DME Music News Company \"Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.\" - Edward Bulwer Lytton In the time of servitude after 1619 many people from the continent of Africa were in a constant mental state of depression, and so they began to write, and sing songs to uplift, and inspire for better outcomes in their future. This same idea was established in the African American community during the early 70\'s.