Ghostface Killah — Bulletproof Wallets

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One thing to consider when listening to <i>Bulletproof Wallets</i> is that it came out about a month before what would be Wu-Tang Clan’s last album for six years (2001’s <i>Iron Flag</i>). The allegiance was fraying, the tensions rising and the image of the group giving way to something that looked more like a heavily negotiated trade agreement than a creative brotherhood, complete with nitpicky grievances and the sense that the parties involved didn’t support so much as tolerate each other. <i>Ironman</i> was a landmark and <i>Supreme Clientele</i> even more radical, but <i>Bulletproof Wallets</i> was lower-key. Three years after Ol’ Dirty Bastard had gotten onstage at the Grammys and offered his expert opinion that Puffy was good but Wu-Tang was the best, you could hear Ghostface adapting to the cultural shift toward the hip-hop/R&B hybrids that in the next few years would become the norm, if they weren’t the norm already (“Never Be the Same Again”, “Flowers”). He still told crime stories (the Raekwon-featuring “The Hilton”), but he also played around more earnestly with singing (“Ghost Showers”), slow jams (“Love Session”) and the kind of rap-for-rap’s-sake that would’ve put a smile on the face of grown folks raised on Slick Rick or Run-DMC (“The Forest”)—all modes he explored further on 2004’s <i>The Pretty Toney Album</i>. In a way, it was fitting: With Wu transitioning out of the cultural spotlight, the low-stakes idiosyncrasy of <i>Bulletproof Wallets</i> pointed a way forward, putting Ghost in the company of singular, fan-favourite rappers like MF Doom and Kool Keith. “Excuse me if I’m horny/No doubt, I might knock the beat up,” he raps on “Ghost Showers”. Now in his thirties, he knows how to beg your pardon.

Артист

Ghostface Killah

Треки

  1. Intro - Stairway to Heaven 1:19
  2. Maxine 3:46
  3. Flowers (feat. Raekwon, Method Man & Superb) 3:24
  4. Never Be the Same Again (feat. Carl Thomas and Raekwon) 4:25
  5. Teddy Skit 1:04
  6. Theodore (feat. Trife & Twiz) 3:08
  7. Ghost Showers 4:10
  8. Strawberry (feat. Killah Sin) 3:04
  9. The Forest 3:10
  10. The Juks (feat. Trife & Superb) 4:07
  11. Walking Through the Darkness (feat. Takitha) 3:19
  12. Jealousy 0:55
  13. The Hilton (feat. Raekwon) 3:59
  14. Ice 1:00
  15. Love Session (feat. Ruff Endz) 3:40
  16. Street Chemistry 1:55