Saturday, March 19, 2005
"Word Up," Cameo (10/4/86)
The men were certainly repping in the autumn of '86, weren't they? And really, who does have the time for "psychological romance"? [Who knows what that means? And if it matters?] Cameo had been repping ATL funk for nigh on a decade by the time of their bustin'-out breakthrough with this worldwide smash. This is no lifetime achievement, though: funking hard like a 1986 Soul Train dancer's hips, "Word Up" stands up to their best work. And introduced the globe to Larry Blackmon's codpiece. A-
The men were certainly repping in the autumn of '86, weren't they? And really, who does have the time for "psychological romance"? [Who knows what that means? And if it matters?] Cameo had been repping ATL funk for nigh on a decade by the time of their bustin'-out breakthrough with this worldwide smash. This is no lifetime achievement, though: funking hard like a 1986 Soul Train dancer's hips, "Word Up" stands up to their best work. And introduced the globe to Larry Blackmon's codpiece. A-
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