Asher Roth’s debut album drops today, so I hope people will go out and cop this, sit back and smoke to it today. I’ve been riding to this Asher Roth album for about a week or so, but I’m gonna go pick it up a physical copy a little later today, just to support good hip-hop. I’m really diggin’ the album, and I’m not going to go into a long review about, because I don’t think people really read anymore and you guys can just listen to the album yourself and give your own take on it. But yeah, I fuxs with it.
Fav Songs: “I Love College,” “La Di Da,” “As I Em,” “Fallin’”
Rating:
A. Roth’s ThisIs50.com interview is after the jump.
Update: I was going back and forth about giving this album a 3.5 or a 4, at first I said 4, then I said 3.5. At first I put 4 chicken sandwiches up on The Block, but I’m gonna go with 3.5 chicken sandwiches. The album is still dope but he needed a couple more bangers on here, instead of the more commercial stuff. The commercial stuff of course was to appeal to a particular MTV audience but I would have liked to hear a couple more edgier tracks produced by Don Cannon.
Bonus Track: Asher Roth ft. Slick Rick (UK Bonus track) props to HIF.
April 20th, 2009 - 11:22 am
Disappointing link, cuz as a fan of Writers Block, I was expecting it to actually talk about the album (after all, it did say “album review”)…instead, it just said it was dope and expected us to go along with it. I do think the album is solid though – his flow is great, and he’s definitely got decent songwriting/song structuring. It’s not a classic, but it’s a good foundation
April 20th, 2009 - 11:35 am
Glad you’re a fan of The Block, homie.
April 20th, 2009 - 11:42 am
The album is decent, not what I expected from his mixtape. It was a lil too eclectic per say. I’m not sure if the choice of album cuts was his decision or labels (in order to have him sound as different as possible from Em), but the choices we’re too dope. I’ll still play it from time to time. But it won’t be on repeat..
April 20th, 2009 - 12:29 pm
I thinks its a good first album. There are a couple songs I didn’t care for, but he did have some bangers.