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2007 in hip-hop

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2007.

Albums

Release Date	Artist	Album	Label	Notes
January 9	Ultramagnetic MC's	The Best Kept Secret	DMAFT
January 23	Pretty Ricky	Late Night Special	Atlantic Records, Bluestar Entertainment
Various Artists	Peanut Butter Wolf Presents Stones Throw: Ten Years	Stones Throw Records
January 30	Sean Price	Jesus Price Superstar	Duck Down Music
X Clan	Return from Mecca	Suburban Noize Records
February 6	Mathematics & Wu-Tang Clan	Mathematics Presents Wu-Tang Clan & Friends Unreleased	Nature Sounds
MC Eiht	Representin'
Three 6 Mafia	The Prophet Returns
February 20	Hell Razah	Renaissance Child	Nature Sounds
Jin	ABC
February 26	Hussein Fatal & Hardtimerz	1090 Official
February 27	B.G. & Chopper City Boyz	We Got This
Boss Hogg Outlawz	Serve & Collect	Koch Records
Famous Playaz (Noah23 & DS)	Funny Money	Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language
Gabriel Teodros	Lovework
Wisemen	Wisemen Approaching	Think Differently Music, Babygrande Records
March 6	Consequence	Don't Quit Your Day Job!	GOOD Music, Columbia Records
Twisted Black	Street Fame
	March 12	Noah23 & Lord Kufu	The Fool	Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language
March 13	8Ball & MJG	Ridin High	Bad Boy Entertainment, Atlantic Records
Black Milk	Popular Demand	Fat Beats Records
Mobb Deep	The Infamous Archives	Streetcore Music
March 20	Baby Boy Da Prince	Across the Water	Universal Republic Records
Crime Mob	Hated on Mostly	Reprise Records
Devin the Dude	Waitin' to Inhale	Rap-a-Lot Records
El-P	I'll Sleep When You're Dead	Definitive Jux
Evidence	The Weatherman LP	ABB Records
Insane Clown Posse	The Tempest	Psychopathic Records
Psycho Les	Psycho Therapy (The Soundtrack)
March 27	Tha Dogg Pound	Dogg Chit	Gangsta Advisory Records, Koch Records
Lil Flip	I Need Mine	Clover G Records
Mims	Music Is My Savior	American King Music, Disturbing tha Peace, Capitol Records
Buckwild	Buckwild: Diggin' in the Crates	Ground Floor Recordings
Prodigy	Return of the Mac	Koch Records
Redman	Red Gone Wild: Thee Album	Gilla House Records, Def Jam Recordings
Rich Boy	Rich Boy	Interscope Records
Young Buck	Buck the World	G-Unit Records, Interscope Records
Big Quarters	Cost of Living
April 3	Paul Wall	Get Money, Stay True	Swishahouse, Atlantic Records
Phat Kat	Carte Blanche
Romeo	Crush on U (soundtrack)	Little Big Records
Suburban Noize Records	SRH Presents: Supporting Radical Habits Vol. II	Suburban Noize Records
Timbaland	Shock Value	Mosley Music Group, Interscope
April 10	Brother Ali	The Undisputed Truth	Rhymesayers Entertainment
Mic Geronimo	Alive 9/14/73
April 24	Joell Ortiz	The Brick (Bodega Chronicles)	Koch Records
Kingspade	P.T.B.	Suburban Noize Records
Kurtis Blow	Kurtis Blow Presents: Hip Hop Ministry	Holy Hip Hop/EMI Christian Music
Lifesavas	Gutterfly	Quannum Projects
Snoop Dogg	Snoop Dogg Presents The Big Squeeze	Doggystyle Records, Koch Records
Various Artists	Stomp the Yard (soundtrack)	Artists' Addiction Records
May 1	Boondox	PunkinHed	Psychopathic Records
May 8	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	Strength & Loyalty	Full Surface Records, Interscope Records
DJ Jazzy Jeff	The Return of the Magnificent	BBE Records
Sage Francis	Human the Death Dance	Epitaph Records
May 15	Marco Polo	Port Authority	Soulspazm Records, Rawkus Records
Romeo	Gutta Music All-Stars	Guttar Music Group, UrbanDigital Media Group, GoDigital Media Group
May 22	Ca$his	The County Hound EP	Shady Records, Interscope Records, G's Up
KRS-One & Marley Marl	Hip Hop Lives	Koch Records
Trill Fam, Lil Boosie, Webbie and Foxx	Trill Entertainment Presents: Survival of the Fittest	Trill Entertainment
U.S.D.A.	Cold Summer	CTE World, Def Jam Recordings
May 23	Hilltop Hoods	The Hard Road: Restrung	Obese Records
June 5	Lil Wyte	The One and Only	Hypnotize Minds
June 12	Blue Scholars	Bayani
Canibus	For Whom the Beat Tolls
Cilvaringz	I	Mic Club Music
DJ Khaled	We the Best	Terror Squad Entertainment, Koch Records
Fabolous	From Nothin' to Somethin'	Desert Storm Records, Def Jam Recordings
June 19	SHOP BOYZ	Rockstar Mentality	Universal Republic Records
Tragedy Khadafi	The Death of Tragedy
June 26	Pharoahe Monch	Desire	SRC Records
Universal Motown Records
July 3	Pastor Troy	Tool Muziq
T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic Records
Twiztid	Independents Day	Psychopathic Records
July 17	Blu & Exile	Below the Heavens	Sound in Color
Danny!	Danny Is Dead
Hed PE	Insomnia	Suburban Noize Records
Tech N9ne	Misery Loves Kompany	Strange Music, RBC Records, Fontana Distribution
