Lange Frans & Baas B

Lange Frans & Baas B
Lange Frans & Baas B performing at Koninginnedag in Delft on April 30, 2007.
Background information
Origin	Diemen, Netherlands
Genre(s)	Nederhop
Years active	1997—2009
Associated acts	D-Men

Lange Frans & Baas B ("Tall Frans & Boss B") was 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.^{[citation needed]} The English pronunciation of "D-Men" is similar to the Dutch pronunciation of the name of their home town.^{[citation needed]} 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,^{[citation needed]} D-Men was joined by the artists Brace, Yes-R & Soesi B, Negativ and DJ MBA.^{[citation needed]} During this time D-Men acquired some fame within the underground hip hop scene of Amsterdam.^{[citation needed]}

2004-2009: Rise to fame

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

The split-up

On 27th of march 2009 Lange Frans & Baas B told on the Radio Programme of Giel Beelen (on 3fm) that the duo would stop working as a duo. Their last act would be on the Dutch version of X-factor

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]

Discography

Albums

• Supervisie (2004)
• Het land van (2005)

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)

References