"Guilty Conscience" is a song by American rapper Eminem, featuring American hip hop producer Dr. Dre. It was released as the third and final single from Eminem's The Slim Shady LP (1999). It was also released on his 2005 greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits.
The concept for "Guilty Conscience" first arose whilst Dr. Dre and Eminem were at the gym together and discussing potential song ideas. Dr. Dre proposed a collaboration between the two called "Night 'n' Day", in which Dr. Dre would state various lyrics and Eminem would respond with the exact opposite sentiments. Eminem began writing the song upon returning home that evening. Mark Avery, an announcer from a talent agency, was hired to voice the narrator; after Eminem explained to Avery what he wanted him to say, the rest of the song was constructed around his parts.[1]
The song contains a sample from the Ronald Stein song "Pigs Go Home" from the soundtrack to the film Getting Straight.
Critical reception
Allmusic highlighted this song on LP.[2] David Browne noted that Eminem's "coldly-calculated-to-offend alter ego considers date rape".[3]
Music video
The video for "Guilty Conscience" has a nonstop back-beat with a chorus, unlike the album version, and a different narrator, played by actor Robert Culp. The lyrics in the chorus samples the song "I Will Follow Him" by Little Peggy March ("These voices, I hear them. And, when they talk, I'll follow"). The version that aired on MTV eliminated the murder at the end of the song and converted it into an escalating argument between Eminem and Dre with no resolution. The Director's Cut leaves the murder in.[4] The video is produced using the bullet time technique, depicting Eminem and Dr. Dre rapping to the song's protagonists on how to deal with their conflicting situations: including a man's temptation to robbing a liquor store, a college student's urge to have sex with an underage girl at a frat party, and the urge of a construction worker to murder his wife after he catches her cheating with another man. Dr. Dre poses as the "good conscience" and wins the first arguments (Eddie) while Eminem poses as the "evil conscience" and wins the second (Stan). However, in the third argument, which is over the actions Grady (the construction worker) should take when he catches his wife cheating with another man, Eminem's taunting and accusations of hypocrisy coaxes Dr. Dre into agreeing with him that Grady should kill them both and subsequently Dre suggests that Grady should get his gun and murder his wife and her lover. The nonstop back-beat and chorus from the music video were only used in the edited version of the song, but the narrator was not changed. The video won the "Hottest Music Video" award at the Online Hip-Hop Awards in 2000.[5][6] The video was listed on MuchMusic's50 Most Controversial Videos at No. 38 for its promotion on how people get crossed with their consciences.
Lawsuit
In September 2003, 70-year-old widow Harlene Stein filed suit against Eminem and Dr. Dre on the grounds that "Guilty Conscience" contains an unauthorized sample of "Pigs Go Home" written for the film Getting Straight by her husband Ronald Stein, who died in 1988.[7] Although the album's liner notes state that the song contains an interpolation of "Pigs Go Home", Stein is not credited as a co-writer and his wife was not paid royalties for use of the song.[7] The lawsuit requested 5 percent of the retail list price of 90 percent of all copies of the album sold in America, and 2.5 percent of the retail price of 90 percent of all copies of the album sold internationally.[7] The suit was dismissed in June 2004 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.[8]
^"Guilty Conscience: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon UK. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^"Eminem feat. Dr. Dre – Guilty Conscience" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
^"Eminem feat. Dr. Dre - Guilty Conscience" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^. charts.de. Media Control Charts. Archived from the original (in German) on October 17, 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^"The Irish Charts - All there is to know" (insert "Eminem" into the "Search by Artist" box, or insert "Guilty Conscience" into the "Search by Song Title" box). irishcharts.ie. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^. top40.nl. Dutch Top 40. Archived from the original (in Dutch) on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^"Eminem feat. Dr. Dre – Guilty Conscience" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
^"Eminem feat. Dr. Dre - Guilty Conscience". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
