So It Goes (Ratking album)

So It Goes
Studio album by Ratking
Released April 8, 2014 (U.S.)
Recorded 2013
Genre Hip hop, underground hip hop, indie hip hop, alternative hip hop, experimental hip hop
Length 51:40
Label HXC, XL
Producer Sporting Life
Ratking chronology
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(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 Harlem, New York City rap group Ratking. It was released on April 8, 2014 by XL Recordings. It was produced by Sporting Life and 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] #21 on Rap Albums,[14] and #38 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop 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]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "*"   3:57
2. "Canal"   3:03
3. "Snow Beach"   6:42
4. "So Sick Stories" (featuring King Krule) 4:42
5. "Remove Ya"   3:08
6. "Eat"   3:53
7. "So It Goes"   5:32
8. "Puerto Rican Judo" (featuring Wavy Spice) 4:34
9. "Protein"   4:53
10. "Bug Fights"   3:11
11. "Take/Cocoa '88" (featuring Salomon Faye) 8:05

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. ↑ "Top Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Billboards Top Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

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