So It Goes (Ratking album) explained

So It Goes
Type:studio album
Artist:Ratking
Cover:Ratking_So_It_Goes.jpg
Released:April 8, 2014
Recorded:2013−14
Genre:
Length:51:40
Prev Title:Wiki93
Prev Year:2012
Next Title:700-Fill
Next Year: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, #38 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and #21 on Rap Albums.

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".

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." So It Goes was later placed at number 200 on Pitchfork's "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s" list.[6]

Critic Ben Ratliff ranked So It Goes at number 5 on his "Top 10 Albums of 2014" list for The New York Times.[7]

The album was touted as the best album of 2014 by Vice. [8]

Track listing

Notes
Sample credits

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Heatseekers Albums[9] 13
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[10] 38
Rap Albums[11] 21

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pitchfork Staff . The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s . . October 8, 2019. ...sample-heavy soundscapes conjure the chaos of the modern concrete jungle—a sound that evokes the...experimentation of ’90s hip-hop.. April 29, 2023.
  2. Web site: Ratking: Here Is New York. The Fader. T. Cole. Rachel. April 22, 2014. January 9, 2015.
  3. Web site: RATKING: Gritty, Grimy Hip-Hop That Totally Grows on You. Mother Jones. Prashanth. Kamalakanthan. November 24, 2014. January 9, 2015.
  4. Web site: Spring Arts Guide: The Once and Future Ratking. The Village Voice. Jackson. Connor. March 27, 2014. January 9, 2015.
  5. Web site: Ratking: 'We're a rap group but we want to be part of the culture of punk'. The Guardian. Sam. Wolfson. April 11, 2014. January 9, 2015.
  6. Web site: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s. . 8 October 2019.
  7. News: Ben Ratliff's Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2014. Ratliff. Ben. Ben Ratliff. December 11, 2014. The New York Times. 0362-4331. June 29, 2016.
  8. Web site: Noisey UK's 25 Best Albums of 2014: 10-1 . 2022-03-23 . www.vice.com . 11 December 2014 . en.
  9. Ratking - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. August 10, 2016.
  10. Ratking - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip/Hop Albums. Billboard. August 10, 2016.
  11. Ratking - Chart history - Rap Albums. Billboard. August 10, 2016.

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