if your using samples, i find it handy to fade in some hats.

put a long reverb or decy tail & fade of the attack of the hat so it slides into the peak as opposed to jus decaying from it..


i do this then apply some light eq'd delay to widen it out & slide in & out of other his percussion.

or if you use Reason, pull back the start of the sound in the Redrum & remove the ting... this also allws the rest of the sound to be boosted a little more.

hope that helps