Eminem’s Revenge: The Death Of Asher Roth?

 


Graphic by Mike Waxx.

Is Asher Roth relevant now that Eminem is back?

When virtually unknown rapper Asher Roth first burst onto the scene earlier this summer, immediately came the comparisons to Eminem. Was this really valid however? Sure, they are both white, have similar vocal tones, and both happen to be talented as fuck.
While Eminem was on hiatus, up popped Asher Roth. Suburban emcee from Pennsylvania, rapping about college, sex and beer among other things. It seemed as though he was the “replacement” for Em during this time. He had a strong backing of well known names, an album in the works, and a near classic mixtape. His buzz lead him to being on the cover of the upcoming edition of XXL’s ‘Leaders Of The New School’ as well as being featured in numerous other magazines and websites. When his mixtape The Greenhouse Effect first hit the internet, the blogs and message boards were buzzing about who this Asher Roth guy was. Comment after comment praised his rhyme skill, but almost every one mentioned Eminem in one way or another.
Up until two nights ago, VIBE’s “Best Rapper Alive” has been pretty much missing-in-action for the past four or so years. Releasing the track ‘I’m Having A Relapse‘, Eminem dives into his classic style, rapping about drugs, violence, all in a signature funny accent and excellent delivery.
Now that Eminem is “back” with an album slated to be released in 2009, is there really room for Asher Roth in the rap game anymore? Will Asher be able to prove himself as more then just the Eminem stand in that people perceive him as? Is Asher Roth relevant now that Eminem is back?
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90 Comments

 
  • yoyoyo

    asher will hopefully be relevant…people need to realize there can be more than one good, relevant white rapper..eminem is sick, and no doubt top 10 of all time..but can there only be one white rapper people listen to? its bullshit.

  • http://itsthereal.com stanned_and_deliver

    I sincerely believe that there’s enough room in hip-hop for Asher and Eminem to coexist. I don’t think that AR/MM are THAT much alike, but for those who do: if Fabolous and Mase can both be around at the same time, then…oh wait. Actually, maybe that’s not such a good example.

  • oneman

    thats pretty stupid, its not like asher got respect because people wanted new eminem, he got respect because he put hot shit out. kind of a pointless idea

  • http://illroots.com rob-e-rob

    yeah, in my opinion asher is as good as gone. he sounds exactly like eminem to me. what he talks about in some songs, his voice, his flow. its an exact copy of eminem. its disgusting.
    hopefully em will get at asher about it.

  • eminemisthebest

    FUCK ASHER!!! FAKE ASS EMINEM POSER!!!!!!
    RELAPSE 2009 BITCHES!!!!!!!

  • SIMON

    i think they each have their own niche in the world of music…asher beats and lyrical content are distinctly different from eminem. but asher’s joker image (in his songs) seems more true b/c he does not talk about intense topics(like eminem)

    it should also be noted asher is part of new rappers while E. seems to be doing the big industry stuff(i can’t fully justify this…haven’t heard the new stuff yet)

    ps.”eminemisthebest Says:
    October 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
    FUCK ASHER!!! FAKE ASS EMINEM POSER!!!!!!
    RELAPSE 2009 BITCHES!!!!!!!” is the most original post…i hope that you fall off a cliff or somthing to make this world a smarter place(not b/c you like eminem but b/c of how stupid you post was

  • JDiggs

    This post proves some people should never be allowed to blog. EVER. Get a life and leave Asher’s name out of the Eminem chain. He’s Asher Roth. A dope mc doing his thing. Eminem is a living legend doing his thing. I hope they do a track together so you all can blow yourselves.

  • marcus

    Ash Roth is fire…EM just talks about crazy shit.. I bet Asher could do EM better than EM could. GO NEW SCHOOL!!! Young people will dominate. Move over EM

  • chirs

    asher is SO corny. Eminem has depth

  • JimmyBones

    Asher could play eminem in 8mile 2 perfect Eminem actor. The only way i think Asher will blow up is if he gets a band and comes out like a rock pop hop type of dude. I think Asher would have more success if he bit off Kid Rock and not Em!!! I hope asher and Em do a track together so Eminem can canibus LL his ass. 305 till i die.

