Groove Theory

Groove Theory is the eponymous debut album by Groove Theory, released on October 24, 1995. The album peaked at #69 on the Billboard 200 chart and at #14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in October 1996. Groove Theory produced three singles: Tell Me, Keep Tryin', and Baby Luv.

Well, I mean, inspiration was being young and green and having years and years of songs written before then, and never being in the studio before. It’s a live combination of inexperience, excitement, innocence, and a lot to say, you know being years and years of writing stuff, and watching things, and I grew up at the time that the Native Tongues was really popular, that really influenced me. I think I grew up in the hey day of hip hop, the best hip hop, the late 80’s, early 90’s, so I had a lot of stuff to inspire musically that was going on. And it was inspirational for me as a songwriter to be able to have all my own material that I was writing, as opposed to being in a group where some things are written for you.
— Amel Larrieux, 2009 interview with Nu-Soul Magazine