Asleep in the Bread Aisle

I know I am a few weeks late on this, but Asher Roth released his first studio album April 20th titled Asleep in the Bread Aisle, which was produced mainly by Oren Yoel. The first single off the album was "I Love College" followed by "Lark on my Go-Kart." Neither of these songs really demonstrate what Asher Roth is capable of lyrically. His mixtape titled The Greenhouse Effect with DJ Drama and Don Cannon, which dropped maybe around half a year ago, was a fair example of what Roth was capable of - critique on current events, different flows, and party related lyrics. Perhaps the downside to Roth's new album was that he is a middle-class white kid with nothing more to rap about than partying, women and marijuana. Most tracks on the album do not venture outside this theme. Compare that to the production and lyrics in "Change Gone Come" with Asher Roth, B.O.B. and Charles Hamilton (all XXL freshmen of the year candidates) where the lyrics and flow is much better than any track on his new album. Also, what suprised and bothered me was that the majority of the album was produced by Oren Yoel. Yoel is just coming along as a producer so its fair to throw him on some tracks with Asher, but imagine if Don Cannon produced the bulk of it. The beats were generally weak in my opinion, taking a more old school feel, but it did not feel the same. All in all I think Roth might have been overhyped and let people down with his first studio release. The expectations were to high. I was hoping for something along the lines of the Greenhouse Effect, but this album had an entirely different feel to it. If you were a fan of any pre-Asleep in the Bread Aisle Asher Roth check out his latest release and tell me your thoughts.