July 24	Camp Lo	Black Hollywood	Good Hands
Yung Berg	Almost Famous: The Sexy Lady EP	Epic Records
July 31	Common	Finding Forever	GOOD Music, Geffen Records
Kia Shine	Due Season
Guru	Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future	7 Grand
Death Row Records	Death Row: The Singles Collection	Death Row Records
August 7	Plies	The Real Testament
Psychopathic Rydas	Duk Da Fuk Down	Joe & Joey Records
UGK	Underground Kingz	Jive Records
August 14	Boot Camp Clik	Casualties of War	Duck Down Music
Danny Diablo	Thugcore 4 Life	Suburban Noize Records, Epitaph Records
WC	Guilty by Affiliation	Lench Mob Records
August 20	Insane Clown Posse	Eye of the Storm	Psychopathic Records
August 21	Atmosphere	Sad Clown Bad Summer 9	Rhymesayers Entertainment
Blaze Ya Dead Homie	Clockwork Gray	Psychopathic Records
Brand Nubian	Time's Runnin' Out
Killah Priest	The Offering
Swizz Beatz	One Man Band Man	Full Surface Records, Universal Motown Records
Talib Kweli	Eardrum	Blacksmith Records, Warner Bros. Records
August 28	Aesop Rock	None Shall Pass	Definitive Jux
Big B	More to Hate	Suburban Noize Records
Kottonmouth Kings	Cloud Nine	Suburban Noize Records
Strong Arm Steady	Deep Hearted
Yung Joc	Hustlenomic$	Bad Boy Entertainment, Atlantic Records
September 4	Master P & Romeo	Master P & Romeo: Hip Hop History
September 11	50 Cent	Curtis	G-Unit Records, Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records
Grayskul	Bloody Radio	Rhymesayers Entertainment
Kanye West	Graduation	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
Necro	Death Rap	Psycho+Logical-Records, Koch Records
Young Noble & Hussein Fatal	Thug in Thug Out
September 14	Chamillionaire	Ultimate Victory	Chamillitary Entertainment, Universal Records
September 18	Havoc	The Kush	Nature Sounds
Percee P	Perseverance	Stones Throw Records
Twista	Adrenaline Rush 2007	Atlantic Records
September 25	Army of the Pharaohs	Ritual of Battle	Babygrande Records
Gorilla Zoe	Welcome to the Zoo	Bad Boy Entertainment, Atlantic Records
October 2	Boyz n da Hood	Back Up n da Chevy	Bad Boy Entertainment, Atlantic Records
Soulja Boy	souljaboytellem.com	Stacks on Deck Entertainment, Collipark Music, Interscope Records
October 9	9th Wonder	The Dream Merchant Vol. 2	6 Hole Records, Caroline Distribution
Y Society	Travel at Your Own Pace
October 11	Gucci Mane	Trap-A-Thon	Tommy Boy Records
October 23	Bizarre	Blue Cheese & Coney Island	Koch Records
Hurricane Chris	51/50 Ratchet	Polo Grounds Music, J Records
Little Brother	Getback	ABB Records
Shad	The Old Prince
October 30	Baby Bash	Cyclone	Latium Records, E.D.D. Records, Arista Records, J Records
Playaz Circle	Supply & Demand	Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam Recordings
	October 31	Twisted Insane	The Monster In The Dark	Brainsick Muzik
	November 1	Saul Williams	The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!	Fader Label
November 6	Cassidy	B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story	Full Surface Records, J Records
Jay-Z	American Gangster	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
Nas	Greatest Hits	Columbia Records, Sony BMG
November 12	Noah23	Cameo Therapy	Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language
November 13	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	T.H.U.G.S.	Ruthless Records
Psychopathic Records	Psychopathics from Outer Space 3	Psychopathic Records
November 20	Freeway	Free at Last	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
November 27	Common	Thisisme Then: The Best of Common	Relativity Records/Legacy Records
CunninLynguists	Dirty Acres	APOS Music
Pitbull	The Boatlift	TVT Records, Poe Boy Entertainment
December 4	DJ Drama	Gangsta Grillz: The Album	Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic Records
Ghostface Killah	The Big Doe Rehab	Def Jam Recordings
Scarface	Made	Rap-A-Lot Records, Atlantic Records
Styles P	Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman)	Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Koch Records
Wyclef Jean	Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant	Columbia Records
December 11	Beanie Sigel	The Solution	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings
Birdman	5 ★ Stunna	Cash Money Records, Universal Records
Bow Wow & Omarion	Face Off	Columbia Records
Gucci Mane	Back to the Trap House	Atlantic Records
Hi-Tek	Hi-Teknology 3	Babygrande Records
Wu-Tang Clan	8 Diagrams	SRC Records, Universal Motown Records
December 18	Chingy	Hate It or Love It	Full Dekk Music Group, Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam Recordings
Lupe Fiasco	Lupe Fiasco's The Cool	1st & 15th Entertainment, Atlantic Records

