Early career
He was born Francisco Javier Bautista (a.k.a. Frankie J.) in Tijuana and raised in San Diego from the age of 2. He comes from a musical background with his father being the lead singer of a traditional band. Frankie J grew up listening to both traditional Latin music as well as R&B. He attended Southwest High School (San Diego, CA) for his high school years.
As a teenager, he started listening to freestyle music by Lisa Lisa, Brenda K. Starr and George Lamond. He started writing his own songs and singing in the same falsetto style as Lamond. At 15, he signed a contract with a Canadian independent label working as Frankie Boy and recorded songs which failed to achieve any success. In 1997, he signed with Jellybean Benitez.
In the late 1990s, he joined Kumbia Kings and was a member of that successful Latin group touring throughout Latin America. The group played in front of 100,000 people in a concert in Monterrey, Mexico.
Frankie's ambitions were always directed to the American pop-music markets. In 2002 He approached Los Kumbia Kings mangement in an attempt to secure record deal as a solo-artist. He proposed that they record, promote, and market him to the "MTV" market. A vastly diffent music culture then what Los Kumbia Kings made their name in, but Management declined, citing the risky investment. Frankie then shopped demos to an array of record companies, and garnered a tremendous amount of interest, but his contract with The Kumbia Kings would prove to be a problem.
Frankie asked to be his released from his Kumbia Kings contract, but they declined. Frankie bolted from the group anyway, but soon found himself in court over the matter. Lawsuits were filed from both sides, and eventually settled out of court. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.
Solo Career
Frankie J signed as a solo artist with Columbia Records and released his first album What's A Man To Do in 2003 which failed to chart. His self-titled first Spanish-language album was released later in the same year. The single "Don't Wanna Try" peaked in the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, while "Ya No Eres Igual" was top 10 on the World Latin charts.
He collaborated with Baby Bash, a relative, on another pop hit called "Suga Suga" which reached #1 in New Zealand in 2004 and was a top 10 hit in the US and Australia in the same year. Frankie J worked with a number of wellknown producers on The One including Irv Gotti of Murder Inc. on the title track. Mario Winans on a track called "Just Can't Say It's Love". The first single "Obsession (No Es Amor)" featuring Baby Bash has been a big hit on the US pop charts reaching the top 5 in April 2005. The One was released in the US in April 2005 and debuted at #3 on both the Billboard 200 chart. The follow-up singles "How To Deal" and "More Than Words" (released in conjunction with a DualDisc re-release of The One) continued the album's route to platinum sales. However, the fourth and final single, the title track featuring 3LW garnered few spins at radio.
Jermaine Dupri & Mannie Fresh are among two of the big producers for Frankie's next English studio album which will be released in the 4th quarter of 2006. The untitled album's first single will be "That Girl" which was produced by Mannie Fresh and features both Mannie Fresh and rapper Slim Thug. A version which excludes Slim Thug and replaces him with Chamillionaire exists and can be found online and on the official promo cds.
Frankie J's second Spanish-language album "Un Nuevo Dia" has already been released.
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Frankie J Lyrics
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Escapaba de la oscuridad
Why del silencio
Por mi propio bien
unos dias lo crei,
Recuperaria la alegria
Que tenia cuando
Cuantas noches me engañe
Fingiendo que te olbide soñando
En silencio con bolberte a ver,
Pero ya no puedo mas why para dejarte atras
Doi grito hasta donde estas
que aun te amo
Why que nada puedo hacer para evitarlo
Que aun te amo
Why que es tiempo de aceptar
Para continuar que talvez ya nunca volveras
por un tiempo lo pense,
Seria suficiente con negar lo que se siente
Pero no lo fue
Why cuantas noches me engañe
Fingiendo qe te olbide
Soñando en silencio con bolberte a ver
Pero ya no puedo mas
I para dejarte atras doi grito asta donde estas
que aun te amo
Why que nada puedo hacer para evitarlo
Que aun te amo
Why que es tiempo de aceptar para continuar
que aun te amo
Why que nada puedo hacer para evitarlo
Why que es tiempo de aceptar para continuar
The lyrics of Frankie J's song Aun Te Amo talk about a person who is still deeply in love with someone who has left them and moved on. The singer talks about how they tried to escape the darkness and silence by pretending to forget their past love and even believed that they could find joy again without their ex-partner. However, despite their efforts, they realize that their love for this person is still strong and they cannot help but think about them every day, dreaming of seeing them again.
The lyrics convey a sense of powerlessness and resignation to the fact that the singer is still in love with someone who may never come back. They accept that they cannot avoid feeling this way and must move forward despite the pain it causes them. The repeated phrase "que aun te amo" (I still love you) emphasizes the persistence of their feelings.
Overall, the lyrics of Aun Te Amo capture the difficulty of letting go of a past love and the struggle to accept and continue on without them.
Line by Line Meaning
Por un tiempo tuve fe
I had faith for a while
Escapaba de la oscuridad
I was escaping from the darkness
Why del silencio
And the silence
Por mi propio bien
For my own good
Unos dias lo crei,
I believed for a few days
Recuperaria la alegria
I would recover my joy
Que tenia cuando
That I had when
Tu estabas aqui
You were here
Cuantas noches me engañe
How many nights I deceived myself
Fingiendo que te olbide soñando
Pretending that I forgot you, dreaming
En silencio con bolberte a ver,
In silence, wanting to see you again
Pero ya no puedo mas why para dejarte atras
But I can't take it anymore and to leave you behind
Doi grito hasta donde estas
I shout until where you are
Que aun te amo
That I still love you
Why que nada puedo hacer para evitarlo
And that I can't do anything to stop it
Que aun te amo
That I still love you
Why que es tiempo de aceptar
And that it's time to accept
Para continuar que talvez ya nunca volveras
To continue that maybe you'll never come back
Por un tiempo lo pense,
For a while I thought
Seria suficiente con negar lo que se siente
That it would be enough to deny what I feel
Pero no lo fue
But it wasn't
Why cuantas noches me engañe
And how many nights I deceived myself
Fingiendo qe te olbide
Pretending that I forgot you
Soñando en silencio con bolberte a ver
Dreaming in silence of seeing you again
Pero ya no puedo mas
But I can't take it anymore
I para dejarte atras doi grito asta donde estas
And to leave you behind, I shout until where you are
Que aun te amo
That I still love you
Why que nada puedo hacer para evitarlo
And that I can't do anything to stop it
Que aun te amo
That I still love you
Why que es tiempo de aceptar para continuar
And that it's time to accept to continue
Que aun te amo
That I still love you
Why que nada puedo hacer para evitarlo
And that I can't do anything to stop it
Why que es tiempo de aceptar para continuar
And that it's time to accept to continue
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: FRANCISCO BAUTISTA, LIONEL GARCIA, NATHAN PEREZ, STEVE VALDEZ
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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