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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Lunatic on May 30, 2009, 09:19:25 AM
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Never was interested in this originally and then I saw some bad reviews, so said fuck it. But recently a bunch of my friends are really randomly getting into this guy and even went to go buy his album (And I'm talking guys who don't buy albums THAT often). They played some songs off their phone that didn't sound so bad, so I figured I'd download the album and give it a chance.
1. Lark on my Go Cart - I really like this beat. This hot as shit. Lyrics are cool and this is a really good opening track. Still can't get over how dope this beat is. - 4.5/5
2. Blunt Cruisin' - This beat ain't bad once again. This is something to throw in when chillin with ya homies and havin a good time right here. - 3.75/5
3. I Love College - The popular single I never really heard lol. Again, something to bump on with the homies. Perfect for a mellow laid back time with the boys. I like this. - 4/5
4. La Di Da - Again, this a real hot beat. Cannon? What a dope producer. Surprised with the production thus far cuz I remembered most complained of the beats. 3.5/5
5. Be By Myself Ft. Cee-Lo - Lovin' Cee-Lo on the hook. The beat is dope once again. Probably my favorite track thus far. 4.75/5
6. She Don't Wanna' Man - This beat is ok. Not really feeling the concept or the hook. Not bad overall though. - 3/5
7. Sour Patch Kids - Beat is hot. The verses are pretty good on this as well. Cool subject matter and good content. I really like the "Hungry/Rugby" line. - 4/5
8. As I 'Em Ft. Chester French - He definitely had to touch on this, and I like the world play on the title haha. The hook is real hot as well. - 4.75/5
9. Lion's Roar Ft. Busta Rhymes & New Kingdom - Different, unique beat. Asher Roth flows his ass off on this. Busta's high energy flow and style fits perfectly on this. - 3.75/5
10. Bad Day Ft. Jazze Pha - Hot beat and cool beginning. The first verse is hot as fuck, loving the story telling element on this track. I don't like Jazze Pha, but WOW what a dope ass hook he dropped on this track. Best song on the album. - 5/5
11. His Dream - Good beat and soulful hook. I just said "Bad Day" was the best track on this album, but this definitely contends with that. - 5/5
12. Fallin' - Good beat once again. Good way to end the album. - 4.5/5
Overall: This is a very surprising, solid debut album. The production is very good, and Asher Roth is a breath of fresh air. His overall style of music is different and unique for Hip-Hop, and doesn't really sound like anything else that is out there right now. That is a good thing lol. I'll definitely be checking for Asher in the future, and may have to buy this album.
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Never was interested in this originally and then I saw some bad reviews, so said fuck it. But recently a bunch of my friends are really randomly getting into this guy and even went to go buy his album (And I'm talking guys who don't buy albums THAT often). They played some songs off their phone that didn't sound so bad, so I figured I'd download the album and give it a chance.
1. Lark on my Go Cart - I really like this beat. This hot as shit. Lyrics are cool and this is a really good opening track. Still can't get over how dope this beat is. - 4.5/5
2. Blunt Cruisin' - This beat ain't bad once again. This is something to throw in when chillin with ya homies and havin a good time right here. - 3.75/5
3. I Love College - The popular single I never really heard lol. Again, something to bump on with the homies. Perfect for a mellow laid back time with the boys. I like this. - 4/5
4. La Di Da - Again, this a real hot beat. Cannon? What a dope producer. Surprised with the production thus far cuz I remembered most complained of the beats. 3.5/5
5. Be By Myself Ft. Cee-Lo - Lovin' Cee-Lo on the hook. The beat is dope once again. Probably my favorite track thus far. 4.75/5
6. She Don't Wanna' Man - This beat is ok. Not really feeling the concept or the hook. Not bad overall though. - 3/5
7. Sour Patch Kids - Beat is hot. The verses are pretty good on this as well. Cool subject matter and good content. I really like the "Hungry/Rugby" line. - 4/5
8. As I 'Em Ft. Chester French - He definitely had to touch on this, and I like the world play on the title haha. The hook is real hot as well. - 4.75/5
9. Lion's Roar Ft. Busta Rhymes & New Kingdom - Different, unique beat. Asher Roth flows his ass off on this. Busta's high energy flow and style fits perfectly on this. - 3.75/5
10. Bad Day Ft. Jazze Pha - Hot beat and cool beginning. The first verse is hot as fuck, loving the story telling element on this track. I don't like Jazze Pha, but WOW what a dope ass hook he dropped on this track. Best song on the album. - 5/5
11. His Dream - Good beat and soulful hook. I just said "Bad Day" was the best track on this album, but this definitely contends with that. - 5/5
12. Fallin' - Good beat once again. Good way to end the album. - 4.5/5
Overall: This is a very surprising, solid debut album. The production is very good, and Asher Roth is a breath of fresh air. His overall style of music is different and unique for Hip-Hop, and doesn't really sound like anything else that is out there right now. That is a good thing lol. I'll definitely be checking for Asher in the future, and may have to buy this album.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought this was a really solid album.