  • ray thomas

    how does EM have depth…dude is 38 and just rapped about killing an 18th month old baby. I can relate to Asher much more than EM’s corny old ass. These old rappers need to get out of the way. Plus there is room for both of them. I just hope Asher has the killer instinct to stay alive. That is the one side we havent seen from dude. His mixtape is the truth though

  • death to all biters

    Hmmm…asher has eminems voice & cadence & talks as if eminem is some washed up old guy and then tries to rep the burbs like he’s john brown. Steve rifkin’s gona pump more money behind him but we all know, its alredy a wrap for asher.

  • Mazinkaizer

    This is a pretty weak cause for an article, why would Eminem go after someone just trying to make a name for themselves? Is every white rapper measured by the success Eminem achieved throughout the course of his career?

    When I ask my friends about a dope Mc outside of being African American I hear a lot of names other than Eminem. I’d rather listen to Slug/Atmosphere anyway.

    http://www.campussqueeze.com/post/The-Best-Current-White-Rappers.aspx

  • Kyle

    As it’s already been stated Asher Roth is Asher Roth and Eminem is Eminem. They are very different people and very different rappers. I’ve never been a big fan of Em but I do respect him. Asher is fresh. People are always looking for that hot new thing while still loving the classics. There is plenty of room for Asher and anyone else that can put out great music that people love.

    Peace.

  • K Rock

    Asher’s cool, a bit overrated though, heads hype any white rapper up with decent rhymes. Doe NOT compare to Em, and how the heck is Em “Old” and “washed up”? whoah… unless you have heard the next album and it sucks, i wouldn’t chuck him off as an AARP member.

    There’s another white MC or 2 that I am feeling that are a bit more gutter than Asher (reppin’ for the 1 white fam that was raised on the block), but they are probably a little too “hood” for “mainstream” hip hop fans to comprehend…se la vi

  • http://www.ddotomen.blogspot.com The DunceCap EP

    everything Asher Roth has dropped has been better than anything Eminem has released in the last 3 years.

  • yoyoyo

    ^^sarcasm?

    but for real..ash is tryin to do his own thing..dont hate on him just cause he sounds like somebody else..hes got a totally different concept

  • Mike

    Why are people acting like Em and Asher are the only white rappers. Whiter rappers been representing for years now. Eminiem is mainstream. Who cares about that. That is for Teenage white girls and boys. He’s become the whiny rapper. I like both emcees but why is this relevant. How about Slug, Sage Francis, Edan, Necro, Ill Bill, Apathy, etc etc. Good hip hop is good hip hop. Sales doesn’t matter if that’s what this is about. Look at Murs. He is a dope emcee and his album is tight but he isn’t moving units. The game is mad over saturated everybody and their momma raps. So all in. Now more than ever with the “Net” everyone gets their chance to shine. As long as the internet is around Asher will be around.

  • Blastmatic

    i don’t asher roth i just don’t feel him and too me he comes off as trying to hard because it’s cool to rap i don’t feel dude is that nice either i think he’s over rated.

  • MMM

    You can’t compare the two now. Asher may sound like ’99 Em, but NOT ’08 Em. They’re talking about different things and they’re vocals are completely different. Asher’s music speaks for itself. Keep it up bro. Can’t wait for the album!!!

  • Slake

    Asher was never relevant to me.
    I could feel what em was talking about, never had the same feeling towards roth.

  • sam

    asher roth is good really good

  • michael gaines aka mag city

    Asher is like em but not raw like em.asher is like em if he didnt have a hard life with no dad food are money.i like asher and em i will like them to do a track together called the real em.

  • http://www.proceedapathy.com Ray Roman

    good question.. kinda a dick move i would say posting a blog about it but i guess its the truth?

  • http://newgoldenera.com spirit equality

    how does EM have depth…dude is 38

    ^ ^ Eminem just turned 36 *today*. You’re on the Internet, it’s easy to do research and get your facts right.

  • http://searchingforchetbaker.blogspot.com Pris

    I think that while there are going to be the inevitable questions of whether or not Asher has a place in hip hop now that Em is back, I feel that’s a question that lies within racist undertones.

    White people are the minority in hip hop, like it or not, and it’s a situation where a lot of fans of hip hop have this idea that white rapper=gimmick. It’s cool to have limited exposure to, but let’s not over do it, ya know?

    And that basically does a disservice to not only Asher and any other white rapper out there coming up, but also does a great disservice to Eminem. It marginalizes and minimizes Asher into nothing but a gimmick, and it puts an unGodly amount of pressure on Eminem as THE white rapper. As if there is only one, like the Highlander.

