Portable Sounds
Encyclopedia
Portable Sounds is the third full-length studio album from Christian pop rock
and hip hop
artist tobyMac
. It was released on February 20, 2007, and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200
. The album features the singles "Lose My Soul
", "Made to Love
", "Boomin'", "I'm for You
", and "One World (featuring Siti Monroe)". This album took a slightly different direction than tobyMac's previous hip hop
efforts, having more of a pop
sound. When it was released on iTunes
, users were able to download a behind-the-scenes making of the album video, a digital booklet
, and an acoustic version of "Made to Love."
. It debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200
, tobyMac's highest chart position as a solo artist, selling 51,000 copies in its first week. In its second week on the Billboard 200, Portable Sounds fell to #38, in its third week to #47, and in its fourth week it fell to #63.
A Deluxe Edition of Portable Sounds was released on October 23, 2007. The Deluxe Edition includes the original CD, plus a DVD containing all five music videos, behind-the-scenes footage, and remixes of "Ignition" and "Boomin'".
On November 14, 2008 the album was certified Gold by the RIAA
.
The tracks "Feelin' So Fly" and "I'm For You" were featured in the video game Thrillville: Off the Rails
.
After the album was put out Toby went on the Portable Sounds Tour
.
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
and hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
artist tobyMac
TobyMac
Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
. It was released on February 20, 2007, and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. The album features the singles "Lose My Soul
Lose My Soul
"Lose My Soul" is a single from tobyMac's 2007 album Portable Sounds, and features guest performers Kirk Franklin and Mandisa. "Lose My Soul" wasn't an instant hit. Over a year after the song was originally released, the song hit number 2 on the Christian Billboard charts...
", "Made to Love
Made to Love
"Made to Love" is a song by contemporary Christian singer tobyMac from his third album, Portable Sounds. It was released as the album's lead single on December 26, 2006. This was also by the compilation album, WOW Hits 2008.-Music and lyrics:...
", "Boomin'", "I'm for You
I'm for You
"I'm For You" is a song by contemporary Christian singer tobyMac from his third album, Portable Sounds. It was released as a radio single for the album in 2007.-Release:...
", and "One World (featuring Siti Monroe)". This album took a slightly different direction than tobyMac's previous hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
efforts, having more of a pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
sound. When it was released on iTunes
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
, users were able to download a behind-the-scenes making of the album video, a digital booklet
Digital booklet
Digital booklets are the digital equivalent of liner notes that often accompany digital music purchases. They are most commonly distributed in Portable Document Format. One well-known distributor of digital booklets with digital purchases is the iTunes Store; the first instance of this on the...
, and an acoustic version of "Made to Love."
Release
Portable Sounds was released on February 20, 2007 through ForeFront RecordsForeFront Records
ForeFront Records is a Christian Music record label founded in 1987 by Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key, and Ron W. Griffin. It was purchased by EMI in 1996 from current owners Dan R. Brock and Eddie DeGarmo and is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group.In 1998, ForeFront released a 2-CD...
. It debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, tobyMac's highest chart position as a solo artist, selling 51,000 copies in its first week. In its second week on the Billboard 200, Portable Sounds fell to #38, in its third week to #47, and in its fourth week it fell to #63.
A Deluxe Edition of Portable Sounds was released on October 23, 2007. The Deluxe Edition includes the original CD, plus a DVD containing all five music videos, behind-the-scenes footage, and remixes of "Ignition" and "Boomin'".
On November 14, 2008 the album was certified Gold by the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
.
The tracks "Feelin' So Fly" and "I'm For You" were featured in the video game Thrillville: Off the Rails
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Thrillville: Off the Rails is a theme park simulation video game developed by Frontier Developments. The sequel to the 2006 game Thrillville, it is again published by LucasArts...
.
After the album was put out Toby went on the Portable Sounds Tour
Portable Sounds Tour
The "Portable Sounds Tour" is a US tour led by CCM artist tobyMac in promotion for his 3rd solo album, Portable Sounds. He did the tour with Thousand Foot Krutch and BarlowGirl...
.
Singles
- "Made To Love" reached #1 on Billboards Hot Christian Songs chart. It was also #1 for 9 consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio (CHR) Chart and was the second most played song on Christian CHR radio stations in 2007. It reached #3 on R&R's Christian AC Chart.
- "Boomin" was the only single to have an official music video. This video won a GMA Dove Award. On radio it charted only on the lower half of R&R's Christian Rock Radio chart.
- "I'm For You" reached #2 on Billboards Hot Christian Songs chart. It also was #1 for 8 consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio Chart and was the third most played song on Christian CHR radio stations in 2007. It reached #10 on R&R's Christian AC Chart. It also appeared in the soundtrack of Thrillville: Off The RailsThrillville: Off the RailsThrillville: Off the Rails is a theme park simulation video game developed by Frontier Developments. The sequel to the 2006 game Thrillville, it is again published by LucasArts...
