"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" | ||||
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| Single by Young Jeezy | ||||
| from the album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 | ||||
| Released | December 11, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
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| Length | 4:00 | |||
| Label | CTE, Def Jam Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jay Jenkins, Cordale Quinn | |||
| Producer(s) | Lil' C | |||
| Young Jeezy singles chronology | ||||
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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
editSean 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
edit| 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
edit| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | November 8, 2005 | Rhythmic contemporary radio | Def Jam, IDJMG | [9] |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jeezy Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ "Jeezy Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ "Jeezy Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ "Young Jeezy – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ "Jeezy Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ "CHR – Available for Airplay". FMQB. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2023.