''Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover'' is the second album by Dutch

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band

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. The album showcases an even more diverse mix of

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than their debut album, genres including

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, hip-hop,

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and an

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n flavour on "Bureaucrat of Flaccostreet".

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calls the album "aimless", particularly in comparison with their first album. Critic

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, who interviewed the band in New York just prior to the album's release, called it "stellar". The album, unhelped by a single (to the dismay of label boss

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), did not sell particularly well and the band was unhappy with the label's marketing efforts. The UDS left Arista and signed with

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. A version of the album from 1999 released by

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includes a second CD, containing a UDS show in Tokyo, 1992.

Track listing

# "Comeback" – 4:27 # "(Thru) the Gates of the Big Fruit" – 4:15 # "Life 'N Perspectives I" – 1:02 # "Mr. EZway" – 3:40 # "Thru the Eyes of Jason" – 3:30 # "Routine" – 5:01 # "Life 'N Perspectives II" – 1:14 # "Son of the Culture Clash" – 3:28 # "Careless" – 4:00 # "Grand Black Citizen" – 3:50 # "Life 'N Perspectives III" – 0:56 # "Harvey Quinnt" – 3:32 # "Duck Ska" – 3:07 # "Life 'N Perspectives IV" – 1:22 # "For the Plasters" – 4:27 # "Wino the Medicineman" – 3:26 # "Bureaucrat of Flaccostreet" – 4:57

References

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* {{Authority control 1991 albums Urban Dance Squad albums Arista Records albums