Welcome to Diverse City (album)
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| Studio album by tobyMac | |||||
| Released | October 5, 2004 | ||||
| Recorded | 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Rapcore Funk Hip hop |
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| Label | ForeFront Records | ||||
| Producer | Toby McKeehan Tedd T |
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Welcome to Diverse City is the second full length studio album released by Christian singer tobyMac. The songs on this album deal with racial tolerance in society and a desire to know God better. Several other Christian artists appear on this CD, including Bootsy Collins ("Diverse City"), Coffee from GRITS ("Hey Now"), DJ Maj (Several songs), Papa San ("Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)"), Paul Wright ("Street Interlude"), Superchick ("Stories (Down to the Bottom)"), and T-Bone ("The Slam"). tobyMac also reunites dc Talk on vocals in a remix of his song "Atmosphere", the last track of the album. The song "Gone" made it to the Top 5 songs on ChristianRock.net.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Hey Now" – 3:44
- "Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)" – 3:24
- "The Slam" – 3:19
- "Poetically Correct" (Interlude) – 0:56
- "Atmosphere" – 4:07
- "Gone" – 3:27
- "TruDog: The Return" (Interlude) – 2:22
- "Diverse City" – 3:56
- "Stories (Down to the Bottom)" – 4:40
- "Getaway Car" – 4:27
- "Burn for You" – 3:49
- "Fresher Than a Night at the W" – 0:48
- "Ill-M-I" – 3:29
- Soul-Junk cover
- "Phenomenon" – 5:19
- "Gotta Go" – 2:48
- "Atmosphere (Remix)" featuring dc Talk – 4:37
- "Phenomenon Remix" (Only on X:2004)
[edit] Charts
The album debuted and peaked on the Billboard 200 at number 54, selling 21,000 copies that week.[1]
| Chart | Peak Position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | #54 |
[edit] Trivia
- The song "The Slam" has been used in multiple movie trailers, movies and television shows. One of the biggest examples is it featured as the lead track for the opening episode of Prison Break Season One. Into the Blue and Crank are two other movies the song has featured in.
- "The Slam" has also been used by wrestler Matt Cappotelli as an entrance theme while in OVW, a WWE developmental territory.
- "Phenomenon" appeared on WOW Hits 2004.
- "Gone" appeared on WOW Hits 2005.
- "Atmosphere (Remix)", featuring dc Talk, appeared on WOW Hits 2006.
- A remix of "Burn for You", "Burn For You (Shortwave Radio Mix)", appeared on WOW Hits 2007.
- "Gone" appeared on the Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions of The Bible Game, released in 2005.
- "Diverse City" appears in the multiplatform dance game Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4, released in 2006.
- "Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)" appeared in the 2005 Usher film In the Mix.
[edit] Credits
- TobyMac - Vocals, synthesizer
- Coffee - Vocals on "Hey Now"
- Papa San, MOC - Vocals on "Catachafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)"
- T-Bone - Vocals on "The Slam"
- Max Hsu - Keys and synthesizer on "Stories (Down to the Bottom)"
- Dave Ghazarian - Guitar and bass on "Stories (Down to the Bottom)"
- Matt Dally - Vocals and guitar on "Stories (Down to the Bottom)"
- Brian Gocher - Synthesizer on "Stories (Down to the Bottom)"
- Tricia Brock, Melissa Brock, Brandon Estelle - Vocals on "Stories (Down to the Bottom)"
- Randy Crawford, TruDog - Vocals on "Gotta Go"
- dc Talk - Vocals on "Atmosphere (Remix)"
- Jaime Moore - Synthesizer, bass
- Mike Haynes, Mark Douthit, Barry Green - Horns
- Cary Barlowe - Guitar
- DJ Form - DJ
- Gabe Patillo - Beat Box
- Christopher Stevens - Synthesizer, drums, engineering, bass, additional vocals
- Solomon Olds - Beats, synthesizer, electric guitar, bass, keys, Sitar, additional vocals
- Joe Baldridge - Beats, synthesizer, guitar
- DJ Maj - DJ
- Joe Weber - Guitar
- Mark Townsend - Guitar
- Tim Donahue - Drums
- Brent Milligan - Bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Jeff Savage - Synthesizer, additional vocals
- Andy Selby - Synthesizer
- Dave Clo - Guitar
- Michael Linney - Synthesizer
- Robert Marvin - Synthesizer
- Josiah Bell - Synthesizer
- Lynn Nichols - Guitar
- Brian Haley - Drums
- Dave Rumsey - Guitar
- Paul Meany - Bass, rhodes
- Darren King - Drums
- Tedd T - Synthesizer
- Damon Riley - Synthesizer
- Michael Ripoli - Acoustic Guitar, electric guitar
- Kyle Whalum - Bass
- Nirva Dorsaint - Additional Vocals
- Jason Eskridge - Additional Vocals
- Joanna Valencia - Additional Vocals
- Tyler Burkum - Additional Vocals
- Paul Wright - Vocals on West Coast Kid
- Byron "Mr.Talkbox" Chambers - Talkbox on Diverse City
[edit] References
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Norah Stays Tight At No. 1 Amidst Slow Sales Week", Billboard.com, February 28, 2007.
