One Day It'll All Make Sense is the third studio album by rapper Common, released on September 30, 1997, on Relativity Records. It was the follow-up to his critically acclaimed album Resurrection and the last Common album to feature producer No I.D. until Common's 2011 album The Dreamer/The Believer. It was also the first album in which Common officially dropped Sense from his name.
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| Released | September 30, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1997 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 70:10 | |||
| Label | Relativity | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [2] |
| Chicago Tribune | [3] |
| The Independent | [4] |
| NME | 8/10[5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| The Source | 3.5/5[8] |
| Spin | 8/10[9] |
| The Village Voice | B+[10] |
Reviewing for The Village Voice in January 1998, Robert Christgau wrote of the album:
With no notable penchant for ear candy or mass ass appeal, this Chicago rhymer carves out an unpretentious artistic space that couldn't have existed before hip hop – no singer-songwriter's everyday ruminations come near such social content or physical form. Common raps about black life as most black people live it and black manhood as most young black men grow into it, and while his flow isn't primed for the dance floor, it's complex and full-bodied in a way few, you know, white artists could imitate, much less make up. Nor is that the only way he's complex--guy spends considerable time dancing in his head.[10]
Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Performer(s) | Songwriters | Producer(s) |
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| 1 | "Introspective" | 1:36 | Common | Lonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson | No I.D. |
| 2 | "Invocation" | 2:14 | Common | Lonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson | No I.D. |
| 3 | "Real Nigga Quotes" | 5:24 | Common | Lonnie Lynn Doug Thomas | Dug Infinite |
| 4 | "Retrospect for Life" | 6:23 | Common Lauryn Hill Vere Isaacs (bass) | Lonnie Lynn James Poyser Ernest Wilson Stevie Wonder Syreeta Wright | James Poyser No I.D. |
| 5 | "Gettin' Down at the Amphitheater" | 5:18 | Common De La Soul (Posdnuos and Trugoy) | Lonnie Lynn David Jolicoeur Kelvin Mercer Ernest Wilson | No I.D. |
| 6 | "Food for Funk" | 4:10 | Common | Lonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson | No I.D. |
| 7 | "G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition)" | 4:47 | Cee-Lo Common | Lonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson Cornell Newhill Thomas Burton | No I.D. Spike Rebel |
| 8 | "My City" | 5:07 | Common Malik Yusef Alvin Rogers (saxophone) Demetrions Kelly (bass) | Malik Yusef Cornell Newhill | Spike Rebel |
| 9 | "Hungry" | 2:33 | Common | Lonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson | No I.D. |
| 10 | "All Night Long" | 7:35 | Common Erykah Badu | Lonnie Lynn James Poyser Erykah Badu Ahmir Thompson | The Roots |
| 11 | "Stolen Moments, Pt. 1" | 2:02 | Common | Lonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson | No I.D. |
| 12 | "Stolen Moments, Pt. 2" | 2:57 | Black Thought Common | Lonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson | No I.D. |
| 13 | "1'2 Many..." | 3:12 | Common | Lonnie Lynn Doug Thomas | Dug Infinite |
| 14 | "Stolen Moments, Pt. 3" | 3:13 | Common Q-Tip | Lonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson | No I.D. |
| 15 | "Making a Name for Ourselves" | 4:53 | Canibus Common | Lonnie Lynn Germaine Williams | No I.D. |
| 16 | "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" | 4:55 | Chantay Savage Common Spike Rebel (keyboards) | Lonnie Lynn Anthony Craig | The Twilite Tone |
| 17 | "Pop's Rap, Pt. 2 / Fatherhood" | 3:49 | Common Lonnie "Pops" Lynn Alan Jay Palmer (piano) Billy Johnson (bass) Karriem Riggins (drums) | Lonnie Lynn Karriem Riggins | Karriem Riggins |
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
| Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | ||
| 1997 | One Day It'll All Make Sense | 62 | 12 |
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions | |||
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | |||
| 1997 | "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" | 57 | 9 | 21 | |
References
External links
- One Day It'll All Make Sense at Discogs (list of releases)