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So It Goes
Studio album by
Ratking
ReleasedApril 8, 2014
Recorded2013−14
GenreHip hop
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 debut studio album by New York City hip hop 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.[1] The album's title was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five.[2][3] The album features collaborations with King Krule, Salomon Faye, and Wavy Spice.[4] The album reached #13 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums,[5] #38 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,[6] and #21 on Rap Albums.[7]

Reception

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

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."[9]

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."[16]

Critic Ben Ratliff ranked So It Goes at number 5 on his "Top 10 Albums of 2014" list for The New York Times.[20]

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[5] 13
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[6] 38
Rap Albums[7] 21

References

  1. ^ Rachel, T. Cole (April 22, 2014). "Ratking: Here Is New York". The Fader. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  2. ^ Kamalakanthan, Prashanth (November 24, 2014). "RATKING: Gritty, Grimy Hip-Hop That Totally Grows on You". Mother Jones. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  3. ^ Connor, Jackson (March 27, 2014). "Spring Arts Guide: The Once and Future Ratking". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Ratking - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Ratking - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip/Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Ratking - Chart history - Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  8. ^ "So It Goes by Ratking reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Reviews for So It Goes by Ratking". Metacritic. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  10. ^ Jeffries, David. "So It Goes – Ratking". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  11. ^ Bozzer, Mark (April 8, 2014). "Ratking: So It Goes". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  12. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (April 5, 2014). "Ratking: So It Goes". Financial Times. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Ratking: So It Goes". Mojo (246): 87. May 2014.
  15. ^ Pattison, Louis (April 4, 2014). "Ratking – 'So It Goes'". NME. Archived from the original on August 22, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  16. ^ a b Kramer, Kyle (April 16, 2014). "Ratking: So It Goes". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  17. ^ Anas, Marielle (May 2, 2014). "So It Goes". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  18. ^ Mistry, Anupa (April 4, 2014). "Ratking Resurrect Backpack Rap on 'So It Goes,' and It Doesn't Suck". Spin. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  19. ^ "Ratking: So It Goes". Uncut (204): 78. May 2014.
  20. ^ 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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