- "One World" reached #10 on Billboards Hot Christian Songs chart. It was also #1 for 3 non consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio Chart. It was the seventh most-played song on R&R magazine'sR&R (magazine)R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...
Christian CHRContemporary Christian musicContemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
chart for 2008. A remix of "One World" appears on the Hip Hope Hits 2009 compilation and features a verse from KJ-52KJ-52KJ-52 is a Christian rapper from Tampa, Florida. The "KJ" part of his name refers to his old rap alias, "King J...
.
- "Lose My Soul" reached #2 on Billboards Hot Christian Songs chart, and #9 on iTunes.
- "No Ordinary Love" and "Ignition" were both released as singles around late 2008.
- "Ignition" was used during the Arizona CardinalsArizona CardinalsThe Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
entrance in Super Bowl XLIIISuper Bowl XLIIISuper Bowl XLIII was an American football game pitting the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the National Football Conference champion Arizona Cardinals to decide the National Football League champion for the 2008 season. The game was played on February 1, 2009,...
. The track was also used during the 2008 MLB season as the walk-up song for Tampa Bay Rays outfielder, Ben Zobrist. It was also the official theme song of WWE Elimination Chamber 2011Elimination Chamber (2011)Elimination Chamber was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on February 20, 2011 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California...
.
Track listing
- "One World" (featuring Siti Monroe) – 3:50
- "Made to LoveMade to Love"Made to Love" is a song by contemporary Christian singer tobyMac from his third album, Portable Sounds. It was released as the album's lead single on December 26, 2006. This was also by the compilation album, WOW Hits 2008.-Music and lyrics:...
" – 3:50 - "Boomin'/Opera Trip Interlude" – 4:02
- "I'm for YouI'm for You"I'm For You" is a song by contemporary Christian singer tobyMac from his third album, Portable Sounds. It was released as a radio single for the album in 2007.-Release:...
" – 3:47 - "Face of the Earth/Chuck @ Artist Development Interlude" – 4:38
- "No Ordinary Love" (featuring Nirva Dorsaint) – 3:16
- "Ignition" – 3:53
- "Hype Man (truDog '07) (featuring truDog)" – 1:41
- "Suddenly" – 3:40
- "All In (Letting Go)/Mr. Talkbox Interlude" – 4:33
- "Feelin' So Fly" – 3:49
- "No Signal" – 1:11
- "Lose My SoulLose My Soul"Lose My Soul" is a single from tobyMac's 2007 album Portable Sounds, and features guest performers Kirk Franklin and Mandisa. "Lose My Soul" wasn't an instant hit. Over a year after the song was originally released, the song hit number 2 on the Christian Billboard charts...
" (featuring Kirk FranklinKirk FranklinKirk Dwayne Franklin is an American Gospel music musician, choir director, and author, and is most notably known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God's Property and One Nation Crew .- Early years :...
and MandisaMandisaMandisa Hundley is an American gospel singer, who was the ninth-place finalist in the fifth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
) – 6:17 - "Boomin' (remix)" (featuring ShonlockShonlockDeshon Bullock, better know by his stage name Shonlock is a Urban Rock/Hip Hop artist from Atlanta, GA by way of Chicago, IL. He first made a debut in 2001 and is part of the TobyMac road band The Diverse City Band. Recently signing with Arrow-Records/Universal, Shonlock released Where Never Begins...
) - 3:36 [Digital Only] - "Ignition (remix)" - 3:57 [Digital Only]
Personnel
- Toby McKeehan - Vocals, Programming
- Christopher Stevens - Keys, Programming, Guitars, Bass, B3, Drums, Background Vocals
- Cary Barlowe - Guitars
Guest appearances
- Siti Monroe"
- "Nirva Dorsaint - Ready" (band member)
- Truett McKeehan
- "Mr. Talkbox"
- Kirk FranklinKirk FranklinKirk Dwayne Franklin is an American Gospel music musician, choir director, and author, and is most notably known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God's Property and One Nation Crew .- Early years :...
- MandisaMandisaMandisa Hundley is an American gospel singer, who was the ninth-place finalist in the fifth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
- "Shonlock" (band member)
- Trevor McNevanTrevor McNevanTrevor McNevan , also known as Teerawk, is a Canadian musician and lead singer/songwriter of Thousand Foot Krutch and pop punk side project FM Static along with Steve Augustine...
(guitar on "Ignition")
Charts
| Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 10 |
| Billboard's Top Christian Albums | 1 |
Song charts
| Song | Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|
| "Made to Love" | Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 1 |
| "Boomin'" | Billboard Hot Christian Songs | - |
| "I'm For You" | Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 2 |
| "One World" | Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 10 |
| "Lose My Soul" | Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 2 |