Focused Daily

Focused Daily
Studio album by Defari
Released	February 9, 1999
Recorded	1997 Soundcastle Studios, E-Swift's Studio's, A&M Studios, Red Foo's Los Angeles, California Threshold Studios Santa Monica, California
Genre	Hip Hop
Length	68:48
Label	Tommy Boy 01274
Producer	The Alchemist E-Swift Evidence Defari Barbershop Drevin
Defari chronology
Focused Daily (1999) Odds & Evens (2003)

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Focused Daily, is the debut album by west coast rapper Defari, was released in February 9, 1999.

Track listing

Personnel

• Kut Masta Kurt, E-Swift, The Alchemist, DJ Babu - scratches
• Jesse "Biz" Stewart, Redfoo, Kut Masta Kurt, Evidence, E-Swift, Jean Marie - engineers
• Defari, Chris Atlas - executive producers
• Beni-B - co-executive producer
• Mike Miller - photography
• Darlene Y. Cordero - art direction, design
• Alan 'The Alchemist' Maman, Michael 'Evidence' Peretta, Defari, E-Swift, Barbershop Drevin - Producers

Samples

• "405 Friday's"
  • "Tear It Down" by Blue Magic
• "Focused Daily"
  • "Oh! Que Sole Estoy" by Betty Missiego
  • "Mostly Tha Voice" by Gang Starr
• "Bionic"
  • "Children's Song: No. 6" by Chick Corea & Gary Burton
  • "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber" by Wu-Tang Clan
• "Checkstand 3"
  • "The Road We Didn't Take" by Freda Payne
• "Lowlands Anthem, Pt. 1"
  • "Edith and the Kingpin" by Joni Mitchell
• "People's Choice"
  • "Got to Hustle to Survive" by Les McCann
  • "The MC" by KRS-One
• "Yes Indeed"
  • "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" by Eric Gale
• "Never Lose Touch"
  • "Dark Eyes" by Ferrante & Teicher
  • "The Robbery and the Chase" by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
• "Gems"
  • "Crying Song" by Hubert Laws
  • "Funky President" by James Brown
• "Keep It on the Rise"
  • "Hole in the Head "by Cypress Hill
• "Thunder & Lightning"
  • "Mental Stamina" by Jeru the Damaja

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