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I found it very boring.
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I found it very boring.
Fair enough. At least you have a reason for disliking it. Personally, I found it refreshing to hear someone in hip hop talking about something different than what about 90% of hip hop is talking about. It's kinda the same reason I like Kanye's shit, I guess.
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Had its moments here and there but I really could not get into it that much.
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Judging by the review the album is all about good production, without that he would be as wick wick wack as Yayo.
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it was good. I'd give it a 6.5/10. It had its moments and having one producer gave it a really nice cohesive sound. However Roth isn't that great of a rapper to me and some songs were a little boring.
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Judging by the review the album is all about good production, without that he would be as wick wick wack as Yayo.
lol...dude's nowhere near as wack as Yayo. Well, dude isn't wack at all and Yayo's extremely wack (imo).
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I could see why some of y'all were bored by it; for me it's mellow, laid-back, chillin' music and that could be boring to some. For me, I like this.
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Thought it was a nice release. Nothing amazing but it's not bad like everyone claims.
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I could see why some of y'all were bored by it; for me it's mellow, laid-back, chillin' music and that could be boring to some. For me, I like this.
Yeah. I'm with you on this though. The laid-back sound is part of what I found appealing about it. I've heard people say he sounds like Eminem. I would say maybe a little bit
in vocal tone, but that's really where the similarity ends. He doesn't rap about the same subject matter that Em does. For that matter, he doesn't rap about a lot of the stuff that most rappers do (except for maybe the drinking and smoking).
For his next album, I'd like to see him change it up even more. But for his debut album, I think everything came together pretty nice.
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Had its moments here and there but I really could not get into it that much.
co-sign.
he was so overhyped in my opinon.
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It was an okay album.
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Never was interested in this originally and then I saw some bad reviews, so said fuck it. But recently a bunch of my friends are really randomly getting into this guy and even went to go buy his album (And I'm talking guys who don't buy albums THAT often). They played some songs off their phone that didn't sound so bad, so I figured I'd download the album and give it a chance.
1. Lark on my Go Cart - I really like this beat. This hot as shit. Lyrics are cool and this is a really good opening track. Still can't get over how dope this beat is. - 4.5/5
2. Blunt Cruisin' - This beat ain't bad once again. This is something to throw in when chillin with ya homies and havin a good time right here. - 3.75/5
3. I Love College - The popular single I never really heard lol. Again, something to bump on with the homies. Perfect for a mellow laid back time with the boys. I like this. - 4/5
4. La Di Da - Again, this a real hot beat. Cannon? What a dope producer. Surprised with the production thus far cuz I remembered most complained of the beats. 3.5/5
5. Be By Myself Ft. Cee-Lo - Lovin' Cee-Lo on the hook. The beat is dope once again. Probably my favorite track thus far. 4.75/5
6. She Don't Wanna' Man - This beat is ok. Not really feeling the concept or the hook. Not bad overall though. - 3/5
7. Sour Patch Kids - Beat is hot. The verses are pretty good on this as well. Cool subject matter and good content. I really like the "Hungry/Rugby" line. - 4/5
8. As I 'Em Ft. Chester French - He definitely had to touch on this, and I like the world play on the title haha. The hook is real hot as well. - 4.75/5
9. Lion's Roar Ft. Busta Rhymes & New Kingdom - Different, unique beat. Asher Roth flows his ass off on this. Busta's high energy flow and style fits perfectly on this. - 3.75/5
10. Bad Day Ft. Jazze Pha - Hot beat and cool beginning. The first verse is hot as fuck, loving the story telling element on this track. I don't like Jazze Pha, but WOW what a dope ass hook he dropped on this track. Best song on the album. - 5/5
11. His Dream - Good beat and soulful hook. I just said "Bad Day" was the best track on this album, but this definitely contends with that. - 5/5
12. Fallin' - Good beat once again. Good way to end the album. - 4.5/5
Overall: This is a very surprising, solid debut album. The production is very good, and Asher Roth is a breath of fresh air. His overall style of music is different and unique for Hip-Hop, and doesn't really sound like anything else that is out there right now. That is a good thing lol. I'll definitely be checking for Asher in the future, and may have to buy this album.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought this was a really solid album.