    There are other white rappers out there that are good, but it seems that people only want to focus on one at a time. It’s pretty much the same thing in Boxing with the racist “Great White Hype” moniker, only created to hype up racial tensions in the fight between Gerry Cooney and Larry Holmes.

    Kinda like hip hop if ya think about it.

  • http://searchingforchetbaker.blogspot.com Pris

    To clarify those statements, it wasn’t aimed at illroots, more of the general questioning of this kid and eminem by various hip hop fans.

  • http://www.makersoftrouble.com Marty McFly

    Asher roth mixtape classic???!?!?! wtf…no…like 2 tracks on there i could deal with…he doesnt have follow thru, about 8 bars in he loses steam…Em is a billion times better than Asher…so…bye bye Asher…nice knowing ya…

  • http://myspace.com/ualreadyknow u_Know_Who_It_Is

    TAKE EMINEM GIVE HIM SIMPLE LYRICS, SIMPLE FLOW AND WORD PLAY, AND NO FUCKED UP PAST AND YOU HAVE ASHER ROTH… HE IS DEFINITELY A REPLACEMENT! TIME FOR HIM TO STEP HIS GAME UP OR CONSIDER HIMSELF FINISHED!

  • O.D.

    WHOA WHOA WHOA!!!…. Asher Roth is nasty, dont get me wrong. BUT, on a skill level tip… no comparison to Eminem. Ryme-Schemes, Breath Control, Multi’s… dawg. hip hop in general was destroyed by Em. he has the Music structure to a T. Em has done a track about like everything in the book, Where Asher Roth is Plain. No diversity. Smoke Pot, get drunk and fuck bitches(but be safe)… em has a goofy, wild, twisted side, as well as an emotional side. Best of luck to asher roth. and Em should drop a last album and retire for real. home boy gettin old as fuck, lookin like he had 20 facelifts… he should stop before he does something so whack he loses his legend status.

  • http://newgoldenera.com spirit equality

    Since we’re talking so much about white emcees, I’d like to take this time out to urge everyone to check out Invincible’s album. She is an amazing lyricist who just happens to be a white female, a “double minority” in hip-hop. Because she is from Detroit, there were A&Rs who swarmed around her to try to catch a “female Eminem” but her style is totally different and deserves acknowledgement and respect. Google her and get informed. She made a music video/mini-documentary about gentrification in Detroit that is AWE-INSPIRING. Peep it at http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=4719

  • tobby

    DOES ASHER ROTH HAVE THE KILLER INSTINCT THAT EM HAS THOUGH? THAT IS WHERE HE COULD BE IN TROUBLE. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HIM GET MAD AND DO AN EM TRACK. SEE IF HE HAS IT IN HIM. HELL I DONT THINK EM HAS IT IN HIM ANYMORE. GOOD LUCK ASHER…BUT I JUST DONT THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO GET NASTY

  • bernard

    Of course Asher is going to be relevant. You’re talking about him! Why is everyone using the words “relevant” and “irrelevant” wrong? If they were talking about Eminem and Asher Roth and you bring up Big L, then Big L is irrelevant to the conversation! Asher Roth will be recognized and maybe Eminem could mentor him through his career.

  • http://www.myspace.com/tommyblak2 Tommy Blak

    OK Seriously. Asher Roth and Em are both incredibly dope and both have totally different styles. And I agree with Mike, they are not the only white rappers around. Of course there will be room for both of them.

  • http://enterthematrixx.blogspot.com MATT

    ASHER IS 1 MIXTAPE IN..EM HAS A TRACK RECORD…ITS TOO EARLY IN ASHER’S CAREER FOR THIS COMPARISON..BUT I WILL SAY ASH GOT OFF TO A GREAT START..I’M A FAN..EM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERS..

    ITS NOT ABOUT RACE..JUST MAKE HOT SHIT..THEY BOTH MAKE HOT SHIT..

    NO HOMO.LOL

  • http://www.myspace.com/reitothelly Michael Reilly

    The real question is…is there room for me

    myspace.com/reitothelly

  • http://www.ddotomen.blogspot.com The DunceCap EP

    no, I wasn’t being sarcastic @ yoyoyo. I’m dead ass, I own every eminem CD from Infinite to The Eminem Show.

    Eminem needs to stop and do something else if he’s gonna continuously spit n the faces of his real fans with this bullshit.

  • thedude44

    AHER ROTH SUCKKSSSSSS KILL EM EMINEM!

