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[citation needed] "Showstopper" and "Funky Jesus Music" were both premiered at the Winter Wonder Slam 09 Tour. "Funky Jesus Music" was included on the "Hits Deep Live" album. On "Hits Deep Live" when TobyMac tells the crowd to say, "Ola Ola Eh" this is a reference to the song Sweet Dreams (La Bouche song) by La Bouche. [14]
The song was first heard on the Winter Wonder Slam Tour 09 as a new song along with "Funky Jesus Music". [citation needed] The song was heard second on the NFL Thursday Night Commercial. [citation needed] The song was then released to iTunes on January 19, 2010.
Kevin Michael McKeehan [2] (born October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac), is an American contemporary Christian music singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. His road band is known as Diverse City.
The band's primary songwriter, TobyMac (Toby McKeehan), retained the song's chorus but added several new verses consisting of his lyrics. These lyrics were rapped , as was usual with DC Talk's songs of the period, with the lead vocal alternating between McKeehan's rapped verses and the sung chorus provided by Kevin Max (then known as Kevin ...
Alex Caldwell, rating the album four stars from Jesus Freak Hideout, writes, "This Is Not A Test is a great, creative mix of uplifting sounds that proves that there is much more left in TobyMac's gas tank." [21] Specifying in a 4.4 out of five review at Christian Music Review, Brian Hunter realizes, "Toby delivers a diverse album". [1]
Shae received her first Dove Award nomination in 2011 in the category of Urban Recorded Song of the Year for "Life". [12] She also appeared on Jonny Lang's Turn Around (A&M), TobyMac's "Funky Jesus Music", Tonight (ForeFront) and joined him onstage for a performance at the 2010 GMA Dove Awards. [13]
Hollyn appeared on tobyMac's This Is Not a Test album, where she was featured on "Backseat Driver" and "Lights Shine Bright". She also appeared in Funky Jesus Music by TobyMac. [12] The song has charted on two Billboard magazine Christian Songs chart at No. 29, [13] and Christian Digital Songs at No. 16. [14]
TobyMac wrote this song yes for the people to realize we were made to love God, but more so TobyMac telling his story. The first lines he says are very empowering, he states "The dream is fading, now I'm staring at the door I know it's over cause my feet have hit the cold floor" Toby is realizing he lost that flame, that desire to live for God, that he felt too far gone (preview).