Highest-charting singles

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Stronger"	Kanye West	Graduation	1
"This Is Why I'm Hot"	Mims	Music Is My Savior
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"	Soulja Boy	Souljaboytellem.com
"Give It to Me"	Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake	Shock Value
"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')"	T-Pain featuring Yung Joc	Epiphany
"Party Like a Rockstar"	SHOP BOYZ	Rockstar Mentality	2
"Ayo Technology"	50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland	Curtis	5
"I Tried"	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony featuring Akon	Strength & Loyalty	6
"Pop, Lock & Drop It"	Huey	Notebook Paper
"Cyclone"	Baby Bash featuring T-Pain	Cyclone	7
"A Bay Bay"	Hurricane Chris	51/50 Ratchet
"Good Life"	Kanye West featuring T-Pain	Graduation
"Make Me Better"	Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo	From Nothin' to Somethin'	8
"Shawty"	Plies featuring T-Pain	The Real Testament	9
"Big Things Poppin' (Do It)"	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.
"On The Hotline"	Pretty Ricky	Late Night Special	12
"Make It Rain"	Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne	Me, Myself & I	13
"Hypnotized"	Plies featuring Akon	The Real Testament	14
"Duffle Bag Boy"	Playaz Circle featuring Lil Wayne	Supply & Demand	15
"Go Getta"	Young Jeezy featuring R. Kelly	Thug Motivation 102: The Inspiration	18
"Sexy Lady"	Yung Berg featuring Junior	Almost Famous: The Sexy Lady EP & Look What You Made Me
"I'm So Hood"	DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross & Plies	We the Best	19
"I Get Money"	50 Cent	Curtis	20
"Baby Don't Go"	Fabolous featuring Jermaine Dupri	''From Nothin' to Somethin'''	23
"2 Step"	Unk	Beat'n Down Yo Block!	24
"We Takin' Over"	DJ Khaled featuring T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Lil Wayne & Birdman	We the Best	28
"Top Back"	T.I.	King	29
"Straight To The Bank"	50 Cent	Curtis	32
"Like This"	Mims featuring Rasheeda	Music Is My Savior
"Soulja Girl"	Soulja Boy featuring I-15	Souljaboytellem.com
"My Drink n My 2 Step"	Cassidy featuring Swizz Beatz	B.A.R.S.	33
"You Know What It Is"	T.I. featuring Wyclef Jean	T.I. vs TIP	34

Highest first week sales

As of December 31, 2007.

Number	Artist	Album
Kanye West	Graduation	#1
50 Cent	Curtis	#2
T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	#1
Jay-Z	American Gangster	#1
UGK	Underground Kingz	#1
Fabolous	From Nothin' to Somethin'	#2
Common	Finding Forever	#1
Lupe Fiasco	The Cool	#14
Young Buck	Buck the World	#3
Timbaland	Shock Value	#1

Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

Number	Artist	Album	Average score
M.I.A.	Kala	87	37 reviews
Jay-Z	American Gangster	83	25 reviews
J Dilla	Ruff Draft	81	16 reviews
EL-P	I'll Sleep When You're Dead	80	32 reviews
Kanye West	Graduation	79	32 reviews
Redman	Red Gone Wild: Thee Album	79	8 reviews
Dizzee Rascal	Maths + English	78	19 reviews
Sage Francis	Human the Death Dance	77	16 reviews
Lupe Fiasco	The Cool	77	30 reviews
Ghostface Killah	The Big Doe Rehab	77	29 reviews

References

"The Hot 100 Chart".
Caulfield, Keith. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957659/drake-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 Drake Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200]. ''[[Billboard (magazine). Billboard]]''. Retrieved on 2010-06-23.
Caulfield, Keith. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957385/eminems-recovery-notches-three-weeks-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 Eminem's 'Recovery' Notches Three Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200]. ''[[Billboard (magazine). Billboard]]''. Retrieved on 2010-07-14.
Caulfield, Keith. (June 30, 2010). "Eminem's 'Recovery' Explodes At No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 741,000".
Caulfield, Keith. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957565/eminems-huge-recovery-leads-big-week-on-billboard-200 Eminem's Huge 'Recovery' Leads Big Week On Billboard 200]. ''Billboard''. Retrieved on 2010-06-30.
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"HITS Daily Double: Building Album Sales Chart".
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"I'll Sleep When You're Dead by El-P".
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"Red Gone Wild: Thee Album by Redman".
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"The Cool by Lupe Fiasco".
"The Big Doe Rehab by Ghostface Killah".

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