When Dave Matthews came out with "What Would You Say?" I thought it was Cameo. I still can't believe no one really talks about the similarity in their vocal style. Dave DID do Word Up live once, he gets it!!!
This is proof that Todd has never talked to a single Black person in his life. Cameo are not a one hit wonder lmao. Candy, Back & Forth, Talking Out the Side of Your Neck are all equally as big as Word Up. Their songs are on the GTA radio god sake!
I can still see my best party friend Stacie dropping her amazing butt to this song..when 18 was the drinking age and I, sadly, had no butt to drop…thanks for the mems")
Tell me you are a young generation douche without telling everyone. uptown funk is a fucking ripoff from really talented musicians by a scam artist named bruno shitmars.
That assessment of Jam & Lewis with Janet Jackson makes me feel sad. I honestly think the sound they came out with around that period (and with SOS Band, Alexander O'Neal, Cherrelle, and New Edition) was some of the best that R&B has ever been, EVER. It just had a different type of appeal than 70s funk, and even other 80s funk.
Candy is arguably a bigger hit than Word up, at least in the Black & Latino community. Candy is the ultimate electric slide song jeje. And it was sampled for a Huge hit by 2Pac
The video just reinforces that there are 2 America's and Our version is not respected or valued until it "sells out" and does something "they" like…😂😂😂😂
Like some comments lead you to believe. There are "2 America's" and just because Pop or Mainstream doesn't recognize something Black America could respect adore amd recognize certain things amd Cameo is one of them! All the way from when they had 12 members with Sparkle I just want to be Shak your pants why have I lost you etc…WE BUMPED CAMEO since they dropped thoer first album…so I disagree with the term 1 Hit Wonder DRASTICALLY!!!!!
Cameo had a US number 2 "Loverboy" with Mariah Carey in 2001. While you could argue its a Mariah Carey hit, Cameo are credited as a feature. It counts also as a Cameo hit.
As a black man who grew up on Cameo, I can say the reason they didn't cross over earlier was because they may have been TOO BLACK for MTV. Even I was scared of them back in the day as their hard core funk weird over the top classic songs (Alligator Woman, etc….) weren't exactly AM radio fare
@AlejandroSanchez-z1v
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
I think Larry meant she was strange as in she was strange to him. As if he is hunting for some strange and he likes it.
@strtofdrms
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
When Dave Matthews came out with "What Would You Say?" I thought it was Cameo. I still can't believe no one really talks about the similarity in their vocal style. Dave DID do Word Up live once, he gets it!!!
@HexZero
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Uptown Funk fucking sucks
@fakeyname6888
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Lol. Levar Burton did a cameo in a Cameo music video.🤣
@legendarybruh7942
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
I was expecting this to be a joke when I clicked on the video lmao Candy still gets played at cook outs bruh smh rare L Todd
@MrKennD
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
This is proof that Todd has never talked to a single Black person in his life. Cameo are not a one hit wonder lmao. Candy, Back & Forth, Talking Out the Side of Your Neck are all equally as big as Word Up. Their songs are on the GTA radio god sake!
@felipechalreo
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Isn't this the band that David Groll "stole" the drums 🥁 for Nirvana?
@Dop3tv202
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
No offense to what you do… but they are not one hit wonders. I mean idk 🤷🏾♂️ I know about cameo. And fyi they use to be called the NYC players
@teejae2065
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
I can still see my best party friend Stacie dropping her amazing butt to this song..when 18 was the drinking age and I, sadly, had no butt to drop…thanks for the mems")
@TheCassLife
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Gguurrlll, IKYFL. This is blasphemous. Cameo? A one hit wonder? Revisionism at its best.
This video is 10 years old. I KNOW you see these comments. An apology and press correction is necessary at this point.
@LudwigSansser-c8y
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Tell me you are a young generation douche without telling everyone. uptown funk is a fucking ripoff from really talented musicians by a scam artist named bruno shitmars.
@SmackdownMadness
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Cameo is far from a OHW
@PRODUCEDBYKEV
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Cameo is not a one hit wonder. Shake Your Pants, Rigor Mortis, Candy, Funk Funk, Single Life… ijs
@jasonhayman6937
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
i've always liked candy more than word up
@thatfaebasterd
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Ending on a zoom in of the codpiece is the CORRECT way to end a video.
@BelAirBrutist
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Lil Nas X should get into this
@N8oRMusic
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Jonathan Moffett rocking the drums for Cameo on their tours is a thing of perfection 🤌
@N8oRMusic
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Candy fucking rocks 🤘
@MrPink-ys8oq
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Todd sucks
@CaptainUndead
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
That assessment of Jam & Lewis with Janet Jackson makes me feel sad. I honestly think the sound they came out with around that period (and with SOS Band, Alexander O'Neal, Cherrelle, and New Edition) was some of the best that R&B has ever been, EVER. It just had a different type of appeal than 70s funk, and even other 80s funk.
@SuperBass1964
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Cameo is farrrrrrrrrrr from a One hit wonder. Just bc U don’t know… doesn’t make it so!
@detroitrenegade514
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Cameo an one hit wonder? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@skribiller
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
The 80s was the best and worst of everything at once all the time.
@sebastianmaharg
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
You forgot to mention the Miles Davis 'cameo' in the 'Back and Forth' video.
@bulldogger1467
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Candy has more views on youtube than Word Up!
@ShaneLoughlinEsq
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Larry worked with Miles Davis after Word Up. Not too shabby.
@RafaSarriaBustamante
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Candy is arguably a bigger hit than Word up, at least in the Black & Latino community. Candy is the ultimate electric slide song jeje. And it was sampled for a Huge hit by 2Pac
@xalleem8117
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Another example Lavar Burton is known as Kunta Kente/Reading Rainbow long before Star Trek…we prized him for Roots…2 America's 😂😂😂😂
@xalleem8117
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
F a "crossover"! Do what you feel amd if you make your tribe happy GOD BLESS YOU..if that's what you set out to do….😂😂😂😂
@xalleem8117
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
The video just reinforces that there are 2 America's and Our version is not respected or valued until it "sells out" and does something "they" like…😂😂😂😂
@xalleem8117
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Like some comments lead you to believe. There are "2 America's" and just because Pop or Mainstream doesn't recognize something Black America could respect adore amd recognize certain things amd Cameo is one of them! All the way from when they had 12 members with Sparkle I just want to be Shak your pants why have I lost you etc…WE BUMPED CAMEO since they dropped thoer first album…so I disagree with the term 1 Hit Wonder DRASTICALLY!!!!!
@franklingoodwin
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Cameo had a US number 2 "Loverboy" with Mariah Carey in 2001. While you could argue its a Mariah Carey hit, Cameo are credited as a feature. It counts also as a Cameo hit.
@commercialairliner
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
…CANDY IS RIGHT THERE
@ReluctantRebels
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
It was one of the first videos I saw on MTV.😂
@scottmcrae3355
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Candy is the real banger.
@CaseyTheBunny
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
Huh, turns out I've heard a few Cameo songs. Mainly at work but yeah, it's an 80s vibe
@dEANemusic
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 am
As a black man who grew up on Cameo, I can say the reason they didn't cross over earlier was because they may have been TOO BLACK for MTV. Even I was scared of them back in the day as their hard core funk weird over the top classic songs (Alligator Woman, etc….) weren't exactly AM radio fare
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