Jubilee Quartet as a genre mostly highlighted men and neglected female artists. The Wheat Street Female Quartet is a great example of women in the music industry not receiving half as much of recognition, or respect for their talent. Nonetheless, this was not uncommon for this time period. The Jubilee Quartet has three eras, jubilee, transitional, and the gospel era. The quartets contained between four to six singers, including a first tenor, second tenor, baritone, and low bass. Incorporating elements from negro spirituals and white washed folk music, this genre fused black and white musical flows. With that, each era was withheld  its own individual rhythmic  contribution.

• Jubilee era(1880-1929): university and minstrel quartets, community based quartets, barbershop community quartets, and sacred harp quartets.

• Transitional era(1930-1945): migration to the north, touring, black church homes, urbanization, and song battles.

• Gospel era(1946-1969): enhanced instruments and improvisation introduced.