More than a few of us believed Asher Roth would’ve achieved more in the time since his highly-hyped Asleep In The Bread Aisle hit shelves over a year ago. Riding high on his go-kart with a hit single and unique lane of his own, the insightful suburban emcee seemed poised to steal a chunk of the Top 40, before his buzz hit a neon bug-light and fizzled out quicker than a Sprite sitting in the sun. Read the rest of this entry »

I much as I spite the shit out of this always-smiling S.O.B., I’ve got to give credit to Asher Roth.

Passing prior judgment might have led you to believe otherwise, but truthfully the kid doesn’t just get and do whatever he wants because of the hype. But, if you’ve heard the thoroughly enjoyable and consistent Asleep In The Bread Aisle, you already know that. If you haven’t, peep how he straight shreds Saigon’s Just Blaze’s “C’Mon Baby” instrumental with enough awesome 90′s punch-lines to get him a gig writing with Seth MacFarlane.

Plus, you have to respect any pale MC who has enough intuitiveness to name a track after the whitest player in NBA history.

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Download — Asher Roth – “Rik Smits”

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The beauty of The Roots gigging on the Jimmy Fallon show is that any Read the rest of this entry »

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As a melanin deficient rapper, gaining attention is the easy part. Earning respect on the other hand, may take double the effort. Coming out of Surburbia, Pennsylvania, Asher Paul Roth saw his career’s stock rise fairly quickly after releasing a famed Gangsta Grillz mixtape and landing the cover of XXL with the several other of his freshman counterparts. As one of the first to land a major label deal, young Asher is out to prove he’s more than an affirmative action contingent with his exceptionally divergent debut Asleep In The Bread Aisle. Read the rest of this entry »

Emphasis on the “Em” in the title. It’s plagued him ever since he rose to notoriety by appearing on that XXL cover and will more than likely follow him well into the 2nd quarter of his career. But the questions will never cease unless Asher records it for all to reference. A million interviews only dilute the message. The people needed a song…and well… Read the rest of this entry »

Consider today a 2-for-1 Asher special. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Prop Jay

Aight, well I’m officially excited for Asleep In The Bread Isle but it’s taken a lot for me to get to this point. His single “I Love College” was catchy but just not my deal since it sounded like he struggled too hard to a backdrop that most rappers could carry with ease. Every release I have heard thereafter, this guy has improved his game. He carries his flow similar to…well you know. When his delivery is sped up, the similarities between the two are hard to ingore but it’s Asher’s choice of subjects that differentiates the two. Like Em, Ash does tell stories but the content varies from parties to his dedication to the game and the pursuit to make a name for himself like we hear here.

So far this is Asher at his best, but I guess it doesn’t hurt to have Beans and Rock City lace it for good measure (Beans kills it as ordinary). I guess this track is one of the first that gives Roth that “e-street cred” now that he has been co-signed by Sigel and recently Kanye. This beat, again, isn’t one that would be too hard for any rapper to find his way over. But the easy, head-nodding melody allows us to focus on Asher and he manipulates the track well.

Asleep In The Bread Aisle comes out on “National War Against A Plant Day”, I’ll be checkin it out.

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Asher Roth Feat. Beanie Sigel & Rock City – “Perfectionist”

Previously Posted — “How It Came To Be…” | Asher Roth – “Lark On My Go-Kart” Video | “We The Professionals…”

Loosies

Slim Thug – Gotta Get It

Skyzoo – Appreciation (Prod. by Analogic)

Usher – Secrets

Bishop Lamont – Friends (Prod. Hi-Tek)

Cyssero Feat. Beanie Sigel – Let’s Talk About It

Memphis Bleek – I’m For My Family (Prod. by Guru)

Ace Hood Feat. Akon and T-Pain – Overtime

Exile Feat. Blu – LoveLine(s),DedicatedToLastFe’vrier (Props to Fresh Selects)

Loosies

Let the original debate continue as Asher drops Read the rest of this entry »

This will be the first sounds to greet you when you’re ripping the packaging off your CD downloading from Rapidshare downloading Asleep In The Bread Aisle from iTunes on April 20th. Along with the following reactions: Read the rest of this entry »

“…Ya’ll motherfuckas is test tubes.”

It seems Asher Roth is going to be more of a problem than we ever anticipated. Read the rest of this entry »

When I was in college I never attended a single frat party.

Instead, my mixed bag of friends either threw our own house parties, found one to invade, or just cold kicked it with our vices. Some are etched in my memory, others got lost in a haze. Either way, I never went to a college party like the one above for Asher Roth’s first official video for his single “I Love College.” Read the rest of this entry »