"My Hood" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Young Jeezy, released December 11, 2005 as the fourth single from his debut studio album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005). The song, produced by Grand Hustle in-house producer Cordale "Lil' C" Quinn, contains an interpolation of "Rubber Band Man" as performed by T.I.

"My Hood"
Single by Young Jeezy
from the album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
ReleasedDecember 11, 2005
Recorded2005
Genre
Length4:00
LabelCTE, Def Jam Records
Songwriter(s)Jay Jenkins, Cordale Quinn
Producer(s)Lil' C
Young Jeezy singles chronology
"Go Crazy"
(2005)
"My Hood"
(2005)
"Get Throwed"
(2005)

The music video, directed by Hype Williams, is in black and white, with a few pockets of color. "My Hood" was Derek Jeter's walk-out music for his at bats during the 2006 Major League baseball season.

Reception

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Sean Fennessey of Pitchfork described "My Hood" as "blissful, thanks to a chintzy Casio beat and some sort of My Hood=Our Hood claptrap" despite considering it "cheap, easy, and out of character for the steadily mean-mugged Jeezy".[1] Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone called it "the album's most head-noddable track", praising Young Jeezy's "hypnotically smooth rhymes".[2] In a more negative review, Steve Juon of RapReviews wrote that the song "sounds like a really bad version of T.I.'s "Rubber Band Man"."[3]

Charts

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Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 77
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 30
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[6] 19
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[7] 93
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[8] 24

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States November 8, 2005 Rhythmic contemporary radio Def Jam, IDJMG [9]

References

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  1. ^ Fennessey, Sean (August 14, 2005). "Jeezy: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Hoard, Christian (July 28, 2005). "Young Jeezy: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  3. ^ Juon, Steve (August 2, 2005). "Young Jeezy :: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 :: Def Jam". RapReviews. Archived from the original on November 22, 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Jeezy Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jeezy Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jeezy Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Young Jeezy – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "Jeezy Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  9. ^ "CHR – Available for Airplay". FMQB. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2023.