Cameo (band)
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| - | '''Boogie''' (or '''electro-funk''', '''post-disco''') is an [[electronic music|electronic]]/[[funk]]-influenced variation of [[post-disco]]. Boogie tracks are usually mid-tempo. | + | '''Cameo''' is a [[funk]]-influenced [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] group that was formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the '''New York City Players'''; this name was later changed to '''Cameo''' to avoid a lawsuit from [[Ohio Players|The Ohio Players]], another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several hits records. As of 2009, some of the original members continue to perform together, while two others were hired by the [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] group [[Outkast]]. |
| + | ==Reuse of songs== | ||
| + | ===Covers=== | ||
| + | *"[[Word Up!]]" was covered by Nu metal band [[Korn|KoЯn]] on their ''[[Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (Korn album)|Greatest Hits, Volume 1]]'', Scottish rock band [[Gun (band)|Gun]], German "Country Trash Punk Rock"-Band [[The BossHoss]], [[Melanie Brown|Melanie B]], Electronic pop alliance These Stains Is Us and Romanian rock band [[Voltaj]] under the name "Hai sus!" (Get up!) | ||
| - | Term "boogie" was used in [[London]] to describe a form of [[African-American]] [[dance music|dance]]/[[funk]] music from [[1980s]]. The name boogie tended to be used as, although essentially used to describe disco records, the word disco had gained bad connotations by the early 1980s. It had a popular following within London's [[underground scene]], often based around nightclubs and club DJs due to a lack of mainstream radio support. Boogie records were mostly imported from the [[United States]] and were sometimes regarded as "''electro-funk''" or "''disco-funk''". Originally the word [[boogie]] could be found in 1970s [[funk]] and [[disco]] records, but tracks like "[[Boogie's Gonna Get Ya]]" ([[Rafael Cameron]], 1981), "[[Don't Make Me Wait]]" ([[Peech Boys]], 1981), "[[Break Dancin' - Electric Boogie]]" ([[West Street Mob]], 1984), "[[I'm in Love (Evelyn King song)|I'm in Love]]" ([[Evelyn King (singer)|Evelyn "Champagne" King]], 1981) or "[[You're the One for Me (D. Train song)|You're the One for Me]]" ([[D. Train]], 1981) helped define the musical style of ''boogie''. | + | ===Samples=== |
| + | *"Candy" was sampled by [[Tupac Shakur]] on his song "[[All Bout U]]", [[Will Smith]] on his song "Candy", by [[Mariah Carey]] on her song "[[Loverboy (song)|Loverboy]]", by Eightball and MJG on "Just like Candy", and by [[Black Eyed Peas]] on their songs "Like That" and "Ba Bump" from their album "[[Monkey Business (album)|Monkey Business]]". | ||
| + | *"Single Life" was sampled by rappers [[Snoop Dogg]] and [[Bad Azz (rapper)|Bad Azz]] on their song "Wrong Idea". | ||
| + | *"Two of Us" was sampled by [[Beyonce Knowles]] on "What's It Gonna Be", and by [[Tupac Shakur]] on his song "I Wonder If Heavens Got a Ghetto". | ||
| + | *"Rigor Mortis" was sampled by [[DJ Quik]] on his song "Get At Me", [[Brand Nubian]] on their song "[[Brand Nubian (song)|Brand Nubian]]". | ||
| + | *"She's Strange" was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his song "Young Niggaz", [[Nate Dogg]] on his song "She's Strange", [[AMG (rapper)|AMG]] on his song "She's Paid", and [[Suga Free]] on his song "So Fly" featuring Snoop Dogg and also the song "U Know My Name" with a sample of "Back and Forth". The production has also been interpolated on the Jermaine Dupri track titled 'Party Continues' featuring Usher and Da Brat on his album 'Life in 1472'. | ||
| + | *"Back and Forth" was sampled by [[Wu-Tang Clan]] on their song "Gravel Pit". | ||
| + | *The ballad "[[She's Strange|Hangin' Downtown]]" was sampled by [[Oran Juice Jones]] on his song "Make Love to Your Mind", by [[Shareefah]] on her song "Fevah (He don't know" and more famously by [[DJ Premier]] for [[Group Home (duo)|Group Home's]] "Supa Star". | ||
| + | *[[Speech (rapper)|Speech]] sampled "[[Single Life|I've Got Your Image]]" in one of his recent productions. | ||
| + | *"Why Have I Lost You [Version 2]" was sampled by [[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]] on his song "Rodeo". The song was also sampled by [[Warren G]] on the track "Super Soul Sis" off the debut album [[Regulate...G Funk Era]] | ||
| + | *"Attack Me With Your Love" was sampled by satirical Norwegian rapper [[Oral Bee]] on his song "Den Breiale Stilen". | ||
| - | Boogie [[record label]]s include [[Prelude Records (record label)|Prelude]], [[West End Records|West End]], [[Sam Records|Sam]] as well as mainstream disco labels like [[Salsoul Records|SalSoul]], [[Radar Records|Radar]] or [[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]], among with [[Profile Records|Profile]], [[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy]], [[Streetwise Records|Streetwise]], [[Sugar Hill Records (rap)|Sugar Hill]], [[Emergency Records|Emergency]], [[Solar Records]] and Total Experience Records. | + | ===Use in multimedia=== |
