DUBCNN: Exclusive Interview With Focus of Aftermath + New Music

[Eddie G.]

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Exclusive Interview With Focus + New Music - March 14, 2008 By : Eddie

Dubcnn linked up with Aftermath producer Focus for an exclusive interview. In this feature, we discuss Focus’s debut street album “Dedicated”, which will be available for free download on Dubcnn on March 18th. We explore what this record means to him, and find out more about the sound that he created for it.

We also talk about Dr. Dre’s “Detox”, the process of production collaborations, and current and future work with artists like Bishop Lamont, Marsha Ambrosius, Taje, and PR1ME. Find out about all of these topics and more by checking out the interview.

Exclusive Interview With Focus [March 2008]

Make sure to visit Focus on MySpace. With the release of "Dedicated" next Tuesday, we're giving you two new preview tracks from the project today. The first one is titled "Back When..." and it features Little Brother and DJ Khalil. The second track features Stat Quo and is called "It's Not So Hard". We don't even need to tell you that these tracks are crazy, so get them below!

Focus - Back When... (ft. Little Brother & DJ Khalil)

Focus - It's Not So Hard (ft. Stat Quo)

Don't forget to download your free copy of "Dedicated" when it drops next Tuesday, and be on the look out for the latest production from Focus!

Drop feedback!

[UCC]

Really nice beats on those two tracks, both in the actual music and the way they're tightly mixed - ill ass scratched chorus on the first joint too

[Rud]

can't wait to peep this

[Lunatic]

good stuff

[Mackin]

Dubcnn: Can you tell us about how a production collaboration works? When you’re working with Dre it’s a team effort. Can you explain, for people who don’t get that aspect of the process, how that goes down?

For sure. That doesn’t really happen a lot in my case, but when we do collaborate, when we co-produce or do any kind of “co-s”, its basically total cooperation with each other. I’ll do my half of it, and he’ll do his half of it, and it just turns out to be a collaboration. When it comes down to Dre and his team, or Dre and myself when we do work together, a lot of times we’ll do the beats but Dre will mix it. And for anybody that listens to a Dre record, he has his way of hearing things, and he’s very meticulous with what he wants and where he wants it. So, as far as a lot of people thinking that I do the beat and Dre takes the credit, that’s not what’s going down.


Some people will see this and still complain..Ah Well..I can't take aspirin for sumbody else headache!!

Props on the Interview Focus is a real Cool dude his beats Are Super Dope!!!

[Bones01]

thanks for the interview, hopefully focus will get siome deserved shine after this

[lost_assassin]

focus is a great producer

[Dre-Day]

nice job Eddie, you brought some interesting things to the table for Focus to discuss 

i got mixed thoughts about Dedicated, but i'll definately check it out next week.

Dubcnn: Can you tell us about how a production collaboration works? When you’re working with Dre it’s a team effort. Can you explain, for people who don’t get that aspect of the process, how that goes down?

For sure. That doesn’t really happen a lot in my case, but when we do collaborate, when we co-produce or do any kind of “co-s”, its basically total cooperation with each other. I’ll do my half of it, and he’ll do his half of it, and it just turns out to be a collaboration. When it comes down to Dre and his team, or Dre and myself when we do work together, a lot of times we’ll do the beats but Dre will mix it. And for anybody that listens to a Dre record, he has his way of hearing things, and he’s very meticulous with what he wants and where he wants it. font=Verdana]So, as far as a lot of people thinking that I do the beat and Dre takes the credit, that’s not what’s going down.[/font]


Some people will see this and still complain..Ah Well..I can't take aspirin for sumbody else headache!!

Props on the Interview Focus is a real Cool dude his beats Are Super Dope!!!

exactly, who cares. i think the producers that are affiliated with him, are more than happy that Dre mixes their work.
i mean, they get proper credit anyway.

[Juggman]

I heard that Detox is pushed back again ? Really ?

[Tha Crip]

props...Focus is DAT dude when it comes to beats, i like that tight ass beat he made from scratch that was put on video on youtube...i wonder if anyone ever got that beat and made it into a song....just 2 more days ..been waiting for Dedicated for awhile now....i wonder if the quality is gonna be great or is it gonna be mixtape quality

[Rud]

Awesome work eddie

[~Lucien~]

when is this album available? it's monday 10pm over here 

[midwestryder]

when is this album available? it's monday 10pm over here 

it is only 4:47 PM  here is missouri . so it won't be out for the next 10 hours.

[Eddie G.]

look out for it tomorrow morning west coast time.

[~Lucien~]

look out for it tomorrow morning west coast time.

thanks!