Music:
Member Since: 2/27/2006
Band Website: soundclick.com/cheapskatesentertainment
Band Members: FRANKIE: LEAD VOCALIST, FRANKIE: DRUMS, FRANKIE: KEYBOARD, FRANKIE: ACOUSTICS, FRANKIE: PERCUSSION, FRANKIE: HORNS, FRANKIE: TURNTABLES, FRANKIE: SAMPLES W/OUT CLEARANCES, FRANKIE: PROGRAMS, FRANKIE: AUDIO ENGINEER, FRANKIE: ON THE GRANOLA BAR, FRANKIE: SONG WRITER, FRANKIE: LEAD PRODUCTION ANALYSIS, FRANKIE: IS A MEMBER OF THIS BAND.*********rUN: RANDOM INFLUENCES, rUN: CRITIC, rUN: BACKROUND VOCALIST, rUN: HEAD OF THE GROUPIE DEPT., rUN: LIQUOR, rUN: HERBALIST, rUN: VEGETARIAN, rUN: WATERBOY, rUN: GHETTO PASS CHECKER, rUN: TRANSPORTATION, rUN: ON THE LIGHT WEIGHT WIND INSTRUMENTS, rUN: BEATBOX, rUN: CASUAL STYLIST, rUN: JUNK FOOD NUT, rUN: DEFENSE COORDINATOR, rUN: PEACE MAKER, rUN: PIECE KEEPER, rUN: LOVE, rUN: LUST, rUN: IS THE OTHER HALF OF THIS BAND.
Influences: BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY 4 DROWNING ME IN A WORLD FULL OF MUSIC RANGING FROM WAY BACK TO NOW & LIFE, MY GRANDMOTHER ON MY SPANISH/PORTUGUESE SIDE FOR THE PIANO SKILLS & HER DAYS OF MUSIC, MY GRANDPA 4 SHOWING ME HOW TO GARDEN A LIL & ALL OF THE CRAZY ANIMALS HE USED TO BRING HOME, & THE NUMEROUS RUNS TO THE STORE FOR HIS PACK OF NON FILTER "PALL MALLS", ALL OF MY AUNTS & UNCLES THAT HAVE INSTILLED DISCO, FUNK, CLASSIC R&B, OLD SCHOOL, OLDIES, & THE BIRTH OF HIP HOP, BREAK DANCIN, GRAFF WRITIN, BEAT BOXIN, THE DJ's, MY UNC RICH FOR ALL OF HIS MIX-TAPES THAT I USED TO STEAL, HIS BOOM BOX, MY AUNT CHARMAINE FOR BEING THAT BIG SISTER & AUNT & NEIGHBORHOOD TOMBOY BULLY, MY UNC CHOOCHIE 4 ALL OF THE WEED PLANTS GROWN, MY UNC LAWRENCE FOR THE TIPS IN BOXING & HOW TO KNOCK A MUTHA F%$*@ OUT WIT 1 PUNCH, MY AUNT BERNIE FOR THE MULTIPLE MUSCLE CARS SHE HAD & DROVE ME AROUND IN, MY AUNTS GERI & LALA FOR HELPIN ME GET OUT OF TROUBLE WITH MY DAD, MY AUNTIE JULIE 4 BRINGIN "ABBA" TO MY EARS & HER BAKED GOODIES, MY AUNT MARY 4 TEACHIN ME HOW TO BUTTERFLY KISS & NOT BEATIN MY ASS FOR LIGHTIN HER HAIR ON FIRE, LOL, 65 NEWTON ST & ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS IN THAT AREA THAT I GREW UP WITH (i havent forgotten any of you) , BILLIARDS, THE GOLDEN POT, MIKES LIQUORS, CORDOVA SUPERMARKET, MY KUZZIN STEPH IN PISSIN ME OFF BECAUSE SHE "ALWAYS" HAD TO BE "WONDER WOMAN" WHEN WE PLAY FIGHT IN SUPER HERO CHARACTERS, MY UNC GREE 4 INTRODUCING "ST. IDES" TO ME (sigh u were right, i couldnt finish that six pack! lol) BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL, THE CORNER BARS ON GENEVA & MISSION WHERE MY GRANPA ("SHORTY" R.I.P) USED TO BARTEND, ALL OF THE CHOLOES & CHOLAS, LOWRIDERS, PARK GATHERINGS, EXCELSIOR, CROCKER AMAZON, MURALS, THE DICKIES, THE FLANNELS, THE DERBIES, THE WINOS, THE BRIMS, & BASEMENT PARTIES, KEGGARS & GANG FIGHTS_________________ MY SAMOAN