the Bad, the Ugly | note4 = featuring [[Kanye West]] | writer4 = {{hlist|Mills|William Mitchell}} | extra4 = West | length4 = 4:11 | title5 = Night, Night | writer5 = {{hlist|Mills|[[Younglord|Richard Frierson]]}} | extra5 = [[Younglord]] | length5 = 2:57 | title6 = Pretty Little Sexy Mama | writer6 = {{hlist|Mills|Lamont Dozier|McKinley Jackson|James Reddick}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Darren Henson|Keith Pelzer}} | length6 = 3:22 | title7 = On Break (Skit) | writer7 = {{hlist|Mills|Len Woolfolk}} | extra7 = [[Consequence (rapper)|Consequence]] | length7 = 0:43 | title8 = Feel This Way | note8 = featuring [[John Legend]] | writer8 = {{hlist|Mills|Woolfolk|[[John Legend|John Stephens]]}} | extra8 = Woolfolk | length8 = 4:11 | title9 = Callin' Me | writer9 = {{hlist|Mills|Frierson}} | extra9 = Younglord | length9 = 3:36 | title10 = Disperse | note10 = featuring [[GLC (rapper)|GLC]] and Really Doe | writer10 = {{hlist|Mills|Šašek|[[GLC (rapper)|Leonard Harris]]|Warren Trotter}} | extra10 = Koolade | length10 = 4:41 | title11 = Yo Dex! (Skit) | writer11 = {{hlist|Mills|[[Karriem Riggins]]}} | note11 = featuring [[DJ Swivel]] | extra11 = Consequence | length11 = 0:46 | title12 = Uncle Rahiem | writer12 = {{hlist|Mills|Riggins}} | extra12 = Riggins | length12 = 4:09 | title13 = [[Grammy Family]] | note13 = [[DJ Khaled]] & Consequence featuring Kanye West & John Legend | writer13 = {{hlist|Mills|[[DJ Khaled|Khaled Khaled]]|West|Stephens}} | extra13 = {{hlist|West|[[Jon Brion]]}} | length13 = 3:24 | title14 = Good News, Bad News (Skit) | writer14 = {{hlist|Mills|Vinney Barnett|[[Bobby Eli]]}} | extra14 = Consequence | length14 = 1:17 | title15 = Who Knew My Luck Would Change? | writer15 = {{hlist|Mills|[[Keezo Kane|Keith Moore]]|Barnett|Eli}} | extra15 = [[Keezo Kane]] | length15 = 5:16 | title16 = Blowin' My Phone (Callin' Me Pt. 2) | note16 = iTunes bonus track | writer16 = {{hlist|Mills|[[Devo Springsteen|DeVon Harris]]}} | extra16 = [[Devo Springsteen]] | length16 = 3:41 | all_writing = | total_length = }}
'''Sample Credits'''
*"Job Song" contains a sample of "[[Nautilus (song)|Nautilus]]" performed by [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]] *"Don't Forget 'Em" contains samples of "Catavento" performed by [[Milton Nascimento]] and "Tone 10" performed by Takumi Kato *"The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" contains a samples of "I Wish You Were Here" performed by [[Al Green]] and "[[Mickey's Monkey (song)|Mickey's Monkey]]" performed by [[The Miracles]] *"Pretty Little Sexy Mama" contains a sample of Trying to Hold on to My Woman" performed by Lamont Dozier *"Disperse" contains a sample of "The World Is a Place" performed by Rhythm *"Grammy Family" contains samples of "You've Made Me So Very Happy" performed by [[Lou Rawls]] and "What the World Is Coming To" performed by [[Dexter Wansel]] *Good News, Bad News" (skit) and "Who Knew My Luck Would Change?" contain a sample of "Love Won't Let Me Wait" performed by [[Luther Vandross]]
== Charts == {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !scope="col"|Chart !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299610/consequence/chart?f=305|title=Consequence - Chart history - Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> |113 |- !scope="row"|[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299610/consequence/chart?f=333|title=Consequence - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> |27 |- !scope="row"|[[Rap Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299610/consequence/chart?f=335|title=Consequence - Chart history - Rap Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> |12 |- !scope="row"|[[Independent Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299610/consequence/chart?f=326|title=Consequence - Chart history - Independent Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> |10 |- !scope="row"|[[Heatseekers Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299610/consequence/chart?f=324|title=Consequence - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> |1 |- |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Discogs master|155355|Don't Quit Your Day Job!}}
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