Tibby - Well, I heard a song called "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" by Toby Keith and that made me want to hear more.
There is so much passion, humour and despair in country music, same as you'd find in possibly any other genre but I'm more than open to new ways of putting these across.
So thats where it started, now I have several cds, it's all mainly 'new' country.
Still listen to hip hop tho, just got The Neptunes Present 'CLONES'. I like it!
Tibby > Having listened to rap for quite a while I can safely say Nas is about the best choice for Christians.
Why I hear you ask? Due to his rebirth as it were. If you listen to any of his older albums you will see he rapped about guns, ho's and drugs just the same as those you hate now. He even claimed to be the first to rap about guns at one point.
So yes it is good that he has changed his material, but he was once the same as those you now choose to not listen to. So bear this in mind when you think all rappers are the same and can't change.
PS I don't like Nas, never have, and shockignly I listen to Country more now than rap, go figure!