SIDE OF THE FAM FOR INTRODUCING ME TO FUNK MUSIC & GOOD OLD SOUL, R&B, MY GRANDMOTHER (R.I.P) 4 BEING SO LOVING & CHECKIN MY DAD WHEN HE OVER DID IT IN WOOPIN MY ASS, MY GRANPA (R.I.P) FOR HAVING ME ALWAYS WONDER WHY IS IT THAT HE HAD WHITE HAIR?, MY UNCLE JOE & KUZZIN SONNY FOR THE POP LOCKIN & STRUTTIN OUT THERE IN HUNTERS POINT, ALL OF THE CHURCH CHOIR SINGERS, ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALL OF THE FAMILY GATHERINGS THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE BAY AREA, MY KUZZIN KIKI FOR BEING THE SISTER THAT I NEVER HAD, AT THAT TIME, BUT ALWAYS WANTED, MY KUZZIN AGGIE FOR PUTTIN UP WITH MY ARGUMENTIVE POINT OF VIEWS & TEASING, MY KUZZIN TINO 4 GETTIN MY BACK AGAINST THE OLDER BULLIES, ALL OF MY KUZZINS THAT I USED TO BATTLE IN BREAKIN & STRUTTIN, MY UNCLE MIKE FOR HOUNDING ME ABOUT GETTIN INTO COMPUTERS & CHESS (which reminds me unc, I think im ready for a match! lol), MY UNC ROY (R.I.P) & JULIO FOR BRINGIN DICK CLARK & "THE AMERICAN BANDSTAND" & DON CORNELIUS of "SOUL TRAIN" TO ME, 45 & 33 RECORDS, 8 TRACKS, NEW WAVE, PUNK ROCK, MY UNC JOHN FOR DISTRACTING MY DAD WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WOOPIN MY ASS FOR THE COPS BRINGIN ME HOME "AGAIN", MY AUNT KAVAI 4 BEING THE SUPER COOLEST AUNT & SO UNDERSTANDING & ALL THE FREE LATE NIGHT TRANSFERS SHE WOULD SHOOT TO ME WHEN I SEEN HER OUT THERE IN THE STREETS WHILE IM BOMBIN, MY AUNT MARY ALWAYS BEING SOFT SPOKEN & SUPER COOL & INTRODUCING ME TO "THE CHROME AFRO CAKE CUTTER W/ THE PEARL HANDLE", 1066 OAKDALE & ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMIES I GREW UP WITH IN HUNTERS POINT (i haven't 4gotten any of you)______________ TO ((((ALL)))) OF MY KUZZINS ON BOTH SIDES OF MY FAM THAT HAVE INFLUENCED ME IN SOME WAY, TAUGHT ME SUMTHIN, MADE ME LAUGH, MAD, STUCK UP FOR ME WHEN IT WAS MY FAULT, HAD MY BACK IN ANY SITUATION, YOU ALL HAVEN'T BEEN FORGOTTEN, JUST KNOW THAT :-) ______________ ALL OF MY CHILD HOOD FRIENDS FROM SAN FRANCISCO THE "415" STARTING FROM NOE VALLEY, BOB, JERRY, RAY, MIKE, WADE, DAMIAN, JASON, CALLAHAN, EMILIO, EUGENE, RICO, MIDAS (R.I.P), REGGIE, DIAMOND STREET CORNER LAUNDRY MAT, ST. PHILIPS CHURCH & SCHOOL, DOUGLAS PARK, THE DOUBLE SLIDES PARK, TWIN PEAKS, THE KBHK TOWER, THE ENTIRE CREW FROM "NOE COURTS PARK" << THIS WAS THE START OF THE GRAFF WORLD RECOGNIZING "rUNCP">> , (i havent 4gotten any of u, if i missed your name, blame it on the weed, lol) ALVARADO ELEMENTARY, JAMES LICK MIDDLE SCHOOL, BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL______________ MY HOMIES FROM HUNTERS POINT THAT I GREW WITH & RAN AROUND WITH HERE & THERE, MONTREAL (MR MINOR), LIL FRANKIE, DAMON, RAY, NENE, FRISCO, SHAWN (DOG BODY), CANDYMAN, VICTOR of "COLD WORLD HUSTLERS", ERWIN, CHARLES, TECO, TOOKIE, STAN, ROY, & TO ALL THE OAKDALE