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• Black Focus, released in 2016, is the sole studio album by Yussef Kamaal (the duo of drummer Yussef Dayes and keyboardist Kamaal Williams). It fuses jazz-funk, broken beat, and London club sensibilities into a richly textured, groove-forward record. Songs like Black Focus, Strings of Light, and Joint 17 navigate between live improvisation and dense studio layering, capturing a fluid energy that feels spontaneous yet deliberate. The production leans into echo, warm analog synth tones, and percussive space, making the album feel both expansive and rooted in its rhythmic core. What gives Black Focus its impact is the chemistry between Dayes and Williamsthe way keys and drums interlock, push, and pull with urgency. The groups willingness to lean into loose transitions and shifts makes it feel alive, unbound by strict form. In the yea