The group signed a recording contract with Epic Records, and in 1995, they released their self-titled debut album Groove Theory. Wilson also found it useful for Larrieux to both write, sing, and arrange each song instead of shopping around for different singers and songwriters. He approached Larrieux, who he knew was a singer-songwriter, with one of Wilson's production tracks, saying "look, you wanna try writing a song? You know I can give you one of the tracks, and you can do it, and if you don’t mind, you can demo it.” Wilson hoped to use the group as a chance to utilize his production talents, while Larrieux wanted a chance to shine in R&B. A publisher at the company had signed Wilson as a producer, and knew he was interested in forming a group. Larrieux had been working at the music publishing company since the age of 18. The group formed in New York in 1993, when Amel Larrieux met Bryce Wilson while she was working at Rondor Music as a receptionist.
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