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Biography

Lange Frans & Baas B (" Tall Frans & Boss B") was a Netherlands|Dutch hip hop culture|hip hop duo. Both Lange Frans ( pseudonym|alias of Frans Frederiks) as Baas B ( pseudonym|alias of Bart Zeilstra) grew up in Diemen , Netherlands .

Musical career

1997-2003: Underground music

In 1997 , after a freestyle session on a basketball court in Diemen-Zuid, the duo created hiphop collective D-Men alongside Brutus (rapper)|Brutus , Frans' brother. The English language|English pronunciation of "D-Men" is similar to the Dutch language|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 (singer)|Brace , Yes-R & Soesi B , Negativ , C-Ronic and DJ MBA .

2004-2005: 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 refrain|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 & mdash; a current hot topic in the Netherlands ), became a number one hit in the MegaCharts|Dutch charts at the end of the same year. On this track they were joined by singer Ninthe, who won The Music Factory|TMF 's 'Kweekvijver' later on. After the assassination of filmer and critic Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh by Islam|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 (film director)|Theo van Gogh 's assassination.
On 24 March 2006, Lange Frans hit a school student during a performance. Someone had thrown an ice cube at Lange Frans's head protesting some of the lyrics he had used on stage, whereupon Lange Frans jumped from the stage and hit a student. 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 (The Netherlands)|Liberation Day music festival in Haarlem.

2008: Attempted comeback

After the success disappeared in 2006, the duo stepped back from the limelight to worked on new music. In 2008 they released a single Kamervragen and an album Verder . Both failed to achieve commercial success and were labeled as disappointing by music journalists.

The split-up

On 27 March 2009 Lange Frans & Baas B told on the radio program of Giel Beelen (on 3fm ) that the duo would stop working as a duo. Their last performance would be on the Dutch version of X Factor (Netherlands)|X-factor . For this, they sung the song Dit was het land van (This was the country of).

Discography

Albums

2004: Supervisie

2005: Het land van

2008: Verder

Singles

2004: "Supervisie"

2004: "Moppie" (featuring Brace (singer)|Brace ), #3 Dutch Top 40|NL

2004: "Zinloos" (featuring Ninthe), #1 Dutch Top 40|NL

2005: "Supervisie" (re-release), #35 Dutch Top 40|NL

2005: " Het land van... ", #1 Dutch Top 40|NL

2005: "Mee naar Diemen -Zuid", #16 Dutch Top 40|NL

2006: "Ik wacht al zo lang" (featuring Brutus and Di-rect|Tim Akkerman ), #18 Dutch Top 40|NL

2006: "Dit moet een zondag zijn"

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