This song is legendary. Nothing sounds like it. One of my favorite songs, ever. The opening is so crazy and hectic it is blooming with personality and vivid imagery. The transition into the back end is just greatness. The last part is just so overflow of greatness. It is so catchy and gives me life, really.
I watched this video years ago somewhere and it stuck with me.. tried very hard to remember its name or lyrics pieces and did research every now and then for years haha finally.
Honestly, the sound this song has is too fucking beautiful. I don't know what it is, it could be the saxophone, the synths, the baseline or whatever, but this song is pure, urban beauty.
WIKI just released an album that was on a lot of top ten lists and he's getting blogger/pitchfork type attention again. Look it up the album is excellent.
SPOOORTING LIFE! this guy has a big future, such incredible aray of feelings in a beat. his own style, i'm amazed by his work on this album. Wiki on point as always, you can taste new york off every bar. and Hak's hook just elevates the song into the sky. they are all great, i expect big things, or better, even biger things in the future. those who dislike ratking simply don't understand their concept and sound, and that's a fact.
I’m 50years old, and this is the rawest shit in a long time. First time hearing this one. Was looking for the one with despot. I thought these guys would be huge. It ain’t for em, fuck em! RATKING DESPOT AESOPROCK EL-P RAKIM NOCANDO KKROCKWELL LILRODNEYC RAMELLZEE
This song is 2 dope for words, the saxophone lead in to wiki's first rap is insane and his rapping is sick. Idk y people havent rlly discovered them yet, but i'm waiting for when they do, they r seriously underrated
the words in the intro come from a hand scrawled… essay, i guess you could call it? By the NYC graffiti writer REVS, published in a photo book of portraits of writers called AutoGraf compiled/edited by Peter Sutherland. Go check that out while you bump this if you want to take the whole listening experience up another level. Its super cool how RatKing felt like a direct connection to the NYC graff world and just the city kids of the 90s, yet musically they were undeniably new-something that felt like 90s hiphop but was based on 808 patterns and layers of noise. Great moment in music, sad they broke up.
Incredible song. the video fantastic. The elevated line that goes over the belt parkway into Coney Island. At that point was the best visual sequence in the video. Same subway stop was also shown at the beginning and end of "the Warriors" amazing!!!
how the fuck did this not blow up? the soul, the vibe.. sport, hak, and wik were extremely overlooked. RATKING needs to regroup and give destiny another go.
Sporting Life's instrumentation crackles with energetic drum-machine patterns and digital washes of noise, but the sound of So It Goes is never too harsh, with soulful backing vocals and meandering horns that offer an underlying warmth, particularly on the languorous highlight
Rumour has it that one time Oloff was sat next to Jar Jar Binks on a flight. Jar Jar kept kicking the chair in front of him and generally being obnoxious, nobody knew what to do. Eventually one of the flight attendants came over and asked Oloff if he would perform one of his songs to calm Jar Jar down, and when Oloff began rapping the first verse to Doing It Stealthy, Jar Jar immediately relaxed. To this day the two are still close friends.
i saw sporting life in an alley in melbourne once but i didnt recognise him at first and we just looked at each other then after i walked away i realised it had been him. then when i went back he was gone.
+Tenacious Drivel Hey man i tried to look for him but i couldnt really find anything. Could you link me his soundcloud or the name of a track or somethin?
This song is legendary. Nothing sounds like it. One of my favorite songs, ever. The opening is so crazy and hectic it is blooming with personality and vivid imagery. The transition into the back end is just greatness. The last part is just so overflow of greatness. It is so catchy and gives me life, really.
1000%
Glad I’m not alone with my obsession of this lol
I feel like I understand their music so much more since visiting NY. the sound captures the craziness of the city so well
I watched this video years ago somewhere and it stuck with me.. tried very hard to remember its name or lyrics pieces and did research every now and then for years haha finally.
The saxophone is applied perfectly on this track
im looking for that sound where can i find dawg
Honestly, the sound this song has is too fucking beautiful. I don't know what it is, it could be the saxophone, the synths, the baseline or whatever, but this song is pure, urban beauty.
+dopethecretin word
+dopethecretin makes ya melt like butter on a good day
It’s real. Has soul.
Cant explain what they dont know
I can physically feel the city in this song, no other music has done that. God, you guys deserve all the clout in the world.
Tons of other music has done that.
Respiration by Blackstar
damn I hope ratkings music takes over the world somewhen...
lol didn't expect that you would fuck with Ratking, but yeah same!
whaddup majestic
YES!
***** The God Has Spoken
im crying
still one of the greatest tracks in history
word.
