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'{{Infobox musical artist |Name = Asher Roth |Img = Asher7.jpg |Background = solo_singer |Marriage = |Birth_name = Asher Paul Roth |Born = August 11, 1985 (age 24) |Origin = [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]], [[Pennsylvania]] |Occupation = [[Rapping|Rapper]] |Years_active = 2008 - Present |Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] |Label = Schoolboy/[[SRC Records|SRC]]/[[Universal Music Group|Universal Records]] |URL = [http://www.thedailykush.com/ thedailykush.com] }} '''Asher Paul Roth''' (born August 11, 1985) is an [[United States|American]] [[rapper]]. He was signed to a joint venture between Scooter Braun's Schoolboy Music and [[Steve Rifkind]]’s [[SRC Records]]. His first professional release was on June 13, 2008 when the [[DJ Drama]] and [[Don Cannon]]-helmed [[The GreenHouse Effect Mixtape]] was released for free via Roth’s website [http://www.thedailykush.com Thedailykush.com]. Roth was featured on the cover of [[XXL (magazine)|XXL magazine]]’s annual Top 10 Freshmen: Hip-Hop’s Class ’09 issue. Roth's debut album, ''[[Asleep in the Bread Aisle]]'', was released on April 20, 2009. ==Early life== <ref name="Philadelphia Weekly">{{cite web|title=Asher Roth is on his way to hip hop stardom|publisher=Philadelphia Weekly (newspaper)|date=2009-04-15|url=http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/Asher-Roth-42983072.html|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</ref><ref name="forward">{{cite news|last=Sacks|first=Adam|coauthors=|title=Asher Roth Raps Suburbia, Campus Life|pages=|publisher=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=[[2009-04-01]]|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/104454/|accessdate=2009-06-18}}</ref> His mother, Elizabeth (née McConnell), is a [[yoga]] instructor, and his father, David Roth, is the executive director of a design firm.<ref name="timeout">{{cite news|last=DiCrescenzo|first=Brent|coauthors=|title=Asher Roth Q&A|pages=|publisher=Time Out Chicago|date=2009-05-07|url=http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/music/74293/interview-with-asher-roth|accessdate=2009-08-27}}</ref><ref name="ref0924">{{cite news|last=Condrani|first=Ed|coauthors=|title=All rapped up|pages=|publisher=Bucks County Courier Times|date=2009-08-02|url=http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/206/2009/august/02/all-rapped-up.html|accessdate=2009-08-27}}</ref><ref name="nytimesref09">{{cite news|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|coauthors=|title=To Be Young, Rapping and White|pages=|publisher=The New York Times|date=2009-04-15|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/arts/music/19cara.html|accessdate=2009-08-27}}</ref><ref name="hhlive">{{cite news|last=St. James|first=|coauthors=|title=The HHNLive.com Interview: Asher Roth|pages=|publisher=HHNLive.com|date=[[2008-06-02]]|url=http://hhnlive.com/features/more/455|accessdate=2009-06-19}}</ref> He attended [[Pennsbury High School]]. Growing up, Roth was exposed to little [[hip-hop]] in his family, with his parents preferring "[[The Temptations]], [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ... [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[Dire Straits]]."<ref name=XXL>{{cite web|title=Feature Highlights '08: Asher Roth:So Far, So Good|publisher=XXL (magazine)|date=2008-12-30|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=23318|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> According to Roth: <blockquote> The first CD I ever bought was [[Dave Matthews Band]]'s '[[Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash]]'...That is how suburban I am...I finally got into hip hop in '98 when I heard the [[Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)|Annie sample]] with [[Jay-Z]]....When I wrote my '[[A Milli]]' [[freestyle (music)|freestyle]], that was me listening to 10 years of hip hop and not relating to it at all. Like, Damn I don’t sell [[cocaine|coke]]. Damn, I don’t have cars or 25-inch [[Rim (wheel)|rims]]. I don't have guns. I finally got to a point where I had the confidence to do this thing myself, and I was making music for me. And it turns out, a lot of people feel the same way I do.<ref name=Vibe>{{cite web|last=Fennessey|first=Sean|title=Asher Roth|publisher=Vibe (magazine)|date=2008-10-30|url=http://www.vibe.com/music/next/2008/10/asher_roth/|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> </blockquote> Asher has also stated that: <blockquote> "I was always from the outside looking in," says Roth. "Hip-hop has always been very influential in the ‘burbs, [but] it’s just a matter of where we could relate to it. You find a lot of kids that are really confused. You look at them and they’re dressed out of character. They don’t look right. I figured out, I don’t have to dress this way, but I can still love hip-hop."