Put Yo Hood Up
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
;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
- Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith – vocals, producer, co-producer, mixing, recording, additional mixing and recording, executive producer, A&R
- "Big Sam" Norris – vocals
- Wendell "Lil' Bo" Neal – vocals
- Willie "Khujo Goodie" Knighton – vocals
- Cedric "Bo Hagon" Leonard – vocals
- Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges – vocals
- Todd "Too Short" Shaw – vocals
- Keith "Big Kap" Carter – vocals
- Stephanie "Chyna Whyte" Lewis – vocals, additional vocals
- Nathan Smith – additional vocals
- Quinton "Quint Black" Banks – vocals
- The Nation Riders – vocals
- Ricky "Lord Infamous" Dunigan – vocals
- Lola "Gangsta Boo" Mitchell – vocals
- Jordan "Juicy J" Houston – vocals
- Paul "DJ Paul" Beauregard – vocals
- Sean Paul Joseph – vocals
- Jeffrey "J-Bo" Grigsby – vocals
- Jason "Don Yute" Williams – vocals
- Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage – vocals
- Eric "Billy Danze" Murray – vocals
- Leah – vocals
- Premro "8Ball" Smith – vocals
- Marlon "MJG" Goodwin – vocals
- Tenaia "Oobie" Sanders – vocals
- Mimi – chanting vocals
- Sincerley – chanting vocals
- Jermaine "6 Shot" Tucker – backing vocals
- Skyler Synclair "Skyy" Keeton – vocals
- Carolyn – additional vocals
- Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – additional vocals
- DJ Hershey – vocals, scratches
- Andrell "Kilo Ali" Rogers – vocals
- Craig Love – guitar
- James "LRoc" Phillips – keyboards
- Robert "R.O.B." McDowell – keyboards, executive producer
- LaMarquis Jefferson – bass
- Paul Lewis – producer & engineering
- Danny "D" Spohn – producer
- Michael "Mr. Collipark" Crooms – producer
- Don "DJ Snake" Brown – recording, mixing
- Mark Mitchell – recording
- Mike Wilson – recording
- Tim Obremski – engineering assistant, recording engineer assistant
- William "Billy Hume" Whedbee – recording & mixing, additional mixing and recording
- Jonathan Cooper – recording & mixing
- Robin Mays – recording
- Jan Nerud – recording
- Mike Fox – recording
- Carlos Glover – recording & mixing
- Robert Brown – Protools editing
- Alexander Lowe – mixing
- Taj Tilghman – recording, mixing
- Rock Logic – recording
- Sky Gray – recording engineer assistant
- Kevin Parker – recording
- Bob Brown – recording
- Geoff – engineering assistant
- Joshua A. Butler – recording
- 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