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10 songs that feel like Guilty Conscience

Matched to Guilty Conscience by Eminem on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Guilty Conscience
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Guilty Conscience
Eminem
intense 61/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Bye Bye Badman — The Stone Roses intense 110 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (63/100).

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Death Certificate — Ice Cube intense 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same layered texture.

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Shallow Be Thy Game — Red Hot Chili Peppers intense 96 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (96 BPM).

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wacced out murals — Kendrick Lamar intense 92 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same layered texture.

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Head Like a Hole — Nine Inch Nails intense 115 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (63/100).

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Dear Father — Black Sabbath intense 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same layered texture.

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Hey Now — Kendrick Lamar intense 95 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Cherub Rock — Smashing Pumpkins intense 120 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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I'll Stick Around — Foo Fighters intense 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

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Nothing at All — Foo Fighters intense 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Guilty Conscience is more than you want right now.

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Through Being Cool — Devo moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 60/100, down from 61.

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Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde — Travis Tritt moderate 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 46/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Wanksta — 50 Cent moderate 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 46/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Revolutionary Generation — Public Enemy moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 51/100, versus the original's 61. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Black Thighs — The Last Poets moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 40/100, down from 61. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Mean Machine by The Last Poets
Mean Machine — The Last Poets moderate 95 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 41/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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White Man's Got a God Complex — The Last Poets moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 41/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Run, Nigger by The Last Poets
Run, Nigger — The Last Poets moderate 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 8. 53/100, versus the original's 61. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Guilty Conscience” by Eminem?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Bye Bye Badman” by The Stone Roses, “Death Certificate” by Ice Cube, “Shallow Be Thy Game” by Red Hot Chili Peppers — the top match scores 96% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Guilty Conscience” but calmer?

“Through Being Cool” by Devo, “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde” by Travis Tritt, “Wanksta” by 50 Cent keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Guilty Conscience”?

It measures 61/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 90 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 81% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 61/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 81% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus3/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype5/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

1999 in context

The 304 songs we’ve measured from 1999 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 8/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity61
Dynamics78
Tempo28
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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