Asleep in the Bread Aisle

Asleep in the Bread Aisle is the debut studio album by American rapper Asher Roth. It was released on April 20, 2009. The album's first single was "I Love College". The second single was "Be By Myself" and the third "She Don't Wanna Man." On Asleep in the Bread Aisle, known producers like Don Cannon contribute, but newcomer Oren Yoel crafted the bulk of the album's beats. The album features guest appearances from Cee-Lo, Jazze Pha, Keri Hilson, B... more

Asleep in the Bread Aisle is the debut studio album by American rapper Asher Roth. It was released on April 20, 2009. The album's first single was "I Love College". The second single was "Be By Myself" and the third "She Don't Wanna Man." On Asleep in the Bread Aisle, known producers like Don Cannon contribute, but newcomer Oren Yoel crafted the bulk of the album's beats. The album features guest appearances from Cee-Lo, Jazze Pha, Keri Hilson, Busta Rhymes, pop duo Chester French, and band New Kingdom from Los Angeles. The album carries a PA label but there is no actual Parental Advisory sticker on the album cover. Reviews of Asleep in the Bread Aisle were mixed. According to Billboard, Oren Yoel's "mixture of boom-bap drums and pop sensibility mixes well with Roth's happy-go-lucky and sincere rhymes". Rolling Stone similarly complimented Roth for his sincerity and avoiding the cliche gimmicks typically employed by fellow white rappers, saying, "Roth's tight, witty debut lives up to... less