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Undeterred, after its release, Common started working with the Soulquarians for his next studio effort, Like Water for Chocolate. One Day It'll All Make Sense only sold 2,000 copies in its first week and 250,000 copies overall, making it a Billboard flop. Goodie Mob's CeeLo Green provided vocals on "G.O.D." (which stands for "Gaining One's Definition"). Rapper Canibus is featured on the track "Making A Name For Ourselves," and De La Soul joined him on "Gettin' Down At The Amphitheater." Rappers Black Thought and Q-Tip appeared on "Stolen Moments" Parts "II" and "III," and The Roots produced "All Night Long." Of course, the tracklist wouldn't be complete without Common's future bae, Erykah Badu, who provided vocals on the single that gave a nod to Yarbrough & Peoples' " Don't Stop the Music." Staying true to his previous and future projects, Common's father Lonnie Lynn closed the album out with some words of wisdom on "Pop's Rap Part 2 / Fatherhood." Lauryn later directed the visuals for the track. He recorded "Retrospect For Life" with emcee/singer Lauryn Hill, about the birth of his first child Omoye Assata Lynn. This may explain the stellar line-up of R&B and hip-hop assists on the album. He also used R&B vocals to his advantage, to keep the rap-heavy album easily digestible to newer audiences. The album's first single "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" channeled the '80s and served as a eulogy to a close, deceased friend of Common's. With old-school rhymes over modern beats, Common told his story the minute the album started. Using jazz, poetry and spirituality, Common used the album to survey his life. With its consistent thread of the love of black people, life and family, in One Day It'll All Make Sense, Common was a Midwest rapper with something substantive to say.
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