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    Version City Podcast

    King Django, internationally renowned superhero of reggae, rocksteady, ska and friends take you on an eclectic journey spanning all the realms of Jamaican music and its various descendents and relatives. Based out of Django's legendary Version City Studio, the King and friends will knock your socks off with dubplate specials, deep classics, and loads of original music and sneak previews from the Stubborn Records catalog. All health and blessings!
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    Episodes (22)

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 7

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 7

    Special guest Meyer leading his uncle King Django and friend Vincent Troyani straight off the deep end with pop music selections and plenty of wacky chuckles.


    Musical selections:


    Desmond Dekker - Happy Birthday


    Bruno Mars - Moonshine


    Skinnerbox - Rude Boy Riddim


    Dean Lewis - Be Alright (Clean)


     Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus - Old TOwn Road


    Version City Rockers - So Far Away (Instrumental)


    Timmy & The Dhimmis - One Step Beyond


    King Chango - Confesión


    Version City Posse - Undo You (Instrumental)


    King Django - Version City Sleng Teng

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 6

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 6
    Aggrolites - Enemy Dub

    Aggrolites - Hot Stop

    Happy Wags - Pee Pee in the Potty

    Count Owen - Under the Mango Tree

    The Selecter - Too Much Pressure

    The Selecter - The Selecter

    Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff

    Bunny & Skitter - A Little Mashing

    Dub Specialist - Sitting with Stupid

    The Wrigglers - Biggest Maracas

    Naftule Brandwein - A Hora mit Tzibeles

    Bob Marley & The Wailers - Hammer

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 5

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 5
    The previous episode's revelation of how King Django got his name leads us to continue our discussion of Duke Reid and early Ska and Mento music. Vincent gets distracted and send us on a tangent, exploring some Jazz and early Beguine music from Martinique. We close the podcast with some helpful tips on how to properly care for your grandfather's sweaters.

    Intro: Kapaichie

    Baba Brooks & His Band - Twilight Zone

    Don Drummond - Last Call (intro only)

    Jessie Hill - Ooh Pooh Pah Doo

    Lord Power - Chambolina

    Roland Alphonso & the Soul Brothers - James Bond

    Lord Power - Penny Reel

    Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas

    Sonny Stitt - On Green Dolphin Street (very short clip)

    Sonny Rollins - On Green Dolphin Street (live in Denmark 1968)

    Sam Manning - Slide Mongoose

    Scott Joplin - Original Rags

    Orchestre Antillais de Alexandre Stello - Ah! Gade Chabine La

    Orchestre de la Boule Blanche - C'est Biguine


    Version City Podcast
    en-usApril 19, 2019

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 4

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 4

    King Django explains how he got his name. Meanwhile, Vincent gets drunk on his honey whiskey green milk tea, as only an ex-bubble tea barista can. Exploring the Upsetters and Duke Reid "the Trojan" takes them on a short journey through the history of Trojan trucks and condoms, and why you should never steal other peoples jokes.


    Intro: Milton Henry


    Parliament - Flashlight
    The Upsetters - Return of Django
    The Upsetters - Django Shoots First
    Duke Reid & His Group - What Makes Honey
    Duke Reid & His Group - Duke's Cookies
    Duke Reid's Group - Rude Boy
    Duke Reid - Treasure Dub (Ba Ba Boom Time riddim)
    Baba Brooks & His Band - Twilight Zone

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 2

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 2
    King Django and Vincent Troyani continue diggin' through early Jamaican recordings as they discuss the roots of battle rapping and diss tracks. Clash deejays and beef between musical artists are the meat of this episode.

    Intro: Kapaichie
    Bed Music: 31 Flavors Riddim - Version City Rockers
    Prince Buster - Blackhead Chineman
    Bed Music: Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
    Derrick Morgan - Blazing Fire
    Bed: Eminem Lose Yourself Instrumental
    Ninja Man - Sharp Like a Knife
    Drop: Kapaichie
    Cutty Ranks - The Stopper
    Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb
    Louchie Lou & Michie One - Rich Girl
    Bed: Fever Pitch Riddim
    Drop: Ska Pete the Uplifter
    Version City Podcast
    en-usDecember 08, 2018

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 1

    Version City Podcast Season 2 Episode 1
    Welcome back for Season 2 of Version City Podcast!

