Christopher Laurence Williams is an American R&B singer and actor. Williams, who emerged during the late 1980s as a recording artist for Geffen Records, has scored many hit singles, notably “Promises, Promises” (1989), “Talk to Myself” (1989), and “Every Little Thing U Do” (1993). The single “I’m Dreamin'” (1991), from the New Jack City soundtrack, became a #1 single on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. After a six-year hiatus from recording music, he returned to the music scene with Real Men Do on the indie label Renegade, in 2001. It received a glowing, flattering review in Ebony Magazine that summer.
In between solo pursuits, he has been a contributor to Alex Bugnon’s “As Promised,” with a smooth jazz version of Mary J. Blige’s “All That I Can Say”, featured on “In Your World” with Twista & The Speedknot Mobstas, a very up-tempo track on the soundtrack of “Doctor Dolittle”, and on the Cafe Soul All-Stars CD with a single entitled “Used To Be.” Other soundtrack contributions include: “Tha 2 of Us” from the film Bulletproof, “Superhero” from the film Butter, “Boom and the Bang” (featuring R&B songstress Monifah) and “I’m Yours” from the soundtrack of the stage play Men Cry in the Dark, and “Stranger In My Life” from the film Gunmen.
Additional collaborations throughout his career include: “Round and Round” and “No Sunshine” from the CD Phuture Flava, “Love You More Than Words Can Say” from the CD Soul Blitz Allstars, the duet with Miki Howard, “I Hope That We Can Be Together Soon”, the duet with Shae, “You Are So Fine”, “Can’t Wait To Be With You” from the DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince release Code Red, “I Wanna B Ure Lover” from the F.S. Effect release So Deep It’s Bottomless, and “Sexual Healing”, the duet with reggae dancehall queen Patra. Although he has been considered “out of the game” by some, there are countless artists from several genres who give full credit to him for writing lyrics, performing, producing, editing, collaborating, and simply “doing a favor for a friend.”