Articles on Spoken Word Soul, Including - The Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Jill Scott, Ursula Rucker, Marsha Ambrosius, Floetry, Jazz Poetry, the Watts Prophets (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Spoken Word Soul is a contemporary, eclectic blend of Poetry, Jazz-funk, Electronica or acoustic Country soul music elements. The style is largely considered to be an underground offshoot of the Neo Soul movement from the 1990s & became very popular around the turn of the century (2000 A.D.), to the present. From origins in Mid 20th century Beatnik culture & Jazz poetry associations, Spoken Word Soul music has become very popular today as indie artists (Musicians, Singer-songwriters, Poets) & their eclectic fans, dissatisfied & frustrated with current major Media offerings & commercial radio programming began utilizing the power of the internet to globally connect directly with other fans & artists. As a result, the Genre has become an international "Underground culture" of sorts via the use of various Internet Radio programs & Podcasts, blogs, social networks and download sites such as Facebook, Myspace, You Tube, London's Solarradio.com, CDBaby & Apple's iTunes, etc. Artists/Poets such as Amiri Baraka, Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, The Watts Prophets, and contemporary artists like Maggie Estep, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jill Scott, Floetry, & Ursula Rucker are considered the "Progenitors" of this genre, while Indie (Unsigned) acts such as Detroit bred-Atlanta, Ga based artist Abyss, Chicago's own Tara Betts, Cincinnati acts like LISA-Marie, "Elament," "Gifted," Lady J, along with Kim "DuWaup" Bryant, "Hidden," "The Last Blkmn," "L.I.F.E.," Symana "She-Speaks" Gordon, Ty Stuckey