Common One Day It'll All Make Sense [PA]

Personnel: Common, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Cee-Lo, Erykah Badu, Black Thought "Taria", Canibus, Chantay Savage, Lonnie "Pops" Lynn, Q-Tip.
Producers include: NO I.D., Dug Infinite, James Poyer, Spike Rebel, Rob Carter.
Includes liner notes by Raquel Cepeda.
Personnel: Karriem Riggins (drums); Mista Sinista (scratches).
Audio Mixers: Troy Hightower; Warren Riker.
Recording information: Chung King Studi; Mirror Image Studio West, New York, NY; Streeterville Studios, Chicago, IL; United Technique, Monee, IL.
Photographer: Christian Lantry.
Arranger: Lauryn Hill.
Common's third and most introspective album is a career-making effort. The man people knew as Common Sense dropped the later half of his moniker along with the forty-and-blunts rhymes to reflect on themes such as adulthood, the pitfalls of self-hatred, abortion, and fatherhood. Complete with some of the most impressive and inspired production of the '90s, with the lion's share attributed to No I.D., ONE DAY IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE is one to remember.
Common invited an impressive group of friends over for this outing. One standout pairing is his teaming up with Goodie Mob's Cee-Lo on "G.O.D.," where the two ponder the state of religion with more honesty than Oral Roberts and Jim Baker could muster in an entire career. Other guests include Q-Tip, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, and Erykah Badu. Of course, Common tears through the solo cuts with ease just to show you he doesn't need a little help from his friends. When a '90s hip-hop revival takes root, this is one of the albums your kids will steal from your collection. You better get two.

• Format: CD
• Genre: R&B