Soul Of A Nation Afro Centric Visions In The Age of Black Power: Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968 79 Various 2xLP Vinyl N.W.A Ever since we went to Infinite Expanse Ever since we went to Hiroshima to play and visited the peace park this has been a subject very close to us All I Can Say Soul of A Nation shows how political themes led to the rise of ‘conscious’ black music as new afro centric styles combined the musical radicalism and spirituality of John Coltrane and radical avant garde jazz music alongside the intense funk and soul of James Brown and Aretha Franklin and the urban poetry and proto rap of the streets poetry and how they came together during the civil rights and black power era as part of the wider black arts movement across the United States