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Conversations With Chad: Focus… Talks New Album ‘Focus…Presents The NW Variant’, Working With Dr. Dre, Lists His Top 5 Producers + More

On today’s episode of Conversations With Chad we talk with multi-platinum producer Focus…, a 5x Grammy Award-winning music producer who has worked with an A+ list of artists including Dr. Dre, Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak, The Game, Christina Aguilera, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, and too many more to name.

During this exclusive CWC podcast interview with Focus…, we talk about his upcoming album Focus…Presents The NW Variant, working with Dr. Dre, producing “Where I’m From” for the Game & Nate Dogg and confirming the song was originally intended for Detox, working on Compton (A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre) with fellow producers Trevor Lawrence, Jr., Neff-U, Dem Jointz, Curtis Chambers and others, why his father, co-founder of the iconic disco/funk R&B band Chic, didn’t want him to pursue music, and much more.

Listen to the exclusive Conversation with Focus… below:

Chad Kiser

Chad M. Kiser is a veteran writer of 15 years with interviews, bylines, and content featured in top media outlets including TMZ, ESPN, Fox News, XXL Magazine, HipHopDX, AllHipHop, The Wall Street Journal, DubCNN, Playboy Magazine, BBC4 Music, VH-1, MTV, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Billboard Magazine, and numerous others. Several of his in-depth interviews have been cited in critically acclaimed books such as "The History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form", "Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap", "Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap", "Sounding Race In Rap Songs", "To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America".

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