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.
Después
Frankie J Lyrics
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Pero se que a veces es dificil
Tu sabes que te quiero
NO importa lo que haga
O lo que diga
Siempre seras mia
Siento que estamos
y aunque hay problemas
Se que todavia existe el amor mmm...
Seguimos adelante sin mayor dificultad
y si la causa de este llanto
No hay razon en disimular
Que sobre todo
Coro
Despues
de tanto amor sin condicion
Aun peleamos sin razon y
Despues
Es dificil de aceptar que
discutimos sin cesar y
Despues
De no tener tiempo de hablar y mucho menos de pensar
Que despues
Nos amamos tanto...
Yo se que a veces
Tu pensabas que iba terminar oh yeah...
Que nuestro amor
Era en vano y para que continuar mmm...
Mas tu sin falta siempre hallabas
Un defecto yeah...yeah..
Y a mi sin falta me tocaba
Siempre hacer el primer intento
Que sobre todo...
Coro
Despues
de no tener tiempo de hablar
y mucho menos de pensar
Que depues
Nos amamos tanto
Coro
Oh..no no no no...
Tu sabes que despues
oh..
No..no..no
oh yeah..ooh...whoah..yeah...
The lyrics to Frankie J's song Despues speak to the ups and downs of a relationship. The singer acknowledges that there is love between the two of them, but that it can be difficult at times. He expresses admiration and loyalty for his partner, saying that she will always be his no matter what. Despite some problems that they may face, the singer feels that they are in a good place and that their love is still strong. They are able to continue moving forward without too much difficulty, but he also acknowledges that they do have arguments and fights without a real reason behind them. Regardless, they always find a way back to love and are able to overcome those obstacles.
Line by Line Meaning
Se que el amor existe entre los dos
I know that there is love between us.
Pero se que a veces es dificil
But I know that sometimes it is difficult.
Tu sabes que te quiero
You know that I love you.
NO importa lo que haga
It doesn't matter what I do.
O lo que diga
Or what I say.
Siempre seras mia
You will always be mine.
Siento que estamos
I feel that we are
reviviendo esta situacion oh yeah...
Reliving this situation, oh yeah.
y aunque hay problemas
And even though there are problems,
Se que todavia existe el amor mmm...
I know that love still exists, mmm...
Seguimos adelante sin mayor dificultad
We move forward without much difficulty.
y si la causa de este llanto
And if the cause of this tears
No hay razon en disimular
There's no reason to hide it.
Que sobre todo
Above all,
Despues
After
de tanto amor sin condicion
So much unconditional love
Aun peleamos sin razon y
We still fight without reason and,
Es dificil de aceptar que
It is difficult to accept that
discutimos sin cesar y
We argue incessantly and,
De no tener tiempo de hablar y mucho menos de pensar
Not having time to talk and much less to think,
Que despues
That afterwards
Nos amamos tanto...
We love each other so much...
Yo se que a veces
I know that sometimes
Tu pensabas que iba terminar oh yeah...
You thought it was going to end, oh yeah...
Que nuestro amor
That our love
Era en vano y para que continuar mmm...
Was in vain and why continue, mmm...
Mas tu sin falta siempre hallabas
But you always found
Un defecto yeah...yeah..
A fault, yeah... yeah...
Y a mi sin falta me tocaba
And without fail, it was my turn
Siempre hacer el primer intento
To always make the first attempt.
Oh..no no no no...
Oh, no no no no...
Tu sabes que despues
You know that afterward
oh..
Oh...
No..no..no
No... no... no
oh yeah..ooh...whoah..yeah...
Oh yeah... ooh... whoah... yeah...
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