Whoever got lost in the anthems and didn't take them seriously are straight dummies. From The Hood Comes First, Guard Your Grill, Yoke The Joker, all the way to God Is Us...too many examples of excellence out of that crew(lyrical skill and production both) to not rate them as one of the greatest.
Truth is, we as the listening public don't appreciate how spoiled we've been from having all those great groups available at the same time, or at the very least have one fade out and another just seamlessly fit in their space. Look at the soundscape now, and...
Yeah.