07 was somewhat better for hip hop than 06. The biggest decline continues to be in album sales. Kanye, Jay, & T.I. were good enough to hit multiplatinum status in 07. Albums by The Game, Snoop, GFK & others pulled in solid numbers. 50's album was complete trash, being repetitive. Who knows what's in the cards for hip hop in 08!
Some old beefs were deaded in 07. T.I. &Luda killed their beef by appearing together on stage. 50 & Lil' Kim have a new song out. BG"supposedly" got back with the worst fraud in hip hop, Birdman. 
Last Thursday & Friday I got took in 2 concerts that were awesome.
On Thursday(03/22/07), Victoria's own Nelly Furtado played in Vancouver. She rocked the building. One of the reasons I went was because my niece(only 10 yrs young) had an extra ticket(quite surprised she aint ask her friends or parents, unless of course it was that Xbox 360 I was planning on getting her).
On Friday(03/23/07), Eric Clapton absolutely put on a killer performance. The main drawback here is that he played songs from his days with The YardBirds, Cream, & Derrick & The Dominos. Not much was played from his solo catalog. He did do an acoustic version of "Layla", but that was one of the few times he did an scoustic session. If you ever get a chance to watch this awesome guitarist live, go because you won't be disappointed.
damn, this ish is unreal...someone should send this to Pepsi
