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Welcome to Diverse City

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Released
  
October 5, 2004

Length
  
54:55

Release date
  
5 October 2004

Producers
  
TobyMac, Tedd T

Recorded
  
2004

Artist
  
TobyMac

Label
  
ForeFront Records

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Welcome to Diverse City (2004)
  
Renovating Diverse City (2005)

Genres
  
Christian hip hop, Christian rock, Funk, Nu metal

Similar
  
Portable Sounds, Renovating Diverse City, Alive and Transported, Re:Mix Momentum, Eye On It

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.

Contents

Hey now toby mac lyrics


Personnel

Guest appearances

  • Coffee from GRITS
  • Truett McKeehan AKA Tru-Dog
  • dc Talk
  • M.O.C.
  • Papa San
  • Superchic(k)
  • Bootsy Collins

    • Accolades

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

    Uses in media

    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.

  • "Phenomenon" appeared on WOW Hits 2004.
  • "Gone" appeared on WOW Hits 2005.
  • "Atmosphere (Remix)", featuring dc Talk, appeared on WOW Hits 2006.
  • A "Shortwave Radio Mix" of "Burn for You" appeared on WOW Hits 2007.

    • Songs

    1Hey Now3:45
    2Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)3:24
    3The Slam3:20

    References

    Welcome to Diverse City Wikipedia
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