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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…

Have you ever noticed how the first person to do something gets a thoughtful nod and then people look the idea and analyze it for its worth and point out the good and bad points? Have you ever noticed how the next person to attempt that idea gets mercilessly berated as if they have been caught burning the flag at a biker bar? Well, here is a note for the next person who has the idea of creating a mash-up album featuring songs and audio clips of Michael Jackson: Second place doesn’t always get a silver medal.

That being said, being a Michael Jackson fan (not just a fan of Thriller, I mean being a fan of MJ) is like a tight-rope walk ever since that accident that burned his hair. It’s like every year on his birthday, he celebrates by turning up the crazy. But the brave Chicago native, Che Smith, known professionally as Rhymefest is prepared to give us a look into his fanmail outbox. On the 2008 mixtape, Mark Ronson presents Rhymefest: Man in the Mirror, the most interesting rapper alive raps over the vocals of the Wacko-Jacko hits that he has grown to love. Read more…