Put Yo Hood Up

by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, Lil Jon

Overview

Put Yo Hood Up, Lil Jon's first album for TVT, is a vital step forward from his previous couple underground albums. The producer/rapper's bass-heavy productions remain the highlight, as always, though he now has a long and varied list of guest rappers to accompany the beats, including such household names as Too Short and Ludacris, who are teamed up on "Bia', Bia'." Put Yo Hood Up also features guest features by Eightball & MJG, Three 6 Mafia, M.O.P., and Jazze Pha, among other, lesser-known guests. The de-emphasis of the East Side Boyz in favor of these guests works in favor of Lil Jon. Not only do the bigger-name guests serve as commercial draw, but the varied roster helps better showcase the productions, which presumably are fit with stylistically suitable rappers. Plus, the end result is an album that resembles a street-level mixtape rather than a traditional artist-oriented album -- a plus in this case, since the East Side Boyz can't carry an album this long by themselves. Besides "Bia', Bia'," which is the standout here, Put Yo Hood Up includes such highlights as "I Like Dem Girlz," "Who U Wit," and the title track. Note that some of these songs (e.g., "Who U Wit") were previously released on Lil Jon's underground albums, namely Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album (1997) and We Still Crunk (2000). ~ Jason Birchmeier

Product Details

Release Date:	05/22/2001
Label:	Tvt
UPC:	0016581222021
Rank:	136600

Tracks

1. Yall Aint Ready
2. Uhh Ohh
3. Put Yo Hood Up
4. Bia' Bia'
5. Bia' Bia' Check In
6. Who U Wit
7. Let My N**s Go
8. Move Bi**h
9. Heads Off (My Ni**as)
10. Sexlude
11. Can't Stop Pimpin
12. Bounce Dat
13. Nothins Free
14. Searcylude
15. Where Dem Girlz At
16. I Like Dem Girlz
17. Nasty Girl
18. DJ Hershey Live at the Blue Flamelude
19. Go Shawty Go
20. Outro Chynalude
21. Bia' Bia' 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz   Primary Artist
Big Kap   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Quint Black   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Oobie   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ludacris   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Khujo   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Kilo Ali   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Don Yute   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
M.O.P.   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Jazze Pha   Primary Artist
Lil Jon   Primary Artist
Too $hort   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Guest Artist
Bo Hagon   Primary Artist
Three 6 Mafia   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Chyna Whyte   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Gangsta Boo   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Ganster Boo   Guest Artist
The Nation Riders   Featured Artist
The Young Bloods   Featured Artist
MJG   Featured Artist
Jazzy Phae   Featured Artist
8Ball   Featured Artist
Khujo Goodie   Featured Artist
Skyy   Featured Artist
Big Sam   Vocals
LaMarquis Jefferson   Bass
Craig Love   Guitar
6 Shot   Vocals (Background)
Danny D   Chant
L-Roc   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Don "DJ Snake" Brown   Mixing,Engineer
Anders Jones   Photography
Chuck Leonard   Composer
Paul Lewis   Producer
Kevin Parker   Engineer
Mark Mitchell   Engineer
Duncan Stanbury   Mastering
J Smith   Composer
Bo Hagon   Composer
Mike Goodwin   Composer
Kilo Ali   Composer,Performer
Khujo   Composer,Performer
Jazze Pha   Performer
Lil Jon   Composer
LaMarquis Jefferson   Composer
8Ball   Performer
Gangsta Boo   Composer
Don Yute   Composer,Performer
MJG   Performer
Sean Paul   Composer
Jonathan Smith   Composer
Lord Infamous   Composer
Robin Mays   Engineer
Ludacris   Performer
Charlie Singleton   Composer
Nathan Leftenant   Composer
Quint Black   Composer,Performer
Mike "Hitman" Wilson   Engineer
C.P. Love   Composer
Danny D   Producer
Todd Shaw   Composer
Alex Lowe   Mixing
DJ Paul   Composer
DJ Smurf   Producer
Bob Brown   Engineer
Big Kap   Performer
Billy Hume   Mixing,Engineer
J.C. Phillips   Composer
Carlos Glover   Engineer
Too $hort   Performer
Dynamik Duo   Engineer
Danny Spohn   Composer
Jordan Houston   Composer
Benjamin Wheelock   Design
Jan Nerud   Engineer
S. Martin   Composer