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The Exclusives (formerly Move Sumthin Productions) are an American/Canadian R&B/Pop/Hip Hop songwriting/production team from Miami, Florida, consisting of Sean "Pen" McMillion and Ralph "Vintage" Jeanty. the now Atlanta-based team broke into the music scene by co-writing the platinum selling single "I Luv This Shit" by August Alsina ==Music career== In their short career The Exclusives, began to build notoriety and respect as songwriters and producers for co-writing the song "Never Window Shopping" for Lloyd on his Zone 4/Interscope Release ''King of Hearts''. Under the mentorship of R&B Legend Betty Wright the duo set to broaden their horizons in the music industry. The team collaborated with Wright, as well as The Roots and co-wrote two songs on their album Betty Wright: The Movie released on November 15, 2011. The album received positive reviews mostly; Metascore gave it a 73 out of 100. It was listed as #6 on Associated Press's best albums of 2011. Pen and Vintage co-wrote the songs "Real Woman" featuring Snoop Dogg, and "Baby Come Back" featuring Lenny Williams. Work on the Betty Wright album afforded them the opportunity to work with The Roots on their first concept album entitled Undun, which released on December 2, 2011. The album debuted at No. 17 on Billboard Hot 200, and The Exclusives co-wrote the song "The Other Side" featuring Greg Porn and Bilal. Their rising success did not go unnoticed, Super Producer Tricky Stewart heard a song the duo wrote, and asked if he could record the song on an up-and-coming artist. Stewart produced the song with The Exclusives and it found a home with Media Sensation Karmin; most famously known for their Chris Brown cover, Look at Me Now. On May 1, 2012 the song "Too Many Fish" was unveiled to the world via several blog sites. After meeting a young August Alsina in 2011, and recording "I Luv This Shit" in 2012, "I Luv This Shit" topped the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart for two weeks in October 2013, August Alsina became the first R&B artist to reach number one with a debut single since Jeremih with "Birthday Sex" in 2009. On the main Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, it reached number thirteen, and peaked at number eighteen on the Rhythmic chart. It spent three weeks atop the US Heatseekers Songs in October and November 2013, then peaked at number forty-eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On March 6, 2014 the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified "I Luv This Shit" gold for shipping 500,000 copies. The certification was updated to platinum (1,000,000) on October 2, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database )〕 In August 2014 , The Exclusives inked a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music 〔http://www.warnerchappell.com/artist-details/1031〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Exclusives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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