Put Yo Hood Up

Put Yo Hood Up
Studio album by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz
Released	May 22, 2001
Recorded	1996 2000–01
Studio	PatchWerk Recording Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) Streetlight Studios (New York City) The Zone (Atlanta, Georgia) Sound Lab (Atlanta, Georgia) Blue Basement Recordings (Atlanta, Georgia) Q95.5 (St. Louis, Missouri) Dangerous Music (Atlanta, Georgia) Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, New York) The Cutting Room (New York City) BME Studios
Genre	Southern hip-hop crunk
Length	1:18:30
Label	BME TVT
Producer	Danny D Lil Jon Mr. Collipark Paul Lewis
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz chronology
We Still Crunk!! (2000) Put Yo Hood Up (2001) Kings of Crunk (2002)
Singles from Put Yo Hood Up
"Bia' Bia'" Released: January 23, 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

Put Yo Hood Up is the third studio album by American Southern hip-hop group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. It was released on May 22, 2001, through BME Recordings/TVT Records. The recording sessions took place at Patchwerk Recording Studios, The Zone, Sound Lab, Blue Basement Recordings and Dangerous Music in Atlanta, at Streetlight Studios and The Cutting Room in New York, at Q95.5 in St. Louis, at Pyramid Sound Recording Studios in Ithaca, and at BME Studios. The album was produced by Lil Jon, Danny D, Mr. Collipark, and Paul Lewis. It features guest appearances from Chyna Whyte, Oobie, Too Short, 6 Shot, 8Ball & MJG, Big Kap, Bohagon, Don Yute, Jazze Pha, Khujo, Kilo Ali, Ludacris, M.O.P., Quint Black, Skyy, the Nation Riders, Three 6 Mafia, and YoungBloodZ, with cameo appearances from Carolyn, DJ Hershey, Leah, Mimi, Nathan Smith, and Sincerley.

The album peaked at number 43 on the US Billboard 200, number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and topped the Independent Albums chart. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on June 6, 2002, for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Yall Aint Ready"		Lil Jon	1:38
2.	"Uhh Ohh" (featuring Khujo and Bohagon)	Jonathan Smith Sam Norris Willie Knighton Cedric Leonard	Lil Jon	5:08
3.	"Put Yo Hood Up"	J. Smith Norris	Lil Jon	5:07
4.	"Bia' Bia'" (featuring Ludacris, Too Short, Big Kap, Chyna Whyte, and Nathan Smith)	J. Smith Norris Christopher Bridges Todd Shaw Keith Carter Stephanie Lewis	Lil Jon	5:01
5.	"Bia' Bia' Check In"		Lil Jon	0:35
6.	"Who U Wit"	J. Smith Norris Wendell Neal	Lil Jon Paul Lewis	4:32
7.	"Let My Nuts Go" (featuring Too Short, Quint Black, and the Nation Riders)	J. Smith Norris Neal Shaw Quinton Banks Nation Riders	Lil Jon	4:24
8.	"Move Bitch" (featuring Three 6 Mafia, YoungBloodZ, Chyna Whyte, and Don Yute)	J. Smith Ricky Dunigan Lola Mitchell Jordan Houston Paul Beauregard Sean Paul Joseph Jeffrey Grigsby Lewis Jason Williams	Lil Jon	5:28
9.	"Heads Off (My Niggas)" (featuring M.O.P.)	J. Smith Norris Jamal Grinnage Eric Murray	Lil Jon	4:57
10.	"Sexlude" (featuring Leah)		Lil Jon	1:12
11.	"Can't Stop Pimpin" (featuring 8Ball & MJG, Oobie, Mimi, and Sincerley)	J. Smith Norris Premro Smith Marlon Goodwin Tenaia Sanders Craig Love LaMarquis Jefferson	Lil Jon	5:57
12.	"Bounce Dat" (featuring Chyna Whyte and 6 Shot)	J. Smith Norris Neal Lewis Jermaine Tucker James Phillips	Lil Jon	4:12
13.	"Nothins Free" (featuring Oobie)	J. Smith Norris Sanders Love	Lil Jon	4:22
14.	"Searcylude"		Lil Jon	0:23
15.	"Where Dem Girlz At" (featuring Skyy, Chyna Whyte, and Carolyn)	J. Smith Norris Skyler Synclair Keeton Charlie Singleton Larry Blackmon Nathan Leftenant Thomas Michael Jenkins	Lil Jon	4:00
16.	"I Like Dem Girlz" (featuring Jazze Pha)	J. Smith Norris Neal	Lil Jon	4:27
17.	"Nasty Girl" (featuring Oobie)	J. Smith Norris Neal Danny Spohn Anthony Ray Butler	Danny D Lil Jon (co.)	4:27
18.	"DJ Hershey Live at the Blue Flamelude" (featuring DJ Hershey)		Lil Jon	2:46
19.	"Go Shawty Go" (featuring Kilo Ali)	J. Smith Norris Andrell Rogers Butler	DJ Smurf Lil Jon (co.)	3:58
20.	"Outro Chynalude"	J. Smith Lewis Shaw	Lil Jon	2:23
21.	"Bia' Bia' 2" (featuring Too Short and Chyna Whyte)	J. Smith Norris Shaw Lewis	Lil Jon	3:53
Total length:				1:18:30