BALLERS AT THAT TIME THAT I USED TO MARVEL AT, BERNARD (NARD T), CHEAP CHARLIE (R.I.P) CEASAR, KELL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD D.J. JERRY CURL JERAL, HIS BROTHER SPUD FOR CHASING US & BEATIN US UP, BIG MOMMAS FOR HER GOOD FRIES & CHEESEBURGERS & ARCADE MACHINES, PAC-MAN, DONKEY KONG, ASTEROIDS, ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CANDY HOUSES, THE FACTORIES WHERE WE USED TO RANSACK AND MOB, CANDLESTICK PARK, DOUBLE ROCK, HARBOR ROAD, OCEOLA, NAVY ROAD, NEWCOMB, KIRKWOOD, 3RD & PALOU, WEST POINT, INGALS ST, MARTIN LUTHER KING SWIMMING POOL, TIC TOCS (loved them fish sandwiches on a french roll w/cheese), THE SUNDIAL PARK, THE GYMS, THE RECORD STORES, THE BELLMAN 4 CHASING US, THE OLD HOUSES, & THE GARDNER SNAKES WE USED TO CATCH & CHASE THE NEIGHBORHOOD GIRLS AROUND WITH______________ MY HOMIES THAT I MADE SHORTLY AFTER DECIDING MY FINAL TAG WILL BE "rUN", THROUGH OUT THE MISSION DISTRICT FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL OF DALY CITY ON DOWN TO THE EMBARCADERO, THERE IS SO MANY OF YOU TO NAME, I DONT ACTUALLY THINK I CAN FIT YOU ALL IN THIS BUT YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU WERE & STILL ARE, TO MY MAIN GRAFF HITTERS I RAN & DABBLED WITH, ROCKO, KOIS, POST, CRIME, LAZE, ROSK, TRENDI (from oakland), VERSE, FREEZE, ANTI 67, ORCO (from chicago), NOC, DENSE, DEFI, REK, PEZ, 5-0, RICHIE, UB40, JAMZ, TANK, BOAST, UP, DENZ, SILENT, LOST, TYPE, ONCORE, WEND, TWICK, SKOL, GABE, RISK, SPY, SPEL, ONLY, DOZ, RAZOR, MIND, E-SKI, KAUZE, PAUSE, ASK, BIAS, AMEND, 360, REV, HASH, HEMP, ****ALL THE FEMALE WRITERS: GEENIE, PEPPER, PEPSKI, TEENIE, SUGAR, CHERRIE, TEARS, EYES, SONIA, VIOLET, EVA, NOTE, RHYTHMIC, ROSE, SERIOUS , PLEASURE ****, FROSKI, SANE, BECKS (R.I.P), 2DEF, BEAT, BASH (R.I.P), AUTO, POSE, TEE, PLADO, WEST (from oakland), EASE, TROOP, CUFF, THE TMF CREW: BIZARRE, DUG ONE, DISC, RIZE, THE OTC CREW: INK, THE BVD CREW: DEFY, SABER, HTC CREW, AOD CREW, DC CREW, G.F CREW: (my 1st crew I ever started with half the help of CAB), rUN, SCAN, HAVOK, MAGIC, REWIND (R.I.P) RINZE, THE OP CREW: (SIGH) EVERYBODY & THEIR MOMMAS HAHAHAH PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY THAT HUNGOUT ON 24tH & MISSION, THE FUNK SIDE, THE NEW WAVE SIDE, CRAYONE, DWELL, DUEL, SPECS, KSUN CREW, THK CREW, S.O.D.A CREW, TO MY LIL HOMIES THE SW CREW: LAST(R.I.P), OUT, DINC, DOWN, TOOLZ, (my brother julio), TO MY ALIAS CREW THE UNION: HAHAHAHA SHHHHhhh REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT OUT & CROSSED EVERYBODY OUT & THEIR PIECES & NO 1 KNEW WHO WAS DOIN IT & WE BLAMED IT ON A MADE UP NEW CREW THAT CAME OUT FROM THE EAST COAST!?!?!? HAHAHAHA, I KNOW THERES LIKE A MILLION MORE OF YOU THAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED BUT KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU, I'LL