So It Goes (Ratking album)

So It Goes
Studio album by Ratking
Released April 8, 2014
Recorded 2013
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 51:40
Label
Producer
Ratking chronology
Wiki93
(2012)		 So It Goes
(2014)		 700-Fill
(2015)
Singles from So It Goes
  1. "Canal"
    Released: January 23, 2014
  2. "So Sick Stories"
    Released: March 18, 2014
  3. "So It Goes"
    Released: September 3, 2014
  4. "Snow Beach"
    Released: January 14, 2015
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]
The Guardian[4]
NME7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media7.5/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin8/10[8]

So It Goes is the debut studio album by New York City rap group Ratking, which consisted at the time rappers Wiki and Hak, and rapper-producer Sporting Life. It was released on April 8, 2014 by HXC Recordings. It was entirely engineered by Young Guru.[9] The album's title was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five.[10][11] The album featured collaborations with King Krule, Salomon Faye, and Wavy Spice.[12] The album reached #13 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums,[13] #38 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,[14] and #21 on Rap Albums.[15]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, So It Goes received an average score of 78% based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[1]

Kyle Kramer of Pitchfork Media gave the album a 7.5 out of 10, saying: "There's a pulsing, lived-in energy to So It Goes that captures what New York feels like and pushes at the boundaries of lyrically-driven rap."[6]

It ranked at number 5 on Ben Ratliff's "Top 10 Albums of 2014" list in The New York Times.[16]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "*"  
  • Eric Adiele
  • Hakeem Lewis
  • Patrick Morales
  • Sporting Life
  • DJ Dog Dick[a]
 3:57
2. "Canal"  
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
Sporting Life 3:03
3. "Snow Beach"  
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
  • Sporting Life
  • Isaiah Barr
 6:42
4. "So Sick Stories" (featuring King Krule)
 4:42
5. "Remove Ya"  
Sporting Life 3:08
6. "Eat"  
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
  • Sporting Life
  • DJ Dog Dick[a]
 3:52
7. "So It Goes"  
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
Sporting Life 5:32
8. "Puerto Rican Judo" (featuring Wavy Spice)
Sporting Life 4:34
9. "Protein"  
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
  • Sporting Life
  • DJ Dog Dick[a]
 4:53
10. "Bug Fights"  
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
Sporting Life 3:11
11. "Take" / "Cocoa '88" (featuring Salomon Faye & DJ Dog Dick)
  • Sporting Life
  • DJ Dog Dick[a]
 7:53
Notes
Sample credits

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Heatseekers Albums[13] 13
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[14] 38
Rap Albums[15] 21

References

  1. 1 2 "So It Goes by Ratking". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Ratking - So It Goes". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bozzer, Mark (April 8, 2014). "Ratking - So It Goes". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ MacInnes, Paul (April 3, 2014). "Ratking: So It Goes review – 'Turns a new page in New York hip-hop'". The Guardian. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ Pattison, Louis (April 4, 2014). "Ratking - 'So It Goes'". NME. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Kramer, Kyle (April 16, 2014). "Ratking: So It Goes". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ Anas, Marielle (May 2, 2014). "So It Goes". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ Mistry, Anupa (April 4, 2014). "Ratking Resurrect Backpack Rap on 'So It Goes,' and It Doesn't Suck". Spin. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  9. ↑ Rachel, Cole (April 22, 2014). "Ratking: Here Is New York". The Fader. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Kamalakanthan, Prashanth (November 24, 2014). "RATKING: Gritty, Grimy Hip-Hop That Totally Grows on You". Mother Jones. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ Connor, Jackson (March 27, 2014). "Spring Arts Guide: The Once and Future Ratking". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ Wolfson, Sam (April 11, 2014). "Ratking: 'We're a rap group but we want to be part of the culture of punk'". The Guardian. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Ratking - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Ratking - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip/Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Ratking - Chart history - Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  16. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (December 11, 2014). "Ben Ratliff's Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2014". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 29, 2016.

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