by
Asher Roth
- Record Label: SRC/Universal Motown
- Release Date: Apr 21, 2009
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Asleep in the Bread Isle is an everyday suburban rap album, if there is such a thing.
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UncutWhile Roth's delivery is smart, the subject matter can feel like the work of someone playing dumb. [Jul 2009, p.91]
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Roth's tight, witty debut lives up to the Internet hype that has swirled around him for months.
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He's a decent rather than amazing lyricist, sporadically witty rather than hilarious: but the odd good line isn't enough to cover up the lack of material.
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This isn’t a horrible album, just a really boring one. What a disappointment.
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Unburdened by Kanye's melancholia or Eminem's vertiginousness, Roth is perfectly likable, and perfectly bland.
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Get past Roth’s pinched-sinus tone and penchant for overpronounced internal rhyme and he is a different animal [than Eminem].
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The hook aspires to nothing, and so its nothingness is an anthem for do-nothing/think-nothing slacker types we like to imagine were listening to the Beastie Boys and Nirvana in 1994, but were probably listening to the aforementioned Dave Matthews.
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Asleep in the Bread Aisle is promising, if unspectacular.
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After that promising start [with 'I Love College' and 'Lark on My Go-Kart'], however, Asher loses focus. He floods the Bread Aisle with a series of interesting pop concepts ruined by bland choruses.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 29
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Mixed: 6 out of 29
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Negative: 4 out of 29
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BenApr 27, 2009
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A.H.Apr 22, 2009
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Feb 8, 2012