Frootful feat. Mazan Bedwei – The Road
Because of the fact that there is no working library at KPFK, I tend to figure out everything I’m going to play for my show, vinyl, CD, mp3’s, etc., and burn all of the music for the 2 hours onto a couple of CD-Rs. As I’m driving around Los Angeles I’ll often listen to songs from previous shows, and for quite some time my player has been stuck on this track from UK soulsters Frootful. So much of the appeal of the song for me occurs in the opening couple of seconds. By choosing to have Mazen Bedwei’s smoother than smooth vocals begin the song accapella, it gives the song an attention grabbing quality that as soon as the groove hits you’re fully hooked. I really don’t feel nearly as strongly about the rest of the material on the LP, but I will say this, in addition to having one of my favorite songs of the year, Heavyweight will likely be the runaway winner on the cutest record cover of the year.