<ref name=Sixshot>{{cite web|last=Michael|first=Jon|title=Asher Roth - Not Your Average|publisher=Sixshot.com|date=2008-06-18|url=http://www.sixshot.com/articles/11518/|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> </blockquote> Upon graduation, Roth entered [[West Chester University of Pennsylvania|West Chester University]] and became an Elementary Education major, while continuing to record verses over other peoples’ beats. During sophomore year, Roth posted some of his verses on his [[Myspace|MySpace]] page and sent a Friend Request to Scooter Braun, an [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]-based promoter and former VP of Marketing for [[Jermaine Dupri]]'s [[So So Def]]. One week after speaking to Braun, Roth flew down to Atlanta and was immediately signed by Braun, who subsequently became his manager.<ref name=XXL/> ===Asleep in the Bread Aisle=== Sometime in mid 2008, Roth announced he would be making a full studio album and it would be released sometime in early 2009. He started recording in late 2008, and continued into 2009. The first single released was titled, "[[I Love College]]", which received many hits across North America. His second single was titled, "[[Lark on my Go-Kart]]". After the 2 singles were released, Roth's studio album, [[Asleep in the Bread Aisle]], was released on April 20, 2009. SMOKE BLUNTS NIGGGGAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ==Career== After linking up with Braun, Roth moved to Atlanta to pursue a hip-hop career full-time. As industry buzz grew, Roth was courted by a number of labels, including [[SRC Records|SRC]], [[Def Jam]], [[Warner Bros. Records]] and Atlantic.<ref name=AllHipHop>{{cite web|last=Blanco|first=Alvin|title=Asher Roth: School's Out|publisher=AllHipHop|date=2008-07-10|url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2008/07/10/20276597.aspx|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Roth would eventually sign a joint venture between Braun's Schoolboy Music and [[Steve Rifkind]], chairman of SRC/Universal Records. On June 13, 2008, Roth put out his first professional release, the [[Don Cannon]] and [[DJ Drama]]-helmed [[The GreenHouse Effect Mixtape|The Greenhouse Effect]], via the Internet. This resulted in Roth being the second white rapper to be featured on Drama and Cannon’s influential [[Gangsta Grillz]] series. He released his first studio album, titled ''[[Asleep in the Bread Aisle]]'', on 20 April, 2009. Asher Roth joined [[Blink-182]] in the second half of their reunion tour in September 2009. ==Personal Accomplishments== Roth's lyrics characteristically center around what have been called "[[middle-class]] minutiae, some also consider them to be a joke."<ref name=Vibe/> Roth's song "I Love College" is about partying with alcohol and [[marijuana]], but includes fatuous lyrics such as "I can get pizza a dollar a slice"<ref name=Vibe/> that have been identified as "far from threatening". As he gained prominence being a white performer in a predominantly black musical genre, Roth has earned many comparisons to [[Eminem]], so much so that he devoted a track on his album to the famed rapper, entitled "As I Em."<ref name="Philadelphia Weekly">{{cite web|title=Asher Roth is on his way to hip hop stardom|publisher=Philadelphia Weekly (newspaper)|date=2009-04-15|url=http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/Asher-Roth-42983072.html|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</ref> About the comparison, Roth told [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex'' magazine]]: <blockquote>"Him and I are different artists. I think the music’s going to portray that as time goes on. The comparisons are just…it’s cool to be compared to Em, but he’s one of the number one selling artists of all time. I’d rather be compared to him than pretty much anybody else. I think content and everything we rap about is completely different. We’re different artists. We just happened to be under the same genre".<ref name=Complex>{{cite news|last=La Puma|first=Joe|title=Asher Roth: 'Rap Is In The Suburbs Now'|publisher=Complex (magazine)|date=2008-07-28|url=http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/07/28/asher-roth-rap-is-in-the-suburbs-now/|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref></blockquote> When asked about the comparison by Hiphopdx.com, Roth said, "I think it's way too easy. 