The essence of music and the truth behind hip-hop

Today, something interesting happened to me, which triggered the writing of this article.
For a long time, I have wanted to express my opinion on the issue of which music one is supposed to listen to.
There is so much fuss in town about ; this supposed "truth behind hip hop".
I remember one occasion where, a very good friend of mine who is a christian sat in the same car with me.

And the sound playing was hip-hop, She immediately went, please put that off, its not right to listen to this kind music. Do you know what this kind of music can do to you.
I was utterly surprised at her reaction. I didn't blame her much though, its all the fear and conditioning, the supposed truth behind hiphop videos had had on her.

One time I was sitting in the couch watching tv, with one friend when Jay-z came up . The song was the EMpire state of mind.  She immediately turned the channel, and I was like why, I really like that song. Please put it back there She went like no, she cant listen to Jay-z, Jay-z is manipulating the masses with his music and winning souls for the devil. It was the most liducrous thing I had ever heard.
What happened today, that actually got me to write this article, is a magazine I got from the Jehovah Witness that had Music boldly written on the cover page.
The brother who gave me the magazine, said the words..." we have to be mindful of the kind of music we listen to , because music is one thing that connects with our heart..

That was a true statement , one that I wont even argue with.
First of all, its important we deal with the root cause of things, something a very good friend always says.

We have been long looking outside and pointing fingers at other sources  apart from us.
We always think  there is an outside factor that is causing to suffer from this or that.
But the truth is, we are the cause of all our own problems.

The truth is that there is a whole lot of  work, that we have to do at home. Its not necessary criticizing Hiphop as a culture or religion , that is winning souls for the devil.
Personally I dont believe that, but I want to stand apart from this whole picture..
IF you will stand apart from it too, Its about someone coming to you, and telling you a story about their life.

In the end, you choose to hear what you want to hear.
You need to realize you are medium, who you are is what you hear .  For example when I hear the sound EMpire State of mind; what I get from the music at the end is a state of mind in which you can accomplish anything, and it always means hustling your  way through . A friend I have sees things quite differently, he perceives it to be something about Jay-z talking about how powerful he is and he being equal to Jesus and etc.
Thees are all things I didnt pay attention to in the music. Its necessary to create a filter, its necessary we learn to pay more attention to the positive side of everything.
What about if you go somewhere, where the only music you can hear is only hiphop. What you need to do is to focus on  the good side of the music.
Choose your filters and not the music