    King Django and Vincent Troyani sit down for a casual conversation to get the flow going, warming up with some stories of Dirty Jerzy shennanigans and urban life. With no preparation of musical selections, we wind up time-traveling between modern rap/trap back to its roots in 60s Jamaican "toasting."

    Bed Music: "Road Riddim" - Version City Road Crew (Sneak Preview)
    Bed Music: "Nex Finga Riddim" - Skinnerbox
    "Mask Off" - Future
    "Bad and Boujee" - Migos
    "Earthquake" - Prince Buster
    Bed Music: "Rappers' Delight Instrumental" - Sugar Hill Gang
    "The Great Wuga Wuga" - Sir Lord Comic
    Outro: Echo Bob (Bed: Road Riddim)

    Version City Podcast Episode 13

    Version City Podcast Episode 13
    VERSION CITY PODCAST! - Episode 13 -Prince Allah

    1. Great Stone - King Tubby Prince Allah - Freedom Sounds in Dub
    2. Woo Oh Oh - Keith Blake aka Prince Alla
    3. bed music: Starlight Junkie - King Django & Stubborn All-Stars (unreleased)
    4. Who Are They? - Finnigan and Prince Alla
    5. bed music: Starlight Junkie - King Django & Stubborn All-Stars (unreleased)
    6. Musically - Keith Blake aka Prince Alla
    7. Stone - Prince Alla
    8. bed music: Asafa - King Django & Soul Syndicate
    9. We Don't Want No Bomb - Prince Alla & Version City Rockers
    10. bed music: It's Up to You - Cedric Brooks & Version City Rockers - Darker Roots
    11. I and I Know - Prince Alla & Version City Rockers
    12. bed music: It's Up to You - Cedric Brooks & Version City Rockers - Darker Roots

    Version City Podcast Episode 12

    Version City Podcast Episode 12

    VERSION CITY PODCAST EPISODE 12


    featuring Papa Finnigan from Kingston Jamaica


    Hosted by Tommi Infamous & King Django


    1. bed music: Gangsta Breeze - King Django


    2. The Boom - Finnigan and Junior Ranking


    3. bed music: Roland & Tommy - Rocker T & Version City Rockers - Alphabet City (sneak preview)


    4. bed music: Stone Steps riddim - King Django (sneak preview)


    5. Living as a Poor (Is Not a Crime) -Finnigan and Junior Ranking


    6. bed music: Nokh a Shtik - King Django - Roots & Culture Special Edition


    7. Friends - Finnigan


    8. bed music: Along the Way - Version City Rockers - Version City Dub Clash


    9. Who Are They - Finnigan and Prince Alla


    10. Stone Steps riddim - King Django

    Version City Podcast Episode 11

    Version City Podcast Episode 11

    www.stubbornrecords.com
    presents
    Version City Podcast Episode 11
    Hosted by King Django and Steady Rocker
    1. Ras Adam - Version City Special
    2. King Django with the Forthrights – Anywhere I Roam (Stubborn Records) 45
    3. The Forthrights – Other People (Stubborn Records) 45
    4. King Django & Stubborn All Stars – Open Season Part 1 (Stubborn Records) 45
    5. Unlikely Alibi – Dancing on Coals – At the Ready (Stubborn Records)
    6. The Stress - What Cheer?
    7. The Pietasters – Change My Ways – All Day
    8. Finnigan – Friends SNEAK PREVIEW - upcoming Version City 45

    Version City Podcast Episode 10

    Version City Podcast Episode 10
    SPECIAL GUEST HOST: HAPPY from Sic & MAD!

    Bed music: SNEAK PREVIEW: King Django – Gangsta Breeze
    SNEAK PREVIEW: Papa Bon – Radio Medley
    Bed music: SNEAK PREVIEW: King Django – Gangsta Breeze
    King Django - As Tears Go By – “Avenue A” 10” EP (Stubborn)
    King Django - Hey Bartender – “Avenue A” 10” EP (Stubborn)
    Bed Music – EXCLUSIVE: Justin Rothberg – Precipice
    Hub City Stompers – Tip Your Bartender – Ska Ska Black Sheep (Stubborn)
    Bed Music – EXCLUSIVE: Alex Kontorovich – I Can’t Touch You
    Predator Dub Assassins - Downtown Killer – The Hardest (Stubborn)
    Bed Music – SNEAK PREVIEW: Dave Hillyard & Version City Rockers – Dragon Fiyah
    Bed Music – EXCLUSIVE: Stubborn All-Stars – Open Season Riddim
    Bed Music – Hub City Stompers - Every Dub – Ska Ska Black Sheep (Stubborn)
    Sic & Mad - EXCLUSIVE: Smell Your Perfume (uncensored version) – Songs for the Revolution (Stubborn)
    Vic Ruggiero - Taking Care of Business - Something in My Blindspot (Moanin'/Cobraside)

