One Day It'll All Make Sense [PA] - Common > Reviews > EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM COMMON

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	the beats on this album are just 10/10 especially for replay value
Disadvantages:	1 or 2 tracks not as good as the rest but still better then the competition

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

INSIGHTFUL POLITICAL STREETWISE EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM COMMON

Common's third effort brings us, 'one day it'll all make senes', and this proceeded the undoubtable hip hop classic 'resurrection' his 5 mic (top rating in the 5 mic rating system) sophmore album.....

And despite having a big act to follow, com pulls it off bangin out yet another amazing insightful funky soulful album, with sharp funky beats to go along with common's politically, socially and story telling abilities on the lyric side of things.

1. Introspective - A short intro to the album as com gives his reasoning and story behind making this album, and why he's making it basically, with the backdrop of soothing percussion instruments.

2. Invocation - If you are not a fan of hip hop it doesn't matter, because the beat alone in this song is enough to keep listening, this song has some great kicks in the beat adding to 'spunk' of commons lyrics talking of the speculation of his abum and different peoples reactions and thoughts on him making an album.

3. Real nigga quotes - Trumpets !!! the back drop for yet another masterful beat, here com talks of his style and random thoughts about todays musicians compared to those of the past such as marvin gaye etc... critising the lyrics of todays musicians.

4. Retrospective for life feat. lauryn hill - One of my favourite songs of all time, this has to be one of the deepest songs i've ever heard and even to this day when i listen over and over again i still find something new that i did not recognise the first time round, this song contains a beautiful piano loop that fits perfectly with the tone of the lyrics and lauryn hill's vocals, basically the theme for this song is abortion, and com talks of the guilt he felt when his girl got an abortion, stating '$315 aint worth your soul', whats more he takes it socially, 'theres too many black women that can say they mothers but can't say that they wives', 'i want our parent hood to come from planning', whats more he states that if she did decide to have the baby it would be a situation that he wouldn't run from, though the song ends on a high note when he raps, that her period hasn't came and this time they should 'have this boy'

5. Gettin' down in the ampitheatre feat. de la soul - A funky beat thats basically a feel good song, though has a subtle undertone that suggest corruption and crime, with a beat in the background that i can't name but it is famous for being used in crie drama situations lol com and de la talk of literally how they get down.

6. Food for funk - Another beat filled with kicks n snares, as common gives us food for funk and thought as talks of his experiences at parties and growing up in the chi (chicago), and things he chooses to point out along the way take centre stage such as the actions of 'stupid ni**as'.

7. G.O.D (gaining one's definition) feat. cee-lo - Another real deap song, and i never knew cee lo was this ill, he kicks some real knowledge in this song, as himself and com talk of their experiences growing up trying to find themselves and what they perceive to be the meaning of life, especially aimed at African Americans who are still in 'the struggle. 'Some say that god is black, and the devil's white, well the devil is wrong and god is what's right'.

8. My city - This track doesn't feature common at all, instead we are hearing the voice of a young Malik Yusef, a highly intelligent talented poet rhyming through the form of spoken word poetry (a more melodic unique form of poetry common among urban and black poets alike), within this he talks of his growing up in tough Chicago, common is also from Chicago so therefore this song is also a true representation of his own environment and this is the reason why he chose to place this in the album.

9. Hungry - Here common is rhyming over yet again another DOPE beat with a piano loop, as he viciously spits why he is still nice with this whole rapping thing and just why he is still hungry compared to other emcees, although com does mention a few racial views within this track that I don't necessarily agree with such as his negative view upon interracial relationships.

10. All night long feat. Erykah Badu - Another funky soulful type beat with badu's beautiful soulful voice as a backdrop as com talks of afrocentricity (the uplifting of black people), though this is by no means a politically or socially motivated song instead more of a feel good relaxing tune to kick back to.

11. Stolen Moments part.1 - The previous song (all night long) ends with a skit of com meeting his boy at the airport after coming back from a tour and continues in this track when he opens his front door only to find that he has been robbed, the concept to this song is real clever, as com rhymes about all the thoughts rushing through his head, 'who'd I tell I was going outta town, not too many people I guess the word got around, the people upstairs shoulda been disturbed by the sound, musta came in during the day when at work they was found'.

12. Stolen moments part.2 - As you could guess, the song continues, though instead of accusing now com is thinking of the items he has lost and how he is going to get back at the people who did it, though ha ha there is still a fair bit of accusing going on, he begins to talk like a detective 'the blunt and ash tray are my only exhibit', as of course to get the police involved would be stupid, and they wouldn't care anyway.

13. 1'2 Many - One of the nicest hip hop beat I had heard in a long time, all classic albums contain high quality scratching (on the vinyls) and this track brings that to the fullest, with scratching so funky its hard not to bang your head along, as com spits of there being one to many n**gas, though he's not talking about black people, he's talking of the fake corrupt black people, those who bite (steal) from other rappers or push other black people down just so they themselves can benefit, there's too many. This song has got a real catchy hook and as I mentioned a nice beat with dope lyrics.

14. Stolen moments pt.3 - The saga continues lol as now com is rhyming of his frustration sitting in an empty trashed house with none of the usual home comforts, we delve deeper into the story as com begins to confront the suspects, then a sample from a gangster movie comes on, I can't be sure which im not an expert but lol I would imagine something like scarface when a character asks 'why did you do it' and another man replies 'it was the money alright, it was the fucking money' you can guess what happens next.

15. Making a name for ourselves feat. canibus - A dark beat kicks as com and the high syllabic canibus talk about making a name for themselves through various clever metaphors and punchlines that will entertain you throughout, however this isn't one of those songs that you listen to again and again simply for the amount of information given and concentration needed to listen fully throughout the 4:52.

16. Reminding me feat. Chantay Savage - One of my favourite beat ever made lol yes I said EVER made, sampled from a funky old soul song com's not too deep in this song, just reminiscing over old hood stories of block parties etc... while the real catchy hook kicks in, this is the kinda song you wanna bang out as loud as you can over and over again, especially in the summer.

17. Pop's rap part.2 fatherhood - Common's father spoke on his last album and on this one he continues, just talking over a piano loop and some other instrumentals, he talks of soon becoming a grandfather, and how he won't be lending any fatherly advice in parenting just yet because it will come to him naturally, he then talks of common growing up and how common as a baby inspired him to work and not feel spiteful towards the world that took away his basketball career.