so much music, so little money

i love music!!!! but i for awhile i was starting to become really dissatisfied with the secular muic that is playing on radio stations, especially on urban stations. i grew up listening to pop, rap and r&b, but i have a large range of tastes. i really liked rap for awhile, but by the time i was old enough to start buying my own music, there was too much swearing in rap for my taste, even when i wasn't walking down the right path. i listen to everything from pink floyd to petra, mary j blige, even some linkin park and beastie boys, smoove jazz and classical.

anyway my love for rap music came back, but in the form of christian rap. i like listening to Christ-centered rap, not just positive rap. back in the summer of 2004 a friend of mine turned me on to the cross movement and i've been hooked ever since. i barely even listen to the radio now. i check in once in awhile to see if anything new is out, but i don't last too long, too much that glorifies living a life that would not be pleasing to God. i've searched and found other christian rappers out there with alot of talent but more importantly they talk about Christ and not the usual garbage that's being played on the radio now. it turns out there's a whole "underground" movement and there are plenty of artists out there doing they're thing for Christ. for me, it's encouraging and its just uplifting to know there's music out there i can listen to that doesn't promote the usual things of this world. now there's a new website, 3Hmp3.com that sells individual mp3s as well as full albums!! and i've seen so much on this site that i wanna purchase. i know my money situation will be better soon, so i can hardly wait to start buying more and more music! my goal is to change my current music collection to a music collection full of music that glorifies God.