    Version City Podcast Episode 9

    Version City Podcast Episode 9

    Version City Podcast Episode 9
    All selections this episode on the Stubborn Records label

    1. Crazy Baldhead - Version City Rockers featuring Mush One and Saint Edward - Version City
    2. Sic & Mad - Devils and Snakes - Songs For The Revolution
    3. The Soul Merchants featuring Dr. Ring Ding - Swing or Tan - If You Like Music
    4. Victor Rice - Long Island City - At Version City
    5. Bomb Town - Babylon Girl - !?INTERROBANG?!
    6. Predator Dub Assassins - Air Force One - The Hardest
    7. Blue Beat Players - Torrid Rock - Torrid Rock
    8. King Django - Nokh a Shtik - Roots And Culture Special Edition

     


    Version City Podcast Episode 8

    Version City Podcast Episode 8
    www.StubbornRecords.com proudly presents the Version City Podcast Episode 8! With your hosts: Uncle King Django and Steady Rocker.

    1. Papa B - Version City Special
    2. Papa B - Robo Robo featuring Truthful for Fire Ball - Live Up and Rise (Capitol/Lifestyle Records)
    3. King Django Meets the Scrucialists - Troddin' Along - King Django Meets the Scrucialists (Leech/Jump Up)
    4. Rocker T and Version City Rockers - Worries - Nicer by the Hour (Stubborn Records)
    5. Hub City Stompers - Dubhead Boi - Ska Ska Black Sheep (Stubborn Records)
    6. The Coldspot Eight - Roll Down the River - Get On High (Stubborn Records)
    7. The Blue Beats - Thinking of You - Roots, Branch, and Stem (Stubborn Records)
    8. Hub City Stompers - New Tattoo - Ska Ska Black Sheep (Stubborn Records)

    Version City Podcast Episode 7

    Version City Podcast Episode 7
    www.stubbornrecords.com presents the Version City Podcast Episode 7. Hosted by: King Django and Steady Rocker.



    1. Matt Wixson- Version City Special-
    2. The Cold Spot Eight- Peace and Love- Featuring Dr. Ring Ding- Get On High- (Stubborn Records)
    3 Rocker T and the Version City Rockers- Tell Di World- Nicer By The Hour- (Stubborn Records)
    4.King Django- Peace Of Mind- Unity: A Tribute to Desmond Dekker- (Bacteria Buffet Records)
    5. King Django- Avenue A- Avenue A EP 10’In Vinyl- (Stubborn Records)
    6. Predator Dub Assassins- Prophets And Revolutionaries- The Hardest- (Stubborn Records)
    7. West Bound Train- Rock It Inna Style- Featuring Dr. Ring Ding- Searching for a Melody- (Stubborn Records)
    8. Bomb Town- Fire Come Down- !?INTEROBANG?!- (Stubborn Records)
    9. Sonic Boom Six- Eyes Of a Child- Featuring King Django- Unreleased SNEAK PREVIEW

    Version City Podcast Episode 6

    Version City Podcast Episode 6

    www.stubbornrecords.com
    proudly presents
    Version City Podcast

    Episode 6 hosted by King Django and Steady Rocker
    packed with sneak previews and a special birthday dedication to the King of Ska Mr. Derrick Morgan

    1. Treasure Don - Version City Special
    2. Derrick Morgan & Patsy Todd - I'm in a Jam
    3. Derrick Morgan - Be Still
    4. Derrick Morgan with the High Notes - Shake a Leg- Meets The High Notes (Grover Records )

    *** SNEAK PREVIEWS ***
    5. King Django - As Tears Go By - Avenue A 10" vinyl EP (Stubborn Records)
    6. Sic & Mad - Dark - Songs for the Revolution (Stubborn Records)
    7. Hub City Stompers - Where’s My Hooligans - Ska Ska Black Sheep (Stubborn Records)
    8. Strawberry Blondes - Manners and Respect
    9. Unlikely Alibi - In Your Eyes - At the Ready (Stubborn Records)

