01/29/04 | Audio Special: Axle's Diggin In The Crates

       WC2K along with DubCNN brings you a rare audio update from one of the Westcoasts most slept on artists. I Smooth 7 of Battlecats Lost Angels. He's recorded a full album called "Ghetto Life" on Mad Sounds \ Motown that was entirely produced by Battlecat and never released. We have a few snippets to premier and a link to Smooth 7's video for "Coolin In The Ghetto". Thanks to Axle for puttin this together. Enjoy the flashback. The songs are in wma format and can be played with windows media player.

I Smooth 7 - Ghetto Life (Retail)
(Label: Mad Sounds \ Motown \ Polygram)

Intended Release Date: 1995

Track Listing:

01. Intro
02. So Much Luv (CLICK FOR SNIPPET)

03. Coolin' In Da Ghetto (CLICK FOR FULL SONG) (WATCH VIDEO)
04. Ghetto Life (CLICK FOR SNIPPET)

05. Nina

06. What's The Real?

07. I Smooth 7

08. Thought You'd Be Here 4Ever

09. Goin' All Out

10. Kings & Queens
11. I Witness The Murder

12. For Da Love Of The Ghetto - (remix)
13. Sets N The West (CLICK FOR SNIPPET)
14. Outro
BONUS: Strugglin (CLICK FOR SNIPPET)

I Smooth 7 - Coolin' in Da Ghetto (CD / Vinyl Single)
(Label: Mad Sounds \ Motown \ Polygram)

Release Date: March 14, 1995

Track Listing:
01. Radio Edit

02. LP Version (CLICK FOR FULL SONG) (WATCH THE VIDEO HERE)

03. Acapella

04. Instrumental

State of Emergency: "Society in Crisis" Compilation (Vol. 1)

(Label: Mad Sounds, a division of Motown, 314530344-2)
Release Date: October 4, 1994

Track Listing:
1. Introduction (Interlude) - State of Emergency

2. Spook Dat Sat by da Door

3. Shorties Kaught in the System - Lord Finesse

4. Geronimo Pratt (Interlude) - State of Emergency

5. I Ain't Checkin for the Curb - Bobcat

6. Honor & Respect (Interlude)

7. For Da Love Of The Ghetto - I Smooth 7 (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FULL SONG)

8. Para la Gente (Interlude) - State of Emergency

9. You Better Think

10. Gotta Lotta Love [Remix] - Ice-T

11. Forty-Two Decades (Interlude) - State of Emergency

12. Chocolate City - J.R. Swinga

13. Chuck D. (Interlude) - State of Emergency

14. My Soul - The Pharcyde

15. Let Go of My Ghetto - Tone

16. It's an Emergency (Interlude) - State of Emergency

17. Worry Free

18. Dr. King (Interlude) - State of Emergency

19. Winds of Karma - Nadirah Shakoor

20. Fire

21. Kwame Ture (Conclusion) - State of Emergency

Additional Information:

Many of you’ve heard of Battlecat’s super group entitled The Lost Angel's which consist of 4 members: King Lou, Battlecat, Ruff Dogg and Smooth 7 aka I Smooth 7. They’ve dropped two cuts so far, both in 2001:

"We Keep It G" performed by Lost Angels

(Released on: "Baby Boy" O.S.T., Released: Oct 9, 2001)

"Lost Angels in the Sky" performed by Lost Angels Feat. Kokane
(Released on: "Bones" O.S.T., Released: Jun 19, 2001)