Ghetto Heisman

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ghetto Heisman

| type = studio

| artist = WC

| cover = Ghetto_Heisman.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2002|11|12}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.mtv.com/news/1457890/wc-goes-for-the-ghetto-heisman-with-help-from-scarface-cube-snoop/|title = WC Goes for the Ghetto Heisman with Help from Scarface, Cube, Snoop|website = MTV|access-date = 2020-11-12|archive-date = 2020-11-12|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201112235848/http://www.mtv.com/news/1457890/wc-goes-for-the-ghetto-heisman-with-help-from-scarface-cube-snoop/|url-status = dead}}

| recorded = 2002

| studio = {{hlist|Paramount Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)|Ameraycan Studios (Los Angeles, CA)|Criteria Studios (Miami Beach, FL)|Larrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA)}}

| genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip hop|gangsta rap|g-funk}}

| length = {{Duration|m=56|s=26}}

| label = Def Jam

| producer = {{hlist|Tina Davis (exec.)|Kevin Liles (exec.)|WC (exec.)|Crazy Toones (also exec.)|Tony Pizarro|Flip|DJ Battlecat|Buckwild|Derek Jackson|Neckbones|Rick Rock|Scott Storch}}

| prev_title = The Shadiest One

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Guilty by Affiliation

| next_year = 2007

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Ghetto Heisman

| type = studio

| single1 = The Streets

| single1date = July 23, 2002

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|last=LeRoy|first=Dan|title=Ghetto Heisman – WC {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ghetto-heisman-mw0000225464|language=en-us|access-date=July 2, 2020|website=AllMusic|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129173011/https://www.allmusic.com/album/ghetto-heisman-mw0000225464|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = HipHopDX

| rev2score = 4/5{{Cite web|last=Wells|first=Jon|date=November 26, 2002|title=WC – Ghetto Heisman|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.234/title.wc-ghetto-heisman|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203122708/https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.234/title.wc-ghetto-heisman|archive-date=February 3, 2023|access-date=July 2, 2020|website=HipHopDX}}

| rev3 = RapReviews

| rev3score = 7.5/10{{Cite web|last=Juon|first=Steve 'Flash'|date=October 22, 2002|title=WC's "Ghetto Heisman"|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_10F_heisman.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802094923/http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_10F_heisman.html|archive-date=August 2, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020|website=RapReviews}}

| rev4 = The Source

| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Ford|first=Ryan|date=January 2003|issue=160|title=WC – Ghetto Heisman|department=Record Report|magazine=The Source|page=144|location=New York}}

}}

Ghetto Heisman is the second solo studio album by American rapper WC. It was released on November 12, 2002{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ghetto-Heisman-Wc/dp/B00007BHA7|title=Ghetto Heisman|website=Amazon|access-date=2020-10-22|archive-date=2016-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427183307/http://www.amazon.com/Ghetto-Heisman-Wc/dp/B00007BHA7|url-status=live}} via Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions took place at Paramount Recording Studios, at Ameraycan Studios, and at Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles, and at Criteria Studios in Miami Beach. Production was handled by several record producers, including Tony Pizarro, DJ Battlecat, Crazy Toones, Buckwild, Rick Rock and Scott Storch. It features guest appearances from Butch Cassidy, Case, Kokane, MC Ren, Nate Dogg, Scarface, Snoop Dogg and Westside Connection among others.

The album peaked at number 46 on the US Billboard 200 and at number seven on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Upon the album's release, it was discovered that the first pressings were issued with a noticeable skip on the track "Tears of a Killa".