  • theboyboyyoungp

    I will say this.

    Asher Roth does sound way to close to Eminem, but he has room to change up and still do something dope in the game.

    I’m more worried about him being down with the Aphilliates as his promotion team. You see what kind of direction they sent Willie The Kid in? His entire album from production, to subject matter, right on down to his flow was absolute garbage. After all the appearances on everything Gangsta Grillz for three years-that’s the kind of backing he got?

    I’m not sure Cannon and Drama have what it takes to steer Asher in the right direction marketing-wise, and that in turn will determine what type of impact he has.

    that freestyle vid is garbage tho, the one at stevie williams sk8tique

  • http://www.somethinglikearapper.wordpress.cm Jimmy Valentime

    White Jesus is back

    Asher roth run is over ….

    I called this one from the curb …

  • cordero

    The Aphilliates are not his marketing man…they just did the mixtape. Dude is backed by Scooter Braun. Dude is a straight hustler down in the A. Thats how Ash got with Cannon and Drama and meeting all these stars. As far as this EM shit. Kid gotta come hard.

  • DJ1am

    He is nice but I dont think he has the emotion of Mathers. I dont think Asher could stand up for himself the way he would need to with EM back

  • gotitforcheap

    asher is good an his music hits from a different level of hip hop but comparing him to eminem is crazy, em is on the top ten of all time mc’s for sure an asher is just starting his career, in my opinion theirs room for all types of hip hop as long as the beats bangin let that shit bounce.

  • http://www.myspace.com/stevespag Steve Spag

    asher is dope, and i don’t think em returing is gonna do much to ash’s upcoming career. his shit is pretty sick, and you can’t deny talent. just give the dude some time, i see big things for him.

  • Frank Bones

    ASHER ROTH IS THE BIGGEST FAKE POSER UGLY LAME NO CREDIBILITY NO HISTORY PUSSY WHITE BOY WHO WILL GET EATEN UP IN THE STREETS>> FAGGOT ASHER ROTH> YOU CAN”T TAKE THE CROWN FROM EM. YOU BUM

  • Whut! The Poster.

    Cordero, you are crack smoking if you think that Scooter runs anything but his mouth in the A.

  • shadysgod09

    Em’s the greatest to ever do this shit straight up and Asher is just a decade too late wit his shit cuz everything hes sayin now in’08 ive already heard Em do a 100 times better 10 yrs ago. I honestly laugh whenever someone even puts Em and Asher in the same sentence…I mean ya they re both white and Asher bit Em’s flow so they sound the same but thats where it ends. And don’t get me wrong either I love hip hop and respect the artists who deserve repect and Asher is an extremely talented, lyrical as fuck MC…but he will never be on an Eminem level or atleast he aint yet so stop makin the comparisons. We ll see where both of these dudes are at after Ash drops his freshman LP and Em drops his long-awaited Relapse album. Maybe then everyone will see the difference between who’s actually the greatest of all time and who just sounds like the greatest of all time.

  • DetrOit4real

    Does asher have life if Em is breathin that Fire? Lemme put it at you like this if SHINE was around at the same time biggie was ;and we all know he sounded like big; would he have blown? The answer is no. Asher better watch his ass cuz eventually slim is gonna make his wanna be ass STAND UP.

  • deeznutsinurmouth

    I want to see Em get at this Kid. Asher is good but Em is fucking nice.

    Put is this way, Em earned his stripes Asher didnt, he made a hot mixtape. This could be alot of hipe. Dont get me wrong the kid got skills and Em def has a competitior but lets put this in perspective.

    I see it this way, hipe dies in time, solid talent prevails amougnst lack of talent, and good music lives forever.

    Give this kid Asher some time to prove himself before humping on his dick, lets be reall they’re only humping on it cause he a white rapper with a tight flow and catchy rhymes. That could just be hipe.

    Ok the Kid came out with a hot mixtape…… great wheres # 2.

    Point is this kid needs to earn his stripes. Em did

    But my personal opinion this that Em could Eat this kid in a battle of any sort. People are sleeping and shitting on Em cause he has been out of the game. Em is making millions off of 50 he doesnt have to rap anymore, hopefully Asher will get him off his ass and back in the studio.

    Time will tell if Asher got what it takes

  • BallsDeep

    Asher was the perfect Em replacement while he was gone. Now that Em’s back….Asher’s done.

    thats the truth.

