Music memory

Ever since I can remember I've loved to listen to music. When i was younger i remember telling people that i only listen to rap and r&b but as i got older the genre of music i like to listen to has grown immensely. The older i get the more i learn to appreciate people, ideas, and music more than i did before. I remember when i was about in the third grade i really liked n sync and boys bands like that, for what reason i still do not understand. But you can't blame me because who didn't like them? I also always did and always will love oldies like The Temptations and The Floaters. I really like that kind of music because of the male lead singers that hit ridiculous high notes.
As i got older i really got into rap, more gangster rap than anything. I also when through a "thug" stage in my life where i though i was the shit and i felt like i was a "thug". I was also living with my uncle at the time and that is all he listens to. I went through a stage where i didn't respect anyone who listened to music like country, techno or basically anything that wasn't about killing, stealing, girls, or making money. And some time around the eighth grade i really got into Mac Dre, a bay area rapper that was also killed when i was in the eighth grade. He has been rapping since my dad was in high school so there was tons of music for me to discover by him. His raps are so complex and his rhymes are the best in the bay to me.
Now as i think about my four years in high school, my perception of music, people and life has changed drastically. My freshman year i only listen to bay area rap which is all about the same thing and now that i think about it all sound pretty similar. There isn't really any talent being demonstrated. In high school is also where i met my best friend who really broadened my horizon on music. He introduced me to a new kind of rap, a rap with a per pose and a meaning to it. These rappers weren't talking about making money or making girls shack their ass, they were talking about issues that needed to be addressed and how people need help or how people need to better themselves. He also introduced me to Rock songs and alternative punk songs that i love to listen to now. i listen to songs that i would never give a chance to listen to in the eighth grade. I guess its a part of life to do a complete 180 on how i live my life.
The songs i use to listen to were mostly about hatred and had a negative message and feeling to it. Now i only like to listen to songs that make me feel good and have a nice poppy beat to it. I also really love female rock or alternative singer because of the sex appeal. I love it when a girl can sing rock songs and hit the high notes and then come back down to a soft sexy voice. Thw song that i"m listening to right now, ring my bell by blondie, is a good example of a great femiale singer but she doesn't sing rock songs, its more disco. And now i will listen to aaaaaaaaalmost every grenre of music that is in english excluding country. For some reason i only like johnny cash and no other country singer.