One Day It'll All Make Sense
by Common

One Day It'll All Make Sense by Common
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 11,209th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (186th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,792nd)
Award Best albums of all time (11,209th)

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Common bestography

One Day It'll All Make Sense is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Common on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Common is Be which is ranked number 1250 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,390.

Common album bestography « Higher ranked (8,432nd)
Electric Circus
This album (11,209th)
One Day It'll All Make Sense
Lower ranked (11,209th) »
One Day It'll All Make Sense

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 11,209th | 1990s rank: 1,792nd | 1997 rank: 186th

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78/100 (from 32 votes)
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05/11/2026 19:30 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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11/04/2025 03:54 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85074/100
 
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04/19/2025 14:52 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,75665/100
 
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06/20/2024 16:35 teague  Ratings distribution  4,33178/100
 
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02/20/2024 08:43 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,98073/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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From 09/10/2012 17:38 | #50362
Retrospect for Life tackles a topic that many hip/hop artists would be reluctant to. It's the highlight of Common's growth into a substantial artist. He now makes albums, not just one or two great songs.
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