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So It Goes

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So It Goes

Debut LP from the NYC rap trio Patrick 'Wiki' Morales, MC Hak and Sporting Life

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7.2

Label
HXC
UK Release date
07/04/2014
US Release date
08/04/2014
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  1. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A wonderfully dystopic record that is as progressive as it is anarchist
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  2. 8.0 |   The FT

    New York hip-hop’s tradition of dense sonic collages, pioneered by Public Enemy’s production team the Bomb Squad and maintained by Def Jux honcho El-P, is given a fresh spin by rap trio Ratking on their fine debut
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  3. 8.0 |   The Music

    Another breath of fresh air in a continually revitalised genre
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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Unrelenting and abrasive it may be, but So It Goes turns a new page in New York hip-hop
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    An invigorating debut. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    The trio's gifts mesh to deliver a truly idiosyncratic attack. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   The 405

    Regardless of what part of the concrete jungle they originally came from, Ratking is New York born and bred, and this album proves it
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  8. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Ratking'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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  9. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    There's a heavy helping of boom bap, and that much maligned trait of honest struggle, with simplistic imagery ensuring total immersion
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  10. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    For an act whose BPMs never once broach danceable territory, these kids(!) make music that sounds impressively, thrillingly close to entropy
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  11. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Producer Sporting Life's lush, chaotic beats back the group's two young MCs as they deliver intricate incantations
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  12. 7.0 |   NME

    This trawl through the sewers is best when they remember to crack a manhole and let a little light in
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  13. 7.0 |   Clash

    A melting pot of early ’90s hometown rap, punk and no wave
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  14. 6.0 |   DIY

    There aren't any others that sound like Ratking, and there’s still that incessant glimmer that implies they’re destined for even better
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  15. 6.0 |   Fact

    There’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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  16. 5.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    It feels like a series of experiments or a cut’n’shut job on three or four EPs rather than an album as a whole
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