'A white MC with a sense of humor and a political side? Oh, let’s compare him to [[Eminem|Em]]!' ... I have nothing but respect for him though; he made it possible for me to be here, he opened the doors, but they were never really shut; but we come from an entirely different inspiration, except I went to college. "<ref name=HipHopDX>{{cite web|last=Thornton|first=Alex|title=Asher Roth: Moment Of Clarity|publisher=HipHopDX.com|date=2008-09-16|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.1222/title.asher-roth-moment-of-clarity|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> In his song entitled "As I Em" produced by [[Don Cannon]] he raps "That Eminem comparison is barely accurate/My rapping is as passionate, but lacks the psychopath of it".<ref name=AllHipHop/> In an interview with [[XXL Magazine]], [[Eminem]] cosigned Asher. He had this to say when asked about the comparison: <blockquote> "I haven't had a chance to, like, really get into everything, like, really get into what he's about, because I've only heard a couple songs. There was talk about people saying he sounded like me, and he was doing this and that and, you know, trying to take what I do and do it. You know, shit like that. I've heard things. But the stuff that I've heard from him honestly, which certainly isn't enough for me to make my own opinion and say, ‘Yeah, he does sound like me' or ‘No, he doesn't. But the couple of songs I've heard, I don't really think he does. You know what I mean? He's doing his own thing. I can respect it, too, because at the end of the day, I think he's dope." <ref>[http://www.rapradar.com/newsstand-stan/eminem-thinks-asher-roth-is-dope.html#yvComment Eminem Thinks Asher Roth Is Dope] retrieved on 09-07-08</ref></blockquote> ==Discography== === Studio albums=== {|class="wikitable" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Title !colspan="5"| Chart positions |- !width="40"|<small>[[Billboard 200|U.S. 200]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Top Rap Albums|U.S. Rap]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small> |- |2009 |'''''[[Asleep In the Bread Aisle]]''''' *Release date: [[April 20]], [[2009]]<ref name=Billboard>{{cite web|last=Crosley|first=Hillary|title=MC Asher Roth Readying Major-Label Debut|publisher=Billboard (magazine)|date=2009-02-05|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/mc-asher-roth-readying-major-label-debut-1003938761.story|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> *Label: [[Universal Motown]] *Sales: 157,383 copies |align="center"|5 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|31 |align="center"|38 |- |} ===Mixtapes=== *2006: '''''[[Believe the Hype]]''''' *2008: '''''[[The GreenHouse Effect Mixtape]]''''' *2009: The GreenHouse Effect Mixtape Volume 2 ===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Song !colspan="8"|Chart positions !rowspan="2"|Album |- !width="40"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Hot Rap Tracks|U.S. Rap]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Pop 100|US Pop]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[South Africa]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[UK R&B Chart|UK R&B]]</small> !width="40"|<small>[[Canadian Hot 100|CAN]]</small> |- |align="center" rowspan="4"|2009 |align="left"|"[[I Love College]]" |align="center"|12 |align="center"|116 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|19 |align="center"|34 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|53 |align="left" rowspan="4"|''[[Asleep in the Bread Aisle]]'' |- |align="left"|"[[Lark on My Go-Kart]]" <sup> 1 |align="center"|95 |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |- |align="left"|"[[Be by Myself]]" <small> (ft. [[Cee-Lo]])</small> |align="center"|107 |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |- |align="left"|"[[She Don't Wanna Man]]" <small> (ft. [[Keri Hilson]])</small> |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"|&mdash; |- |} * <sup> 1 - Promo Single</small> ==Awards== *[[MTV Video Music Awards]] **Best New Artist ("[[I Love College]]") [Nominated] **Best Hip Hop Video ("I Love College") [Nominated] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.asherrothmusic.com Official website] <!-- --------------------------------------------------------------- Do NOT add any "Jewish people" categories or subcategories here unless there is also a source in the main article verifying that Roth is Jewish. 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