If you took an apathetic Eminem stoned out of his mind and forced him to make a rap album, you mind end up with something like Asher Roth’s Asleep in the Bread Aisle, which will be officially released on 4/20 for the low price of $7.99. Buying the album means you’ll get a chance to hear your Slope Day opener before he hits the stage.

This might not be a good thing–in every possible way, from lyrics, to delivery, to backing music, and beats, he’s just the latest breed of commercial rap-crap, lacking any musicality or passion. If a word had to describe him, it would be apathy. And, no relation to the underground hip-hop artist Apathy who delivers his own apocalyptic lines with a messianic fervor. Asher Roth’s apathy is the stuff of a loser who dropped out of college to smoke weed in his basement.

Decide for yourself, but here’s a small sample of his lyrics. They’re guaranteed to drop the functioning level of your brain down through the abstraction of sentience into free-associating drug-ridden male-fantasy:

• “chumps can’t fuck with the punk kids / Ash Roth be the king of the blumpkins”
• “But Em was in it way before I commited / And his lyrics were the shit, so I really gotta come with it / But each critic be picking apart my writing / if it isn’t up to par”
• “Yeah I’m fresh, super fresh / I would do me in a sec”
• “When it comes to condoms put two on (Trust me)”

You can check out more about Asher Roth at www.thedailykush.com/ where he maintains his homepage.

One Response to “Asher Roth: Asleep in the Bread Aisle”

1. Asher Roth at Slope Day — Cornell Blog says:

   5/3/2009 at 7:24 am

   [...] mention that a real live Cornell, unlike myself, actually went to Slope Day and has concluded that Asher Roth sucks massively: After Jackson’s nose in the Stereo decided to leave, the much awaited Asher Roth [...]

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