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Asher loves college and 4/20 celebrations, and so do we, that's why we hit up his Rivington Hotel release party. Good times had by all and many thanks to Asher for not being just another white dude that knows how to spit a rhyme. He knows how to throw a dope party, too!

The Kush King himself has finally debut with the smoking release of Asleep In The Bread Aisle, and as he voices a lot of what we've already heard on his prequel mixtape The Greenhouse Effect: Jay-Z passes on his game and his love for weed, women and beer, there's still something infectious about the rapper. He defends his honor and talent on "As I Em," critizing those critiques who constantly compare him to Eminem (guilty as charged).

Already every college students' anthem, "I Love College" is true to its name and Asher's love for rhyming about nonsense and creating a connection with his audience. But it's tracks like "Lion's Roar" and "Sour Patch Kids" where the production value gets twisted and Asher proves his ability as a lyricist to work with anything he is given. Even collabos with Beanie Sigel and Busta Rhymes don't outshine Asher's flow.

Asleep In The Bread Aisle is a rapper's rock album -- Asher works the mic without any inhibitions and each track is so electricfying you'll be surprised if you don't find yourself head banging along to every beat. Where does Asher go from here? One-on-one battle: B-Rabbit versus A-Roth!

He's a skinny, white guy from Philadelphia who dropped a one hundred fifty bar freestyle for Jay-Z right on the spot, and now he gives us a full volume of Hip-Hop fun on his mixtape The Greenhouse Effect Vol I (SRC). Roth's quick rhymes and clever wit over party beats is a throwback to the days when Rap was all about dope music.

His charismatic diss lyrics and frat boy sense of humor are similar to an early, less angry Eminem. He raps over everything from Jay-Z and Timbaland to Britney Spears and John Mayer – the Roth boys are about bringing good times back to Hip-Hop.

Asher and his college buddies form the Roth Boys crew and introduce themselves on "Roth Boys" – a remix of Jay-Z's "Roc Boys." "Jay passed over me for Pittsburg Slim / But in the end, I am kickin' it with Steve Rifkind / Enough said, well expect, Hey yo Steve, do you have enough bread? / La Heim, that's more like it, but what do I know I'm just a white kid." Roth's still a college kid at heart with sex anthems like "Morning Do" and "Rub On Your T*tties" that could get any drunk girl grinding with Solo cups in the air.

Dance tracks "Demonic" and "Gimme Your Box" twist up Britney favorites "Break The Ice" and "Gimme More," respectively, as Roth and crew take shots at the pop tart. Roth's Greenhouse Effect is the soundtrack to any kegger, but weak production and overly thoughtful lyrics on "Dey Know Asher" and "Stop Waiting On The World To Change" can be a buzz kill.

Granted every party must come to an end, Roth still gives his best on this mixtape. His ego mania taints every track as his rhymes of greatness border on overkill. But Roth gives you exactly what you would expect from a college loving, party animal living it up with his best friends: party music to drink, and dance to. Roth and his boys may not change Hip-Hop, but they'll sure as hell have fun with it.

Originally published @ http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviewsmusic/archive/2008/07/14/20290802.aspx