  • Nicholas Alderidge

    ok this is how it is i have personaly met asher and we talked about what he wants to be asher does not want to be the next em he wants to be much better and he has the raw tallent that will be able to push him over the bar that em set. the thing is that ash is the new breed of rapper and em is the old style rapper ash will be the best white rapper that has ever come and will ever be the thing with ash he knows what people want to here he can connect with the people so well that its uncomprehensiable dont say he is the next em because hes not hes alot better and he has all the makings to be a heavy hitter in the hip-hop industry thats what i have seen and heard from the times talking and chillin with ash

  • george

    eminem has been my favorite rapper since… forever and up untill asher roth came out i didnt think anyone would contest em as my favorite rapper but i think ash could be one of the best rappers ever if u give him a chance he isnt eminem they sound alot different there just both white, they both rap about different shit. vocals a little similar ill give u that but not that similar. asher roth is the truth
    keeep doin youu

  • sam

    hells ya they can co exist. it would be hot is the did a collabo on a track. that would be sikk

  • musiclover409

    Are we really that narrow minded that we can only have one white rapper in the music business at a time? That is really what it boils down to, these artist don’t look a like, don’t rap about the same things, and while their voices may be similar they don’t sound alike. I think that they are both great artists and that they definitely do not step on each others toes.

  • http://www.myspace.com/bennyblanco916 Benny Blanco

    There is alot of dope White Emcees, ie.. The Grouch, Eligh, JoJo Peligrino, Apathy!!!!
    Check them on myspace or google them bitches.

    Asher Sucks anyway. Ems doper but not a top ten of mine.

  • http://thedailykush.com whiteboi00

    this is BS ppl. they both can be in music….their cmpletely different besides their both pale skinned…..just diff…stop haten bitches

  • Jay bone

    Ash…is da bomb.there is no comparison to em,but his voice.lyrical content of ash is much more real and relivant to the people.em is all angry n shit. ASHER is way better. STOP COMPARING THEM

  • http://www.rap.ru PahanUa

    Just dont give a fuck.

  • JahRasta

    I say
    Eminem and Asher
    Are both lyrically great.
    Flows on point.
    And styles completely different.

    Yes Asher and Em could be around the same time
    I dont see the big deal
    Lol

    But; Hopefully Eminem doesnt completely blow Asher outta the water
    And hopefully Eminem hasnt lost any of the skill he had
    And last but not least
    I PRAY TO GOD THEY DONT HAVE BEEF
    Lmao

    I like both those rappers ridiculously an would hate to see them like that
    =X

    So lets just see what happens

  • TheOneTheOnly

    I PRAY TO GOD THEY DONT HAVE BEEF

    ^^If There was beef Em would kill him in that sense.

    So far I think they could exist and have great CD’s at the same time. Though if ashers album doesnt hit good and hard and make people want to hear it it will die off and be done.

  • Justin Bragg

    Im sorry but Asher Roth and Eminem are on two different levels. Both have two different styles of rapping. Ash doesn’t bash on homosexuals, which in my opinion is just down right decent of the guy. Plus Eminem just wants to be black, and the stupid accent is getting annoying. Ash raps about world issues and Em raps about nonsense. Ash is the true white rapper and it doesn’t matter what Eminem does he’s not going to ruin Ash
    ‘s already paramounting career. The dude is the truth for all white kids who listen to rap.
    Hate on him all you want Em is getting old, and is probably now mad that he’s not the only white rapper anymore. I mean who was there before Em? Kid Rock, or Vanilla Ice, give me a break, it’s about time white kids started their own genre of rap anyways. Hip Hop is about expressing oneself and just because it started with black people doesn’t mean they’re the only ones allowed to do it. Get em Ash, you killing it. Keep it up.
    I fucks witcha man.

  • Tracy R

    Asher Roth isn’t anything like Em except being a talented white rapper, but Asher did steal the idea for his video from Framing Hanley! Check it out:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbUR0SRceD0

  • Tracy R

    Asher Roth is nothing like Em except that he is a talented white rapper, but Asher did steal the idea for his video from Framing Hanley. Check it out:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbUR0SRceD0

  • mike

    i think their is room in the game for asher, but to be honest there is no way he is going to be able to. people are beginning to assume that because asher and slim are becoming deep in a competition with eachother because of all the comparisons. and i mean, come on, how the fuck do you compete with eminem

  • alterego

    Replacement? Or is AR the lighterside of MM? Many talented people have made off-the-cuff and alternate genered music under fictitous names so that it wouldn't hurt their image… Is it possible this is the same, the voice is to damn close for it to not be… AR could be the Milli-Vanilli of MM's alter ego…

  • kelllli:)

    yeah,
    whenn i firstt heard the song i love college, i seriously thought it was eminem but i didnt know the title of it (cuz i heard it on the radio) and so i couldnt find it:p
    but its just wayyyy to close,
    he needs to change hiss stuffff aroundd a lil bitt?

