2007 in hip hop music

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

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Albums

Release Date	Artist	Album	Label	Notes
January 9	Ultramagnetic MC's	The Best Kept Secret
January 30	Sean Price	Jesus Price Superstar	Duck Down Music	Debuted at No. 196 on The Billboard 200
	X Clan	Return from Mecca	Suburban Noize Records
February 13	Boss Hogg Outlawz	Serve & Collect	Koch Records	Debuted at No. 63 on The Billboard 200
February 20	Hell Razah	Renaissance Child	Nature Sounds
	Jin	ABC
February 26	Hussein Fatal & Hardtimerz	1090 Official		Singles: "I'm Street", "1090 Official"
February 27	B.G. & Chopper City Boyz	We Got This		Debuted at No. 20 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Make Em Mad"
	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	Debuted at No. 113 on The Billboard 200
	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	Debuted at No. 8 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Relax and Take Notes"
	Black Milk	Popular Demand	Fat Beats Records
March 20	Baby Boy Da Prince	Across the Water	Universal Republic Records	Debuted at No. 26 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "The Way I Live", "Naw Mean"
	Crime Mob	Hated on Mostly	Reprise Records	Debuted at #31 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Rock Yo Hips", "Circles"
	Devin the Dude	Waitin' to Inhale	Rap-a-Lot Records	Debuted at No. 30 on The Billboard 200
	El-P	I'll Sleep When You're Dead	Definitive Jux	Debuted at No. 78 on The Billboard 200
	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	Debuted at No. 77 on The Billboard 200
	Lil Flip	I Need Mine	Clover G Records	Debuted at No. 14 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "What It Do", "Ghetto Mindstate"
	Mims	Music Is My Savior	American King Music, Disturbing tha Peace, Capitol Records	Debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "This Is Why I'm Hot", "Like This"
	Prodigy	Return of the Mac	Koch Records	Debuted at No. 32 on The Billboard 200
	Redman	Red Gone Wild: Thee Album	Gilla House Records, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 13 on The Billboard 200
	Rich Boy	Rich Boy	Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Throw Some D's", "Boy Looka Here", "Good Things"
	Young Buck	Buck the World	G-Unit Records, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "I Know You Want Me", "Get Buck", "U Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
	Big Quarters	Cost of Living
April 3	Paul Wall	Get Money, Stay True	Swishahouse, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 8 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Break 'Em Off", "I'm Throwed"
	Phat Kat	Carte Blanche
	Timbaland	Shock Value	Mosley Music Group, Interscope	Debuted at No. 5 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Give It to Me", "The Way I Are", "Apologize", "Scream" Certified Platinum
April 10	Brother Ali	The Undisputed Truth	Rhymesayers Entertainment	Debuted at No. 69 on The Billboard 200
	Mic Geronimo	Alive 9/14/73
April 24	Joell Ortiz	The Brick (Bodega Chronicles)	Koch Records
	Kingspade	P.T.B.	Suburban Noize Records
	Lifesavas	Gutterfly	Quannum Projects
May 1	Boondox	PunkinHed	Psychopathic Records
May 8	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	Strength & Loyalty	Full Surface Records, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "I Tried", "Lil L.O.V.E." Certified Gold
	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
May 22	Ca$his	The County Hound EP	Shady Records, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 106 on The Billboard 200
	KRS-One & Marley Marl	Hip Hop Lives	Koch Records	Debuted at No. 140 on The Billboard 200
	U.S.D.A.	Cold Summer	CTE World, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "White Girl", "Corporate Thuggin"
May 23	Hilltop Hoods	The Hard Road: Restrung	Obese Records
June 5	Lil Wyte	The One and Only	Hypnotize Minds	Debuted at No. 46 on The Billboard 200
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	Debuted at No. 8 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "We Takin' Over", "I'm So Hood"
	Fabolous	From Nothin' to Somethin'	Desert Storm Records, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Diamonds", "Return of the Hustle", "Make Me Better", "Baby Don't Go" Certified Gold
June 19	Tragedy Khadafi	The Death of Tragedy
June 26	Pharoahe Monch	Desire	SRC Records Universal Motown Records	Debuted at No. 58 on The Billboard 200
July 3	Pastor Troy	Tool Muziq		Debuted at No. 91 on The Billboard 200
	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)", "You Know What It Is", "Hurt" Certified Platinum
	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
July 31	Common	Finding Forever	GOOD Music, Geffen Records	Debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "The Game", "The People", "Drivin' Me Wild", "I Want You" Certified Gold Only chart-topping album of 2007 without a single to chart on The Billboard 100
	Kia Shine	Due Season		Debuted at No. 84 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Krispy", "WOW"
	Guru	Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future	7 Grand
August 7	Plies	The Real Testament		Debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200, selling 96,000 units Singles: "Shawty" & "Hypnotized", "I Am The Club" Certified Gold
	Psychopathic Rydas	Duk Da Fuk Down	Joe & Joey Records
