Details Release Date: Aug 05, 2008; Lead Performance: Re-Up Gang; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

Few rappers working today can match the audacious wordplay and caustic charisma that the Re-Up Gang's members (critical faves the Clipse, plus their pals Ab-Liva and Sandman) have brought to their much-downloaded mixtapes. And they're as sharp as ever on their proper studio debut, Clipse Prsents: Re-Up Gang. One minor nitpick: A substantial number of the superlative verses on this CD are recycled from those online giveaways, and backed with instrumentals that are often less striking. But that'll only bother obsessive fans. Even warmed-up leftovers from these guys are far hotter than most artists' main courses. B+
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Originally posted Aug 08, 2008 Published in issue #1006 Aug 15, 2008 Order article reprints

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