So It Goes (Ratking album)

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.[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]

So It Goes
Studio album by Ratking
Released	April 8, 2014
Recorded	2013−14
Genre	Hip hop
Length	51:40
Label	HXC XL
Producer	Hak (exec.) Jamie-James Medina (exec.) Sporting Life (also exec.) Wiki (exec.) DJ Dog Dick Isaiah Barr King Krule
Ratking chronology
Wiki93 (2012) So It Goes (2014) 700-Fill (2015)
Singles from So It Goes
"Canal" Released: January 23, 2014 "So Sick Stories" Released: March 18, 2014 "So It Goes" Released: September 3, 2014 "Snow Beach" Released: January 14, 2015

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.2/10[8]
Metacritic	78/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Exclaim!	8/10[11]
Financial Times	[12]
The Guardian	[13]
Mojo	[14]
NME	7/10[15]
Pitchfork	7.5/10[16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
Spin	8/10[18]
Uncut	8/10[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.	Title	Writer(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)	Adiele Lewis Morales Archie Marshall	Sporting Life King Krule DJ Dog Dick^[a]	4:42
5.	"Remove Ya"	Adiele Lewis Morales Clement Dodd	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)	Adiele Lewis Morales Destiny Nicole Ortiz	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 and DJ Dog Dick)	Adiele Lewis Morales Salomon Faye Max Eisenberg Isaac Hayes David Porter	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. "Ratking - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
6. "Ratking - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip/Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
7. "Ratking - Chart history - Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
8. "So It Goes by Ratking reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
9. "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. 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.

External links

• So It Goes at Discogs (list of releases)