Sample credits

• Track 15 contains an interpolation of "Talking Out the Side of Your Neck", written by Charlie Singleton, Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, and Tomi Jenkins, as performed by Cameo
• Track 16 contains an interpolation of "Set It Off", written by Steve Standard, as performed by Strafe
• Track 17 contains a sample of "Lookout Weekend", written by Pretty Tony, as performed by Debbie Deb
• Track 19 contains a sample of "Jam the Box", written and performed by Pretty Tony
• Track 20 contains an interpolation of "Cuss Words", written and performed by Too Short

Personnel

Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith – vocals, producer (tracks: 1–16, 18, 20, 21), co-producer (tracks: 17, 19), mixing (tracks: 1–7, 9, 11–16), recording (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 15), additional mixing and recording (track 20), executive producer, A&R "Big Sam" Norris – vocals Wendell "Lil' Bo" Neal – vocals Guest vocalists Willie "Khujo Goodie" Knighton – vocals (track 2) Cedric "Bo Hagon" Leonard – vocals (track 2) Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges – vocals (track 4) Todd "Too Short" Shaw – vocals (tracks: 4, 7, 21) Keith "Big Kap" Carter – vocals (track 4) Stephanie "Chyna Whyte" Lewis – vocals (tracks: 4, 8, 12, 21), additional vocals (track 15) Nathan Smith – additional vocals (track 4) Quinton "Quint Black" Banks – vocals (track 7) The Nation Riders – vocals (track 7) Ricky "Lord Infamous" Dunigan – vocals (track 8) Lola "Gangsta Boo" Mitchell – vocals (track 8) Jordan "Juicy J" Houston – vocals (track 8) Paul "DJ Paul" Beauregard – vocals (track 8) Sean Paul Joseph – vocals (track 8) Jeffrey "J-Bo" Grigsby – vocals (track 8) Jason "Don Yute" Williams – vocals (track 8) Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage – vocals (track 9) Eric "Billy Danze" Murray – vocals (track 9) Leah – vocals (track 10) Premro "8Ball" Smith – vocals (track 11) Marlon "MJG" Goodwin – vocals (track 11) Tenaia "Oobie" Sanders – vocals (tracks: 11, 13, 17) Mimi – chanting vocals (track 11) Sincerley – chanting vocals (track 11) Jermaine "6 Shot" Tucker – backing vocals (track 12) Skyler Synclair "Skyy" Keeton – vocals (track 15) Carolyn – additional vocals (track 15) Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – additional vocals (track 16) DJ Hershey – vocals (track 18), scratches (track 19) Andrell "Kilo Ali" Rogers – vocals (track 19)

Guest musicians Craig Love – guitar (tracks: 1, 10, 11) James "LRoc" Phillips – keyboards (tracks: 4, 7, 12, 15, 16, 20) Robert "R.O.B." McDowell – keyboards (track 10), executive producer LaMarquis Jefferson – bass (track 11) Technicals Paul Lewis – producer & engineering (track 6) Danny "D" Spohn – producer (track 17) Michael "Mr. Collipark" Crooms – producer (track 19) Don "DJ Snake" Brown – recording (tracks: 1, 7, 20), mixing (tracks: 1, 9–13, 16–19) Mark Mitchell – recording (tracks: 1, 9, 13, 17, 18) Mike Wilson – recording (tracks: 1, 18, 19) Tim Obremski – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 9–11, 13, 17, 18), recording engineer assistant (tracks: 19, 20) William "Billy Hume" Whedbee – recording & mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 15, 16), additional mixing and recording (track 20) Jonathan Cooper – recording & mixing (track 4) Robin Mays – recording (tracks: 4, 7, 8, 12, 16) Jan Nerud – recording (tracks: 4, 11) Mike Fox – recording (track 5) Carlos Glover – recording & mixing (track 6) Robert Brown – Protools editing (track 6) Alexander Lowe – mixing (track 7) Taj Tilghman – recording (tracks: 8, 21), mixing (track 21) Rock Logic – recording (track 9) Sky Gray – recording engineer assistant (track 9) Kevin Parker – recording (tracks: 10, 19) Bob Brown – recording (track 11) Geoff – engineering assistant (track 11) Joshua A. Butler – recording (track 17) Duncan Stanbury – mastering Dwayne "Emperor" Searcy – executive producer Vince "VP" Phillips – executive producer, management Benjamin Wheelock – design Anders Jones – photography Bryan Leach – A&R Howard Sadowsky – management Tiffany Hasbourne – stylist Rob Mitchell – booking

Charts

Chart performance for Put Yo Hood Up

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	43
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[5]	1

Certifications

Certifications for Put Yo Hood Up

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - Put Yo Hood Up Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: lil jon". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
3. "Lil Jon Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
4. "Lil Jon Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
5. "Lil Jon Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
6. "American album certifications – Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz – Put Yo Hood Up". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – Put Yo Hood Up at Discogs (list of releases)