| | Excalibur Sound, Vol. 2: Smile CD
Recording information: Gargamel Music Studios, Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica.The Beat (Magazine) (p.14) - "Working here with some of his most talented contemporaries Buju seems in his element as producer..." Excalibur Sound, Vol. 2: Smile Music Excalibur Sound, Vol. 2: Smile Songs | 1. | Smile - New Kidz |
| 2. | Come Back - Nuju Banton |
| 3. | Me You Want - Mitch |
| 4. | Long Way Out - Jah Cure |
| 5. | Revolution - Mitch/Bounty Killer |
| 6. | Crime & Violence - Anthony B. |
| 7. | Light a Fire - Sweet C |
| 8. | Higher - Sebastian |
| 9. | Love of Jah - Galaxy P |
| 10. | All Shall Be Well - Sizzla/Buju Banton |
| 11. | Legal Herbs - Captain Barkey |
| 12. | We Be Smoking - Tony Curtis |
| 13. | Frustrated - Hawkeye |
| 14. | Jamaica, How You Doing? - Anthony Cruz |
| 15. | Chevanae - Chacka Chaks |
| 16. | War Is Ugly - Alley Cat |
| 17. | Mind Games - Spectacular |
| 18. | Hard Life - Lutan Fyah |
| 19. | Praises - Kirk Davis/Shamrock |
| 20. | Life - Boom Dandemite |
| 21. | Smile Riddim - Excalibur Sound Vol. 2: Smile |
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