  • i_like_eminem

    Ok we all know that no white rapper can beat eminem no duh! But asher is fresh so he can try all he wants but he’ll never ever be as goo as eminem and I make a good point so all you haters that don’t eminem can go and be the little you guys are ohhhhhh!!!!! So eat that motherfucker suck it!!

  • Piper

    So both of them are white that’s a well-known fact. There’s no need to keep beating that fact to death. Both of them are fine as a hell, that’s also a fact, in my opinion.The problem however, is that Asher Roth sounds exactly like Eminem and seems to bite his style a little don’t you think? I just listened to them both side by side he’s trying to be just like him. Where does he fit once emenim’s back?Hmm…maybe in a large garbage can. No need to settle for a substitute when the real thing is back.

  • FriscoNorte

    shadysgod09 Says:
    October 29th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
    “Em’s the greatest to ever do this shit straight up and Asher is just a decade too late wit his shit cuz everything hes sayin now in’08 ive already heard Em do a 100 times better 10 yrs ago.”

    Don’t get me wrong, I own every single EM album and am awatin’ his Relapse album just as much as the next man! He is 1 of the dopest MC’s to ever grace the MIC! But ure on 1 homie! The greatest 2 ever do this shit goes by the name 2Pac! EM him self would atest to that as well homie!!!

    marcus Says:
    October 17th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
    Ash Roth is fire…EM just talks about crazy shit.. I bet Asher could do EM better than EM could. GO NEW SCHOOL!!! Young people will dominate. Move over EM

    That’s the problem Homie! Asher tries too hard 2 do Eminem! If he’d a just done Asher he might have a chance!

    yoyoyo Says:
    October 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
    ^^sarcasm?
    but for real..ash is tryin to do his own thing..dont hate on him just cause he sounds like somebody else..hes got a totally different concept

    That’s the thing bout Hip-Hop rap Homie, U gotta come original! The Fact that he sounds like EM says it all! He even tries to do the “Triumph The Insult Dog” voice on one of his songs that EM used on the “Ass Like That” song! There were White rappers that came before EM, Good ones (Beastie Boys) and bad ones (Vanilla Ice)! EM even cites Beastie as one of his influences but doesn’t completely bit their style! I hope EM has already caught wind of Asher Roth and Murders His ass On Wax like he did to Ja Rule, Benzetta, Isaine Clown Pussys, Canadabis, and Whitey Ford!!!!!! Asher has lyrical SKILL don’t get me wrong, but until he comes wit his own style he will FLOP!!!!!!!

  • http://youtube.com/myspace.com/imeem.com/playlist.com Thomas

    i think asher roth is good but eminem is a legend his freestyles are sick his songs are deep and his lyrics can be funny dumb or intense hes not tryin to suck up to the fcc or record labels to get his shit produced so my opinion em is best

  • lol

    asher roth is a piece of shit “mc.” explains why he’s so popular. my opinion has nothing to do with the dude’s skin color, i like a lot of white mc’s. ever heard of el-p kids? sage francis? slug? aesop rock? eyedea?

    of course not. go bump this vacous frat-boy crap and call it “lyrical.”

    i hope eminem disses him in a track. copywrite did an okay job already (most other asher roth disses i’ve heard are lame as fuck), but em would fucking decimate him.

    i bet this dude ends up being an accountant or some shit.

  • N.A

    There’s far better Underground white rappers than Asher Roth. Who have lyrical content without sounding like Eminem.

