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Biography
distinguish|Bill LawrenceInfobox musical artist|name = Billy Lawrence|background = solo_singer|birth_date = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1972|5|3|death_date =|origin = St. Louis , Missouri , United States |genre = rhythm and blues|R& B , soul music|soul , hip hop soul|hip-hop soul |occupation = Singer , songwriter ,|years_active = 1992-present Billy Lawrence (born May 3, 1972, in Boca Raton, FL ) is an United States|American R& B / Soul music|soul singer-songwriter, record producer and arranger.cite web|title=Billy Lawrence|url= http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Lawrence/e/B000AQ37GI/|work=Amazon.com|accessdate=30 November 2010
Biography
In 1992, Lawrence made her start in the music industry as a background singer for Jamaica n singer Jimmy Cliff . Not long after she was signed to Eastwest Records when she recorded her debut One Might Say in 1994.
The album was a mixture of R& B, soul, rock, contemporary jazz, and newjack-hiphop. She was also featured on the song "Freedom" on Mario Van Peebles ' Panther soundtrack in 1995.
In 1997, Lawrence had the first single and music video from the platinum soundtrack to the film Set It Off with the song " Come On (Billy Lawrence song)|Come On "cite news|title=Billy Lawrence Wants You To 'Come On'|url= http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2008/03/billy_lawrence_wants_you_to_co.php|accessdate=30 November 2010|newspaper=SoulBounce|date=7 March 2008 that featured female rapper MC Lyte . Elektra Entertainment released Lawrence's second album Paradise (Billy Lawrence album)|Paradise . She was then featured on label-mate Rampage (rapper)|Rampage ’s debut single "Take It to the Streets". She went on to tour with Busta Rhymes , Rampage and the Flipmode Squad . She made a cameo on Rampage’s video for his second single "We Getz Down" with 702 (band)|702 . She also released a non-album track as a maxi-single called "Up & Down" which sampled the disco song "The Glow of Love" by Change (band)|Change featuring Luther Vandross as a second single.
After Paradise , Lawrence was featured on the debut album of rapper Mase , Harlem World which had multi-platinum success. Along with her brother Kyra Lawrence she wrote and sang background on Jennifer Lopez 's debut album On the 6 . She also wrote and sang background for Mariah Carey ’s group Allure (group)|Allure . Charli Baltimore recruited Lawrence to be on her debut album Cold as Ice on the song "Pull the Alarm". The album was never released. Lawrence also was at the helm of the album from Lisa Lopez|Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez 's group Blaque . In 1999 Hinda Hicks covered Lawrence’s "Truly" from her debut album One Might Say , and released it as a single from her album Hinda .
In 1999, Lawrence worked with R& B band TLC (band)|TLC on their studio album FanMail alongside Dallas Austin . She wrote four songs for TLC out of 40 that were recorded during the album making phase. None of Lawrence's songs made the final cut of the album. Lawrence was also recording for her next album Too Many Times for Elektra Entertainment during this time. Too Many Times featured producers Poke & Tone , Trackmasters , Darrell "Delite” Allamby, Dallas Austin, SoulShock and Organized Noise . Lawrence wrote or co-wrote eight out of the 11 songs. She also produced or co-produced five songs. The first single was going to be the title track which featured TLC. A remix of the title track was also recorded with Left Eye (Lisa Lopez) and Busta Rhymes. Lawrence also remade Anita Baker 's "Fairy Tales". The album was set for a November release date, but was pushed back until eventually Elektra Entertainment was bought out by new owners Warner Music Group and the album was shelved.
After leaving the label, Lawrence signed with Epic Records , and she wrote and sung background on two songs for label mate, Mandy Moore on her debut album. Moore's debut single "Candy" had Lawrence on background vocals.
The domain billylawrence.com was purchased by Epic Records but is not in use by Lawrence.
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Label
Peak Position
Billboard Hot 200
Billboard Top R& B/ Hip-Hop Albums
Billboard Top Heatseekers
8/ 16/ 1994
One Might Say
East West Records>EastWest
6/ 24/ 1997
Paradise (Billy Lawrence album)>Paradise
EastWest
57
11/ ? ? / 1999 (Unreleased)
Too Many Times
EastWest
Singles
Year
Song
Peak Position
Billboard Hot 100
Hot R& B/ Hip-Hop
1994
"Happiness"
87
61
"Boyfriend"
1997
Come On " (feat. MC Lyte )
44
19
"Up & Down"
92
47
"Paradise"
References
Reflist Persondata | NAME =Lawrence, Billy | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =January 20, 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, Billy Category:1971 births Category:American singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:People from St. Louis, Missouri
