The Re-Up Gang is an American hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group, best known for their signature We Got It 4 Cheap

We Got It 4 Cheap

We Got It 4 Cheap is a series of mixtapes released by Virginia hip hop duo Clipse and their group, the Re-Up Gang. The series' latest installment, entitled Volume 3: The Spirit of Competition was released on February 5, 2008...

mixtape series.

Biography

The Re-Up Gang was created in early 2004, during Clipse

Clipse

Clipse is a Virginia Beach, Virginia-based hip hop duo. Formed in 1992 by brothers Malice and Pusha T , the group is heavily affiliated with production team The Neptunes and signed to Star Trak Entertainment.- Exclusive Audio Footage :The Thornton brothers were born in The Bronx, New...

's long hiatus between their first and second albums. The group includes Clipse themselves, as well as long-time friend Ab-Liva of Major Figgas

Major Figgas

-History:Major Figgas was founded in the Erie Ave area of Philadelphia by Gillie Da Kid and Abliva, who were friends from the neighborhood. They knew Bump J, Dutch and Rolx from all living in the same area, and eventually expanded after inducting Spade and Bianca...

. Pusha T

Pusha T

Terrence Thornton better known by his stage name Pusha T is an American recording artist, occasional actor and one half of the critically acclaimed hip hop duo Clipse. He is also the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of Re-Up Records along with his brother Gene 'Malice' Thornton...

 is credited with founding the group, and was responsible for enlisting the help of mixtape DJ Clinton Sparks

Clinton Sparks

Clinton Sparks is a Boston-based radio, mixtape & Club DJ as well as a recording artist, writer, producer and TV personality.-Biography:...

 to put together their first mixtape in an ongoing series, We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 1.

The group is signed to Clipse's own record label imprint, Re-Up Records. While a Re-Up Gang album is planned, no specifics have been released due to Clipse's legal issues with Jive Records

Jive Records

Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

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Recently, the group released an album on Koch Records titled The Clipse Presents: The Re-Up Gang. Released on August 5, 2008 and the album featured nine new songs and three unreleased remixes from We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. III. Rapper Pusha T said:

"Everything happens for a reason. We put out the We Got It 4 Cheap series on our own for the streets and that helped keep us visible and build the Re-Up name as an entity...this time, [our managers] Tony Draper got with [Koch General Manager] Alan Grunblatt to put together an official album with new music and let Koch Records do what they do best. This release gives us something fresh in the marketplace to reward Re-Up fans while we continue to work on the Clipse album."http://www.defsounds.com/news/The_clipse_partner_with_koch_records_for_re_up_gang_album

Currently

According to an interview with hiphopdx.com the Sandman aka Sandcannnon stated the Re-up Gang's album had been mishandled. He is now pursuing a solo career, though, there is no animosity between him and the remaining three members. Sandman and Liva still remain in close contact as they always have.

The Clipse released their third studio album, Til The Casket Drops, in 2009.

Mixtapes

• 2004: We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 1: Introducing The Re-Up Gang
• 2005: We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 2: The Black Card Era
• 2008: We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 3: The Spirit of Competition
• 2008: The Saga Continues - The Official Mixtape - Remixed & Remastered