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6	[[caption-width-right:350:'''L-to-R:''' Aaron Mills, Tomi Jenkins, Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett, and Jeff Nelson]]
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8	->''If there's music we can use it if we need to dance,\
9	We don't have the time for psychological romance,\
10	No romance, no romance, no romance for me, mamma,\
11	Come on, baby, tell me what's the word!''
12	-->-- "Word Up"
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14	Not to be confused with TheCameo, Cameo are a {{Funk}}-{{Soul}} band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Led by Larry Blackmon, they started in 1974 as the New York City Players before changing their name to Cameo to [[OneSteveLimit avoid being confused with]] the Ohio Players. The group has gone through ''many'' lineup changes over the years, with Blackmon being the one constant. Among their most famous songs are "Word Up!," "Candy", and "She's Strange".
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16	!!Trope Up, up, everybody say, when you hear that call you've got to get it underway!
17	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Cameo in the late Seventies relied on a lot more Parliament/Funkadelic-style funk than the Funk/R&B hybrid that was heard in "Word Up" Nearly 9 years later.
18	* DanceSensation: "Shake Your Pants".
19	* {{Dedication}}: ''She's Strange'' is dedicated to the late [=Polygram=] [=A&R=] representative Bill Haywood.
20	%%* HeavyMeta: "Funk Funk".
21	%%* IAmTheBand
22	* IconicOutfit: Larry Blackmon's infamous codpiece.
23	* IWantSong" "I Just Want to Be".
24	%%* IntercourseWithYou: "Keep It Hot," etc.
25	%%* LargeHam: Larry Blackmon
26	* LiveAlbum: Several, starting with 1996's ''Nasty.''
27	* MemeticHair: Absolutely. The Cameo cut, also known as the Hi-Top Fade, was ''hugely'' influential in the 1980s and early 1990s.
28	* ProductPlacement: "Shake Your Pants" mentions the brands Sassoon, Jordache and Gloria Vanderbilt.
29	* ProtestSong
30	** "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" calls out UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan.
31	** "Skin I'm In" attacks racial profiling.
32	* RevolvingDoorBand: 26 members, not counting touring extras, over a nearly 40-year existence.
33	* SeriousBusiness: As they say in "Word Up": "We don't have the time for psychological romance"
34	* SexinessScore: In "She's Strange", the appearance subject of the song is described numerically.
35	-->''She's a 9, a 10, a 25th.''
36	* ShoutOut: "Tribute to Music/BobMarley".
37	* SillyLoveSongs: "She's Strange", "Attack Me With Your Love", "Why Have I Lost You", "Hangin' Downtown", etc.
38	%%* SingerNamedrop: "Cameosis".
39	* TokenWhite: Of the main lineup, Jeff Nelson is the only member who is white, with the others being black.
40	* VerbalTic: "Owwww!"

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