New York collective Ratking dropped off a surprise EP earlier this afternoon that is available for download via BiTorrent. 700 Fill, a nine-track project, features New York slick over gritty, sample-heavy beats that take listeners back to a certain place and time
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While on tour in Australia, Ratking's Wiki and Sporting Life sat down with The AU Review to discuss touring, blizzards and how their lives have changed in the year since So It Goes broke them nationally. The pair also took the opportunity to announce that their new record, 700 Fill, will be released for free in February...
Every winter need a North Face, for warmth's sake. Rarely does a group's composition mirror its output so clearly: New York's Ratking blends the revivalist with the avant-garde, thanks in no small part to throwing a teenager in with two 30-plus vets...
There's no doubting Remy Banks' Queens credentials. His free mini-EP, Indica/Sativa, premiered by The Fader, opens with "G-Unit Freestyle." Banks raps that he "came a long way from eating pork and beans/Out in Corona, wining and dining with my queen...