Track Listing 1. Hey Now 2. Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy) 3. Slam, The 4. Poetically Correct 5. Atmosphere 6. Gone 7. Trudog: The Return 8. Diverse City 9. Stories (Down to the Bottom) 10. Getaway Car 11. Burn For You # 12. Fresher Than a Night at the W 13. III-M-1 14. Phenomenon 15. Gotta Go 16. Atmosphere
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | DC Talk | | Producer: | TobyMac | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel include: TobyMac (vocals); Joe Weber, Cary Barlowe, Joe Baldridge (guitar); Solomon Olds (electric guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drum machine, programming); Mark Douthit, Barry Green, Mike Haynes (horns); Brent Milligan (bass guitar); Tim Donahue (drums); Christopher Stevens, Jaime Moore (programming); Gabe Patillo (sound effects); Joanna Valencia, Nirva Dorsaint, Jason Estridge (background vocals); Coffee, DC Talk, Randy Crawford, Superchick, T-Bone, Mob-action, TruDog. When TobyMac (AKA Toby McKeehan) chose to leave his groundbreaking, hit-making, Dove Award-winning Christian rock band DC Talk to pursue a solo career, some fans questioned his judgment. One listen to WELCOME TO DIVERSE CITY, however, should silence even the most ardent naysayers. A career watershed, the album reveals the singer/rapper as an exceptionally creative artist with a musical scope as broad as any act in CCM. "Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)" is an aggressive hip-hop slammer in the vein of "Sabotage"-era Beastie Boys, while "Poetically Correct" incorporates heavy-metal guitars, often recalling the best work of Limp Bizkit and Rage Against the Machine. From there the expansive record progresses though moody Sting-like sophisticated pop ("Atmosphere"), Avril Lavigne-style alternative rock ("Gone"), and rump-shaking, dance-floor funk of the Gap Band/Rick James variety ("Diverse City," "Getaway Car"). Amazingly, the disc never sounds like a mish-mash. Imbued with the passion of faith and the freedom that results from uncompromising artistry, WELCOME TO DIVERSE CITY is a greeting well worth receiving.
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