1 	Lark On My Go-Kart 	2:58
2 	Blunt Cruisin' 	3:40
3 	I Love College 	4:04
4 	La Di Da 	3:53
5 	Be By Myself (Featuring – Cee-Lo)	4:33
6 	She Don't Wanna Man 	3:39
7 	Sour Patch Kids 	4:41
8 	As I Em  (Featuring – Chester French)	4:53
9 	Lion's Roar  (Featuring – Busta Rhymes, New Kingdom)	4:18
10 	Bad Day  (Featuring – Jazze Pha)	3:42
11 	His Dream 	4:44
12 	Fallin' 	4:12

Sold as hip-hop's Great White Dope, rapper Asher Roth ("The King of the Blumpkin") came on the scene with the great "I Love College," an infectious slacker anthem as simple as "I love college, I love drinkin', I love women" and with a "Chug! Chug! Chug!" chant in the middle. A hilarious 18-minute freestyle on Tim Westwood's radio show made him all the more lovable, but Asleep in the Bread Isle is an everyday suburban rap album, if there is such a thing. The first problem is the big cut itself, now stripped of its Weezer sample thanks to Rivers Cuomo's reluctance to license the riff to "Say It Ain't So." It blows the whole mash-up charm of the original bootleg, but it's still a party starter, and one with a conscience as it fights against date rape and suggests doubling up on the condoms. That doesn't mean Asher is the responsible type, as "Blunt Cruisin'" drives around town stoned, while "Lark on My Go-Kart" speaks of a "door-matted whore" who needs her feet fixed. If that sounds like Eminem, the differences are outlined on the reggae-fied "As I Em," which explains Asher's relationship to the Slim Shady LP with the brilliant "My Mom brought it down while I was ironing/Irony." The line "Don't get it twisted/I definitely benefited" shows respect, but when the song goes off on a tangent about how hard it is to break through, it seems like side-stepping how Em's debut was filled with danger while Asher's is relatively safe. Smoking weed, having sex, and swearing is hardly riveting material, and when Asher can't turn these topics into something clever, it becomes tiresome. The promising "Fallin'" pulls the rudder up at the last moment, making one believe the rapper could have made a knockout debut if the meteoric rise of "I Love College" hadn't hurried things along. ---David Jeffries, AllMusic Review

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01. Pabst & Jazz (Feat. Hassani Kwess & Kenny Keys)
02. Choices (Feat. Action Bronson)
03. In The Kitchen
04. Useless (Feat. Pac Div)
05. More Cowbell									play
06. Bastermating (Feat. A$AP Twelvy, Chip Tha Ripper & YP)
07. Common Knowledge
08. Golden Midas (Feat. Boldy James, Nico Segal & Greg Landfair Jr. of KTD)
09. Insurance (Feat. ZZ Ward, Rockie Fresh & Blu)
10. Hard Times (Feat. Kids These Days & Casie Veggies)
11. Ampersand
12. Get By (Feat. Nico Segal of Kids These Days)
13. Not Meant 2 Be (Feat. Nathan Santos)			play
14. Running Away (Feat. Nathan Santos)
15. Charlie Chaplin (Feat. Phil Ade', GLC & Thurz)
16. Dope Shit

Asher Roth has been one of the few artists to reach the mainstream level with an album release but continue to deliver Hip-Hop music, and his work doesn’t go unnoticed. Since his album release in 2009 (Asleep In The Bread Aisle), he’s dropped a mixtape (Seared Foie Gras with Quince and Cranberry) and a collaborative EP with Norfolk, Virginia, representative Nottz Raw (The Rawth EP), and now he’s releasing more music to round out 2011. Although it’s another oddly-named mixtape with an even more oddly-titled production squad by the title of Blended Babies, Pabst & Jazz is yet another great output from Asher Roth that shows off his lyrical diversity.

It’s not enough to break him away from that “White rapper mold,” but with the choices of titles for his projects and songs, one isn’t sure if Asher wants to break away from that defining element. He’s not a gangster rapper; he’s a White kid to the heart and thoroughly enjoys being that. At the same time, some choose to not pay attention to his rhymes because of that, and they miss out on one of the more technical, complex deliveries who’s cranking out music right now. It’s evident in almost all of the tracks here, and the rhymes flow over the Blended Babies production smoother than should be allowed.

The only real issue with Pabst & Jazz could be the overabundance of features. Action Bronson, Chip Tha Ripper, Casey Veggies, A$AP Twelvy, Pac Div, Nathan Santos, GLC, and YP are all featured here, among others. Chuck Inglish (of the Cool Kids) and the production collective of 1500 or Nothin’ (you may have heard of Mars since he produced Martians vs Goblins for The Game) also helps on the boards. There are also a couple of tracks which seem to fail to distinguish themselves due to the bland hook-writing.

When it all comes together, however, Asher Roth delivers another great project for people to vibe to until his next major release, slated for 2012 on Def Jam. It’s grounded in the fundamentals that makes Hip-Hop endearing to most of us, and remains fresh with its bland moments coming few and far between. It’s enough to get one interested to see what comes next. ---K1ng Eljay, allhiphop.com

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