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. The Scheme Team, a hip hop collective of Divine Styler, made their introduction on the record.

Contents

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• Track listing
• Personnel
• Songs
• References

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 is produced the only lead single “Ain't Sayin’ Nothin”, a scratch noise similar to the sound used in “Jump Around” and “Insane in the Brain” song, peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs.