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| Released | November 13, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 46:38 | |||
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Bulletproof Wallets is the third studio album by Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah. The album was released on November 13, 2001, by Epic Records and SME Records. [1] [2] The album features the singles "Never Be the Same Again" and "Ghost Showers".
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Los Angeles Times | [4] |
| Mixmag | 3/5 [5] |
| NME | 7/10 [6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
| Spin | 8/10 [10] |
| Vibe | 4.5/5 [11] |
| The Village Voice | A− [12] |
Bulletproof Wallets received generally positive reviews from music critics. John Bush of AllMusic said, "Bulletproof Wallets is basically a party album, at least compared to the usual Wu-Tang gloom and doom, featuring smooth, romantic R&B tracks like the single "Never Be the Same Again" (with Carl Thomas & Raekwon) and "Love Session." [3] Pat Blashill of Rolling Stone said, "Bulletproof Wallets is riveting because even on "The Juks," when he's rhyming about getting paid, he comes off like a tough but fatally vulnerable anti-hero, forever trapped in the headlights of oncoming disaster." [8]
Mark Desrosiers of PopMatters said, "Bulletproof Wallets doesn't have the peering-into-the-abyss street insanity of Ironman, sure, but it does come close. And damn, it sure does air you out nonetheless." [13] James Poletti of Yahoo! Music said, "Whilst Ghostface remains in possession of one of the most diverse musical imaginations in the Clan, this is ultimately disappointing in its lack of innovation." [14]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro - Stairway to Heaven" | Dennis David Coles | PLX | 1:21 |
| 2. | "Maxine" (featuring Raekwon) |
| RZA | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Flowers" (featuring Raekwon, Method Man & Superb) |
| RZA | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Never Be the Same Again" (featuring Raekwon & Carl Thomas) |
| LILZ & PLX | 4:26 |
| 5. | "Teddy Skit" | Coles | RZA | 1:04 |
| 6. | "Theodore" (featuring Trife & Twiz) |
| Mathematics | 3:08 |
| 7. | "Ghost Showers" (featuring Madame Majestic) | Coles |
| 4:11 |
| 8. | "Strawberry" (featuring Killa Sin) | Mathematics | 3:06 | |
| 9. | "The Forest" |
| The Alchemist | 3:12 |
| 10. | "The Juks" (featuring Trife & Superb) |
| The Alchemist | 4:08 |
| 11. | "Walking Through The Darkness" (featuring Tekitha) |
| RZA | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Jealousy" (Skit) | Coles | RZA | 0:57 |
| 13. | "The Hilton" (featuring Raekwon) |
| Carlos "6 July" Broady | 3:59 |
| 14. | "Ice (Interlude)" | Coles | Rsonist | 1:01 |
| 15. | "Love Session" (featuring Ruff Endz) |
| Underdawgz | 3:40 |
| 16. | "Street Chemistry" (featuring Prodigal Sunn & Trife) |
| The Alchemist | 1:55 |
| Total length: | 46:38 | |||
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