has an effect on ones mindset and if the music is violent, sexist etc then that will affect you in the long run. The best example of this is drive down your local street listening to some mos def and drive down listening to some mobb deep ( pre r and b" and you'll look at things pretty differently, at least I think so, I'm open to opinions.
"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him" -John Viscount Morley
"I'd like to quit thinking of the present, like right now, as some minor, insignificant preamble to somethin' else."