Lark On My Go-Kart­ –
The simplicity of this beat reminds me of that old school hip hop beastie boys’
type music. He rides the beat rather well on this track even though he’s not
really saying anything of much substance, but he does have a nice flow.

Blunt Cruisin’ – A
fast paced track about cruising around town smoking a blunt. Once again he is
able to flow effortlessly on this one. This is a pretty simple song, nothing
much to talk about.

I Love
College – The
smash single off the album. This song is easily one of the best songs on the
album and most likely the reason a lot of people bought/downloaded it. Sticking
with the formula of simple repetitive beats and a nice flow, he recreates a
night as a college student. On a side note the remix with Jim Jones and/or Bun
B is nice, so check for it.

La Di Da – This Don Cannon produced gem is a
little more intricate instrumentally than the others. This is a definite
banger. He tries to explain the trials of his life and how he deals with the
stress.

Be By Myself Ft Cee Lo – With this assist of Cee
Lo and a mean Organ sample Asher flows impressively. Once again he’s not really
impressing me lyrically but I can’t deny the flow. Cee Lo on the hook isn’t a
bad look either as he raps about his lack of a love life.

She Don’t Wanna Man – This rock track is full of
mixed emotions. I like the track but I don’t think he did it justice. It seems
as if he was just throwing words together, nothing made much sense. As the song
goes on the broken flow becomes tolerable but it takes some getting used to.

Sour Patch Kids – The buildup to this track seems
to take forever. A 30 second build up seems like an eternity in this fast paced
society. If not for this review I would have already skipped to the next track.
The buildup is somewhat worth it as he keeps me occupied with a fast paced flow
over this track.

As I Em Ft Chester French – He explains how
different he is to Eminem while sounding just like a young Marshall Mathers.
This Chester
French assisted track seems to be a somewhat ode to Eminem while still letting
everyone know that he’s different from the ‘other white rapper’.

Lion’s Roar Ft New Kingdom & Busta Rhymes –
This drum and clap heavy track is futuristic and fast, allowing Asher to show
off his fast tongued flow. The beat is also perfect for his counterpart Busta
as he returns to true form and rips this track apart.

Bad Day Ft Jazze Pha – With an assist from super
producer Jazze Pha, Asher tells a story of how a bad day becomes worse. He
seems to be a great story teller when he wants to be.

His Dream – Here he effectively uses the slow
melodic track to tell a story about dreaming of the future and becoming what
you dreamed of being. Once again he narrates a great story. This seems somewhat
autobiographical as he tells of his father’s dream now becoming his.

Fallin - On this track he reminisces of his youth
and how he always wanted to be a rapper. The beat is okay and he seems to flow
effortlessly.

After listening to this entire album I have to say that I
don’t believe the hype. I do believe that he has the ability to be great and go
far in this industry but he seems to fall short at times. He’s a great story
teller as demonstrated in Bad Day and His Dream but he has too many songs without any
type of lyrical substance, such as Lark On My Go-Kart and She Don’t Wanna Man, to back up this
much hyped debut.
The simplicity of the beats at times helped and at times hurt
this project. Overall, I give this album a 
2.5 out of 5. Though I’m sure this is on constant repeat in just about
every dorm around the country, for me it’s not worth it. Maybe next time, if
there is a next time, he’ll be able to better capture my attention.