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DOES THE NAME ASHER ROTH RING A BELL? IF NOT THEN YOUR SLACKING...THINK OF ZACK FROM SAVED BY THE BELL WITH LIL WAYNE'S LYRICAL PROWESS. I KNOW WHAT YOUR THINKING...ANOTHER EMINEM?! NOT AT ALL...IN AN EXTRACT ROTH TALKS ABOUT BEING PIDGEON HOLED...

"A white emcee with a sense of humor and a political side? Oh, let’s compare him to Em!’… I have nothing but respect for him though; he made it possible for me to be here, he opened the doors, but we come from an entirely different inspiration.”

THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE ABOUT ASHER ROTH, HE'S NOT COMING FROM AN 8-MILE DETROIT AREA...

“I was always from the outside looking in...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 you can still love hip-hop.”

EVERYONE JUST SEE'S ALL THE 50 CENTS AND T.I.'S IN HIP HOP WHO COME FROM THE GRITTY SIDE OF THE SCENE, BUT IT'S PEOPLE LIKE KANYE WEST WHO OPENED THE DOOR FOR A NEW GENERATION OF HIP HOP LOVERS. THESE PEOPLE ARE THE ONE'S WHO DID GET A DEGREE OR WHO DIDN'T HAVE TO PUSH DRUGS...ITS GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE'S MORE LYRICAL CONTENT NOW THAN PUSHING THE SAME OLD 'I-CAME-FROM-THE-WRONG-SIDE-OF-THE-TRAIN-TRACKS-AND-HUSTLED-TO-THE TOP' KINDA RAPPERS. I CAN'T REALLY RELATE TO HOLDING A GUN AT MY WAIST OR SELLING THAT LAST GRAM OF COCAINE TO FEED MY MUM AND KIDS, BUT I CAN RELATE TO THE RECESSION, PARTY LIFE AND POLITICS.

CHECK OUT ASHER ROTH'S FREESTYLES ON 1XTRA WHICH SHOULD BE UPLOADED ON THE 1XTRA WEBSITE SOON OR GO TO HIS 'THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT MIXTAPE' WEBSITE. IN THE MEAN TIME CHECK HIS TAKE ON 'CANNON'...