Word 2 World
Still.
Facts. No other way around it tbh.
Absolutely
the first minute of this song is possibly the greatest thing i've ever heard
no doubt, epic. love the whole song but before the raps begin feels devine on another level, perfect really.
Me too, check out diplos solo on mia’s it takes a muscle to fall in love
That first beat is one of the craziest I've ever heard, sporting life is a genius fr
10 yrs later, still legendary.
was huge into these guys when this dropped. cant believe they never blew up. i remember them being pretty big in the internet underground of the time.
WIKI just released an album that was on a lot of top ten lists and he's getting blogger/pitchfork type attention again. Look it up the album is excellent.
wiki and lil ugly mane are hopefully working again in the future. secret circle would have been absolutely huge if Antwon wasn’t a creep.
this is the best song ive ever heard im not joking this is literally my favourite song ever
The fucking beat change been stuck in my head the past 3 years now
If you’re listening to this after 2022 and beyond you’re a true legend!
One of those songs that makes me realize how much I love music
i feel the same way brother
SPOOORTING LIFE!
this guy has a big future, such incredible aray of feelings in a beat. his own style, i'm amazed by his work on this album.
Wiki on point as always, you can taste new york off every bar. and Hak's hook just elevates the song into the sky.
they are all great, i expect big things, or better, even biger things in the future. those who dislike ratking simply don't understand their concept and sound, and that's a fact.
I’m 50years old, and this is the rawest shit in a long time. First time hearing this one. Was looking for the one with despot. I thought these guys would be huge. It ain’t for em, fuck em! RATKING DESPOT AESOPROCK
EL-P RAKIM NOCANDO KKROCKWELL LILRODNEYC RAMELLZEE
Inject this beat into my veins every moment of every day
Probably the greatest rap track I have ever come across
This is exactly how I visualized the song whenever I listen to it. Fantastic work.
This beat saves a part of my soul.
i think every song on the album has been my favourite song at some point.....go ratking
Am I the only one who loves Haks singing?
its subtle and fits , we need more plz mr. ratking
he kills the hook
His solo shit still hits. Love em all tho
@@gilbertguntherpinkertonjrt2632 what name is it under?
one of the best rap songs of the 2010s
AYYYYEEE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM BEEN WAITIN ON THIS FOR SO LONG
Always comin back to this one
Ive just found this and Im celebrating my birthday. Best. Gift. Ever.
IMAGINE SOME DEAD END HIP HOP DUDES CALLED THIS A SKIP TRACK!!! Absolutely blasphemous, still my favorite of ALL TIME
this shit makes me nostalgic for times i havent had yet
every year i need a north face for warms sake
This shit will ring and still knock for 1000 years
Why have I only just discovered you and your music.
Outstanding sound
Ratking. Earl Sweatshirt. King Krule.
One track.
Either that or supergroup.
***** Legit, never heard of spooky black before you just told me. I'm very glad you've told me he's great and he's only like 17 what the fuck hot damn
Bear Boy Ratking. Hektor. Earl. Vince Staples.
Tenacious Drivel How are we going to make this happen because it needs to happen immediately.
Bear Boy talk to their record label dude that dude Hektor is really new i think he's unsigned they should holler at him
gray. They really should he's very very talented.
This song is 2 dope for words, the saxophone lead in to wiki's first rap is insane and his rapping is sick. Idk y people havent rlly discovered them yet, but i'm waiting for when they do, they r seriously underrated
1:23 on up would be the perfect track for a GTA opening credits. Am I the only one who's ever thought so? lol
omg wtf...!!! ive been listening to random wiki/ratking shit and it all has soo much personality and all amazing.
That fucking transition...
TJ Hastie word word
This beat is absolutely insane bruh too fire in da snow
This beat is immaculate
shout out to everyone who made this video! whole thing is lit! great job!
HERE TO TELL YOU THIS IS STILL THE GREATEST SOMG OF ALL TIME, ANY GENRE ANY PERIOD, THIS IS IT
This is the most underrated song I’ve ever heard
This song is 10 years old and I still have the refrain stuck in my head
the words in the intro come from a hand scrawled… essay, i guess you could call it? By the NYC graffiti writer REVS, published in a photo book of portraits of writers called AutoGraf compiled/edited by Peter Sutherland. Go check that out while you bump this if you want to take the whole listening experience up another level.
Its super cool how RatKing felt like a direct connection to the NYC graff world and just the city kids of the 90s, yet musically they were undeniably new-something that felt like 90s hiphop but was based on 808 patterns and layers of noise. Great moment in music, sad they broke up.
