Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover

{{Infobox album

| name = Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover

| type = Studio

| artist = Urban Dance Squad

| cover = Urban_Dance_Squad,_Life_'n_Perspectives,_front_cover.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1991

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = *Rap rock

• funk rock
• funk metal

| length = 57:54

| label = Arista

| producer =

| prev_title = Mental Floss for the Globe

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Persona Non Grata

| next_year = 1994

}}

Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover is the second album by Dutch rap rock band Urban Dance Squad. The album showcases an even more diverse mix of music genres than their debut album, genres including hard rock, hip-hop, funk, blues, ska, Caribbean music and an Indian flavour on "Bureaucrat of Flaccostreet". AllMusic calls the album "aimless", particularly in comparison with their first album.{{cite book|last=Bogdanov|first=Vladimir|title=All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music|url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoe00vlad|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=9780879306281|pages=[https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoe00vlad/page/489 489]–90}} Critic Steven Blush, who interviewed the band in New York just prior to the album's release, called it "stellar".{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PioTMOUFQPMC&dq=%22genuine+crossover%22+%22urban+dance+squad%22&pg=PT19|title=Urban Renewal|last=Blush|first=Steven|date=January 1992|work=SPIN|page=19|accessdate=20 July 2016}}

The album, unhelped by a single (to the dismay of label boss Clive Davis), did not sell particularly well and the band was unhappy with the label's marketing efforts. The UDS left Arista and signed with Virgin Records.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5AsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Life+%27n+Perspectives+of+a+Genuine+Crossover%22&pg=PA21|title=Urban Dance Squad Hits US with Virgin Debut/Urban Dance Squad on Comeback Trail with Virgin Debut Set|last=Hoos|first=Willem|author2=Dominic Pride |date=29 April 1995|work=Billboard|pages=10, 21|accessdate=14 December 2013}} A version of the album from 1999 released by Triple X Records includes a second CD, containing a UDS show in Tokyo, 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Urban-Dance-Squad-Life-N-Perspectives-Of-A-Genuine-Crossover/release/3377264|title=Urban Dance Squad – Life 'N Perspectives Of A Genuine Crossover|work=Discogs|accessdate=14 December 2013}}