Urban Dance Squad: Deeper shade of soul 12″ Promo 1990. Check a video of the 12″ for sale here! SUPER RARE (25 minutes of music) A more melodic early Red Hot Chili Peppers melded with the Beastie Boys. Check videos

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Urban Dance Squad – Deeper Shade Of Soul
Catalog#:Urban 1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 45 RPM
Country:Uk
Released: 1990
Genre: Hip Hop

Tracklist
A Deeper Shade Of Soul (Dance Mix) 6:16
A Deeper Shade Of Soul (Radio Mix) 6:16
B1 Man on the corner 5:45
B2 Deeper Shade Of Soul (Freak Mix) 5:33

Promotional Copy SUPER RARE!

At the end of the 80s -in the central part of Holland- an influential and groundbreaking group: The Urban Dance Squad, led by MC/Singer Rudeboy, who was backed by a traditional rockband line-up plus DJ DNA. They pioneered the Rock-meets-Rap movement in Holland and abroad. Not fitting in either one of those categories, they singlehandedly created their own mix of genres: Rocking with the toughest while maintaining street credibility.
They toured on both sides of the Atlantic and gained praise by fellow musicians Rage Against The Machine and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. ‘Deeper Shade of Soul’ proved a song with international hit-appeal and turned up in Hollywood movies.

As my friends and I dived back into obscure 90’s alternative songs, I brought up this unique combo of rock, hip-hop, and soul that was pure 90’s weirdness from a band that has almost completely disappeared from most people’s memories (or may have never been there at all).

Urban Dance Squad was formed in Amsterdam, originally as an informal side project, but once their live performances received rave reviews, they toured and recorded their first album, Mental Floss for the Globe. On it was “Deeper Shade of Soul”, which would go on to be a Top 30 hit in the U.S. UDS would go on to release 3 more albums throughout the 90’s, but none received the same critical or commercial success.

What made “Deeper Shade of Soul” stand out? It mixes island guitars and rhythms with a rapper’s delivery and a jolly gang chorus that is just shy of being goofy. It would play just as well at a dance party as it would at a skate park (where the group filmed the song’s video). It’s sounds like a more melodic version of early Red Hot Chili Peppers melded with the Beastie Boys.

Then again, you can listen to yourself and get nostalgic for the weirdness of alternative radio all those years ago.

 

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