Lange Frans & Baas B

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Name = Lange Frans & Baas B

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Img_capt = Lange Frans & Baas B performing at Koninginnedag in Delft on April 30, 2007.
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Origin = Diemen, Netherlands
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Genre = Nederhop
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Years_active = 1997—present
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Associated_acts = D-Men
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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.

Musical career

1997-2003: Underground music

In 1997, the duo and Brutus, Frans' brother, formed the group D-Men.Fact|date=August 2008 The English pronunciation of "D-Men" is similar to the Dutch pronunciation of the name of their home town.Fact|date=August 2008 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,Fact|date=August 2008 D-Men was joined by the artists Brace, Yes-R & Soesi B, Negativ and DJ MBA.Fact|date=August 2008 During this time D-Men acquired some fame within the underground hip hop scene of Amsterdam.Fact|date=August 2008

2004-present: Rise to fame

Lange Frans & Baas B started to release singles as a duo in 2004.Fact|date=August 2008 Their second single "Moppie" ("Babe") became a huge hit.Fact|date=August 2008 Though they performed as a duo, the chorus of this song was sung by Brace.Fact|date=August 2008 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.Fact|date=August 2008 On this track they were joined by singer Ninthe, who won TMF's 'Kweekvijver' later on.Fact|date=August 2008 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.Fact|date=August 2008 Parts of the lyrics were changed in order to address Theo van Gogh's assassination.Fact|date=August 2008

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. [ [http://archief.nieuws.nl/2006-3-31/204410/Geslagen_scholier_wil_straf_voor_Lange_Frans Geslagen scholier wil straf voor Lange Frans ("Struck pupil wants punishment for Lange Frans")] ]

Discography

Albums

*"Supervisie" (2004)
*"Het land van" (2005)

ingles

*"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)

References