Editing Head Hunters (section)

==Legacy==
In 2005, the album was ranked number 498 in the book version of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. While it was not included in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s original 2003 online version of the list, nor its 2012 revision, it was ranked at number 254 in the 2020 revision.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/herbie-hancock-head-hunters-2-1062979/ The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rolling Stone]</ref> ''Head Hunters'' was a key release in Hancock's career and a defining moment in the genre of [[jazz]], and has been an inspiration not only for jazz musicians, but also to [[funk]], [[soul music]], [[jazz funk]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]] artists.<ref name="Erlewine" />  The [[Library of Congress]] added it to the [[National Recording Registry]], which collects "culturally, historically or aesthetically important" sound recordings from the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98723278| title= 'Head Hunters' Found A New Direction In Jazz| website= NPR.org| access-date= March 10, 2020}}</ref>