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9.0
64402
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A wonderfully dystopic record that is as progressive as it is anarchist
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8.0
64403
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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8.0
64405
8.0 |
The Music
Another breath of fresh air in a continually revitalised genre
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8.0
64406
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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8.0
64444
8.0 |
Uncut
An invigorating debut. Print edition only
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8.0
64506
8.0 |
Mojo
The trio's gifts mesh to deliver a truly idiosyncratic attack. Print edition only
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8.0
64528
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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7.5
64685
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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7.5
64813
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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7.5
66179
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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7.0
65294
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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7.0
64457
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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7.0
64407
7.0 |
Clash
A melting pot of early ’90s hometown rap, punk and no wave
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6.0
64404
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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6.0
65142
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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5.0
64659
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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