| - | The term was coined by UK DJs [[Norman Jay]] and [[Dez Parkes]]. Usually the term is used on specific music on [[eBay]]. | + | In 2006 "Word Up" was used in the film "Severence" in a dancing sequence. |
| - | ==Artists== | + | In October 2004 ''Candy'' appeared in popular [[video game]] ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', playing on [[Funk]] radio station [[Bounce FM]], also on ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', was [[Brand Nubian]]'s "[[Brand Nubian]]", which samples "Rigor Mortis". |
| - | *[[Aleem]] | + | In the movie ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'', Andy ([[Steve Carell]]) is shown performing "Word Up!" on a karaoke machine in his apartment. ''[[Jackpot (2001 film)|Jackpot]]'', a film which follows a [[karaoke]] singer hoping to get his big break, features an [[Androgyny|androgynous]] man giving a scene-stealing performance of "Candy". Larry Blackmon and T-Man were also supposed to be featured as celebrity cameos (not as the band, Cameo) in the 2007 release of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres". Although they did not appear in the film itself, they are featured in the extras on the DVD. This footage shows them doing motion capture/CGI in order to be animated, as well as studio recording of the song written for the film. |
| - | *[[Arthur Baker]] | + | |
| - | *[[Leroy Burgess]] | + | |
| - | *[[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] | + | |
| - | *[[Change (band)|Change]] | + | |
| - | *[[Chéri (band)|Chéri]] | + | |
| - | *[[D. Train]] | + | |
| - | *[[Evelyn King (singer)|Evelyn King]] | + | |
| - | *[[Freeez]] | + | |
| - | *[[The Gap Band|Gap Band, The]] | + | |
| - | *[[Kashif]] | + | |
| - | *[[Kleeer]] | + | |
| - | *[[Kool & The Gang]] | + | |
| - | *[[Melba Moore]] | + | |
| - | *[[Mtume]] | + | |
| - | *[[Nick Straker Band]] | + | |
| - | *[[Newcleus]] | + | |
| - | *[[Peech Boys]] | + | |
| - | *[[Raw Silk]] | + | |
| - | *[[The SOS Band|SOS Band, The]] | + | |
| - | *[[Sister Sledge]] | + | |
| - | *[[The System|System, The]] | + | |
| - | *[[Sharon Redd]] | + | |
| - | *[[Timex Social Club]] | + | |
| - | *[[Unique (band)|Unique]] | + | |
| - | *[[Unlimited Touch]] | + | |
| - | *[[The Whispers|Whispers, The]] | + | |
| - | *[[Zapp]] | + | |
| - | ===Contemporary artists=== | + | The song "Candy" is also played during the bachelor party and wedding reception scenes in the 1999 motion picture ''[[The Best Man (1999 film)|The Best Man]]''. |
| - | Some contemporary artists continuing in this 80s funk music. | + | |
| - | *[[Chin Chin]] | + | |
| - | *[[Chromeo]] | + | |
| - | *[[Dam-Funk]] | + | |
| - | *[[James Pants]] | + | |
| - | *[[Sa-Ra Creative Partners]] | + | |
| - | ==Compilations== | + | The song "Word Up" is played in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', season 20 episode 6 (titled "[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]") when [[Lisa Simpson]] is performing in a crossword competition and also in Everybody Hates Chris when Chris says that his mom always wanted to be in a band |
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| - | !Year (s)||Album||Label | + | "[[Single Life|Attack Me With Your Love]]" was featured on "[[Everybody Hates Chris]]". It can be heard in the beginning of the "Everybody Hates the First Kiss" season 3 episode. |
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| - | | '''2004'''|| VA-Masterpiece Volume 1 - The Ultimate Disco Funk Collection || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2005'''|| VA-Masterpiece Volume 2 - The Ultimate Disco Funk Collection || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2006'''|| VA-Masterpiece Volume 3 - The Ultimate Disco Funk Collection || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2006''' || VA-The Ultimate Italian Disco Funk Collection - Volume 1 || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2007'''|| VA-Masterpiece Volume 4 - The Ultimate Disco Funk Collection || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2007'''|| VA-Masterpiece Volume 5 - The Ultimate Disco Funk Collection || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2008'''|| VA-Masterpiece Volume 6 - The Ultimate Disco Funk Collection || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2008'''|| VA-Masterpiece Volume 7 - The Ultimate Disco Funk Collection || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2008'''|| VA-Masterpiece Volume 8 - The Ultimate Disco Funk Collection || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | | '''2009'''|| VA-Disco Giants 6 || PTG Records | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Electro music]] | ||
| - | *[[Old school hip hop]] | ||
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Cameo is a funk-influenced R&B group that was formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from The Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several hits records. As of 2009, some of the original members continue to perform together, while two others were hired by the hip hop group Outkast.
