Chris Brown’s list of collaborators keeps growing. Last night, the R&B singer was in the studio with “I Love College” rapper Asher Roth recording for his fourth album F.A.M.E. “ME AND ASHER ROTH ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR MY ALBUM!!!! dope,” tweeted Breezy, who’s recently been in the lab with Game, Wiz Khalifa, and Pitbull.

Asher himself is working on his sophomore album, The Spaghetti Tree, with Pharrell, Nottz, Organized Noize, and Ryan Leslie. “It’s a story,” he previously told Rap-Up.com. “Hopefully it’s going to be a film. The presentation on it is more important than anything else. It’s a story based on real events that stresses the importance of imagination.”

Asher Roth and Nottz Raw combine their talents on the Rawth EP. The eight-track freebie includes the Mr. Rogers-sampled “Don’tcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor),” Rhymefest-assisted “Coming and Going,” and “Run It Back (Remix)” with Kardinal Offishall. Get to clicking below.

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We asked Asher Roth to give us three Christmas songs that put him in the spirit and he definitely delivered. Not only did he name them, but the “G.R.I.N.D.” rapper also gave an impromptu performance of the 1953 novelty song “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” Plus, find out which old-school holiday record and Mariah Carey song made Asher’s Yuletide list.

Asher Roth just wants to have fun and “make music just to make music” on his sophomore album The Spaghetti Tree, due early next year. He shares some of the producers who are supporting his cause including Swizz Beatz, Ryan Leslie, Organized Noize, and Pharrell, while Game and Kardinal Offishall are among the collaborators on the follow-up to his 2009 debut.

“He’s the man. He really is a genius,” Asher tells Rap-Up TV of Pharrell. “I haven’t been around many people who can harness energy and harness ideas and turn it into musical language like he can.”

The “G.R.I.N.D.” rapper reveals one record in particular he did with the N.E.R.D. frontman called “Cheat So Bad” in light of the recent Brett Favre scandal. “That record is super fun and kinda hoedown-ish.”

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Asher Roth reminisces about seeing his little bro Justin Bieber go from his basement to becoming the “biggest pop star in the world.” “He was rapping with us in our basement when we were creating The GreenHouse Effect,” the “I Love College” MC tells Rap-Up TV.

Asher also reveals that the new 16-year-old host of MTV’s “Punk’d” is quite the prankster, but a good kid. And could a collabo with the Biebs be in the cards?

Fresh on the heels of releasing her sophomore album No Gravity, Shontelle is back on her grind as a songwriter. The Barbadian singer recently linked up with her childhood friend Rihanna to pen the track “Man Down” for Ri’s fifth album Loud, explaining how the collaboration came to be.

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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood—a beautiful day, that is, for producer-rapper Nottz, who enlists Asher Roth and Colin Munroe on the collabo “Dontcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor).” Sampling the classic theme song from the children’s show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the tune sports a chunky boom-bap instrumental complemented by a twinkling piano melody, with Asher taking a stroll down memory lane and Nottz bigging up his native ‘hood. Won’t you listen below?

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Asher Roth is back on his grizzy in the official video for “G.R.I.N.D. (Get Ready It’s a New Day),” the first single off his sophomore album The Spaghetti Tree, due in early 2011. Rapping along to the 1500 or Nothin’ production, the “I Love College” rapper cuts through the gritty streets of L.A. on his bike while bringing people from all walks of life together in pursuit of the American Dream.

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