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Apr 7, 2014Brutally hip-hop with post-punk tendencies, Ratking’s debut album is a wonderfully dystopic record that is as progressive as it is anarchist. Ratking really is that thing.
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Apr 25, 2014The real masterstroke of So It Goes is that it’s not: This is one for the here and now, as contemporary as New York hip-hop gets.
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MojoApr 23, 2014The trio's gifts mesh to deliver a truly idiosyncratic attack, as refreshing and labyrinthine a hip hop debut as New York has delivered since Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus. [May 2014, p.87]
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Apr 21, 2014This album is chilly and paranoid and urgent, sloppy as the city Ratking hails from.
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Apr 10, 2014So It Goes leaves a refreshing aftertaste on the musical palette and feeds the masses a full course of east coast education.
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Apr 9, 2014This is new, fresh, young rap with an edge.
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UncutApr 7, 2014An invigorating debut. [May 2014, p.78]
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Apr 7, 2014On the whole, So It Goes covers a wide range of ground musically, sometimes making it hard to comprehend as a cohesive piece in its entirety. By doing so however, Ratking has made a rap album that is truly fitting for the modern New York.
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Apr 7, 2014Whether directly inspired by backpack rap or just embodying the raw energy of that era, the group has none of the preachy divisiveness that made that movement a half-joke.
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Apr 7, 2014Unrelenting and abrasive it may be, but So It Goes turns a new page in New York hip-hop.
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Apr 7, 2014So It Goes is as pure as they come, so strap in and get ready from some rich rewards and hard truths because this one returns hip-hop to a time when it was "dangerous," and in the best, most progressive way possible.
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May 29, 2014So It Goes comes as close to hardcore as an album with this sonic palette can: dense, immediate, energetic, and uniquely inclusive.
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Apr 16, 2014Ratking's greatest success is confidently offering a sound that feels untethered from expectations and bristles with the exhilarating energy of trying something new.
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May 2, 2014Wiki's flow is like a paint gun blasting out beautiful graffiti; Hak's warm hooks balance it all out.
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Apr 7, 2014Here and there, though, it’s a bit of a grind.
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Apr 7, 2014So It Goes delivers on the promise they exhibited early on, successfully paying homage to NYC’s biggest hip-hop hitters, navigating busy, broken rhythms, and throwing up fresh perspectives with hazy, boom-bap production.
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Apr 29, 2014There’s often a disconnect between the production and what’s going on vocally, the two elements at times even working at cross purposes.
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MagnetApr 18, 2014Their stinging, smart wordplay is dependably knotted and sneered, and even though it's difficult to separate their cadences, the collective passion present is undeniable. [No. 108, p.59]
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Apr 7, 2014As a starting point, So It Goes is a damn fine one.
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