Word Power (album)

Word Power is the debut album by American rapper and producer Divine Styler. It was released on October 23, 1989 on Ice-T's Rhyme $yndicate Records under Epic Records. The album peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[1] The Scheme Team, a hip hop collective of Divine Styler, made their introduction on the record.

Professional ratings
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For other uses, see Word Power (disambiguation).
Word Power
Studio album by
Divine Styler
ReleasedOctober 23, 1989
GenreHip hop
Length53:59
Label
Producer
Divine Styler chronology
Word Power
(1989)		 Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light
(1992)
Singles from Word Power
  1. "Ain't Sayin Nothin/Tongue of Labyrinth"
    Released: 1989

On this album, Divine rhymed about being proud of heritage (highlighted on "It's a Black Thing") and featured audio production handled by Bilal Bashir (who made later instrumentals for the likes of Everlast, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube), who later re-released this album in instrumental form in 2005. The album produced the only lead single "Ain't Sayin' Nothin", featuring a scratch noise similar to the sound used in "Jump Around" and "Insane in the Brain". It peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Introduction"0:46
2."Free Styler"5:17
3."Get Up on It"4:40
4."The Last Black House on the Left"6:45
5."It's a Black Thing"5:09
6."Play It for Divine"2:47
7."Koxistin U4ria"3:40
8."Ain't Sayin' Nothin'"4:16
9."Divinity Stylistics"4:11
10."Tongue of Labyrinth"5:23
11."In Divine Style"1:46
12."Rain"4:31
13."Word Power"4:48
Total length:53:59

Samples[3]

Personnel

References
  1. "Divine Styler - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. 1990.
  2. "Word Power – Divine Styler". AllMusic.
  3. "Word Power by Divine Styler: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled.
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