My Hood

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

"My Hood" is a song by American rapper 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
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)

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]