In street jargon, the term “re-up” means to replenish something that’s running low—and when it came to The Clipse, their music was in desperate need of one. It’s not that their body of work was horrendous; it was more of a case of red tape stopping them from releasing it to the people who yearned for another hit of their metaphorical morphine.

Their re-up came in the form of their We Got It 4 Cheap mixtape series and their own label imprint, Re-Up Gang Records. Now with a new situation at Columbia Records, the brother-duo added two more components to the equation, Ab-Liva of Major Figgas fame and Sandman. With everything  in place, the foursome, they get ready to distribute their group offering in Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang to the people who have been in a rehabilitative state waiting for the next fix.

The 12-track album gets underway with the 'Re-Up Gang Intro,' and with epic horns, they run through the cocaine references that make them who they are, “Ignore the lies that they tell/under my cuticles, proves the pies that I sell.” ‘Million Dollar Corner’ is more of the same, with all four MC’s getting into the act feeding off each other perfectly with their ode to hustling. ‘Fast Life,’ produced by Scott Storch, (and with his financial woes, odds are they got the beat at a discount price). Nonetheless The Clipse choose to go this one alone with lines like, “It’s the all might duo/you know/critically acclaimed, moving weight like a sumo.”

The whole gang reappears on ‘My Life’s The S***,’ and colorful punch lines such as, “I stay with the heat, so I’m cooler than parfait/in France, the appetizer’s the entrée” are not too far behind. The Re-Up Gang’s chemistry continues on ‘Bring It Back.’ Over the simple sounding but yet adequate production, each member has their own time to shine lyrically with one of them being, “And the Lord don’t understand our troop/we ‘gon never say sh*t, we the Blue Man Group.”

One of the standout tracks on the album is ‘Money.’ With raw drums, and woman asking for money in the background, they all talk about the wonderful things money can buy you if you’re lucky enough to obtain a huge amount of it. On ‘Been Thru So Much,’ all four artists let their guards down (just a little bit) and talk about some personal experiences. The Re-Up Gang ends the ride with songs like, ‘Still Got It For Cheap,’ and ‘Show You How To Hustle,’ which are very solid contributions in their own right.

Having twelve songs was the right decision for the Re-Up Gang to make, because the content consists of the same repetitive lingo. Even though the Clipse, Ab-Liva, and Sandman don’t give you a wide variety of topics, they do excel in the subjects that they do tend veer towards, (drugs, cars, women, etc). As for the production, a handful of songs could’ve used some tweaking, but in true hustler’s fashion, they used the tools that were given to them. Some artists usually hurt their careers by doing something different, and stepping out of their lane, but with these certain individuals, it would be a difficult task getting them to use their blinkers because they know what works for them, and they stick with it.