[Intrepid Homoludens]

Me too. I personally don't care for the very violent content of many rap music. But I loved artists like Diggable Planet and some others. As for punk, same thing. Punk was basically born from the anger over the injustices of class, culture, and politics, and that's what I love about it (sort of similar to the rebelliousness of the Beat Generation in New York and San Francisco in the 50s). I love the music of Patti Smith and early Blondie, not so much The Sex Pistols, New York Dolls, or The Ramones.