I'm much like you in a sense that I grew up on just about everything. My grandparents got me hooked on jazz/blues/big bang, my all time favorite musicians being Billie Holiday, Helen Humes, Shirley Horn, Joe Williams, Louis Armstrong, etc.
Billie Holiday - All of me:
http://youtu.be/4P0hG3sD0-E DARK RAPTURE by Count Basie with Helen Humes 1938:
http://youtu.be/oA-b_gbuJqY Joe Williams and Nancy Wilson with Count Basie Or…:
http://youtu.be/04BQo6Rz4i0 I listen to music while I clean, bathe, cook, drive, relax, browse TER, pretty much breathe lol so I have many different modes of listening. When I am entertaining I usually like to play something that fills the room while not distracting. A few artists I love for this purpose are of course Billie, Madeleine Peyroux, Goapele, Marsha Ambrosius, Alicia Keys, Heather Headley, Emeli Sande,
Goapele - Undertow:
http://youtu.be/w_BNXqpdBTg Marsha Ambrosius So Good:
http://youtu.be/YhQDE3sWV5E Emeli Sande - Where I Sleep (Live on 89.3 The Cur…:
http://youtu.be/s9Q4NoIgU1U When I am feeling a little crazy and hyper and just want to dance around (which is almost always, don't we all love a Sagittarius? Lol

) I usually listen to Pharell Williams/N.E.R.D. , Ed Sheeran, Fun., Janelle Monae
Pharrell Williams - Come Get It Bae:
http://youtu.be/UfGMj10wOzg Ed Sheeran - Sing (Official Video):
http://youtu.be/tlYcUqEPN58 Janelle Monáe - Electric Lady [Official Video]:
http://youtu.be/LPFgBCUBMYk When I listen to hip hop it is usually a california dance song by various rappers, music that I guess has to grow on the taste buds of southerners. I had a friend I've recently met here in NC call our music "jingly jangle music" lol!! I am actually playing this song right now
Adrian Marcel - 2AM. ft. Sage The Gemini:
http://youtu.be/ae_Ev_lwpUg Hopefully you guys like the links! Electric Lady by Janelle Monae is definitely my feel good song of the moment. Her albums are awesome! Beyonce, rihanna, Nicki, basically mainstream gimick artists I listen to every so often, but not too much.