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{{Infobox album
| name       = Word Power, Vol. 2: Directrix
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Divine Styler]]
| cover      = Wordpower, Vol. 2 Directrix.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = February 9, 1999
| recorded   = 1997–1998
| venue      =
| studio     = Rumbo Studios, [[Abbey]]<br /> [[Islington]], [[London]]
| genre      = [[Alternative hip hop]]
| length     = 1:08:31
| label      = [[Mo' Wax]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Divine Styler]] <small>(also [[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>|Bilal Bashir}}
| prev_title = [[Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light]]
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = Def Mask
| next_year  = 2014
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|last=Conaway|first=Matt |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wordpower-vol-2-directrix-mw0000048074|title=Wordpower, Vol. 2: Directix - Divine Styler|website=[[AllMusic]]|date=2017-10-20}}</ref>
| rev2 = Phase 9
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|6}}<ref name=Phase9>{{cite web|last=Bayross|first=Mark |url=http://www.phase9.tv/music/divinestylerwordpower2-a.shtml|title=Divine Styler - Word Power 2|publisher=Phase9 Entertainment|date=2017-10-20}}</ref>
}}
'''''Wordpower, Vol. 2: Directrix''''' is the third album by [[Divine Styler]], released in 1999 on [[Mo' Wax]]. This was his first album released in seven years, his last being 1992's ''[[Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light]]''. However, this album could be considered more as a sequel to his debut album, ''[[Word Power (album)|Word Power]]'', due to the ''"Vol. 2"'' in the album's name and because of the more straightforward [[hip hop]] the album contains when compared to the wildly experimental ''Spiral Walls''. This album features Divine Styler's Original Scheme Team member(s) [[Cokni O'Dire]] (only on the re-released version) and Bilal Bashir.
The album was later re-released in 2000 on [[Toy's Factory]] with an alternative cover, and an altered track listing.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = The Ahdan
| length1 = 2:20
| writer1 = Imam Iman
| title2 = Contact 1
| note2 = featuring Hitomi Okuno
| length2 = 1:16
| writer2 = [[Divine Styler|Mark Richardson]]
| title3 = Al Faatihah
| length3 = 1:19
| writer3 = Richardson
| title4 = Satan Dynasty Killer 1
| length4 = 3:03
| writer4 = Richardson
| title5 = Unseen Letter
| length5 = 3:21
| writer5 = Richardson
| title6 = Triple Irons
| length6 = 4:20
| writer6 = {{hlist|Richardson|Nazareth Nirza}}
| title7 = Oneself Duel
| length7 = 4:01
| writer7 = Richardson
| title8 = The Grand Design
| note8 = featuring [[Cokni O'Dire]]
| length8 = 4:12
| writer8 = {{hlist|Richardson|[[Cokni O'Dire|Otis Olivier Lyjasu Williams]]}}
| title9 = Before Mecca
| length9 = 3:32
| writer9 = Richardson
| title10 = Contact 2
| note10 = featuring Hitomi Okuno
| length10 = 1:27
| writer10 = Richardson
| title11 = Hajji
| length11 = 4:00
| writer11 = Richardson
| title12 = Time Fold 79
| note12 = featuring Cokni O'Dire
| length12 = 2:02
| writer12 = Richardson
| title13 = Directrix
| length13 = 3:28
| writer13 = {{hlist|Richardson|Bilal Bashir}}
| title14 = Nova
| note14 = featuring [[Styles Of Beyond]]
| length14 = 4:12
| writer14 = {{hlist|Richardson|Takbir Bashir|Ryan Maginn}}
| title15 = Make It Plain
| note15 = featuring Gola Jaisv
| length15 = 4:28
| writer15 = {{hlist|Richardson|Bashir}}
| title16 = Microphenia
| note16 = featuring Styles Of Beyond
| length16 = 4:32
| writer16 = {{hlist|Richardson|Bashir|Maginn}}
| title17 = Satan Dynasty Killa 2
| note17 = featuring Exceed
| length17 = 4:04
| writer17 = {{hlist|Richardson|E. Estrada}}
| title18 = Sound Quest
| note18 = featuring Quin
| length18 = 5:11
| writer18 = Richardson
| title19 = Directrix (Optical Mix 2000)
| length19 = 6:23
| writer19 = {{hlist|Richardson|Bashir}}
| title20 = Directrix (Indopepsydnics Remix)
| length20 = 6:32
| writer20 = {{hlist|Richardson|Bashir}}
| total_length = 1:08:31
}}
==Personnel==
*[[Divine Styler|Mark Richardson]] - main artist, executive producer, producer (tracks: 1-12, 14, 16-18), recording (tracks: 1-7, 9-17)
*[[Cokni O'Dire|Otis Olivier Lyjasu Williams]] - guest vocals (tracks: 8, 12)
*[[Takbir Bashir]] - guest vocals (tracks: 14, 16)
*Ryan Maginn - guest vocals (tracks: 14, 16)
*Hitomi Okuno - guest vocals (tracks: 2, 10)
*Gola Jaisv Richardson - guest vocals (track 15)
*Exceed - guest vocals (track 17)
*Quin - guest vocals (track 18)
*Bilal Bashir - producer (tracks: 13, 15, 19-20)
*Nazareth Nirza - scratches (tracks: 6, 11, 13, 19-20)
*[[John Tejada]] - scratches (track 4)
*Shawn Berman - mixing, recording (tracks: 8, 18)
*[[Ben Drury]] - artwork
*[[Sølve Sundsbø]] - photography
==References==
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[[Category:1999 albums]]
[[Category:Mo' Wax albums]]
[[Category:Divine Styler albums]]
[[Category:Sequel albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Divine Styler]]