    10. Bomb Town-Dub Stuck- ?!INTERROBANG?!- (Stubborn Records)
    11. Steady Ras- All I Could Do- Version City Sessions-(Stubborn Records)


    Version City Podcast Episode 5

    Version City Podcast Episode 5
    www.stubbornrecords.com Proudly Presents “Version City Podcast” Episode 5 hosted by King Django and Steady Rocker

    1. Bomb Town featuring Rocker T - The Devil and the Lord of Hosts - ?!INTERROBANG!? (Stubborn Records)
    2. The Soul Merchants - Sauce Chronicles - If You Like Music (Stubborn Records)
    3. ** SNEAK PREVIEW ** King Django - Trying to be Something - Avenue A 10" EP (Stubborn Records)
    4. ** SNEAK PREVIEW ** Sic & Mad - Jah Is All I Need - Songs For the Revolution (Stubborn Records)
    5. ** SNEAK PREVIEW ** Hub City Stompers - I’ve Got a Melodica - Ska Ska Black Sheep (Stubborn Records)
    6. ** SNEAK PREVIEW ** Unlikely Alibi - Colder- At the Ready (Stubborn Records)
    7. ** SNEAK PREVIEW ** King Django - New York Rock - Reggae Got Soul Riddim (Unreleased)
    8. King Django - Hard, Hard Thing- Roots Tonic (Stubborn Records)
    9. Version City Rockers featuring Sugar Minott - Nah Bodda Wid It - Darker Roots (AntiFaz)
    10. The Forthrights - Other People (unreleased)

    Version City Podcast Episode 4: Trip To Kingston

    Version City Podcast Episode 4: Trip To Kingston
    www.stubbornrecords.com proudly presents
    Version City Podcast Episode 4

    Hosted by King Django and Steady Rocker

    "Trip To Kingston"
    Strictly Jamaican import LP cuts

    1. The Techniques - I Can’t Love Another - Classics Vol. 2 (Techniques)
    2. Johnny Osbourne and the Sensations - Come Back Darling - Come Back Darling (Techniques)
    3. Bryon Lee and the Dragonaires - Rock Steady - Rock Steady ’67(Dynamic Sounds)
    4. Max Romeo - Fowl Thief - Let the Power Fall (Dynamic Sounds)
    5. Eric Donaldson - Go Away - Eric Donaldson (Dynamic Sounds)
    6. The Ethiopians and the Tribe - No Baptism - No Baptism (Crystal)
    7. Scotty - Children Children - Draw Your Brakes: The Best of Scotty (Crystal)
    8. Carlton and the Shoes - I’m in Chains -This Heart of Mine (Quality Records)
    9. Prince Allah - Stone - Only Love Can Conquer: The Best Of Prince Alla (Freedom Sounds)
    10. Horace Andy - Skylarking - Sings For You and I (Sonic Sounds)
    11. Dennis Brown - Changing Times - Super Reggae and Soul Hits (Crystal)
    12. Augustus Pablo - Seven Winds of Zion - King Selassie I Calling (Message)
    13. Carlton Livingston with Sly and Robbie - Chalice in Hand - Crucial Reggae (Taxi)

    Version City Podcast Episode 3

    Version City Podcast Episode 3

    VERSION CITY PODCAST Episode 3

    "Version City History"
    hosted by King Django and Steady Rocker
    with special guest Victor Ruggiero of the Slackers

    www.stubbornrecords.com

    1. Version City Time - Westbound Train - Searching for a Melody (Megalith/Stubborn)
    2. Sugar - Version City Rollers - Version City Sessions (Asian Man/Stubborn)
    3. SNEAK PREVIEW - Shopping for More - Sic & Mad - Songs for the Revolution (Stubborn)
    4. Shtiklakh - King Django - Roots & Culture (Stubborn)
    5. Cocaine - Victor Ruggiero - Version City (Stubborn)
    6. Damage - Victor Rice - Version City (Stubborn)
    7. Boss Deejay - Rocker T & Version City Rockers - Nicer by the Hour (Stubborn)
    8. Straight to Hell - Skinnerbox - Demonstration (Triple Crown/Stubborn)
    9. Patience - Victor Rice - at Version City (Stubborn)
    10. Motel Room - Victor Ruggiero - Version City (Stubborn)


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