TWENTY DEGREEEES OUTSIIIIDE
WE'RE TOASTEEEEED
IN THE TUNNELLLLLLL
i love Hak's intro
Sporting Life you beast.
TOASTEDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Incredible song. the video fantastic. The elevated line that goes over the belt parkway into Coney Island. At that point was the best visual sequence in the video. Same subway stop was also shown at the beginning and end of "the Warriors" amazing!!!
everything about this track is fire! the sax got me hooked in then the rest was history
My favorite song of last year. I thought the video would be a little bit more than dudes chilling at a snow beach, but good enough.
here years later to show more love. so happy to watch wiki progress as an artist
how the fuck did this not blow up? the soul, the vibe.. sport, hak, and wik were extremely overlooked. RATKING needs to regroup and give destiny another go.
These dudes go hard in the paint
One of my favourite music videos ever wow
dope visuals and last album underrated imo
Beats are out of this world!!
This song takes you on a journey
this song is so contradictory to me sonically because it sounds so summery to me, it sounds warm. love it.
So poetic.
A new RATKING album would save my life rn😔
crazy how little plays this song has trust me its gonna hit on tik tok or sumn
cool. this also kinda reminds me of the beats El P used to make in the late 90s/early 2000s kinda distorted sounding and grimey. I love that shit.
What El p songs?
@@elijahebbert6884 peep some of the stuff he did whilst on Def Jux, Fantastic Damage was a dope LP.
Yeah these guys are the closest to modern Cannibal Ox we're gonna get
@@DC4416 These guys are very remincent of Cold Vein-era Can Ox
Intro is sooooooo haaaaaarrrd🔥🔥🔥🔥💪👏👏
Cant stop listening
When I saw "Snow Beach" I thought of Raekwon's polo sweater lol.
+Govinda Jones *windbreaker
+Govinda Jones you know i think that was the inspiration.
Beat fire asf
Boyyyyy when I found this track back in the day 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾😬😬😬😬🔥🔥🔥
Sporting Life's instrumentation crackles with energetic drum-machine patterns and digital washes of noise, but the sound of So It Goes is never too harsh, with soulful backing vocals and meandering horns that offer an underlying warmth, particularly on the languorous highlight
Man in an alternative universe these guys are Def Kid's flagship act.
Rumour has it that one time Oloff was sat next to Jar Jar Binks on a flight. Jar Jar kept kicking the chair in front of him and generally being obnoxious, nobody knew what to do. Eventually one of the flight attendants came over and asked Oloff if he would perform one of his songs to calm Jar Jar down, and when Oloff began rapping the first verse to Doing It Stealthy, Jar Jar immediately relaxed. To this day the two are still close friends.
nostalgic in 2020
Great music video to follow up a fantastic song.
“How you supposed to be handsome AND harsh” too true I’ll knock one out
video reminds me of nas it ain't hard to tell thats dope big ups
Best joint ever created!!!!
this shit is a STRAIGHT UP CLASSIC
I want Wiki to do a track with Joey Bada$$. I feel like thatd be awesome
it really would be
What an absolute banger
love the part when he shares the chips lol
i saw sporting life in an alley in melbourne once but i didnt recognise him at first and we just looked at each other then after i walked away i realised it had been him. then when i went back he was gone.
That girl gives me the shivers.
RATKING forever
what's up with the views!!! this song should of blown up by now. The sleepery
First time checking homeboy out and I must say, I am a fan
Amazing song. More pls
2021 gang, really special song
I actually thought RATKING was a UK grime artist when I first heard him
Not Wiki but Hak yeah
+Scrooge McFuck
Hak sound like Dizzee Rascal on the opening track of the album.
Ratking is composed of 3 individuals , Wiki / Hak / Sporting life
Cause of king krule huh
Real art
Great ablum/song/video/everything
+Phil Desrosiers tahnks
dope track, dope clip; Ratking dope
taking indie music to the next level
if you think Ratking is cool you definitely need to check out Hektor he's fairly new but he's fucking weird and I believe he's from nyc
+Tenacious Drivel Hey man i tried to look for him but i couldnt really find anything. Could you link me his soundcloud or the name of a track or somethin?
+Charlie Sundborn soundcloud.com/nohektor
+Tenacious Drivel Is that your SoundCloud lol?
LMAO
Yup!
I love this
the bass is fucking hypnotic. excellent.
Yes indeed
man they are dope
Love ratking 🍃
Ratking Forever
seeing them tonight in Miami.
yo, Wiki. When does Yo fight My Mans drop? I've been trying to fight my homie in a first to 10