Can anyone give me tips to stop listening to bad music?

OK, rap itself is not bad. Whether or not a rap song is bad depends on its actual content. Not all rap songs are derogatory or offensive. Unfortunately, most mainstream rap songs are, which is why it has such an awful reputation. Instead of forcing yourself to stop listening to the whole genre, perhaps just start listening to the rap songs that don't have such vile messages.

Here's a list of artists who produce much better music than the stuff you hear on the radio:

Sage Francis

Immortal Technique

Talib Kweli

The Roots

Common

Mos Def

Gza

Lupe Fiasco

Nas

Some of them get some radio play, but definitely not as much as they deserve.

Edit: I don't believe curse words themselves are bad. Yes, generally they hold a negative connotation, but it depends on how they are used. For example, I could say "I'm so f***ing happy" and I would mean nothing bad behind it. I could also say, "You're so smart" with the most sarcastic tone I could muster and that would be much worse than my first statement considering I intended to give a negative message. So don't look at curse words to figure out if something is good or bad. Look at the whole picture. Is the message of the song offensive, good, thought-provoking? That's how you should be deciding what songs are appropriate for you.

It's not bad to listen to non-Christian music unless the message is bad.

I stopped listening to extremely violent rap music after I was sent to the ER due to a near-death experience.

Yup, facing the reality of God can do that to a person

There are all kinds of Christian music.. look at a local christian music store and you might be suprised.

I'm not sure what good rap there might be but there's KJ-52, Thousand Foot Krutch, Toby Mac...

No, Christian music sucks. You shouldn't feel bad. You can listen to whatever you want, I'm an atheist but if you truly feel there is a god then keep on worshiping. You're not hurting anyone.

LOL.

the only good religious band i know is Reliant K.

cause you cant even tell theyre christian music.

Listen to Lecrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii, Flame, Grits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdSWc6BBTQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaTXRaSvq-M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANnm8DUbpMU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtTx50hofkA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8N62_nlaKQ

smash the radio and the CDs

I dont listen to any music

I prefer to read or surf the web.

its not bad if it doesn't affect your state of mind. i listen to metal and im a christian

Stop listening to music and start listening to everything around you.

listen to some threat alert, slipknot, children of bodom, lamb of god/burn the priest, trivium, kamelot, nightwish, ac/dc, metallica, sonic syndicate, pantera etc.