Word Up! was an American magazine focusing on teen entertainment and music. The magazine was part of Enoble Media Group. Its main focuses were African-American teen singers, rappers, models, and prodigies. The magazine came out monthly and usually had many posters and contests for fans of famous "To Die For" celebrities. It was very popular in the 1980s. The magazine mostly covered information concerning rap, Hip-hop and R&B music. The headquarters was in Paramus, New Jersey.
In Fall 2006, Run-D.M.C.'s Rev Run's daughter Angela Simmons had a mini mag with Word Up called Angela's Rundown. It was to generate interest and give Angela her own spin off magazine. In November 2007 Word Up printed Angela's own stand alone magazine that had Bow Wow, Omarion, and herself on the cover.
As of 2012, Word Up has ceased publication. The last dated issue was April 2012.
Trivia
Rapper The Notorious B.I.G. referenced the magazine in his song "Juicy". He opens with the line "It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine". He then refers to a specific photo appearing in the magazine portraying Salt N Pepa in a limousine with Heavy D. The line also appears in Jay-Z's song, "Dream". This line was also used in the Tamar Braxton song "The One".
Word Up! is an album by the funk/R&B group Cameo released in 1986. The record made Cameo one of the most successful bands of that decade.
Track listing
Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 & 7 published by All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music. Tracks 4 & 5 published by All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music-Better Nights Music.
Yo, pretty ladies around the world Got a weird thing to show you, so tell all the boys and girls Tell your brother, your sister and your mamma too 'Cause they?re about to throw down and you'll know just what to do Wave your hands in the air like you don't care Glide by the people as they start to look and stare Do your dance, do your dance, do your dance quick mamma Come on baby, tell me what's the word Word up, everybody say When you hear the call, you?ve got to get it underway Word up, it's the code word No matter where you say it, you?ll know that you'll be heard now All you sucker DJ's who think you're fly There's got to be a reason and we know the reason why You try to put on those airs and act real cool But ya got to realize that you're acting like fools If there's music, we can use it, we need to dance We don't have the time for psychological romance No romance, no romance, no romance for me, mamma Come on baby, tell me what's the word Word up, everybody say When you hear the call, you've got to get it underway Dial 'L' for Low [Incomprehensible] Do your dance, do your dance [Incomprehensible] Do your dance, do do do do your dance, do your dance Check it, baby Do do do, do your dance, do your dance Say like that Say like that [Incomprehensible] Every body is gonna [Incomprehensible] C?mon, all you people say W O R D up W O R D up W O R D up
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Jesus spoke these words to invite all who would listen to follow Him ... Many times, people are confused about what the word “church” refers to ... all of its ups and downs. Hear Jesus’ words, Come unto Me.
I guess he gets up for it ... Even with tensions heightened, brush-ups bound to happen, words meant to be exchanged, Washington has almost always been the aggressor ... If you don’t body up early on the perimeter, he’s gonna finish shots.
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Emma Raducanu and Iga Swiatek have completed their warm-ups on Rod Laver Arena and we’re about to get under way. But hang on, the second seed is have a word to the match official ...
On the contrary, it needs to wake up to this key fact ...Wake up. Grow up ... Yet his words are actually quite right. ‘Life has its ups and downs, and everybody experiences those.
Harry Doyle chronicled Vaughn's many ups and (mostly) downs, with this one scene allowing him to rattle off as many "tater" words as possible, while also remarking, "That baby is definitely going away for the winter."'Nobody's listening anyway'.
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Some words may be mispronounced. CORALVILLE - There are plenty of ups and downs in any hockey season ...Fair to say right now is an up for the Iowa Heartlanders ... Reyelts picked up his first United States ...
Countdown is a staple of tea time viewing and as it comes up to its 40th anniversary, fans could be forgiven for thinking it no longer holds any secrets ... Cover-ups ... This means the producers can cover up any mistakes - including spelling out rude words.
My word, nobody wants to go through today, do they? ... They need to conjure up something here to save Spurs from embarrassment ... The two teams are just finishing of their arm-ups as I type this and my word do they need them ... Let's all get up for the cup.