	UGK	Underground Kingz	Jive Records	Debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "The Game Belongs to Me", "International Players Anthem" Certified Gold
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	Debuted at No. 49 on The Billboard 200
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	Debuted at No. 7 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "It's Me Snitches", "Money in the Bank"
	Talib Kweli	Eardrum	Blacksmith Records, Warner Bros. Records	Debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200
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	Debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Coffee Shop", "Bottle Poppin'"
September 4	Master P & Romeo	Master P & Romeo: Hip Hop History		Does not contain "Parental Advisory" sticker
September 11	50 Cent	Curtis	G-Unit Records, Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 Singles:"Straight to the Bank", "Amusement Park, "I Get Money", "Ayo Technology", "I'll Still Kill" Certified Platinum
	Grayskul	Bloody Radio	Rhymesayers Entertainment
	Kanye West	Graduation	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Can't Tell Me Nothing", "Stronger", "Good Life", "Flashing Lights", "Homecoming" Certified 5× Platinum
	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	Debuted at No. 8 on The Billboard 200 Does not contain "Parental Advisory" sticker Singles: "Hip Hop Police"
September 18	Havoc	The Kush	Nature Sounds	Debuted at No. 173 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "I'm the Boss"
	Percee P	Perseverance	Stones Throw Records
	Twista	Adrenaline Rush 2007	Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 10 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Give It Up"
September 25	Army of the Pharaohs	Ritual of Battle	Babygrande Records
	Gorilla Zoe	Welcome to the Zoo	Bad Boy Entertainment, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Hood Figga"
October 2	Boyz n da Hood	Back Up n da Chevy	Bad Boy Entertainment, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 51 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Everybody Know Me"
	Soulja Boy	souljaboytellem.com	Stacks on Deck Entertainment, Collipark Music, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", "Soulja Girl", "Yahhh!", "Let Me Get 'em", "Donk" Does not contain "Parental Advisory" sticker Certified Platinum
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	Debuted at No. 69 on The Billboard 200
October 23	Bizarre	Blue Cheese & Coney Island	Koch Records
	Hurricane Chris	51/50 Ratchet	Polo Grounds Music, J Records	Debuted at No. 24 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "A Bay Bay", "The Hand Clap", "Playas Rock"
	Little Brother	Getback	ABB Records	Debuted at No. 89 on The Billboard 200
	Shad	The Old Prince
October 30	Playaz Circle	Supply & Demand	Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 27 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Duffle Bag Boy"
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	Debuted at No. 10 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "My Drink N My 2 Step"
	JAY-Z	American Gangster	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Blue Magic", "Roc Boys", "I Know" Certified Platinum
November 12	Noah23	Cameo Therapy	Legendary Entertainment, Plague Language
November 13	Psychopathic Records	Psychopathics from Outer Space 3	Psychopathic Records
November 20	Freeway	Free at Last	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 42 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Lights Get Low"
November 27	CunninLynguists	Dirty Acres	APOS Music	Received massive press coverage, including Okayplayer.com's "Most Slept On Artist" award.
December 4	DJ Drama	Gangsta Grillz: The Album	Grand Hustle Records, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 26 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "5000 Ones"
	Ghostface Killah	The Big Doe Rehab	Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 41 on The Billboard 200
	Scarface	Made	Rap-A-Lot Records, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 17 on The Billboard 200 "Girl You Know"
	Styles P	Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman)	Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Koch Records	Debuted at No. 52 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Blow Ya Mind"
	Wyclef Jean	Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant	Columbia Records	Debuted at No. 28 on The Billboard 200 Singles: "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)"
December 11	Beanie Sigel	The Solution	Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "All the Above"
	Birdman	5 ★ Stunna	Cash Money Records, Universal Records	Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Pop Bottles", "100 Million", "I Run This"
	Gucci Mane	Back to the Trap House	Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 32 at the Billboard 200
	Hi-Tek	Hi-Teknology 3	Babygrande Records
	Wu-Tang Clan	8 Diagrams	SRC Records, Universal Motown Records	Debuted at No. 25 at the Billboard 200
December 18	Chingy	Hate It or Love It	Full Dekk Music Group, Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 84 at the Billboard 200 Singles: "Fly Like Me", "Gimme Dat"
	Lupe Fiasco	Lupe Fiasco's The Cool	1st & 15th Entertainment, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 14 at the Billboard 200 Singles: "Superstar", "Hip Hop Saved My Life", "Paris, Tokyo" Certified Gold

