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 " I Luv This Shit" 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

Betty Wright Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teena ...

, 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 – ''

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Discography

Writing/production credits for The Exclusives on notable works

* 2013: " I Luv This Shit" –

ft. Trinidad James * 2013: " I Luv This Shit" Remix –

ft.

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and

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* 2015: " Gold Slugs" –

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featuring

and

Fetty Wap Willie Junior Maxwell II (born June 7, 1991), better known by his stage names Fetty Wap or Harlem Fetty, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence after his debut single "Trap Queen" reached number two on the U.S. ''B ...

* 2016: " Do You Mind" –

featuring

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, Future and

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References

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