Phzed

What are your opinions on Rolling Stone magazine's placement of hip-hop albums in their "500 greatest albums" list (2003)

The list:

497 - Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush The Show (1987)
483 - Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997)
478 - LL Cool J - Radio (1985)
477 - The Fugees - The Score (1996)
464 - Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
459 - EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
444 - Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
400 - Nas - Illmatic (1994)
386 - Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
359 - Outkast - Stankonia (2000)
346 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
317 - Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
312 - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
302 - Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
300 - Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
273 - Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (1999)
248 - Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
240 - Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (1984)
227 - Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full (1987)
217 - Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (1986)
156 - Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
154 - A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
144 - N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
137 - Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
133 - Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)
120 - Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (1986)
48 - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)


Personally I think they really downplayed hip-hop's importance as a genre, I know the list was done back in 2003, but even so.
Also a lot of their additions and placements are questionable, I think most hip-hop fans would disagree with quite a bit of it.

Personally, Ready to Die is way too high, Life After Death shouldn't be on there, Illmatic is too low, Low End Theory too low, all of Jay-Z's albums too high, all of Eminem's albums too high, Paul's Boutique ridiculously high, 36 Chambers way too low, no inclusion of Endtroducing, Deltron 3030, Midnight Marauders, Bizarre Ride II, Illadelph Halflife, Liquid Swords, Black on Both Sides... all of these albums were released a good few years before the list was made.

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