Focus (Souls of Mischief album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Focus

| type = Album

| artist = Souls of Mischief

| cover = SOMFocus.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1999

| recorded = 1997–1998

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| genre = Alternative hip hop

| length =

| label = Hieroglyphics Imperium

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| prev_title = No Man's Land

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/focus-mw0000947842|title=Focus - Souls of Mischief - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|work=AllMusic|accessdate=29 September 2014}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=621}}

|rev3 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |pages=760–761}}

}}

Focus is the third studio album from Souls of Mischief.{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/oral_history_souls_of_mischief|title=93 'Til Now: An Oral History with Souls of Mischief|first=Chris|last=Faraone|date=March 28, 2014|website=Esquire}} It was their first release on the independent Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings label, and was released in 1999. For over a decade, it was a cassette and LP release, only available through the group's website; it has since been made available on digital music sites.