  • eminemfan901

    well im a eminem fan have been since 2002. umm ive also heard asher roths stuff too like this year recently. i love eminem & i think asher is kool but he is bitting eminems style a lil too much for em not to say somethin inbewtween these two new albums later this year. i think if asher still raps but changes his style & delivery he will still be ok. also this is wat alot of young rappers do that is stupid. which is y canibus is not rappin nomore. do not beef or make comments thats gon start shit with a legend. thats a quit career ender. if em mentions ashers name in a song hes prolly jokin & bashin him like he does everybody. asher doesnt need 2 respond 2 it or anything. cuz em is the 1st white rapper to succeed in a prodominant black industry. asher doesnt need to bit the hand that paved the way for him. especially em bein from the hood & asher from the burbs. in hip hop eminem becuz of where hes from will always be respected more.

  • FriscoNorte

    eminemfan901 Says:
    “cuz em is the 1st white rapper to succeed in a prodominant black industry.”

    R U forgettin’ bout the Beastie Boys???
    They paved the way for EM!!!!!
    Learn yo history before u post!

  • justdontgiveaf*ck

    Now I’m not saying that there isnt room for two white rappers, I am gonna say that I just dont like Asher Roth. I dont think he’s that talented and raps about shit. Now hopefully eminem has something about asher roth on his next album. Because eminem is in my top 3 rappers with nas and biggie. theres just no room for Roth

  • justdontgiveaf*ck

    oh by the way LOL SAYS is the most sane person on this website because he knows wat he’s talking about. I completely agree wit you. not that you’ll prob ever see this post again

  • iNDIRA

    Totally agree with yoyoyo on this one. I want MORE good mc’s out there regardless of race. i don’t discriminate my music by the color of skin by but it’s content.

  • sum1udntno

    one things for sure, yes, asher roth sounds ALOT like eminem, if you dont hear it, OPEN YOUR FUCKIN EARS, now, for the person who said old rappers needa get out the way, DIE YOU FUCKIN CUNT, dre moved aside, snoop moved aside, kanye went gay, now we got bitches like lil wayne, flo rida, its fuckin bullshit, man i miss 2pac and big so much, if they were alive theyd be disgusted with the game today, hip hop is the best genre to youth, now its destroyed, which means stupid little collage kids will make the charts, i mean for fuck sake crazy frog made the charts and outsold coldplay, the charts are full of shit, asher roth is talented to the new skool, to the old skool followers like me and millions more, real hip hop fans, he’s a em biter, needs a new style, seriously, he’s a big headed fuck, and no matter what happens, he will never be irrelevant to the old skool, new skool sucks ass, and your gayboy asher roth is the leader lmao thank fuck i can choose to turn shit off, old skool forever, i wish death upon new skool, fuck new skool, junk shit, asher roth, feel free to hit back, but your gettin dissed on a 40 track mixtape am doin underground, and shits fire, lol you little punk kid bitch

  • http://www.lowkeyslab.com lowkey

    i hope all you people realise that there is and always will be more than one white rapper, like em is the only white rapper that every existed, i personally never thought em was very good same as roth, but hey im not knocking them. they are both tryin to do what they love to do. on the other note about more white rappers, pual wall, cypress from back in the day, haystack now adays….and plenty more to name…the only reason em got so faous is because of his lack of personal descency and the lac or personal self respect…but these are only my opinions from what i have seen and observed.

  • Cole

    of course theres room for two white rappers in the mainstream or otherwise, the issue is that asher roth is basically a toned down em for the burbs, same sounding voice, VERY similar rhyme schemes and usage of syllables, and well, somewhat similar appearance. asher roth has paid 0 dues, that mixtape doesnt even have an original frickin beat on it and the singles he has out are garbage (with the exception of lark on my gokart, which thrives solely off of the AMAZING ass beat behind it, big ups to Oren of New Kingdom, watch out for them thats the band to be watching). i just dont see the appeal of this guy unless you are one of those tard-o’s who spends their life stuck in teeny bopper mode. i went to college and enjoyed it, but i didnt need a stupid fucking anthem to remind me of that.

  • mperry88@yahoo.com

    ps ……..someone mentioned them doing a track together…..

    THAT’D BE HELLA SICK……LOL

  • ChrisFromDelco

    Don’t be hatin’ on Asher, cus hey at least he started a new genre of hip-hop: Douche-Rap, the “urban” version of “musicians” who play a guitar and sing and write “songs” to get laid and seem “deep” (when in reality they’re as deep as the water in those baggys you get fish in when you buy them), and equally fake, clueless people buy into all of it. Welcome to the Age of the Tool.

