Startisha

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Startisha
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 2020 (2020-06-12)
Length33:19
Label 37d03d
Producer
  • Sam Green
  • Ryan Olson
  • Grave Goods
  • Damian Taylor
  • Chris McLaughlin
Spank Rock chronology
Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar
(2011)
Startisha
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 8/10 [3]
Exclaim! 8/10 [4]
The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 [5]
Loud and Quiet 6/10 [6]
Pitchfork 7/10 [7]

Startisha is the third studio album by American rapper Naeem Juwan, also known by his stage name Spank Rock. [8] It was released on June 12, 2020, under record label 37d03d. [9]

Contents

Singles

The first single from the album, which features American musician Justin Vernon and Swamp Dogg, "Simulation" was released on April 16, 2020. [9] [10]

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. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews. [11] 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. [12]

Track listing

Startisha track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."You and I"
  • Sam Green
  • Ryan Olson
  • Naeem Juwan
  • Grave Goods
  • Damian Taylor
  • Chris McLaughlin
2:39
2."Simulation" (featuring Justin Vernon & Swamp Dogg)
  • Tom Richman
  • Green
  • Olson
  • Juwan
  • Morris
  • Goods
  • Taylor
  • McLaughlin
4:04
3."Let US Rave" (featuring Velvet Negroni)
  • Richman
  • Green
  • Olson
  • Juwan
  • Morris
  • Goods
  • Taylor
  • McLaughlin
2:39
4."Woo Woo Woo" (featuring Amanda Blank & Micah James)
  • Green
  • Olson
  • Juwan
  • Goods
  • Taylor
3:57
5."Us"
  • Green
  • Olson
  • Juwan
  • Goods
  • Taylor
  • McLaughlin
3:20
6."Stone Harbor"
  • Green
  • Olson
  • Juwan
  • Goods
  • Taylor
  • McLaughlin
3:26
7."Right Here"
  • Green
  • Olson
  • Juwan
  • Matti Free
  • Goods
  • Taylor
  • McLaughlin
2:47
8."Startisha"
  • Green
  • Olson
  • Juwan
  • Goods
  • Taylor
  • McLaughlin
5:43
9."Tiger Song"
  • Green
  • Olson
  • Juwan
  • Goods
  • Taylor
  • McLaughlin
4:44

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