tobyMac - 'Renovating Diverse City'

Your average band couldn't re-release songs from a previous album that had a slightly different spin and be successful, but tobymac isn't exactly average. He first did it with Re:Mix Momentum and the success he achieved was pretty good considering how popular Momentum was and how much airplay it had gotten. Welcome To Diverse City was a hit by anyone's standards and now toby has done it again with Renovating. The mixes on this release give the original songs a definitely different sound. They seem more "dance club friendly" than their original counterparts, which, to my ear, had more of a "rock" flavor. Not that this is a bad thing ... it's just part of toby's appeal because he is truly "diverse".

Stand out tracks include "The Slam," "Burn For You," "Hey Now," "Gone" and "Diverse City".

There are enough strains of funk and R&B blended throughout the mix to wake the younger side of me up and get me moving. There is more than enough truth in the lyrics to make the parental side of me take note and look forward to this CD finding it's way into my son's CD player.

Track Listing

1. The Slam
2. Getaway Car
3. Catchafire
4. Burn For You
5. Hey Now
6. Gone
7. Diverse City
8. Ill-M-I
9. Phenomenon
10. Atmosphere
11. Burn For You
12. inTRUding again
13. West Coast Kid