• Record Label: 37D03D
  • Release Date: Jun 12, 2020
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Uncut
    Jul 16, 2020
    70
    The best tracks retain a vestige of Spank Rock's energy. [Sep 2020, p.35]
  2. Jul 1, 2020
    80
    Naeem's debut album, Startisha, is beautiful and reaching.
  3. Mojo
    Jun 26, 2020
    80
    For all of Startisha's eclecticism, Juwan's visions are coherent, his voice assured. [Aug 2020, p.88]
  4. Jun 16, 2020
    80
    Although this album lacks a certain grounded cohesion, it is rewarding to see him floating and flying for a minute, exploring different avenues of his voice, his history and his sound. He boldly ushers in a new wave of truth and complexity that foreshadows what else he has left to say.
  5. 85
    Startisha, as such, finds Juwan transcending genre without qualm, a path crossed by many, but delivered here with a precision and confessional centre that feels innate, organic and without lull.
  6. Jun 15, 2020
    70
    This album is more for Naeem himself than any listener. And when it hits a sweet spot, drifting somewhere between manic experimentation and somber fury, Startisha shines.
  7. Q Magazine
    Jun 15, 2020
    60
    Startisha is a marriage that nods to the old while leaning on the new, where results are more mixed. [Summer 2020, p.103]
  8. Jun 15, 2020
    80
    The album's ability to blend genres results in an unique and alluring archive of sound — a strong coming-out party for the Baltimore native.

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