Focus...


Bernard Edwards Jr., professionally known as Focus..., is an American music producer from New York City. He gained major recognition in the music industry when he signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, in 2002. Since then he has produced tracks for several prominent artists, including Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, John Legend, The Game, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, 50 Cent, Schoolboy Q, Joe, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Ameriie, Christina Millian, Mac Dre, Marsha Ambrosius among others.

Life and career

Focus... is the son of the late Bernard Edwards, co-founder of disco and R&B band Chic. He was born in Manhattan, New York, and raised in the Tri-State Region. Edwards Jr. credits his father with his love for the production side of music, which he developed from an early age, attending numerous studio sessions with his father.
Focus...'s production talents were first recognized by Dr. Dre when an artist Edwards Jr. had produced, Daks, greatly impressed the Aftermath label head. He later signed Focus... so that the two could then continue working together.
The beginning of 2009 saw Focus... leave Aftermath after seven years with the label.
In 2014, Focus... returned to Aftermath Entertainment as an official staff producer where he worked side by side with Dr. Dre and collaborators to help craft the Grammy nominated, highly anticipated album Compton. Compton was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Focus... is now the CEO of his own entertainment company N|VZXN Entertainment.

Production

1999

;Solé – Skin Deep
;Joe – My Name Is Joe
;Kandi Burruss – Hey Kandi...
;Montell Jordan – Rush Hour 2
;Christina Milian – Christina Milian
;Destiny's Child – 8 Days of Christmas
;Various artists – The Wash
;Truth Hurts – Truthfully Speaking
;Jennifer Lopez – This Is Me... Then
;Petey Pablo – Drumline
;Sly Boogy – Judgement Day
;Beyoncé Knowles – Dangerously in Love
;Petey Pablo – '
  • "Roll Off"
;Mac Dre – '
;Wylde Bunch – Wylde Tymes at Washington High
;The Game – The Documentary
;112 – Pleasure & Pain
;Outlawz –
;Sway & King Tech – Back 2 Basics
;Tony Yayo – Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
;Stat Quo –
;Bishop Lamont – N***** Noise
;Salah Edin – Nederlands Grootste Nachtmerrie
;La Fouine – Aller-Retour
;Keke Palmer – So Uncool
;Girlicious – Girlicious
;Bishop Lamont – The Confessional
;Busta Rhymes – Back on My B.S.
;Slaughterhouse – Slaughterhouse
;Christina Aguilera – Bionic
;Bishop Lamont – The Shawshank Redemption/Angola 3
;Marsha Ambrosius – Late Nights & Early Mornings
;Schoolboy Q – Setbacks
  • "Light Years Ahead "
;Jay Rock – Follow Me Home
  • "Bout That"
;Rapper Big Pooh – Dirty Pretty Things
  • "Right With You"
  • "Real Love"
;Outlawz – Perfect Timing''
;50 Cent – 5
;Busta Rhymes – Year of the Dragon
;Xzibit – Napalm
;Skyzoo – A Dream Deferred
;TheKidJ Presents Handsonhiphop
;TGT – Three Kings
;Slum Village – Evolution
;Terrace Martin – 3ChordFold
;Dr. Dre – Compton
;Wu-Tang Clan – Once Upon a Time in Shaolin
;Ameriie – Drive
;DJ Mustard Presents – Cold Summer
;Damian Lillard – The Letter O
;Marsha Ambrosius – Nyla
;Little Brother – May the Lord Watch