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2008 was quite the busy year for The Clipse. They released the third installment of their much heralded We Got It for Cheap mixtape series, continued to expand their signature Play Cloths clothing line, and graced Atlanta’s 2008 A3C Festival with their Re-Up Gang in tow.

image: https://blog.a3cfestival.com/hs-fs/file-2501321165-jpg/blog-files/clipse1.jpg --- [**](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/post/news/clipse-talk-thinking-mans-hip-hop#) - Oct 8-13, 2019 - [Home](https://www.a3cfestival.com) - [Schedule](https://a3cconference.com/shows/index.html) - [Lineup](https://a3cconference.com/lineup/index.html) - [Oct 8-13, 2019](https://www.a3cfestival.com) - [Blog](https://blog.a3cfestival.com) - [Buy Tickets](https://www.a3cfestival.com/tickets) ![](https://udxsva.com/tag?id=11009) - [Home](https://blog.a3cfestival.com) - [Artist Advice](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/artist-advice) - [Music Industry](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/music-industry) - [A3C Updates](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/a3c) - [Events](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/events) - [Atlanta](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/atlanta) - [Opportunities](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/opportunities) # Clipse talk 'Thinking man's Hip hop' Posted by [LuisReyes](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/author/luisreyes) on Mar 22 ![Malice and Pusha T = The Clipse](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/hs-fs/file-2501321165-jpg/blog-files/clipse1.jpg?width=400&height=288&name=clipse1.jpg) 2008 was quite the busy year for [The Clipse](https://www.a3cfestival.com/the-clipse/). They released the third installment of their much heralded *We Got It for Cheap* mixtape series, continued to expand their signature *Play Cloths* clothing line, and graced Atlanta's 2008 [A3C Festival](https://www.a3cfestival.com/) with their *Re-Up Gang* in tow. Fast forward to 2010, Clash Magazine catches up with the Virgina natives to talk *The Neptunes*, Hip hop, and how they feel about being pigeonholed. 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