The Exclusives (formerly Move Sumthin Productions) are an American/Canadian R&B/pop/hip hop songwriting and production team from

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, consisting of Sean "Pen" McMillion and Ralph "Vintage" Jeanty. The now

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-Based team's first notable success came from co-writing the platinum-selling single "

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" by

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Music career

The Exclusives began as songwriters and producers, co-writing the song "Never Window Shopping" for Lloyd on his Zone 4/

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release ''

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''. Under the mentorship of R&B legend

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, the duo collaborated with Wright and

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, co-writing two songs on their album '' Betty Wright: The Movie'', released on November 15, 2011. The album received mostly positive reviews; Metascore gave it a 73 out of 100. Pen and Vintage co-wrote the songs "Real Woman", featuring

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, and "Baby Come Back", featuring

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. Work on the Betty Wright album afforded them the opportunity to work with

on their first concept album, entitled ''

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'', which was released on December 2, 2011. The album debuted at No. 17 on

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; The Exclusives co-wrote the song "The Other Side", featuring Greg Porn and

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. The duo met a young August Alsina in 2011 and recorded "I Luv This Shit" in 2012. It topped the

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chart for two weeks in November 2013, August Alsina became the first R&B artist to reach number one with a debut single since

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with "

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" in 2009. On the main

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, it reached number 15, and peaked at number 19 on the

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chart. It peaked at number 48 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On March 6, 2014, the

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(RIAA)

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"I Luv This Shit" gold for shipping 500,000 copies. The certification was updated to platinum on October 2, 2014. In August 2014, The Exclusives inked a publishing deal with

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Notable charted songs

Executive production credits

* August Alsina – '' This Thing Called Life''

Discography

Writing/production credits for The Exclusives on notable works

* 2013: "

" –

ft. Trinidad James * 2013: "

" Remix –

ft.

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and

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* 2015: " Gold Slugs" –

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featuring

and

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* 2016: " Do You Mind" –

featuring

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, Future and

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References

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