So It Goes (Ratking album)

So It Goes
Studio album by
Ratking
ReleasedApril 8, 2014
Recorded2013−14
Genre
Length51:40
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

So It Goes is the only studio album by New York City hip hop group Ratking, which consisted of rappers Wiki and Hak, and producer Sporting Life. It was released on April 8, 2014 by HXC Recordings. It was entirely engineered by Young Guru.[2] The album's title was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five.[3][4] The album features collaborations with King Krule, Salomon Faye, and Wavy Spice.[5] The album reached #13 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums,[6] #38 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,[7] and #21 on Rap Albums.[8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.2/10[9]
Metacritic78/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
Exclaim!8/10[12]
Financial Times[13]
The Guardian[14]
Mojo[15]
NME7/10[16]
Pitchfork7.5/10[17]
Rolling Stone[18]
Spin8/10[19]
Uncut8/10[20]

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".[10]

Kyle Kramer of Pitchfork said: "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."[17] So It Goes was later placed at number 200 on Pitchfork's "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s" list.[21]

Critic Ben Ratliff ranked So It Goes at number 5 on his "Top 10 Albums of 2014" list for The New York Times.[22]

The album was touted as the best album of 2014 by Vice. [23]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."*"
3:57
2."Canal"
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
Sporting Life3:03
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 Life3:08
6."Eat"
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
  • Sporting Life
  • DJ Dog Dick[a]
3:52
7."So It Goes"
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
Sporting Life5:32
8."Puerto Rican Judo" (featuring Wavy Spice)
Sporting Life4:34
9."Protein"
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
  • Sporting Life
  • DJ Dog Dick[a]
4:53
10."Bug Fights"
  • Adiele
  • Lewis
  • Morales
Sporting Life3:11
11."Take" / "Cocoa '88" (featuring Salomon Faye and DJ Dog Dick)
  • Sporting Life
  • DJ Dog Dick[a]
7:53
Notes
  • ^a signifies an additional producer
  • "Remove Ya" and "So It Goes" contains additional vocals from Kaila Paulino
Sample credits
  • "Remove Ya" contains a sample from "Never Rub a Dub" written and performed by Clement Dodd
  • "Take" contains a sample from "As Long As I've Got You" written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, and performed by The Charmels

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Heatseekers Albums[6] 13
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[7] 38
Rap Albums[8] 21

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (October 8, 2019). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 29, 2023. ...sample-heavy soundscapes conjure the chaos of the modern concrete jungle—a sound that evokes the...experimentation of '90s hip-hop.
  2. ^ Rachel, T. Cole (April 22, 2014). "Ratking: Here Is New York". The Fader. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  3. ^ Kamalakanthan, Prashanth (November 24, 2014). "RATKING: Gritty, Grimy Hip-Hop That Totally Grows on You". Mother Jones. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  4. ^ Connor, Jackson (March 27, 2014). "Spring Arts Guide: The Once and Future Ratking". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Ratking - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Ratking - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip/Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Ratking - Chart history - Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  9. ^ "So It Goes by Ratking reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Reviews for So It Goes by Ratking". Metacritic. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  11. ^ Jeffries, David. "So It Goes – Ratking". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  12. ^ Bozzer, Mark (April 8, 2014). "Ratking: So It Goes". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  13. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (April 5, 2014). "Ratking: So It Goes". Financial Times. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Ratking: So It Goes". Mojo (246): 87. May 2014.
  16. ^ Pattison, Louis (April 4, 2014). "Ratking – 'So It Goes'". NME. Archived from the original on August 22, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  17. ^ a b Kramer, Kyle (April 16, 2014). "Ratking: So It Goes". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  18. ^ Anas, Marielle (May 2, 2014). "So It Goes". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  19. ^ Mistry, Anupa (April 4, 2014). "Ratking Resurrect Backpack Rap on 'So It Goes,' and It Doesn't Suck". Spin. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  20. ^ "Ratking: So It Goes". Uncut (204): 78. May 2014.
  21. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. 8 October 2019.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "Noisey UK's 25 Best Albums of 2014: 10-1". www.vice.com. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 2022-03-23.