At Wednesday night's SPIN, Tekken 6, and 'Stache Media sponsored CMJ event, virtually every Clipse song ended with a gunshot and/or explosion echoing throughout New York City's Highline Ballroom. And though the sound effects were just theatrical flourishes, they certainly underlined the unnerving power of the Virginia hip-hop vets' live act.

What? Just when you thought the Brothers Thorton couldn't find any more puns or variations on the word "kilo," Clipse's Pusha T and Malice bring in reinforcements -- the imposing Ab-Live and baritone spitter Sandman -- for 'Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang', out Aug. 5. Remixing various verses from the 'We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol.