Jan 4, 2015

Yup, Outro is another gem. I'm also a big fan of the loose order those songs and a bunch of others stick to, with Em and Swifty at the beginning, followed by Denaun/Kuniva, and then Proof and Bizzy.

As for Porter on D12 World, he did 4 of 21 tracks. Two of them, I'll Be d---ed and especially U R The One, are basically unlistenable. He did Good Die Young, which I love, but as always when I see co-producers with him on tracks, I'm curious how much Ess Man and Luis Resto did here. He did Commercial Break too, which is fine since it's just a Young Zee verse. So I wouldn't say Porter's beats were really responsible for the main issues people had with D12 World, but replacing I'll Be d---ed and U R The One with any Eminem-produced track would have been an obvious way to improve things.

Seriously, why is Mr. Porter regarded as such a dope producer? I'm genuinely curious, because I'm probably as positive as anyone when evaluating D12, but I've just never felt his stuff a whole lot, at least not for D12, and yet I see people praise him all the time. His BME and Slaughterhouse tracks had a much different sound, but weren't anything amazing, and he had a co-producer doing a lot of the keyboards for him.

Also, he single handily ruined any chance for the D12 track on ShadyXV to be good (along with Eminem not participating). Think about it, he comes in with a s-----y beat, takes the hook and first verse, using autotune and some of the shittiest lyrics I've ever heard ("keep s--- movin like a car tire"), setting the tone for an all around poor track. I thought Swifty and Kuniva spit very good verses, and the one part of the hook I liked was Bizarre saying "Bane!," but still, Mr. Porter ruined it. He killed the Kon Artis, basically lost his entire desire to rap, and then comes back as a completely different, softer rapper. It's never going to work like that with D12 (listen to that single/vid he put out, "Hey," and then compare it to his Devil's Night verses). Bizarre said a month or so ago that if a third D12 album ever happens, Mr. Porter would executive produce it, and that's not a great sign if he's going to do the B*** of the production. It's not just the beats/rapping either, he's probably the least loyal in the group (Swifty said this a couple years ago), with Porter wanting to just tag along with Em and Royce (not that that was a bad call for him individually), and refusing to encourage Em to focus on D12.