lawrence met producer ari levine and was the first guest at ari's new recording studio in hollywood, ca., known as levcon recording studio. lawrence later brought mars to the studio and the three of them hit it off quickly, and they soon began writing songs and producing music together. over the course of the next 6 years, the team wrote and produced chart topping hits for a variety of musicians including flo rida, matisyahu, b.o.b., ceelo green, snoop dogg, wiz khalifa, adam lambert, adele and others. during this time, the trio also built the foundations for bruno mars and the hooligans.