Put Yo Hood Up

2001 studio album by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz

Put Yo Hood Up

Studio album by

Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz

Released

May 22, 2001

Recorded

2000–01

Studio

PatchWerk Recording Studios (Atlanta, GA)
Streetlight Studios (New York, NY)
The Zone (Atlanta, GA)
Sound Lab (Atlanta, GA)
Blue Basement Recordings (Atlanta, GA)
Q95.5 (St. Louis, MO)
Dangerous Music (Atlanta, GA)
Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, NY)
The Cutting Room (New York, NY)
BME Studios

Genre

Southern hip hop
crunk

Length

1:18:30

Label

BME Recordings
TVT Records

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. 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. Production was handled by Lil' Jon, Danny D, Mr. Collipark and Paul Lewis. It features guest appearances from Chyna Whyte, Oobie, Too $hort, 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 $hort, 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 $hort, 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 $hort 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 $hort

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 $hort" 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


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

References

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