Lange Frans & Baas B
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| Origin | Diemen, Netherlands |
| Genre(s) | Nederhop |
| Years active | 1997—present |
| Associated acts | D-Men |
Lange Frans & Baas B ("Tall Frans & Boss B") is a Dutch hip hop duo. Both Lange Frans (alias of Frans Frederiks) as Baas B (alias of Bart Zeilstra) grew up in Diemen, Netherlands.
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[edit] Musical career
[edit] 1997-2003: Underground music
In 1997, the duo and Brutus, Frans' brother, formed the group D-Men. The English pronunciation of "D-Men" is similar to the Dutch pronunciation of the name of their home town. As D-Men they released their first single in 1999, entitled "Zoveel Mensen" ("So Many People"), and they won a talent hunt that was organised by Stichting Grap ("Joke Foundation") in 2001. In 2003, D-Men was joined by the artists Brace, Yes-R & Soesi B, Negativ and DJ MBA. During this time D-Men acquired some fame within the underground hip hop scene of Amsterdam.
[edit] 2004-present: Rise to fame
Lange Frans & Baas B started to release singles as a duo in 2004. Their second single "Moppie" ("Babe") became a huge hit. Though they performed as a duo, the chorus of this song was sung by Brace. Their third single "Zinloos" ("Senseless"), a protest against so-called senseless violence (random street violence without a clear reason or sprung from minor incidents — a current hot topic in the Netherlands), became a number one hit in the Dutch charts at the end of the same year. On this track they were joined by singer Ninthe, which won TMF's 'Kweekvijver' later on. After the assassination of filmer and critic Theo van Gogh by Muslim fanatic Mohammed Bouyeri on November 2, 2004, a special version of "Zinloos" was recorded with adjusted lyrics. Parts of the lyrics were changed in order to address Theo van Gogh's assassination.
[edit] Controversy
On 24 March 2006, Lange Frans hit a school pupil during a performance. Someone had thrown an ice cube at Lange Frans's head whereupon Lange Frans jumped from the stage and hit a pupil. The victim turned out not to have thrown the ice cube. Due to this incident, Lange Frans was not allowed to perform at a Liberation Day music festival in Haarlem.[1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Supervisie (2004)
- Het land van (2005)
[edit] Singles
- "Supervisie" (2004)
- "Moppie" (featuring Brace) (2004), #3 NL
- "Zinloos" (featuring Ninthe) (2004), #1 NL
- "Supervisie" (re-release) (2005), #35 NL
- "Het land van..." (2005), #1 NL
- "Mee naar Diemen-Zuid" (2005), #16 NL
- "Ik wacht al zo lang" (featuring Brutus en Tim Akkerman) (2006), #18 NL
- "Dit moet een zondag zijn" (2006)
