I think it's time to give these guys some due flowers...
my ears were highkey NOT ready when I stumbled upon So It Goes in 2014, really took me years to realize just how insanely unique and ahead of their time they were. Wiki has been building up such a great catalog (about to drop one of his best yet produced by Navy Blue this friday?) but I'm more and more realizing his work has always been a bit in the shadow of the strong impression this made.
For one Wiki is RAW on these tapes, "Wikispeaks" from the Wiki93 EP was my introduction to them and it's still one of my fav performances of his
The other Big thing which REALLY sets Ratking apart is Sporting Life... Most clearly on So It Goes he really shines and crafted a sound which could never again be imitated, coupling Wiki at his most catchy with a palette of footwork, trap, sound effects, jazz...
when the sax comes in on this man, insanity
In and intrigued
Never heard a Wiki project before
Me neither, I need to be put on. Listened to small songs here and there and want to be enlightened.
bless me op
Protein hold me, against my will
I will get my time to kill, If I don't get my thrill
My will's to write a verse thats ill enough to get you filled
Keep you strong, make sure you keep keeping on
Motivation music and hard asf all at the same time
Protein hold me, against my will
I will get my time to kill, If I don't get my thrill
My will's to write a verse thats ill enough to get you filled
Keep you strong, make sure you keep keeping on
Motivation music and hard asf all at the same time
Damn that hook is deep.
Ratking era was great
i remember seeing them at a festival in 2015 and after their show they jumped off stage and just walked around the area like everyone else
Damn that hook is deep.
Yup, whole song is so potent and something I'll never stop coming back to
Special album
So Sick Stories such a good song
lowkey they were the start of the whole avant garde ny rap s***
Arguably, at least of that new, young generation of avant-garde hip hop
Protein hold me, against my will
I will get my time to kill, If I don't get my thrill
My will's to write a verse thats ill enough to get you filled
Keep you strong, make sure you keep keeping on
Motivation music and hard asf all at the same time
Most footwork inspired track on the album too
Arguably, at least of that new, young generation of avant-garde hip hop
Who else you including in that generation?