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2007 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100^[1]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Stronger"	Kanye West	Graduation	1
"Give It to Me"	Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake	Shock Value
"Ayo Technology"	50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland	Curtis	5
"I Tried"	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony featuring Akon	Strength & Loyalty	6
"Good Life"	Kanye West featuring T-Pain	Graduation	7
"Make Me Better"	Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo	From Nothin' to Somethin'	8
"Big Things Poppin' (Do It)"	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	9
"Make It Rain"	Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne	Me, Myself & I	13
"Duffle Bag Boy"	Playaz Circle featuring Lil Wayne	Supply & Demand	15
"Go Getta"	Jeezy featuring R. Kelly	Thug Motivation 102: The Inspiration	18
"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
"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
"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.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Number	Artist	Album	1st week sales	1st week position
1	Kanye West	Graduation	957,000	#1
2	50 Cent	Curtis	691,000	#2
3	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	468,000	#1
4	Jay-Z	American Gangster	426,000	#1
5	Fabolous	From Nothin' to Somethin'	159,000	#2
6	Common	Finding Forever	158,000	#1
7	UGK	Underground Kingz	156,000	#1
8	Lupe Fiasco	The Cool	143,000	#14
9	Young Buck	Buck the World	141,000	#3
10	Timbaland	Shock Value	138,000	#1

Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	M.I.A.	Kala	87	37 reviews	[9]
2	Jay-Z	American Gangster	83	25 reviews	[10]
3	J Dilla	Ruff Draft	81	16 reviews	[11]
4	EL-P	I'll Sleep When You're Dead	80	32 reviews	[12]
5	Kanye West	Graduation	79	32 reviews	[13]
6	Redman	Red Gone Wild: Thee Album	79	8 reviews	[14]
7	Dizzee Rascal	Maths + English	78	19 reviews	[15]
8	Sage Francis	Human the Death Dance	77	16 reviews	[16]
9	Lupe Fiasco	The Cool	77	30 reviews	[17]
10	Ghostface Killah	The Big Doe Rehab	77	29 reviews	[18]

See also

• Previous article: 2006 in hip hop music
• Next article: 2008 in hip hop music

References

1. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
2. Caulfield, Keith. Drake Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200. Billboard. Retrieved on 2010-06-23.
3. Caulfield, Keith. Eminem's 'Recovery' Notches Three Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200. Billboard. Retrieved on 2010-07-14.
4. Caulfield, Keith (June 30, 2010). "Eminem's 'Recovery' Explodes At No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 741,000". Billboard. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
5. Caulfield, Keith. Eminem's Huge 'Recovery' Leads Big Week On Billboard 200. Billboard. Retrieved on 2010-06-30.
6. Wu Massacre and E-40 Chart with Albums Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Current.com. Retrieved on 2010-04-08.
7. "HITS Daily Double: Building Album Sales Chart". Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
8. "T.I.'s No Mercy Debuts At #4 On Billboard". MTV. Archived from the original on December 18, 2010.
9. "Kala by M.I.A." Metacritic.
10. "American Gangster by Jay-Z". Metacritic.
11. "Ruff Draft [Reissue] by J Dilla aka Jay Dee". Metacritic.
12. "I'll Sleep When You're Dead by El-P". Metacritic.
13. "Graduation by Kanye West". Metacritic.
14. "Red Gone Wild: Thee Album by Redman". Metacritic.
15. "Maths + English by Dizzee Rascal". Metacritic.
16. "Human The Death Dance by Sage Francis". Metacritic.
17. "The Cool by Lupe Fiasco". Metacritic.
18. "The Big Doe Rehab by Ghostface Killah". Metacritic.