Word Power
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Word Power is the debut album by Divine Styler
Divine Styler
Divine Styler is an alternative hip hop artist from Brooklyn, New York.-History:He first emerged as part of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate. His first LP, Word Power, was hailed by critics and fans, but was not a commercial success. His second album, the wildly experimental Spiral Walls Containing Autumns...
, released in 1989
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on Epic Records
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. On this album, Divine raps about been proud of heritage (highlighted on It's a Black Thing), and features Bilal Bashir (who made later instrumentals for the likes of Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre
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, Ice Cube
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O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
and Everlast
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), who later re-released this album in instrumental form, in 2005. The album is best known for the songs 'Ain't Sayin Nothin' which featured a sample scratch noise similar to the sound used in House of Pain
House of Pain
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's song, Jump Around and Cypress Hill
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's Insane In The Brain, and 'Freestyler', which features samples of James Brown
James Brown
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.
Track listing
- "Introduction" - 0:48
- "Free Styler" - 5:16
- "Get Up on It" - 4:41
- "The Last Black House on the Left" - 6:46
- "It's a Black Thing" - 5:12
- "Play It for Divine" - 2:48
- "Koxistin U4ria" - 3:40
- "Ain't Sayin' Nothin'" - 4:17
- "Divinity Stylistics" - 4:12
- "Tongue of Labyrinth" - 5:23
- "In Divine Style" - 1:46
- "Rain" - 4:31
- "Word Power" - 4:48