guilty, conscience, song, guilty, conscience, song, american, rapper, eminem, featuring, american, producer, released, third, final, single, from, eminem, slim, shady, 1999, also, released, 2005, greatest, hits, album, curtain, call, hits, guilty, conscience, . Guilty Conscience is a song by American rapper Eminem featuring American hip hop producer Dr Dre It was released as the third and final single from Eminem s The Slim Shady LP 1999 It was also released on his 2005 greatest hits album Curtain Call The Hits Guilty Conscience Single by Eminem featuring Dr Drefrom the album The Slim Shady LPReleasedJune 8 1999Recorded1998GenreHorrorcoreLength3 19LabelAftermathInterscopeWebSongwriter s Marshall MathersAndre YoungProducer s Dr DreEminemEminem singles chronology Role Model 1999 Guilty Conscience 1999 Dead Wrong 1999 Dr Dre singles chronology Zoom 1998 Guilty Conscience 1999 Still D R E 1999 Music video Guilty Conscience on YouTube Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Lawsuit 5 Awards and nominations 6 Track listing 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 ReferencesBackground EditThe concept for Guilty Conscience first arose whilst Dr Dre and Eminem were at the gym together and discussing potential song ideas Dr Dre proposed a collaboration between the two called Night n Day in which Dr Dre would state various lyrics and Eminem would respond with the exact opposite sentiments Eminem began writing the song upon returning home that evening Mark Avery an announcer from a talent agency was hired to voice the narrator after Eminem explained to Avery what he wanted him to say the rest of the song was constructed around his parts 1 The song contains a sample from the Ronald Stein song Pigs Go Home from the soundtrack to the film Getting Straight Critical reception EditAllmusic highlighted this song on LP 2 David Browne noted that Eminem s coldly calculated to offend alter ego considers date rape 3 Music video EditThe video for Guilty Conscience has a nonstop back beat with a chorus unlike the album version and a different narrator played by actor Robert Culp The lyrics in the chorus samples the song I Will Follow Him by Little Peggy March These voices I hear them And when they talk I ll follow The version that aired on MTV eliminated the murder at the end of the song and converted it into an escalating argument between Eminem and Dre with no resolution The Director s Cut leaves the murder in 4 The video is produced using the bullet time technique depicting Eminem and Dr Dre rapping to the song s protagonists on how to deal with their conflicting situations including a man s temptation to robbing a liquor store a college student s urge to have sex with an underage girl at a frat party and the urge of a construction worker to murder his wife after he catches her cheating with another man Dr Dre poses as the good conscience and wins the first arguments Eddie while Eminem poses as the evil conscience and wins the second Stan However in the third argument which is over the actions Grady the construction worker should take when he catches his wife cheating with another man Eminem s taunting and accusations of hypocrisy coaxes Dr Dre into agreeing with him that Grady should kill them both and subsequently Dre suggests that Grady should get his gun and murder his wife and her lover The nonstop back beat and chorus from the music video were only used in the edited version of the song but the narrator was not changed The video won the Hottest Music Video award at the Online Hip Hop Awards in 2000 5 6 The video was listed on MuchMusic s 50 Most Controversial Videos at No 38 for its promotion on how people get crossed with their consciences Lawsuit EditIn September 2003 70 year old widow Harlene Stein filed suit against Eminem and Dr Dre on the grounds that Guilty Conscience contains an unauthorized sample of Pigs Go Home written for the film Getting Straight by her husband Ronald Stein who died in 1988 7 Although the album s liner notes state that the song contains an interpolation of Pigs Go Home Stein is not credited as a co writer and his wife was not paid royalties for use of the song 7 The lawsuit requested 5 percent of the retail list price of 90 percent of all copies of the album sold in America and 2 5 percent of the retail price of 90 percent of all copies of the album sold internationally 7 The suit was dismissed in June 2004 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction 8 Awards and nominations EditSee also List of awards and nominations received by Eminem Year Ceremony Award Result1999 9 MTV Video Music Awards Breakthrough Video Nominated2000 10 Grammy Awards Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group NominatedTrack listing EditUK CD1 11 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Guilty Conscience radio edit extra clean with new hook Marshall MathersAndre YoungDr DreEminem a 3 162 Guilty Conscience album version with new hook MathersYoungDr DreEminem a 3 193 97 Bonnie amp Clyde MathersJeffrey BassMark BassBass BrothersEminem a 5 034 Guilty Conscience video 3 19Total length 14 57 UK CD2 12 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Guilty Conscience radio edit extra clean with new hook Marshall MathersAndre YoungDr DreEminem a 3 162 Guilty Conscience instrumental MathersYoungDr DreEminem a 3 193 My Name Is clean version MathersYoungLabi SiffreDr Dre4 304 My Name Is video 4 28Total length 15 33 UK CassetteNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Guilty Conscience radio edit extra clean with new hook Marshall MathersAndre YoungDr DreEminem a 3 162 Guilty Conscience instrumental MathersYoungDr DreEminem a 4 27Total length 6 35 German CD single 13 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Guilty Conscience radio edit extra clean with new hook Marshall MathersAndre YoungDr DreEminem a 3 162 Guilty Conscience instrumental MathersYoungDr DreEminem a 3 193 97 Bonnie amp Clyde MathersJeffrey BassMark BassBass BrothersEminem a 5 034 My Name Is clean version MathersYoungLabi SiffreDr Dre4 305 My Name Is video 4 28Total length 20 36 Notes a signifies a co producer Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Weekly chart performance for Guilty Conscience Chart 1999 PeakpositionBelgium Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders 14 17France SNEP 15 97Germany Media Control Charts 16 40Ireland IRMA 17 12Netherlands Dutch Top 40 18 21Netherlands Single Top 100 19 22Sweden Sverigetopplistan 20 25UK Singles OCC 21 5UK Hip Hop R amp B OCC 22 1US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 23 56 Year end charts Edit 1999 year end chart performance for Guilty Conscience Chart 1999 PositionNetherlands Dutch Top 40 24 139Certifications EditCertifications and sales for Guilty Conscience Region Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 25 Gold 400 000 United States RIAA 26 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References Edit Angry Blonde pg 52 and 53 Stephen Thomas Erlewine The Slim Shady LP Eminem Songs Reviews Credits Awards AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 25 April 2015 The Slim Shady LP EW com Entertainment Weekly s EW com Retrieved 25 April 2015 Video clip on YouTube Dr Dre and Eminem Take Three Awards Each at the Annual Online Hip hop Awards in New York City NY Rock Archived from the original on 2011 06 29 Retrieved 2011 07 28 The Online Hip Hop Awards Archived from the original on 17 June 2000 Retrieved 25 April 2015 a b c Wiederhorn Jon September 17 2003 Eminem Gets Sued By A Little Old Lady MTV News Viacom Retrieved March 11 2012 Harlene Stein v Marshall B Mathers et al Plainsite org Retrieved 27 March 2022 MTV Video Music Awards 1999 mtv com Retrieved 20 June 2014 Past Winners Search Eminem GRAMMY com National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Retrieved 18 September 2011 Guilty Conscience CD 1 Amazon co uk Music Amazon UK Retrieved 25 April 2015 Guilty Conscience CD 2 Amazon co uk Music Amazon UK Retrieved 25 April 2015 Guilty Conscience Amazon co uk Music Amazon UK Retrieved 25 April 2015 Eminem feat Dr Dre Guilty Conscience in Dutch Ultratip Retrieved May 11 2022 Eminem feat Dr Dre Guilty Conscience in French lescharts com Hung Medien Retrieved 31 July 2011 Eminem feat Dr Dre Guilty Conscience charts de Media Control Charts Archived from the original in German on October 17 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2011 The Irish Charts All there is to know insert Eminem into the Search by Artist box or insert Guilty Conscience into the Search by Song Title box irishcharts ie Irish Recorded Music Association Retrieved 31 July 2011 Nederlandse Top 40 week 33 1999 top40 nl Dutch Top 40 Archived from the original in Dutch on 22 August 2011 Retrieved 31 July 2011 Eminem feat Dr Dre Guilty Conscience in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved May 11 2022 Eminem feat Dr Dre Guilty Conscience swedishcharts com Hung Medien Retrieved 31 July 2011 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved June 23 2021 Official Hip Hop and R amp B Singles Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Retrieved May 14 2015 Eminem Chart History Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard Retrieved June 23 2021 Jaarlijsten 1999 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 11 May 2022 British single certifications Eminem Guilty Conscience British Phonographic Industry Retrieved December 6 2019 American single certifications Eminem Guilty Conscience Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved November 23 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guilty Conscience song amp oldid 1162775822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
