D12 member Denaun Porter (Kon Artis) has built a solid brand through his production work under the name Mr. Porter. Over the years, his crafted joints for 50 Cent (“P.I.M.P.”), Eminem (Infinite album, “On Fire”), D12 (“Good Die Young”), Keyshia Cole (“Trifflin'”), Little Brother (“Extra Hard”), and others . But what fans didn’t know is back in 2008, he submitted a full tape’s worth of beats to Nas, in hopes of landing a placement on the Queensbridge emcee’s controversial Nigger album, which was later released as Untitled.
Yesterday (January 11), Porter dropped the nine tracks he submitted, complete with themes he felt would tie into Nas’s social commentary. Porter delved deeply into the project in hopes of rebounding from the painful losses he felt from the deaths of Proof and J Dilla.
How many people got a problem with the word NIGGA? So the reason I asked is, ’round the time Nas album was titled, I was submitting beats for it,” Porter wrote on Twitter. “This was also a good start to jump back into the game because after the tragedy of Proof and Dilla I wasn’t fucking with music. So while coming outta depression I made a beat cd for the Nigga album.”
“When I submit music to artist, I do an album worth of songs the way I hear the album and they pick what they like (yea it’s my OCD way of submitting music). Anyway, I’m gonna share that album with my fans and friends this morning. God sent snow today so since u niggas aint goin’ no where. Enjoy these beats that never saw the Nigga album.”
The tracklist and download link are listed below. On some joints I can hear why Nas would pass on them. But there’s definitely some heat that Nas could have used over a track like “World Go Round.” Case in point, check this sample beat.
MR. PORTER “EMOTIONS”
1. N*gga Intro
2. Beautiful Thang
3. Emotions 1
4. How Can I Leave Her
5. Emotions 2
6. Money
7. Smoking Gun
8. What Can I
9. N*gga Outro
Beats, Boxing and Mayhem 