Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Spoken Word Soul as a music genre is an 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 50''s & 60''s Beatnik culture & Bop Jazz associations, Spoken Word Soul music has become very popular today as indie artists (Musicians, Singer-songwriters, Poets) & the public, dissatisfied & frustrated with current major record label releases & commercial radio programming began utilizing the power of the internet to globally connect directly with fans & other artists; as a result, the Genre has become an international "Underground culture" of sorts via the use of various music download, Internet Radio & blog sites such as Facebook, Myspace, You Tube, London''s Solarradio.com, DustyGroove.com, CDBaby & Apple''s iTunes, etc