Ghetty Green

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ghetty Green

| type = studio

| artist = Project Pat

| cover = Project Pat - Ghetty Green.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1999|09|14}}

| recorded = 1998–1999

| studio =

• Hypnotize Minds Studios
• Cotton Row Recording Studio

| genre = Hip-hop

| length = {{Duration|h=1|m=12|s=45}}

| label =

• Hypnotize Minds
• Loud
• Red

| producer =

• DJ Paul (also exec.)
• Juicy J (also exec.)
• Mannie Fresh

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{singles

| name = Ghetty Green

| type = studio

| single1 = Ballers

| single1date = 1999

| single2 = Represent It

| single2date = June 29, 1999

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|noprose = yes

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ghetty-green-mw0000667355|title=Ghetty Green - Project Pat {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=March 26, 2019}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|date=2006|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|edition=4th|volume=6|chapter=Project Pat|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0006unse/page/670/|chapter-url-access=registration|via=Internet Archive|page=671}}

|rev3 = The Source

|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Jeremy "J-Mill"|date=November 1999|issue=122|title=Project Pat – Ghetty Green|department=Record Report|magazine=The Source|page=230|location=New York}}

}}

Ghetty Green is the debut studio album by American rapper Project Pat. It was released on September 14, 1999,{{cite web|last1=Coe|first1=Kairi|title=Project Pat Drops Debut LP ‘Ghetty Green’: Today in Hip-Hop|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/project-pat-debut-album-ghetty-green-today-in-hip-hop/|website=XXL|date=September 14, 2018|access-date=May 10, 2024}} through Hypnotize Minds, Loud Records, and RED Distribution. The recording sessions took place at Hypnotize Minds Studio and Cotton Row Recording Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The production was primarily handled by DJ Paul and Juicy J, who also served as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Three 6 Mafia, Cash Money Millionaires, Crucial Conflict, Krayzie Bone and Noreaga.

The album's title is a Memphis slang term for money.{{cite magazine|last=Baker|first=Soren|author-link=Soren Baker|date=October 1999|volume=8|number=10|title=Project Pat: Mean Green|magazine=Rap Pages|page=136|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Larry Flynt Publications}} According to Project Pat, earning money was the main theme of the album.{{cite magazine|last=Kleiner|first=Dick|date=December 12, 1999|title=Rapper Project Pat headlines Friday pre-Christmas party|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-palladium-project-pat-ghett/147027124/|via=Newspapers.com|magazine=The Herald-Palladium|page=5B|access-date=May 11, 2024}} He wrote half of the album while he was in jail.{{cite magazine|last=Rodriguez|first=Juan|date=October 24, 1999|title=An Outlaw Integrity|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-an-outlaw-integrity/147030159/|via=Newspapers.com|magazine=The Gazette|page=C2|location=Montreal|access-date=May 11, 2024}} Jim Farber of New York Daily News highlighted the album's "tough street themes" and its "sinister", bass-heavy sound.{{cite magazine|last=Farber|first=Jim|date=October 24, 1999|title=Breaking Through|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-project-pat-ghetty-green/147026121/|via=Newspapers.com|magazine=New York Daily News|page=150|access-date=May 11, 2024}} In an interview with Soren Baker of Rap Pages, Project Pat explained that he was aiming for "fat, Memphis-distorted bass" that will grab listener's attention before they can hear lyrics.

Ghetty Green peaked at number 52 on the Billboard 200 and at number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. The album spawned two singles: "Represent It" and "Ballers". "Ballers", the album's lead single, reached number 75 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.