THIS DAY IN HIP-HOP...DIVINE STYLER - WORD POWER

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Divine Styler released his debut album Word Power.

On this day in 1989, Brooklyn MC Divine Styler released his debut album Word Power on Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate.  The album was produced by Styler along with Bilal Bashir and Lawrence A. Duhart.  

The debut set was socially conscious and politically charged and spawned a few classics and the lead single "Ain't Sayin' Nothin'," which peaked at #10 on the Billboard Rap chart.   

Word Power reached #62 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

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Also on this day...

2001 - DMX released his fourth album The Great Depression on Ruff Ryders.

2001 - Dilated Peoples released their second album Expansion Team on Capitol. 

2007 - Little Brother released their third studio album Getback on ABB. 

2015 - DJ Khaled released his eighth album I Changed a Lot on his own label We the Best.