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Dear Mr. Roth:

It is evident to me that you have some rhyming skills. Being heralded as ‘Zac Efron meets Eminem’ can’t be easily done and we here at ReviewSTACKS respect that. But I have one burning question – what the hell are you talking about? Although your debut album, Asleep in the Bread Aisle (School Boy Music/SRC/Universal) is clever and funny, there are times when I found myself with my ‘WTF’ face on. Granted, you are a kid from the suburbs who can flow, but your ho-hum diction and lack of completed thoughts almost lulled me to sleep in my local Vons while shopping for sandwich ingredients. Read more…

I don’t want to get into this all that much right now, because it’s going to get me all worked up and I’m two hours away from happy hour, but why do people like Asher Roth? It seems like he’s got chops, especially the first bars he spits – but listen to the rest of the freestyle. Disagree with me if you will, I’m still going to sigh. Sigh.