As I strung up my skates at the skating rink last night, I hear the shouts of excitement as a multitude of people take off their skates and gather in the center of the rink to dance to Dem Franchise Boys hit song, "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit it". I haven't seen this much excitement over a song-dance combo since the Macarena. Ten years from now, this song-dance will be like the Village People's "YMCA."
Yet another hit from southern rap foursome Dem Franchise Boys constantly blares from every stereo and television as the group's hit songs climbs the charts. After their huge success single "White Tees" hit number 1 in 2004 on the billboard charts, this group has had huge success with their recent hits in the past year with songs like"Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" and "I Think they like Me."
Another rap quartet to come out of Atlanta Down for Life, also known as D4L is
creating a frenzied excitement in clubs and skating rinks across the country with their hit song currently topping charts, "Laffy Taffy" and "Betcha Can't Do it Like Me".
It seems as though every time you turn on the TV, stereo, or go to the skating rink or hit the club, the sound of DFB's or D4L's raw beats vibrate the atmosphere. Both groups are claming to be the pioneers of this new style of music called "snap music", or "geek music." Girls wearing shirts saying "I Love Geeks" and boys sporting plain white tees are just a few of the trends started by these groups.
Recently, D4L's Fabo was asked about the feud in October, he accused Dem Franchize Boyz of being copycats. He said: "The make believe, the copycats, the people who get on TV and said they make up stuff thinking we were gonna be local jokers, but we messed around and made a 'Laffy Taffy' song.They think they can take geek music somewhere other than where it's supposed to be at, and they couldn't do that 'cause they end up being, you know, in the trenches themselves." D4L's manager Johnny Cabbell recently backtracked on the group's comment after Dem Franchize Boyz recently accused D4L of stealing their style and dance steps in recent interviews. He told allhiphop.com, "We have no beef with Dem Franchize Boyz or with any other group. We understand, however, that sometimes when acts have nothing positive to talk about in their careers, they resort to criticizing other acts that they feel are more successful. I think that's the case here." DFB's management could not be reached for comment.