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.
Critical reception
Reviewing for The Village Voice in January 1998, Robert Christgau wrote of the album:
Track listing
#TitleLengthPerformer(s)SongwritersProducer(s)1"Introspective"1:36CommonLonnie Lynn Ernest WilsonNo I.D.2"Invocation"2:14CommonLonnie Lynn Ernest WilsonNo I.D.3"Real Nigga Quotes"5:24CommonLonnie Lynn Doug ThomasDug Infinite4"Retrospect for Life"6:23Common Lauryn Hill Vere Isaacs (bass)Lonnie Lynn James Poyser Ernest Wilson Stevie Wonder Syreeta WrightJames Poyser No I.D.5"Gettin' Down at the Amphitheater"5:18Common De La Soul (Posdnuos and Trugoy)Lonnie Lynn David Jolicoeur Kelvin Mercer Ernest WilsonNo I.D.6"Food for Funk"4:10CommonLonnie Lynn Ernest WilsonNo I.D.7"G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition)"4:47Cee-Lo CommonLonnie Lynn Ernest Wilson Cornell Newhill Thomas BurtonNo I.D. Spike Rebel8"My City"5:07Common Malik Yusef Alvin Rogers (saxophone) Demetrions Kelly (bass)Malik Yusef Cornell NewhillSpike Rebel9"Hungry"2:33CommonLonnie Lynn Ernest WilsonNo I.D.10"All Night Long"7:35Common Erykah BaduLonnie Lynn James Poyser Erykah Badu Ahmir ThompsonThe Roots11"Stolen Moments, Pt. 1"2:02CommonLonnie Lynn Ernest WilsonNo I.D.12"Stolen Moments, Pt. 2"2:57Black Thought CommonLonnie Lynn Ernest WilsonNo I.D.13"1'2 Many..."3:12CommonLonnie Lynn Doug ThomasDug Infinite14"Stolen Moments, Pt. 3"3:13Common Q-TipLonnie Lynn Ernest WilsonNo I.D.15"Making a Name for Ourselves"4:53Canibus CommonLonnie Lynn Germaine WilliamsNo I.D.16"Reminding Me (Of Sef)"4:55Chantay Savage Common Spike Rebel (keyboards)Lonnie Lynn Anthony CraigThe Twilite Tone17"Pop's Rap, Pt. 2 / Fatherhood"3:49Common Lonnie "Pops" Lynn Alan Jay Palmer (piano) Billy Johnson (bass) Karriem Riggins (drums)Lonnie Lynn Karriem RigginsKarriem 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
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