Cameo – Word Up!

“Word Up” is a saying that was popular in New York and other urban areas in the US that acted as an affirmation of what was said, kind of a hipper “you bet.” Cameo developed a character around the saying and wrote the lyrics about what he would say. They called the character “Vicious” and had him take out his frustrations on rappers who delve into psychodrama when they should be creating music you can dance to: “Give us music, we can that, we need to dance. We don’t need that type of psychological romance.”

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Cameo – Word Up

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Album: Word Up!
Released: 1986.
The song was written by band members Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins.

Cameo
Larry Blackmon: lead vocals, bass guitar, drums, percussion, backing vocals
Tomi Jenkins: lead vocals, backing vocals
Nathan Leftenant: backing vocals

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