Asleep In The Bread Aisle - Asher Roth

It is not easy being a white emcee in hip hop. No one knows Asher Roth's troubles more than veteran emcee Eminem; it is hard to break through in a genre that was created and is dominated by African Americans. Just as African Americans came to accept and respect Eminem, Asher Roth has to let his mic skills speak for themselves and what better way to do that then to craft a stellar debut, all while asleep in the bread aisle... "Lark On My Go-Kart" sees Asher and his "Razor Ramon flow" go in for a introductory spit session for less than three minutes to open the album. After his successful single "I Love College", the album precedes to ...  Read the complete review

Asher Roth is a rapper from Pennsylvania, US and was born on 11th August 1985. He had been known mostly for covering other peoples songs thanks to his first mixtape 'Believe The Hype' which was out in 2006 and the 'Greenhouse Effect' mixtape which was produced and mixed by Don Cannon and DJ Drama and was released in 2008. His first full studio album 'Asleep In The Bread Aisle' was released in 2009 on the Universal Motown / SRC / School Boy Records labels. Having listened to this album almost non-stop for two weeks and seeing Asher Roth perform live, I decided it was about time to write a review of this album. Tracklist: 01 Lark On ...  Read the complete review

Asher Roth, the Pennsylvania Hip Hopper, broke through with lots of underground hits through 2006 to 2008 before dropped this, his 2009 commercial debut "Asleep In The Bread Aisle" in which the man, often (wrongly) compared to Eminem, shows how Hip Hop can be adapted to things others than the Gangsta lifestyle in this modern time and still be effective as he raps what he considers to come straight from his middle-classed upbringing, a far-cry from the norm in this field. 1. "Lark On My Go Kart" Getting things going you immediately here where some of his influences have come from with a start which could have come from Slick Rick ...  Read the complete review

Asher Roths album is a good, addictive album, its not perfect however. There are many good songs on this album. I think "Lark on my go-kart" and "blunt cruisin'" may be my favorites. Any song that chants "hide the weed" has a thumbs up from me! Although I don't think "Blunt Cruisin'" will be for everyone, especially if you are anti-weed. That brings me onto a bad point about the album. I don't think there is a song that doesn mention weed, in on way or another. While i am in no way anti-weed, i do think it was a bit much. I could imagine this becoming a problem if a you are young and you parents hear some of ...  Read the complete review