Article: CD REVIEW: Ghostface Killah restarts the Wu renaissance

Barry Schwartz
University Wire
11-26-2001
(The Diamondback) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Cross your fingers, true hip-hop heads, the Wu-Tang empire may be back. Ghostface Killah is the MC of a new millennium, not just another killa bee.

For all intents and purposes, Bulletproof Wallets may be the hip-hop album of the year. At the least, it will give Jay-Z's The Blueprint a run for its money. Although the record has been plagued by sampling law difficulties, release date changes, production delays and standout tracks such as "The Watch" and "The Sun" being dropped from the final version, Bulletproof Wallets is an instant classic -- perhaps the final step in the resurrection of the Wu-Tang ...

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