    Oh, and by the way, Asher Roth probably didn’t bite Em. He sounds exactly like every other privileged white kid who tries to sound like he’s from Philly, and talk deeper than his voice, and bigger than he really is, because his real voice probably sounds exactly like every sterotypical white dude that black comedians use in their stand-up. They sound that way because nobody puts them in their place for being a fake ass wigger because there’s nobody “real” where they live or go to school, just the same type of people, and of course you have the other rich kids who think “wow, these guys are so gangsta, they’re ‘bad boys’ “, and their parents are just like “oh, I’m so glad our little boy is exercising his creativity, he’s such a special, charasmatic young man”. I’ve dealt with fagots like Asher Roth ever since I moved to an area with more money like this one, and they’re all the same. The dude probably hadn’t been out of West Chester a day in his life before he moved to Atlanta, and you know that was only because he already had a golden ticket to get $$$. I saw him on his Rap City freestyle trying to seem deep and standing with Philly in the backdrop tying to make it seem like it was his town, when we all know he’s probably never even crossed over 69th street. He would’ve been bitched around in The Haverford School, led alone anywhere near Philly. I remember when I saw one white rapper was from Clifton awhile back I wondered how he had cred outside of there(even though now I know that dude is talented and is obviously known for a reason), but compared to West Chester, Clifton might as well be Southwest or something. I mean seriously, a kid from West Chester, are you fucking kidding me?

    Oh, and don’t be hatin’ on him for not earning his stripes and paying his dues, he’s talked in interviews about how he battled in West Chester and on the radio and whatnot, he clearly earned his stripes. But seriously, you all know he couldn’t have survived the real suburban underground led alone the Philly underground. He did what was clearly the only thing he could possibly do to get into hip-hop, bypassed the underground by whoring himself out on myspace, and then using his pathetic gimmick nonstop to appeal to the only people who will ever think this kid is real. You have to admit, it was a smart decision. He’s paving the way for wiggers who freestyle amongst their equally privileged white schoolmates on private school-yards everywhere.

    Oh, and PS: To Asher Roth groupies(that includes the men who are on his dick and think he is the best thing since sliced bread), please stop saying dude is mature. He has got to be the most immature person to come out of Philly since AI got traded(no offense to AI, I respect the fact that he leaves it all on the floor every night, but I’m talkin’ about practice!)

  • FriscoNorte

    lowkey- Cypress Hill ain’t white! They’re latin rappers. From East LA, but you and asher roth wouldn’t know where that is! If your that ignorant then at least do some research before you post! U just as ignorant as the dude that said Em was the first white rapper!!!!! Ha Ha HA Ha Ha!!!

  • MAA. Navy

    i think that they can co-exist just fine maybe Em should take Roth under his wing? i think that yes Roth sounds alot like Em but u can tell the difference between the two Em raps about real life as Roth raps about college life

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  • Dustin Draper

    There are plenty of good white rappers. Asher roth is extremely talented but a group from australia, named Bliss n Eso, easily blows both out of the water, lyrically, mechanically, and poetically.

  • Jermo

    All of yall mutha fuckas r dumb as shit. ASHER ROTH vs. EMINEM? name 1 thing that asher roth has over eminem? ahser aint no talented rapper. who the fuck raps about lovin college? u got all these new school rappers comin in and destroyin what hip hop use to be and these so called rappers like asher is everyone’s new role model . asher roth is part of the new school and raps about bullshit like i love college. his mixtape was ok but it wont all that. Eminem will hang asher by his vocal cords. eminem is not just the best white rapper of all time but 1 of the best of all time. not no fuckin asher roth. is there really room 4 another white rapper. NO cause eminem is known 2 kill anyone that crosses him. asher roth cant even fuck with other white rappers like paul wall or lil wyte. what the fuck makes yall think this lil rich college boy can fuck with eminem? asher roth got hot by sendin music shit over myspace to his manager in atlanta.

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  • http://www.yahoo.com Dollar

    Asher is nothin compared to Eminem. I mean seriously,the only thing Asher talks about is sex, drugs, getting screwed up on stuff and thats it. Em actually talks about real life, family, his past. Eminem is REAL and down to earth so you can relate. he doesn’t go on like Asher does; the college life. Not everybody is STILL in college, and what are you gonna listen to when you want to listen to music about REAL LIFE not just about drugs and this head-in-the-clouds music. Eminem relates to a lot of us because he’s been in a lot of our shoes and vice versa with him. so, this thing of Asher Roth>Eminem is whack. It’s more like Eminem > Asher. End.Of.Story.