Complex Blog » Alchemist http://www.complex.com/blogs Buy. Collect. Obsess. The original buyer's guide for men. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Asher Roth’s Fashion Beatdowns: White Rapper Edition http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/04/20/asher-roths-fashion-beatdowns-white-rapper-edition/ http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/04/20/asher-roths-fashion-beatdowns-white-rapper-edition/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:38:52 +0000 Joe http://www.complex.com/blogs/?p=28209 asher-lead
Last Friday, Asher Roth came through Complex headquarters while on a last-minute press tour for his debut album, Asleep in the Bread Aisle, which hits stores today. Instead of churning out an unimaginative Q&A we decided to resurrect one of our favorite columns, “Kanye’s Fashion Beatdowns”—but this time have A. Roth critique the fashion sense of other white rappers.

Asher broke down each Caucasoid MC’s outfit and rated it based on how appropriate it would be at the following places: 1) a country club; 2) a freestyle cipher at McDonald’s; 3) at the mall; and 4) The BET Awards. Check what RAWTH had to say about Pete Nice , Eminem, Alchemist, Brian Austin Green, Marky Mark and more, then peep a behind-the-scenes video of Asher’s beatdowns at the end of the click-through…

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Asher says: I can’t tell what shoes he got on, [but] I’m not mad at this outfit, I’m feeling the layers, I’m feeling the shades. Are those pajama pants? You know, this is definitely a dress-for-comfort outfit.

• Country club: 4/5 At the country club this is a four only because I can’t tell if they’re shorts or not, but it looks like he’s got golf-esque shoes, so of all of them, it’s definitely a country-club outfit.
• Freestyle cipher at McDonald’s: 4/5 This is actually a good all-around outfit for the McDonald’s.
• Mall: 4/5 This is perfect.
• The BET Awards: 4/5 Pete Nice did a good job with rocking a universal outfit as far as, Hey I’m going to rock this, I’m comfortable and at the same time I can go anywhere in this.

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The rap nerds here at Complex HQ have been stuck in the darkness since the end of the Rawkus heyday'seven years to be exact. Today, we crawled out from under our Jansports with an invite to SRC/Universal's Manhattan offices for an exclusive preview of Pharaohe Monch's new album, Desire. Joined by label CEO Steve Rifkind, we got goose bumps listening to Pharaohe's self-produced single, “Push,” on which Monch raps and sings about the blue-collar struggle. There is more harmonizing than one might expect throughout Desire, but longtime fans need not worry'the Pharoahe hasn't gone Lauryn Hill on us. Monch is in top form on “Gun Draws,” which is topically reminiscent of the Organized Konfusion classic “Stray Bullet,” and the Alchemist-produced title cut. Come November, we'll all see the light again.

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