He also has several productions on Jennifer Lopez's 2011 comeback album, Love? including "One Love" and the dance-pop number "(What Is) Love?" which was released as the lead soundtrack single and scored in Lopez's 2010 romantic comedy, The Back-up Plan.ĭ'Mile produced several songs and served as the executive producer for Diggy Simmons' album, Unexpected Arrival, which was released March 20, 2012, on Atlantic Records. He then worked with Diddy and Dirty Money on their album, "Last Train To Paris," which was released December 14, 2010, producing the song, "Shades", which was co-produced with Justin Timberlake's production group The Y's and featured guest vocals from Timberlake, Lil Wayne, Bilal, and James Fauntleroy II. Blige's ninth album Stronger with Each Tear. D'Mile is also listed as producing the R&B ballad "In the Morning" for Mary J. Justin Bieber worked with D'Mile on " Favorite Girl," which is the fourth single from his debut album My World. Hot Dance Club Play chart, the R&B hit "Luv" as well as the album tracks "I.D.", "Truth or Dare" and "The Meaning". He produced and co-wrote the lead single " Feedback," which reached number one on the U.S. He scored his first main chart success with Janet Jackson's tenth studio album, Discipline. After these bodies of work, a friend introduced D'Mile to Rodney Jerkins, with whom he had an apprenticeship for two years. Blige's 2005 album The Breakthrough with the song "Gonna Breakthrough," which he co-wrote and produced. Later the same year, he also made an appearance on Mary J.
Career 2005–2012: Career beginnings Įmile made his major production debut on Rihanna's 2005 album Music of the Sun, for which he produced & co-wrote "That La, La, La" with fellow Brooklyn hip-hop group Full Force. He grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and began learning to play the keyboard as a young child. Emile is the son of Haitian vocalist Yanick Étienne, who was featured in recordings by and toured with Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music in the 1980s, and music producer Dernst Emile.