Cold Drinks & Conversations

For the landmark episode 60, Ray, Sillah & Toren deliver the usual laughs, entertainment and thought-provoking conversation. The episode begins with the lads discussing London and which side of the city takes the title when it comes to the most attractive women, this then moves onto a conversation surrounding celebrating pagan holidays and birthdays and specifically why Sillah usually chooses not to. Do any of our listeners have playlists that are catered for when its time to get jiggy in the bedroom? The lads discuss what genres usually act as background music for them. Other conversations including Auto Durk Vs No-Auto Durk & Long Hair vs Short Hair on black men. The episode finishes off on a banterous high, discussing successful and unsuccessful job interviews that each of the trio have had, and how discussing your ventures and content creation can act as a selling point.  A final question is, who is the most transparent on the podcast? We'll let the listeners decide.

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For Episode 59 the Cold Drinks trio are back after two episodes without Ray & Sillah. A substantial range of topics is discussed in this episode, starting with the debate of what is more difficult, making money or attracting and getting women as a man. This then moves onto a conversation around paying for your girlfriend's rent if you could afford it and what is a suitable minimum spend on valentines day for someone that is not your partner but that you are exclusively dating. After a good time spent on relationship-centred topics, Toren, Ray & Sillah delve into some of the dark dreams that they've had recently and what may be the cause of them, as well as a look at some of their experiences of Deja Vu. Finally, the episode ends on a sports focus, with everyone debating their top 3 sporting icons of this generation, Ronaldo, Messi, Usain Bolt, Lewis Hamilton, Serena Williams & Floyd Mayweather are amongst the names contested.

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For the first time ever, it's only two people in the hot seat! Toren brings in guest Antoinette of Prime Melanin for an impromptu episode focused on life post-university and soul mates. The episode begins with Toren detailing his journey now that he has graduated and how patience is key once you have left university and seeking a graduate job or any form of employment. This is especially considering that the majority of 2020 was spent in a pandemic. This leads onto advice being given for recent graduates, including niche sites and platforms where graduate jobs can be found and how to make the best of your network and final year. Finally, do soul mates exist? An interesting conversation is had on whether you can ever know if someone is truly your soulmate and what type of things or traits existing in someone else can clarify this.

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For Episode 57, with No Sillah or Ray for the first time, Toren brings in previous guests and close friends Paul & George of Flex Ents for an episode full of stories and entertainment! The episode begins with Toren giving Paul & George a rundown of last week's episode discussing practical fears, this brings on various stories from all three, involving car breakdowns and parking tickets. The conversation then moves onto an interesting one involving school and the church, and which can be considered a stronger influence on a child's upbringing, with the three debating that School ultimately has a massive influence on lifestyle and friendship circles, whilst the church can have a significant influence on one's moral groundings. Finally, looking back at school, there were a lot of suspicious and crooked characters, a conversation is had on people dating individuals younger than them whilst they are still of school age.

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For Episode 56, Toren opens up the floor by asking Ray & Sillah what are their biggest practical fears, with Toren giving being walked in on in a public toilet and returning to where he parked to find his car missing as examples. Ray & Sillah then similarly state their fears as being out with a girl or their partner and getting into an altercation in which they are outnumbered. This then moves onto a conversation about going out with women or your partner in general, discussing the positives and the downsides that come with it. Finally, the conversation finishes off discussing whether apart from the legacy that Dipset and Kanye created, as well as the obvious head of the label Jay Z, did Roc-A-Fella live up to its full potential or could it be deemed a failed project? With the likes of Memphis Bleek and arguably Beanie Sigel not standing the test of time. The boys compare this to Young Money and notably MMG, being headed by Ross, with Toren claiming that MMG and Ross don't get enough credit for running the game from the early to mid 10's consistently with the Self Made Tapes, whilst all artists under the label were at the top of their game, a feat other music groups don't tend to reach.

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For Episode 55, Toren, Sillah & Ray open up the episode with a conversation on fashion & streetwear in the U.K. When considering the two giants Nike & Adidas, is there an actual competition between the two, or over recent years has Nike gone clear of Adidas, potentially operating as a monopoly within the streetwear and leisurewear market? Without the Yeezy brand, do Adidas have a leg to stand on, or are we underestimating their market outside of the U.K.? The boys then move on to discussing Lockdown NO.3 & whether each of them think lockdown is the right or wrong solution to dealing with the new variant of Covid-19. Finally, with what was a draining year in 2020, with 2021 already giving signs of deja vu, Sillah raises the question of whether it is selfish for Black British people, with family and links to where they are originally from to travel back home during a pandemic. Toren alternatively raises the idea of dual citizenship, with now being the best time for people to seek this as an option where possible.

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For the first episode of the new year, the lads invite on long time friend Razza to discuss a few light-hearted, yet thought-provoking topics. Do women go for men with flaws, intentionally looking to build on and develop them? Or is this a myth? In addition to this, do people believe that social media profiles present an accurate representation of people? Can you gauge someone's personality based off of their Twitter or Instagram Profiles? Toren then poses the question to the guys of "What is your unique selling point when it comes to women taking an interest in you?". After a focus on relationships and dating, for the final third, the conversation moves on to discussing the current title race in the premier league. This year's race is one of the closest in the past decade at this point, with there currently being just 10 points between 1st Place Liverpool & 12th Placed Leeds United.

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After a 2 month hiatus (blame lockdown and all the tiers), the boys are back! The episode begins with a look back on the year, with this being the final episode of 2020. In January, no one could of guessed or imagined what the year would have had in store for everyone, Toren & Ray begin by discussing the changes over the year and how although it's been tough, there were a lot of good things to take from it. Has anyone noticed that music output and how artists create has changed in 2020? With there being no shows and ways for artists to gauge how the fans are receiving their projects in real time, apart from social media, has this allowed for artists to be more experimental and produce more reflective music, or have some artists become too experimental? Finally, Toren, Sillah & Ray take a look at setting goals for the coming year and how doing so this year has helped to track progress and ultimately see the brighter side of what has been a tricky year.

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For Episode 52, Toren & Ray sit down with artists and collaborators of the summer anthem 'Owner' - Keys The Prince, AdeJosh & OluwaJBeats to discuss #EndSars and the rise of Nigerian youth and youth empowerment. The process and story behind 'Owner' is also delved into with all three of the artists explaining their individual takes. Finally, Keys, AdeJosh and OluwaJBeats all detail their musical journeys thus far and what we can expect from them looking into 2021 and beyond.

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For Episode 51, the lads take a walk down memory lane as they have a conversation about organisation and the use of calendars as they got older, this opens up a dialogue about Secondary/High School diary's and whether anyone still has theirs. Of course Sillah being exposed on the timeline is touched on as its found out that he fell for a thirst trap. The mandem have a grilling session claiming that each other are always in girls likes on Instagram. Are women from the U.K. specifically London unfriendly? What would you deem worse or less forgiveable, one off cheating or an affair? Finally, Sillah, Ray & Toren debate at what age they feel they'll be ready to settle down, as well as whether we are ultimately should not be outraged when we attend events and go to nigtclubs that ultimately we know we're not wanted and/or accepted at.

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