Portable Sounds by TobyMac

Portable Sounds is TobyMac's 2007 album, another genre-hopping mix of rap, rock, and pop held together by sheer energy. The title fits music made to carry with you, songs for the road and the gym and the kitchen. I came back to it for the way it keeps faith front and centre under all the fun.

Why listen?

The sound is a bright collage of hip hop, funk, and pop-rock, restless and colourful. The production is busy and polished, packed with hooks and guest voices. The lyrics move between celebration and conviction, party music with a conscience. There is a warmth and generosity to the whole thing, an open invitation to join in. It is feel-good music with a real centre.

Favourite song: Made to Love

The brightest, most direct song on the record, a plain statement of what we are for. It is impossible not to move to.

I was made to love You
I was made to find You
I was made just for You
Made to adore You
I was made to love
And be loved by You

The way the chorus bursts open makes the simple truth feel like a celebration. It reminds me of the lightness that comes once a climb levels out and you can finally lengthen your stride. The song says our deepest purpose is love, and it makes that sound like the best news there is.

Key takeaway

Portable Sounds is a generous, energetic record with faith at its core. Press play when you need lifting.

Tracklist

• One World
• Made to Love
• Boomin'
• I'm for You
• Face of the Earth
• No Ordinary Love
• Ignition
• Hype Man
• Suddenly
• All In (Letting Go)
• Feelin' So Fly
• No Signal
• Lose My Soul

Details

Listen on

• Apple Music
• Amazon
• Spotify

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