{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Startisha | type = studio | artist = Naeem | cover =Startisha.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2020|06|12}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = <!-- Please do not add unsourced genres --> | length = 33:19 | label = 37d03d | producer = {{hlist|Sam Green|Ryan Olson|Grave Goods|Damian Taylor|Chris McLaughlin}} | prev_title = Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Music ratings | MC = 77/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/startisha/naeem|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/startisha-mw0003374243|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Thomas|first=Fred|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Clash'' | rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/naeem-startisha|title=Clash Magazine Review|work=Clash|last=Niwa|first=Rae|date=June 16, 2020|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/naeem_juwan_startisha_spank_rock_album_review|title=Naeem Breaks Free from Spank Rock for Personal, Alluring 'Startisha'|website=Exclaim!|last=Ramos|first=Michelle|date=June 10, 2020|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Line of Best Fit'' | rev4score = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/naeem-startisha-album-review|title=Naeem is a borderless embodiment of the modern age|website=The Line of Best Fit|last=Hamilton-Peach|first=Christopher|date=June 8, 2020|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Loud and Quiet'' | rev5score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/naeem-startisha/|title=Loud and Quiet Review|work=Loud and Quiet|last=Gatward|first=Tristan|date=June 8, 2020|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/naeem-startisha/|title=Pitchfork Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Howard|first=Jackson|date=June 15, 2020|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''Startisha''''' is the third studio album by American rapper Naeem Juwan, also known by his stage name ''Spank Rock''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Howard |first1=Jackson |title=Naeem: Startisha - Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/naeem-startisha/ |work=Pitchfork |date=June 15, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It was released on June 12, 2020, under record label 37d03d.<ref name="Pitch">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/naeem-announces-new-album-startisha-shares-new-song-with-justin-vernon-listen/|title=Naeem Announces New Album Startisha, Shares New Song With Justin Vernon|website=Pitchfork|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=April 16, 2020|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
==Singles== The first single from the album, which features American musician Justin Vernon and Swamp Dogg, "Simulation" was released on April 16, 2020.<ref name="Pitch"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/naeem-startisha-debut-album-simulation-justin-vernon/|title=Naeem Announces New Album Startisha, Shares "Simulation" Featuring Justin Vernon and Swamp Dogg|website=Consequence of Sound|last=Fredette|first=Meagan|date=April 17, 2020|access-date=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''Startisha'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 7 reviews.<ref name="MC"/> Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews.<ref name="AOTY">{{cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/233198-naeem-startisha.php|title=Album of the Year Review|website=Album of the Year|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> Jackson Howard, writing for ''Pitchfork'', described ''Startisha'' as "undeniably more personal than Naeem's previous work," and praised the song "Stone Harbor", about Naeem's longtime boyfriend, as a "sweet spot" of the album.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howard |first1=Jackson |title=Startisha |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/naeem-startisha/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing |headline =''Startisha'' track listing |extra_column=Producer(s) |title1=You and I |extra1={{hlist|Sam Green|Ryan Olson|Naeem Juwan|Grave Goods|Damian Taylor|Chris McLaughlin}} |length1=2:39 |title2=Simulation |note2=featuring Justin Vernon & Swamp Dogg |extra2={{hlist|Tom Richman|Green|Olson|Juwan|Morris|Goods|Taylor|McLaughlin}} |length2=4:04 |title3=Let US Rave |note3=featuring Velvet Negroni |extra3={{hlist|Richman|Green|Olson|Juwan|Morris|Goods|Taylor|McLaughlin}} |length3=2:39 |title4=Woo Woo Woo |note4=featuring Amanda Blank & Micah James |extra4={{hlist|Green|Olson|Juwan|Goods|Taylor}} |length4=3:57 |title5=Us |extra5={{hlist|Green|Olson|Juwan|Goods|Taylor|McLaughlin}} |length5=3:20 |title6=Stone Harbor |extra6={{hlist|Green|Olson|Juwan|Goods|Taylor|McLaughlin}} |length6=3:26 |title7=Right Here |extra7={{hlist|Green|Olson|Juwan|Matti Free|Goods|Taylor|McLaughlin}} |length7=2:47 |title8=Startisha |extra8={{hlist|Green|Olson|Juwan|Goods|Taylor|McLaughlin}} |length8=5:43 |title9=Tiger Song |extra9={{hlist|Green|Olson|Juwan|Goods|Taylor|McLaughlin}} |length9=4:44 }}
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