ADD TO THIS LIST AZ YOU ALL START TO COME BACK TO ME______________ TO ALL OF THE OLD OLD SKOOL WRITERS & PIONEERS YEARS BEFORE I STARTED IN 1984: RW CREW, KGB CREW, TCA CREW, TWS CREW, BIZARRE, DUG, RISE, PENGO, DISC, INK, CASH, TWIST, SLIMM, SLIME, DISNEY, DIZZY, TINY, DWARF, SPRAYS, CRAYONE, ROS, SWOOP, VIN (my cousin vinnie & not the movie haha), SPIE, CHUY, JON, CHINK, BRI, CYRUS (R.I.P)______________ A MIXTURE OF SOME HOMIES, FRIENDS & HEADS I MET ALONG THE WAY IN STOCKTON THE "209": D-SKEME, PAGE, JET BLACK, LANLEAZE, JULIAN, TERRANCE, DUCK, XPLIZIT, NERTS, 4BID, ISSAC, LAZY, EVEN, DJ EPISODE, DINC, NOID, JUNKIE, MOB, FRY, DJ KILLSHOP, RELLIE, NERVES, TRACE, MEDAL, METAPHOR, RHINO, TEEZ, E-ROCKS, STAN 145 (from new york), GREG HUNZINGER (from san jose), DAMAGE, DRIFTER, BT (BIG THANGS), MUDBIRD RECORDS, POPPA TEC, BRUCE, RANDY, CHRIS CORDOVA, THE MIGHTY PURPLE GIRL, XTC, DEAN KROH, BENNY, DELAGATION CREW, SICNESS SQUAD, NON-STOP, JERS ONE, ACROE, STAR CLAN, GR CREW, OSK CREW, CSM CREW, WCF CREW, OFA CREW, MP CREW, 2DG CREW (my 3rd crew i started with the help of THA 4HORSEMEN: XPLIZIT, NERTS, 4BID, ISSAC), SLACKER CITY (4 the cover up tat), C.O.P.S, KEVI KEV, A FEW OF THE 1ST GENERATION OF N.S.G.CRIPS & A FEW 44 G's, HUSTLAS COMIN UP, MAURICE HUNTER, ROBERT PERRY (ROSSI), TACO, HERALD, LUNATIC VELL, LIL 12 GAUGE, PEP, LUTHER, C-DOG, BINKY, D-LOC, KILO, JINX, EUGENE LOGAN, DARREN MALONE (R.I.P), STEVE, CHRIS, RONNIE & BROTHER, TYSON, BOO, JOHN, D-GOOD of KILLA TRIBE, REN of DOJA CLICK, YOUNG HUSTLE, HALLWAY PRODUCTIONS, MACKALOT, OKWERDZ, MR. PEEBODIE, SAM GREEN, TERELL BUTLER, PAT of CAMP CRISIS, BO JEEZY, BROOKLYN, ZOKIE, BI POLAR, ANTI ALLES & CANDI VAN METER (neighbor!) & EVERYONE I MET CONNECTED TO THEIR WORLD, SUFER, CARLOS, NICK, LEO, MEAT, DETOX, KAST, CUSTOM, TENSE, ZIPS, FAIR WEATHER ASSOCIATES, GENTLEMAN JACK, THE HAXON, POWET THE MC, THE BEAST, MARYJANE, KERR BEAR, MELLIE MEL, GIZMO, ASSASSINETTE, BECCA, BRIANNE, ALL OF THE TEACHERS THAT PUT UP WITH MY SHIT IN DELTA COLLEGE, ALL OF THE GURLS & INSTRUCTORS THAT TOLERATED MY STUMBLIN INTO CLASS WITH RED EYES AT ANDON COLLEGE, TO MY CLASS MATES IN THE CULINARY CLASS I GOT DROPPED FROM BECAUSE OF MY TARDINESS & ALL OF MY DEAD END JOBS I EVER WORKED & CO-WORKERS, GINO, CARLO, SUMEEZIE, & EVERYBODY AT "THE FRAT HOUSE", MY CHEAPSKATES ENTERTAINMENT FAM FROM WEST COAST TO THE EAST COAST & DOWN SOUTH TO UP NORTH: GRIZ, DON SAGA, ADOLF, TROUBLE, KAIN LOC, STRETCH, MS. COVEY, BARBIE LEE, DJ. VELL, HENDRIX, EVERYBODY FROM THE RUFF RYDERS CHAPTER IN HAWAII: SUPREME, YOUNG THROWED, DUDDA, TO CHEAPSKATES ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING MANAGER ANTOINETTE (TONI) AND TO MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER, MY ACE IN THE PLACE 2 BE, HE HIRES & FIRES YO WACK ASS, THE DUDE WHO MADE ALL OF THIS MUSIC POSSIBLE FOR ME 2 GET KNEE DEEP IN: "ALLDAY"!! & EVERY1 WHO WAS AFFILIATED WIT 8804 EMPIRE, DONT TRIP IF I MISSED YA, IM STILL ADDIN TO THIS LIST AS YOU ALL COME BACK TO MY SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS (damn pothead)______________ 2 ALL OF THE CORECCTIONAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE HELD MY FREEDOM SINCE AGE 14 TO 28 YEARS OLD: 365 WOODSIDE SAN FRANCISCO JUVENILE HALL (hahahaha are you guys still figuring out how i escaped?? & I told u that i wuz'nt comin back for a 34th time! hahahahaha) GLENWOOD CAMP in SAN MATEO, RITES OF PASSAGE R.O.P in NEVADA: 2 ALL OF THE CAMPS IN SHURZ DESERT, TO ALL OF THE TRAILERS IN YERRINGTON (2 poppa pitts, I told you i was an escape artist & you would never catch me, like you all didn't, thank my moms 4 talkin me in2 turning myself in! hahaha), TO THE "Q" HOUSES IN GARDENERVILLE & CARSON CITY in NEVADA, 575 W. MATHEWS RD. SAN JOAQUIN JUVENILE HALL, C.Y.A CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY: N.R.C.C. RECEPTION in SACRAMENTO, DEWITT NELSON STOCKTON, PONDEROSA FIRE TRAINING CAMP in IONE, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: D.V.I. RECEPTION CENTER iN TRACY, CORCORAN STATE PEN in CORCORAN, SOLANO STATE PRISON in SOLANO, SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON in POINT QUENTIN, JAMESTOWN STATE PRISON in JAMESTOWN, IT WAS A PLEASURE SPENDIN TIME WITH YOU ALL, 2 ALL OF MY USO's THAT I MET, I HAVE'NT FORGOTEN ANY OF YOU, IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE & SERVED AS THE GROUNDS OF TRAINING, FROM THE 1sT DAY I EVER GOT LOCKED, IN NOT BEING A PUNK!!______________ MOM: MICHELLE, DAD: FRANK, SISTER: MONICA, BROTHERS: JULIO & PHILIP, ALL OF MY NIECES & NEPHEWS: JULIO, ACACIA, PHILIP, AALIYAH, DEBIANA, PHILINA, REGINA, ROBERT, MY PAST CATS (R.I.P), MOKIE & NEO, & LAST BUT NEVER EVER THE LEAST, MY WORLD, MY KIDS: STEPHANIE, FRANKIE, DESIREE & ELISE______________ALL OF THE MENTIONED ABOVE HAVE BEEN INFLUENTIAL IN MY TRIALS,TRIBULATIONS & TRAVELS SINCE 1972, IT WAS A PLEASURE & FOR SOME , IT WAS AN HONOR IN MEETING YOU.... ITS OBVIOUS THAT I DIDNT MENTION A TRILLION MORE BUT BARE WITH ME AS I ADD TO THIS SECTION FROM TIME TO TIME :-)______________ OH YEAH, & CANT FORGET ABOUT, EARTH, AIR, WATER, FIRE, SOIL, VEGETATION, ANIMALS, INSECTS, ALL LAND LIFE, ALL AQUATIC LIFE, OCEANS, LAKES, PONDS, RIVERS, CREEKS, DRIED LAKE BEDS, MOUNTAINS, HILLS, ISLANDS, BAYS, SUN, MOON, STARS, GALAXIES, BLACK HOLES, MILKY WAYS, ECLIPSES, METEORS, ASTEROIDS, LIFE & DEATH & ALL HUMANS ASSOCIATED WITH IT & A FEW OTHER PLANETS AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS.....
Sounds Like: FINGERNAILS SCRATCHING A CHALKBOARD!
Record Label: CHEAPSKATES ENTERTAINMENT !!
Type of Label: Major
