Aye, still two of my favourite albums, those and the chronic 2001 were the sound track to my childhood.Yeah they are timeless, if big poppa came on the radio and you hadn't heard it you would think it was new, that's just one example.
Hip hop is in a sorry state, it's been marketed beyond belief, and there is no meaning or message to the lyrics anymore.
Don't get me wrong there are good underground rappers our there, but the mainstream is targeted towards wee lassies, like all music really.