Career

Laurneá made her debut in the R&B industry in 1997 with the release of her album Betta Listen. The album featured production by Omar, Raphael Saadiq, and Speech. However, Laurneá was not content with working with Sony and in 2000, left to form her own label, Era Sound 1 Records.

On her own label, she released several albums. In 2000, Laurneá 2 was released in Japan, South East Asia and Australia. Despite being released only overseas, the album featured well-known producers like Jon B, Craig Love and Dwayne Wiggins. Following up this release, Laurneá released New Territory in 2002. 2004 saw another release from Laurneá as she released I Remember in Japan with production by India.Arie

India.Arie

India.Arie is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and record producer . She has sold over 3.3 million records in the U.S. and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album.-Background:Simpson was born in Denver, Colorado...

 and Billy Odum. 2005 saw the release of The Collection in the United States which was actually a compilation of four songs from each of her past four albums.

Laurneá has been working with India.Arie

India.Arie

India.Arie is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and record producer . She has sold over 3.3 million records in the U.S. and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album.-Background:Simpson was born in Denver, Colorado...

 on her last 3 albums and writing for film and T.V. She's also been working on American Idol and working with Rachell Farrell. Her 6th album, tentatively titled Butterfly the Flying Flower is due in 2012.

In addition to releasing these albums, Laurneá has scored roles in the Spike Lee

Spike Lee

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 films School Daze

School Daze

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, Hoodlum

Hoodlum

Hoodlum is a 1997 crime film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s...

, My Past is My Own (with Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

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) and more.