Welcome to Diverse City is the second studio album released by Christian rapper 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 album has sold over 600,000 copies in the United States.
Contents
History
In addition to being one of two tobyMac albums that didn't crack the top 20 on the Billboard 200 (along with Momentum), Welcome to Diverse City is his longest album by duration and second longest by track listing (beaten only by Momentum).
Personnel
Guest appearances
Coffee from GRITS
Truett McKeehan AKA Tru-Dog (or truDog)
dc Talk (Michael Tait from TAIT and Kevin Max)
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, Transporter 2, 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" (from Renovating Diverse City) appeared on WOW Hits 2007.