"My Hood" is a song by American hip hop recording artist

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, 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

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in-house producer Cordale "Lil' C" Quinn, contains an

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" as performed by T.I. The music video, directed by

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, is in black and white, with a few pockets of color. "My Hood" was

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'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". Christian Hoard of ''

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'' called it "the album's most head-noddable track", praising Young Jeezy's "hypnotically smooth rhymes". In a more negative review, Steve Juon of ''RapReviews'' wrote that the song "sounds like a really bad version of T.I.'s "

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Charts

Release history

References

{{Young Jeezy 2005 singles Music videos directed by Hype Williams Jeezy songs Songs written by Jeezy Gangsta rap songs Songs written by Lil' C (record producer)