My Hood

For the B.G. song, see Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood.

"My Hood"
Single by Young Jeezy
from the album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
Released	December 11, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Hip hop southern hip hop gangsta rap
Length	4:00
Label	CTE, 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)

"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.

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

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

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

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

References

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.