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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