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Reuse of songs
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Covers
- "Word Up!" was covered by Nu metal band KoЯn on their Greatest Hits, Volume 1, Scottish rock band Gun, German "Country Trash Punk Rock"-Band The BossHoss, Melanie B, Electronic pop alliance These Stains Is Us and Romanian rock band Voltaj under the name "Hai sus!" (Get up!)
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Samples
- "Candy" was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his song "All Bout U", Will Smith on his song "Candy", by Mariah Carey on her song "Loverboy", by Eightball and MJG on "Just like Candy", and by Black Eyed Peas on their songs "Like That" and "Ba Bump" from their album "Monkey Business".
- "Single Life" was sampled by rappers Snoop Dogg and Bad Azz on their song "Wrong Idea".
- "Two of Us" was sampled by Beyonce Knowles on "What's It Gonna Be", and by Tupac Shakur on his song "I Wonder If Heavens Got a Ghetto".
- "Rigor Mortis" was sampled by DJ Quik on his song "Get At Me", Brand Nubian on their song "Brand Nubian".
- "She's Strange" was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his song "Young Niggaz", Nate Dogg on his song "She's Strange", AMG on his song "She's Paid", and Suga Free on his song "So Fly" featuring Snoop Dogg and also the song "U Know My Name" with a sample of "Back and Forth". The production has also been interpolated on the Jermaine Dupri track titled 'Party Continues' featuring Usher and Da Brat on his album 'Life in 1472'.
- "Back and Forth" was sampled by Wu-Tang Clan on their song "Gravel Pit".
- The ballad "Hangin' Downtown" was sampled by Oran Juice Jones on his song "Make Love to Your Mind", by Shareefah on her song "Fevah (He don't know" and more famously by DJ Premier for Group Home's "Supa Star".
- Speech sampled "I've Got Your Image" in one of his recent productions.
- "Why Have I Lost You [Version 2]" was sampled by Juvenile on his song "Rodeo". The song was also sampled by Warren G on the track "Super Soul Sis" off the debut album Regulate...G Funk Era
- "Attack Me With Your Love" was sampled by satirical Norwegian rapper Oral Bee on his song "Den Breiale Stilen".
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Use in multimedia
In 2006 "Word Up" was used in the film "Severence" in a dancing sequence.
In October 2004 Candy appeared in popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on Funk radio station Bounce FM, also on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, was Brand Nubian's "Brand Nubian", which samples "Rigor Mortis".
In the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Andy (Steve Carell) is shown performing "Word Up!" on a karaoke machine in his apartment. Jackpot, a film which follows a karaoke singer hoping to get his big break, features an androgynous man giving a scene-stealing performance of "Candy". Larry Blackmon and T-Man were also supposed to be featured as celebrity cameos (not as the band, Cameo) in the 2007 release of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres". Although they did not appear in the film itself, they are featured in the extras on the DVD. This footage shows them doing motion capture/CGI in order to be animated, as well as studio recording of the song written for the film.
The song "Candy" is also played during the bachelor party and wedding reception scenes in the 1999 motion picture The Best Man.
The song "Word Up" is played in The Simpsons, season 20 episode 6 (titled "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words") when Lisa Simpson is performing in a crossword competition and also in Everybody Hates Chris when Chris says that his mom always wanted to be in a band and it goes to a cut scene of rochelle dancing and singing to the song.
"Attack Me With Your Love" was featured on "Everybody Hates Chris". It can be heard in the beginning of the "Everybody Hates the First Kiss" season 3 episode.
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