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oh back in the 80's I was grooving to alot of Cameo. Cameo was pretty much keeping the Funk Alive past 1985. Cameo always had the Jams."Attack me with your Love", I Just want to be,Word Up,Candy,etc.... you always knew a Cameo Groove&they were One of the Few Funk Acts that didn't get burried by Hip-Hop. in fact for a while Cameo was hanging with Hip-Hop&Embracing the Beats.I dig Cameo the most from 79-86.oh the days of buying there albums&also Larry Blackmon's side Protege acts on Atlanta Artist records were the days.

I have always liked Cameo and this CD does not disappoint me! I am impressed by the selections in this CD. Cameo has so many songs until it can be a real task selected popular known songs compared to ones inside of the many previous albums. I am impressed by this CD and will enjoy it always!

I think that this is one of the best Cameo compilations out there, even better than Anthology! They smartly chose the group's best songs, even mixing it up to keep the funk sound fluid all throughout as well as the few ballads. How Word Up weaves into Single Life is astounding! Rigor Mortis from 1977 blends well with the next 80s song. She's Strange was very chance taking as well as Attack Me with Your Love. I still love Candy. But Cameo can be smooth on ballads like Sparkle and Why Have I Lost You. They were known to recycle the last album's grooves onto the next album between 1982 and 1988. One correction, even though they had to get the CD out--Word Up is from 1986, not 1987 and Machismo is from 1988. Larry Blackmon is such a funk visionary, much like James Brown and George Clinton and he knew how he wanted his band to sound. They got better musically when the band went from 13 to 3 members. This CD fully covers the band's unbelievable run of hits. So get ready to turn this one up for an upcoming summer cookout!

Cameo are a great group but I think they were totally underrated. I love Attack Me With Your Love and Word Up. They are still songs I listen to over and over. Most of the other songs on here were fairly new to me since here they weren't big artists. But looking back on these guys, they should have been bigger. Their songs are cool and tight and have that great 90's sound and feel to them. This is a great cd and it's a must for all R&B fans who like their R&B funky.

Cameo was a Funk band that originally resembled Funkadelic with hard funk and humouristic lyrics, they were not afraid to use horns and other catchy instruments that perfectly suited the 70's music. In the 80's with Hip Hop emerging Cameo switched style a little and istead of using Horns they switched to Synthesizers, Drum Machines and a more pop influenced image, In the mid 80's they also scored some of their biggest hits like "Word Up" "Candy" "Single Life" and "She's Strange" that all were hybrids of the best that market had to offer (pop, funk, rock, hip hop). Thier main singer and leader was Larry Blackmon, but Tomi Jenkins also sang vocals, third key member was Nathan Leftenant. From 1977 when their first album "Cardiac Arrest" was released to the mid 80's they released loads of albums, none of them were bad though, even if many of the Cameo albums came released 6 months inbetween and some are hard to purchase. However, back then in the 70's and 80's many albums just contained the inadequate number of 7-8 songs on a LP. Instead of releasing one with atleast 10-12, it feautures 7-8 and many of those songs were too long. The Album version of "She's Strange" is over 7 minutes for example. That's why it would be better to buy a compilation of Cameo instead of go for a single LP, the problem with "Best Of" albums with Cameo is that they're inadequate and many songs are missing out, there is no remastered version and no bonus tracks either. This particular version is from new for a change, it miss some songs but the majority of big hits appear. It seems like each of the compliations feature the top hits but miss out some minor hits each but adds other that weren't feautures on another album.

Here you'll find the obvious 80's hits: "Word Up" "Single Life," "Candy," and "She's Strange" unfortunately some of the old skool songs are missing and you'll may get the idea that Cameo emerged in the 80's while they actually started of in the earlt 70's as a funk band. Needless to say, this compilation is pleasant but there are already quite a few that are just as good or better.