Most in the Hip-Hop community regard The Chronic 2001 as the last true rap/hip-hop album, I know I sure as hell did. After that everything just got shitty and I expanded my mind to other forms of Music. Don't get me wrong, there's still some quality rhymes post-2001 but the vast majority of it is downright intolerable.
Still remeber watching STILL D.R.E on MTV for the 1st time before it was released and being like "shit..that hits something wild"