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Dem Franchize Boyz

 
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Dem Franchize Boyz

Group Members:

Jamall "Pimpin" Willingham, Maurice "Parlae" Gleaton, Bernard "Jizzal Man" Leverette, Gerald "Buddie" Tiller

Similar Artists:

P$C, Shop Boyz, D4L, Boyz N da Hood, T.I., Young Buck, Ying Yang Twins, YoungBloodZ, V.I.C., Three 6 Mafia

Influenced By:

8Ball & MJG

Formal Connection With:

Jermaine Dupri
See Dem Franchize Boyz Lyrics
  • Genres: Rap
  • Representative Albums: "On Top of Our Game," "Dem Franchize Boyz," "Our World, Our Way"
  • Representative Songs: "I Think They Like Me," "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It," "Suckas Come and Try Me"

Biography

Southern rap group Dem Franchize Boyz includes members Gerald "Buddie" Tiller, Bernard "Jizzal Man" Leverette, Maurice "Parlae" Gleaton, and Jamall "Pimpin" Willingham. After a period spent pushing low-key releases and mixtapes, the Atlanta-based group was picked up by Universal and released a self-titled album in September of 2004, preceded by "White Tee" -- a regional smash that received nationwide exposure on BET. When Jermaine Dupri and his So So Def label moved from Arista to Virgin (Dupri had been appointed president of Virgin's urban division), one of his first acquisitions was DFB, who soon scored a number one R&B hit with a remix of the first album's "Oh I Think Dey Like Me" (retitled "I Think They Like Me," with guest appearances from Dupri, Bow Wow, and Da Brat). This set the stage for the Top Ten album On Top of Our Game, released in early 2006. Follow-up single "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" made it known that they were leaders in the "snap music" movement (Ying Yang Twins' "Wait," David Banner's "Play," and D4L's "Laffy Taffy"). A screwed-and-chopped version of the album was released soon after. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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Dem Franchize Boyz
Also known as DFB
Origin Atlanta, Georgia
Occupations Rapping
Years active 2004–Present
Labels Universal, So So Def, Virgin, Capitol, E1
Website www.demfranchizeboyz.com
Members
Jizzal Man
Parlae
Pimpin
Buddie
Lance Beckner

Dem Franchize Boyz is a hip hop group from Atlanta signed to Koch Records. The group comprises four members: Parlae (born Maurice Gleaton), Pimpin' (Jamal Willingham), Jizzal Man (Bernard Leverette), and Buddie (Gerald Tiller).

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Biography

The group was signed to Universal Records in 2004 after performing unsigned. Universal released the group's self-titled debut album in September of that year with hit single "White Tee", which the BET cable network featured for some time. In 2005, record producer Jermaine Dupri signed Dem Franchize Boyz to his label So So Def after transferring it from Arista Records to Virgin Records. Dem Franchize Boyz' remix of their earlier track "Oh I Think They Like Me" was retitled simply "I Think They Like Me" and featured Dupri, Bow Wow, and Da Brat and topped the Billboard R&B chart. So So Def released On Top Of Our Game in 2006, and single "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" followed. "Lean Wit It" was among several "snap music" singles popular in early 2006, such as "Laffy Taffy" by D4L and "Play" by David Banner.[1]

Dem Franchize Boyz collaborated with Korn to produce a mash-up of "Lean wit It, Rock wit It" and "Coming Undone" called "Coming Undone wit It".[2] Parlae was arrested on June 13, 2006 after police raided a studio and found drugs, weapons, and money.[3] They are also featured in Monica's single "Everytime tha Beat Drop". They released their third album, Our World, Our Way on Koch Records on September 30, 2008.

Discography

Main article: Dem Franchize Boyz discography

References

  1. ^ Kellman, Andy (2006). "Dem Franchize Boyz > Biography". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fbfexqealdke~T1. Retrieved 2009-06-27. 
  2. ^ Moss, Corey (2006-04-14). "Are Korn Coming Undone? Rockers Turn To Crunk, Acoustic Songs". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528763/20060414/korn.jhtml. Retrieved 2009-06-27. 
  3. ^ "For The Record: Quick News On Jay-Z, White Stripes, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Hicks, Diddy & More". MTV News. 2006-06-14. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534284/20060614/jay_z.jhtml. Retrieved 2009-06-27. 

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