Same here, I think the album was really good. I get the feeling that some people hate on him cause he is a goofy white kid. He is goofy, but he can rap. Great album imo. 8)
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I found it very boring.
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Yeah. I'm with you on this though. The laid-back sound is part of what I found appealing about it. I've heard people say he sounds like Eminem. I would say maybe a little bit
in vocal tone, but that's really where the similarity ends. He doesn't rap about the same subject matter that Em does. For that matter, he doesn't rap about a lot of the stuff
that most rappers do (except for maybe the drinking and smoking).
Wow, you totally just stole my next post :P I 100% agree. He sounds like Em, but that's were it stops. He's much more laid back, the content is totally different, the production he spits over is different, so really overall, his whole sound of music is different. Just the voice is similar. Oh and he's white :P
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I just found this album very dull, very underwhelming and the moments which stand out are few and far between. Furthermore his laid back rapping does not seem to marry very well to many of the beats and it's apparent the production was picked first and foremost. Blunt Cruisin just isn't a song, sounds more like a skit, 1/5 could have understood that, she don't wanna man is complete wack 1/5. To me this as an album which masquerades itself as being fresh but when you critically listen to it, it's playing extremely safe. I am not suggesting that this guy is completely untalented but to me it sounds very disjointed because of the voice and delivery not matching many of the beats. I also think that on the whole he is playing very safe with his rhyme patterns to, it's quite rigid, it's alright I guess but it falls so far short of the hype, that it will very quickly become known as a very expensive flop.
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Thought it was dope but I haven't played it much recently.
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I just found this album very dull, very underwhelming and the moments which stand out are few and far between. Furthermore his laid back rapping does not seem to marry very well to many of the beats and it's apparent the production was picked first and foremost. Blunt Cruisin just isn't a song, sounds more like a skit, 1/5 could have understood that, she don't wanna man is complete wack 1/5. To me this as an album which masquerades itself as being fresh but when you critically listen to it, it's playing extremely safe. I am not suggesting that this guy is completely untalented but to me it sounds very disjointed because of the voice and delivery not matching many of the beats. I also think that on the whole he is playing very safe with his rhyme patterns to, it's quite rigid, it's alright I guess but it falls so far short of the hype, that it will very quickly become known as a very expensive flop.
Okay. I can agree with you at least on one point. I do agree this album does seem to play it safe. That's why I said earlier, that I hope on the next album he changes things up even more. Because I feel like if the next album sounds too much like this one, the material will no longer seem as fresh as it did on here. But I think for the dude's breakout album, this was a very solid effort. Personally, I thought the beats matched his vocals nicely. I can kind of see your point on him playing it safe with some of his rhyme patterns too. He came out strong with his lyrics on "Lark On My Go-Kart." But some of his rhyme schemes on other tracks weren't quite as intricate. I don't recall hearing him spit anything I would consider wack though. This album does play it safe, but I still found it much more engaging than most of the same warmed over crap subject matter that's been done to death, lately.
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I give him props for trying something different but I wasn't feelin it.
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Judging by the review the album is all about good production, without that he would be as wick wick wack as Yayo.
Yeah not much mentioned bout the lyrics at all, I'll have to have a listen of this some time, I liked that "I Love College" track, shit was fresh seeing him just be himself
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I could see why some of y'all were bored by it; for me it's mellow, laid-back, chillin' music and that could be boring to some. For me, I like this.
Yup. It's a record you can bump while just chillin' or driving around.
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Only listened to it the once so far, thought it started well but then faded.
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He's no lyrical genius. He's about average. I would say he's on par with The Game. Though I never thought I'd compare the two. Roth really passionate with his deliver so it's all good. It's not like Pac was the most lyrical. Being ill doesn't mean being the most technical. And, no, I'm not saying Asher is anywhere near Tupac's level. This is only his first album.
He addresses his haters on As I Em.
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i think this album is pretty dope, its a breath of fresh air and something different for hiphop
kinda gives me the same feeling as kanye's college dropout