Asher Roth - Asleep in the Bread Aisle

The supposedly brand new great white hope of hip hop has arrived in the form of Asher Paul Roth. I've heard of this guy before, but I made the conscious decision not listen to his mix tapes and watch youtube videos in order to give this the fairest review possible. After all, I am the average hip hop head and this is supposed to be based solely on the mainstream music that the average music fan would ever get to purchase. With that said, here goes nothing.

Before you ever play the first song, you would probably compare this guy to Eminem. If you do that, you would automatically hate this album. In my eyes, you cannot compare one artist to another. I judge each MC based on what he or she can do on that particular album and all other artists that he or she can be compared to do not exist for the sake of the review. If you treat this as an album by another artist, i guarantee that you will enjoy every track. If you listen to the single "I Love College," then you will assume that this is the worst song on the album, and you would be absolutely. That's how I prefer it. If the the single is still a hit and it sucks compared the rest of the LP, this is a pretty good job done. I listened through the whole thing a couple of times and pointed out some tracks that stood out.

"Lark on My Go-Kart" is the first track and a great intro to the album. It's basically a two minute freestyle that shows off this kid's skills. His word play is ridiculous and somehow he connects each verse and then goes on a complete tangent and still makes it sound hot. Even established artists can't pull off what this guy did. Going from Little Miss Muffet to Mario Kart is crazy to say the least. Another track that stood out was "As I Em." It wasn't surprising that he addressed the obvious, but in the song he stood out as a separate artist from Slim Shady. The rest of the LP talks about random things like having a bad day and blunt cruzin' (if you don't know what that is, you need to find your local dealer right away).

Against all the haters saying that this guy is just a cheap copy of Eminem, you do as much resarch as Fox News. Do yourself a huge faveor and listen to some incredible skill, new material, and an overall great album from Asher Paul Roth. Right now, he'll probably be called one of the best white MCs in the game. WIth time and a little luck, he could be considered on the best MCs of all time. No race involved.

UNTIL NEXT ENTRY...

Note: Bryan, I got your email and yes I will review the new Jadakiss album. Just give some time on it. Also, I'm not gonna compare this album to his others. If you don't like that, screw you.