IMPROMPTU POD ALERT...Welcome back peeps. In this week's episode we open up with some usual, general lockdown chat on: ideal guests, property, chicken & chip shops.

Our main topic this week is a chilled one, discussing the albums/songs we pull on for varying moods.

Featured Tracks:

Lemon Pepper Freestyle - Drake ft. Rick Ross (00:24)

Nas is Like - Nas (35:50)

Los Pollos Hermanos - Knucks (26;30)

Tracks of the Week:

Jules: Safe n Sound - Chronixx (56:58)

Ade: Purpose - Potter Payper (56:19)

Glodie: Tears of Joy - Rick Ross ft. Ceelo Green (55:38)

Welcome back to another episode from the squad. This week we open up with a real heart to heart on how we’re feeling with the current lockdown, sharing ways in which we’ve try to combat the stress and anxiety!

We then discuss DJ Tiiny and his recent issues with the BBC 1Xtra following accusations of the DJ attempting to request payola for upcoming acts.

Finally, we move into our final segment a discussion on the education of musicians. Do we feel as though there should be bodies in place to education our upcoming artists on the music business? Does the world of music owe artists the level of visibility into the business to maximise their earning potential? We touch on the work of charities such as the Arts Council and PRS Foundation and its offerings to those of traditional music labels.

Featured tracks:

Joe James - Polythene Gucci Belt

The Heartless Crew - Heartless Theme

Pop Smoke - Element

Tracks of the Week:

Jules: Tomi Thomas - Who Knew

Ade: Brent Faiyaz - Darling/Wish You Well (LEAK)

Glodie: Rudimental, Digga D & MORGAN - Be The One

Happy new year people, we're happy to be back on your airwaves. 2021 look forward to more content from us.

In this weeks episode we start off by looking at artists of our generation entering into their "legacy act" phase, with J.Cole releasing what seems to be a roll out plan for his upcoming releases. We then look toward the future generation, with a wrap of acts we feel as ones to look forward to.

We then move into the topic of creating value and leveraging your brand - with the rise the rise in popularity of "Clubhouse". Who has benefitted most from the app? Its developers or its consumers? What steps must we take to ensure we're maximising value in what seems to be an emphasis in technology in music and wider society.

Featured tracks:

Wetin Day - Odunsi (The Engine) & WAIN

Chaynaynay - wewantwraiths

Woolwich Arsenal (DLR) - Kwollem & DC

We Are The World - USA For Africa

Tracks of the Week:

Jules: Tears, Sweat, Blood - DC

Ade: Love and Affection - Pressure

Glodie: Flicky - Abra Cadabra

Seasons greetings good people...We're back with another EP from yours truly. In this week's episode we open up discussing our thoughts and feelings heading into another eased Lockdown, what the tiers mean to us and how we're feeling toward the year end.

We then go into the announcement/roll out for this years MOBO awards, detailing our perspectives on the MOBOs and awards shows in general. To conclude we touch on the announcement of 0207 Def Jam, te significance of Def Jam on music from our community and some expectations we'd like to see with this new venture.

Featured Tracks:

Jamani - Sho Madjozi

True Love - Wizkid ft. Tay Iwar & Projexxx

Spin this Coupe - Abra Cadabra

Tracks of the Week:

Ade - BTD - emil ft. Knucks

Glodie: Black - Loski

Jules: Introduce Myself - Scribz Riley ft. KWN & Jada

What's good people? Pure Water is here with another episode for you all. In this week's episode we open up with our reaction to the announcement of a further lockdown and how we intend to stay productive.

We then move into the Spotify's recent announcement of offering artists increased exposure of their music in exchange for a cut in their royalties. In this discussion, we explore the impact this has across all tiers of artists as well as the implications this has on the wider topic of tech vs. content.

In our main topic, we move into the topics of Festivals returning in 2021. How feasible is this? How do we feel about a shift in the VR experience? Is traditional festival going a thing of the past?

Featured tracks:

Only - BDE x FLEX

Signs in Life - Kano

Blessed - Wizkid (ft. Damian Marley)

Tracks of the Week:

Jules: Life Goes On - Lord Apex & V Don

Ade: Fever - Vybz Kartel

Glodie: Damages - Tems

Good evening all,

Welcome to another episode of Pure Water Podcast from our new home (HOPEFULLY). In this weeks episode, we started off in the only way possible for us - addressing the travesties going on in the Motherland, sharing our well wishes and condolences to those involved/impacted in anyway.

We then touch on the Chip v Stormzy, reacting to Chip's roll out, Stormzy's radio silence and what a "grime clash" means in 2020.

In our main, we touch back on the travesty that is the #EndSars & #CongoIsBleeding with the overarching topic being - how we feel about musicians and taking public stances on social, economic and political issues.

Featured Tracks:

Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up

Che Lingo ft. Kojey Radical - Dark Days

Burna Boy - Collateral Damage

Tracks of the Week:

Ade: Masego ft. Shenseea - Silver Tongue Devil

Jules: Omah Lay - Bad Influence

Glodie: Tupac - Keep Your Head Up

We're back with Episode 39! This week on the podcast we have a rendezvous with the past, looking into some of the older classics and Akon's label run in the early 2000s. We also talk about the growth of content coming out of the UK. GRM Daily, Link Up TV, Filthy Fellas etc creating a large variety of platforms that are diversifying what our community creates.

Featured tracks:

Wale - Chillin

Sway - Little Derek

Ll Cool J - Loungin'

Tracks of the Week:

Glodie: Bellah - If I were you

Ade: Norman North - The Dark

Jules: Greentea Peng - Hu Man

What's good people? We're back in the building this week with another instalment of Pure Water Podcast. In quite a slowish news week we touch upon Kanye West's tweet spill over this week - specifically focusing on comments made surrounding his masters and music contracts in general. This raised the discussion between us - is it time to revamp the music industry and our dealings with labels? Have labels/governing bodies failed to keep up with the ever-changing, collaborative world we're now living in?

Featured tracks:

00:20 - 01:05 - Kali Claire - Jealousy

46:03 - 46:46 - Jay Z ft. Beyonce - Family Feud

53:22 - 54:04 - Blanco - Anakin

Tracks of the Week:

Ade: Deja - How It Is

Jules: Moko - Routine

Glodie: Brent Faiyaz - Dead Man Walking

Good, good people, glad to be back and we're most definitely glad to have you all back tuning in to the sounds of our voices. With our return we kick off with Ade making mention of "The Drake Effect" (before even asking how we were). We discuss the report that detailed all the artists Drake has collaborated with over the years and the charts/algorithm success these artists have had once collaborating with the 6ix God.

We then ensure to pay our sincerest respects to the iconic Chadwick Boseman as we touch on the influence of his most prominent role for our generation - Black Panther.

Being a podcast platform we felt it was only right to touch on the ongoing dialogue between the Joe Budden Podcast in regards to their deal, relationship and experience of working with Spotify - detailing our own breakdowns of what we learned from Joe Budden's comment and what this could potentially mean for the podcasting community.

Featured tracks:

Progression Freestyle Vol. 1 - Kojey Radical (00:17 - 01:16)

Airplane Mode - Nines ft. NSG (26:05 - 27:22)

Knucks - Thames (51:37 - 52:32)

Tracks of the week:

Glodie: 7AM - Raheaven

Ade: Gifted - Cordae & Roddy Ricch

Jules: He Wasn't Enough - Toni Braxton

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