About FRANK N DANK EUROPEAN VACATION N STORES NOW!!!
When youre the protégés of arguably the most sought after hip hop producer not named Pharrell or Kanye (read: Jay Dilla) the stakes is high. Over the last four years, global rap enthusiasts have reached orgasm via Detroit-bred Frank and Dank 12 singles. Thats not debatable. But whats their formula? Well, for starters, theyre uninhibited like Paris Hilton on them bootleg love tapes, but in the musical sense. Yep, theres a reason their Take Dem Clothes Off (ABB) single generated international DJ and chart accolades without a video or CD release.
Two, youll never ever hear F&D rhyme over throwaway beats cause Dillas got their back and genuine hip hop heads need to be kept happy. Legions of rap purists from the USA to Ukraine continually jones for the piles of Jay Dilla-produced Frank and Dank 12 singles; from Everybody Get Up (Fat Beats), Love Is A Thing of The Past (Fat Beats), Push (Groove Attack), and UK group Spaceks Eve remix, to the b-side track Move from Dillas anthemic NWA re-tool Fuck the Police.
Three, undeniable rhyme chemistry built up over 20 years of friendship sure as hell dont hurt on the mic. Pause from Jay Dillas popular 2001 Beat Generation series album Welcome 2 Detroit perfectly demonstrates why Frank is the Yin, to Danks Yang. And lastly, because F&D rhyme about female attraction (often) and clandestine street activities (honestly), they tend to get respect from the thugs who buy 50 Cent or Jay-Z records. Unlike the growing legions of emcees who boast about their hood exploitsfrom their 25 room house in Forest HillsF&D have always come off as credible slum correspondents, laying out the template for future Detroit player/hustler-cum-emcees looking to get over.
With their Mcnasty Filth single (featured on Jaylibs Champion Sound) presently scorching video airwaves, by most accounts, X-tended Play is the album that will place them on the cusp of mainstream acceptance, much like their friends and former school classmates T3 (Slum Village) and Proof (D12). X-tended Play will mutate F&D from underground 12 legends into overground heat-seeking rap chart movers. Two-way your peeps cause resistance to one of Detroits finest musical exports is futile.
(FRANK N DANK/ JDILLA (RIP) EUROPEAN VACATION
In November 2005 Europe was exposed to one of the greatest Hip Hip shows to ever hit
European soil when the J Dilla tour landed featuring none other than long time Dilla Detroit
comrades Frank N Dank plus DJ Rhettmatic. Nothing short of mass hysteria
followed - Blunts, stunts, jokes, good music and history in the making is what went down. Such
a spectacle can never be repeated. Witness an exclusive behind the scenes look at what it's
like going on the road with a legend! Experience the last tour J Dilla would grace his fans with
from the inside. Hear the music, see the moments and feel the vibe as we take you on a
journey to where Hip Hop is alive, well and kickin'. Welcome to Frank N Dank's European
Vacation.
THE F.D.R PROJECT
In 2007, Frank N Dank teamed up with Young RJ Rice to form a group known as The FDR
Project under their newly formed record label “For Da Record,” both utilizing the first initial of
each of their names; Frank, Dank and RJ. Each of these men studied under the renowned J
Dilla decided to unite because, “…we appreciate music the same way,” says Young RJ. “We
wanted to be able to put out stuff that we believed in.”
The first project slated for production on For Da Record is a DVD titled Frank N Dank’s
European Vacation, which will come packaged with a 5 or 6 track EP featuring work from the
members of The FDR Project. The DVD and EP will include the last performances from J Dilla
and Frank N Dank. Young RJ is overseeing production of both the DVD and musical portions
of the project. The highly anticipated Frank N Dank’s European Vacation will be released
Summer of 2007.
YOUNG RJ BIO
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Detroit’s Ralph “Young RJ” Rice was raised around music. With both parents traveling for his fathers
group, R.J.’s Latest Arrival, it seems only obvious he would adopt creating music as a craft. Yet, Young
RJ did not immediately take an interest. “Music was just normal to me because it was what my parents
did.” It was not until later that he would be influenced by the classic Motown style and try his hand at
producing a sound of his own.
At the age of 14, Young RJ picked up a paper route as his first job. After an accident on his moped while
delivering papers resulted in a concussion, RJ turned in his paper route for studio time. He began
attending the studio regularly to spend time with his father and started making his first beats. By age 15,
RJ had sold his first beat to Kurupt of tha Dogg Pound, who coined the handle “Young RJ” for the
talented young man. Young RJ’s prodigal ear for music became evident as he gained experience
repairing beats and began working with J Dilla to perfect his growing skill.
FRANK N DANK’S
EUROPEAN VACATION
starring
J DILLA, FRANK N DANK,
Dj Rhettmatic & Dave NY
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DVD + CD / SUMMER 2007 RELEASE
****Frank N Dank Biography***
Raised by Hip Hop in the music and culture rich city of Detroit, Frank Bush and Derrick “Dank” Harvey
are what happens when passion turns project. Frank N Dank met in 1984 when Frank moved into the
neighborhood where dank resided on the east side of Detroit. Sharing the ability to break-dance and an
undying love for Hip-Hop, the two immediately became friends. As middle school age children, they
united and would compete in Hip-Hop breakin’ battles against other neighborhood crews on Saturday
nights. “We were hip-hop kids,” Frank says. “Hip Hop has always been a part of my thing. It was that,
Prince and Michael Jackson.”
Considered the weird kids in high school, Frank, Dank and best friend James “J-Dilla” Yancey (February
7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), continued to invest their free time into Hip Hop. They were apart of many
formations of Hip-Hop, DJ and Breaker groups until finally being labeled Frank N Dank by J Dilla. Over
the next few years their Hip-Hop hobby grew into a craft; with Frank moving from breakin’ to DJing and
rhyming and Dank perfecting his rhyming skills.
It was in 1999 that Frank N Dank would have their first 12” vinyls released on Fat Beats, both with one
song on each side; Me And My Man / Love (A Thing Of The Past) and Everybody Get Up! / Give It Up pt II
were produced by J Dilla. In 2000, Frank N Dank signed a recording deal with MCA records but released
no records. In the midst of the major labels’ collapse, Frank N Danks’ prospective MCA release, 48 hours
was continuously pushed back and eventually appeared as a bootleg LP in 2003 after they were granted
release from MCA record.
After a host of successful singles, touring with J Dilla across the US, London, Japan, Germany, Paris and
Amsterdam, and attaining tour dates alongside Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Slum Village, Common,
Ludacris and Wyclef Jean, Frank N Dank released their first official debut X-tended Play Version 3.13 in
2006. The album featured 13 tracks that Frank n Dank described as soul music for players, including an
intimate track titled MCA that outlined their frustration with trying to release an album on a label that was
falling apart.
Twenty years of camaraderie, commitment and passion for hip-hop have made Frank n Dank arguably
one of the most well meshed hip-hop dyads. Armed with straight-forward, uninhibited lyrics and an
abundance of experience in the studio and on the acrid streets of Detroit, Frank N Dank have developed
credibility amongst both their peers and followers. “I just talk about my experiences in this city,” Dank
reveals. “My music is a by-product of my life.”
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