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* MainstreamObscurity: UDS were pioneers of RapRock and had songs that appeared in well known mainstream movies (including ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' and Film/{{Gigli}}), but they never had any hit singles or albums, and if you asked most people to name a Rap Rock band, they might name Music/BeastieBoys or Music/RunDMC before they name UDS.

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* MainstreamObscurity: UDS were pioneers of RapRock and had songs that appeared in well known mainstream movies (including ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' and Film/{{Gigli}}), ''Film/{{Gigli}}''), but they never had any hit singles or albums, and if you asked most people to name a Rap Rock band, they might name Music/BeastieBoys or Music/RunDMC before they name UDS.
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* MainstreamObscurity: UDS were pioneers of RapRock and had songs that appeared in well known mainstream movies (including ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' and Film/{{Gigli}}), but they never had any hit singles or albums, and if you asked most people to name a Rap Rock band, they might name Music/BeastieBoys or Music/RunDMC before they name UDS.
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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre. This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to produce ''many'' catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock Rap Rock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre. This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to produce ''many'' catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock Rap Rock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.
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* GenreMashup: The band's style has been described as a "mix of Rock, Rap, {{Funk}}, {{Ska}}, [[FolkMusic Folk]], HipHop, and [[SoulMusic Soul]]".

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* GenreMashup: The band's style has been described as a "mix of Rock, Rap, {{Funk}}, {{Ska}}, [[FolkMusic Folk]], HipHop, and [[SoulMusic Soul]]".{{Soul}}".

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* AllMenArePerverts: "The Devil"

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* AllMenArePerverts: "The Devil" "TheDevil"



* TheDevil: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tkT3AvE8kk Talked about]] in a [[PsychedelicRock Psychedelic Rap]] track about [[AllMenArePerverts sex with prostitutes]].
* GenreMashup: The mix of [[RapRock rap and rock]] was particularly original when this band first debuted, but their overall mix of styles continues to be unique.
* RapRock: Pioneered this.

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* TheDevil: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tkT3AvE8kk Talked about]] in a [[PsychedelicRock Psychedelic Rap]] track about [[AllMenArePerverts sex with prostitutes]].
* GenreMashup: The mix band's style has been described as a "mix of [[RapRock rap Rock, Rap, {{Funk}}, {{Ska}}, [[FolkMusic Folk]], HipHop, and rock]] was particularly original when this band first debuted, but their overall mix of styles continues to be unique.
* RapRock: Pioneered this.
[[SoulMusic Soul]]".
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Rage Against the Machine would be Rap Metal, not Rap Rock


Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to produce ''many'' catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head'').genre. This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to produce ''many'' catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.
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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to play with HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to play with HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing produce ''many'' catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Not really associated with Funk Metal or Rap Metal


* FunkMetal: Shows traces of this, too.



* RapRock: Pioneered this, and sometimes cross into RapMetal.

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* RapRock: Pioneered this, and sometimes cross into RapMetal.this.
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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] with HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.



* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The mix of [[RapRock rap and rock]] was particularly original when this band first debuted, but their overall mix of styles continues to be unique.

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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: GenreMashup: The mix of [[RapRock rap and rock]] was particularly original when this band first debuted, but their overall mix of styles continues to be unique.
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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and catchy [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.
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'''Urban Dance Squad''' is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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'''Urban Urban Dance Squad''' Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.
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* AlliterativeName: Silvano Matadin, the bass guitarist, choose Silly Sil as his pseudonym. Singer Patrick Tilon picked Rudeboy Remmington for that purpose. Turntablist Arjen de Vreede picked [[=DJ DNA=] as his artist's name.

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* AlliterativeName: Silvano Matadin, the bass guitarist, choose Silly Sil as his pseudonym. Singer Patrick Tilon picked Rudeboy Remmington for that purpose. Turntablist Arjen de Vreede picked [[=DJ DNA=] DNA=]] as his artist's name.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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'''Urban
Dance Squad Squad''' is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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* AlliterativeName: Silvano Matadin, the bass guitarist, choose Silly Sil as his pseudonym. Singer Patrick Tilon picked Rudeboy Remmington for that purpose. Turntablist Arjen de Vreede picked [[=DJ DNA=] as his artist's name.
* AllMenArePerverts: "The Devil"
--> ''All the lights are red and attract''
--> ''like a magnet, a dragnet is swung''
--> ''I'm kept in tension, so tense''
--> ''believe something has got a hold of my pants''



* RapRock: Pioneered this, and sometimes cross into RapMetal.

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* RapRock: Pioneered this, and sometimes cross into RapMetal.RapMetal.
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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] Music/HeavyMetal, GenreMotif/HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] Music/HeavyMetal, GenreMotif/HipHop, HeavyMetal, HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] Music/HeavyMetal, GenreMotif/HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound).sound, and The Music/BeastieBoys toured with them in support of ''Check Your Head''). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] Music/HeavyMetal, GenreMotif/HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.
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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] Music/HeavyMetal, GenreMotif/HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]].

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Urban Dance Squad is a RapRock band. Or rather, ''the'' RapRock band, having been formed in 1986 and influencing nearly every band that has had anything to do with the genre (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, in particular, took a great deal from their sound). This Dutch band released its debut album in 1989. Over the course of five studio albums, a live album and a singles collection, UDS continued to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly play with]] Music/HeavyMetal, GenreMotif/HipHop, {{Reggae}}, {{Funk}}, {{Jazz}} and {{Ska}}, producing ''many'' {{Ear Worm}}s and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic classic Rap Rock tracks]].
tracks]]. The band broke up in 2000, and despite earning higher amounts of critical acclaim than most RapRock bands, they never had much mainstream success. They briefly reunited in 2006.

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