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AllMusic[1]
Christianity Today[2]
Cross Rhythms[3]
Jesus Freak Hideout[4]

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.

Track listing

Album release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hey Now" (featuring Coffee from GRITS)Toby McKeehan, Cary Barlowe, Jaime Moore, Stacy Jones3:44
2."Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)" (featuring Papa San & MOC)McKeehan, Solomon Olds, Joe Baldridge3:24
3."The Slam" (featuring T-Bone)McKeehan, Christopher Stevens, Joe Weber, Rene Sotomayor3:19
4."Poetically Correct" (Interlude) 0:56
5."Atmosphere"McKeehan, George Crawford, Jeff Savage4:07
6."Gone"McKeehan, Stevens3:27
7."TruDog: The Return""McKeehan2:22
8."Diverse City" (featuring Bootsy Collins)McKeehan, Stevens3:56
9."Stories (Down to the Bottom)" (featuring Superchick)McKeehan, Matt Dally, Patricia Brock, David Ghazarian, Max Hsu4:40
10."Getaway Car"McKeehan, Moore, Michael Linney, Barlowe4:27
11."Burn for You"McKeehan, Robert Marvin, Josiah Bell3:49
12."Fresher Than a Night at the W" 0:48
13."Ill-M-I" (Soul-Junk cover)McKeehan, Glenn Galaxy, Stevens3:29
14."Phenomenon"McKeehan, Paul Meany5:19
15."Gotta Go"McKeehan, Savage, Randy Crawford2:48
16."Atmosphere (Remix)" (featuring dc Talk)McKeehan, G. Crawford, Savage4:37
Total length:54:55

Music videos

Year Title Watch
2005 Gone Youtube

Guest appearances

Charts

The album debuted and peaked on the Billboard 200 at No. 54, selling 21,000 copies that week.[5]

Chart Peak Position
U.S. 200 54

Awards

On 2005, the album won a Dove Award for Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards.[6]

Songs from Welcome to Diverse City, particularly "The Slam", featured many mainstream appearances.

  • "The Slam" is the lead track for the opening episode of Prison Break Season One.
  • "The Slam" was also used in the movies Into the Blue, Crank, and Never Back Down.
  • "The Slam" was also used by wrestler Matt Cappotelli as an entrance theme while in OVW, a WWE developmental territory.
  • "Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)" appeared in the 2005 Usher film In the Mix.
  • "Gone" appeared on the Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions of The Bible Game, released in 2005.
  • "Diverse City" appears on the Xbox dance game Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4, released in 2006.
  • "Diverse City" also appears on the show Veronica Mars in the episode "The Wrath of Con". The song can be heard in the background at the college party that Veronica and Wallace go to.

Additionally, songs from Welcome to Diverse City were published on four consecutive WOW Hits albums.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Christianity Today review
  3. ^ Cross Rhythms review
  4. ^ Jesus Freak Hideout review
  5. ^ Katie Hasty, "Norah Stays Tight At No. 1 Amidst Slow Sales Week", Billboard.com, February 28, 2007.
  6. ^ 2005 Dove Awards - 36th Annual Dove Awards on About.com; Jones, Kim
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