{{Short description|Hip-hop and songwriting duo}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kinetics & One Love | image = Kolbrick2.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Kinetics & One Love | origin = [[New York City]] | genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Pop music|pop]]}} | years_active = 2009–present | website = {{URL|http://www.kineticsandonelove.com}} | current_members = Jeremy "Kinetics" Dussolliet<br />Tim "One Love" Sommers }}
[[Kinetics (rapper)|'''Jeremy "Kinetics" Dussolliet''']] and [[One Love (record producer)|'''Tim "One Love" Sommers''']] are an American musical duo from [[New York City]]. They made their commercial debut as songwriters in 2010 by penning the chorus to [[B.o.B]]'s single "[[Airplanes (song)|Airplanes]]". They have collaborated with [[R.A. the Rugged Man]] and [[Remedy (rapper)|Remedy]] from [[Wu-Tang Killa Bees]], [[Termanology]] and the Unknown Prophets, [[Neon Hitch]], [[Melanie Martinez (singer)|Melanie Martinez]], [[Madison Beer]] and [[Wynter Gordon]].
==About== Kinetics & One Love began writing music together after meeting in 2007 and forming a hip-hop group – with [[Kinetics (rapper)|Kinetics]] as the rapper and One Love as the producer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2010/04/23/alumni-hip-hoppers-flying-high |title=Alumni Hip-Hoppers Flying High | The Cornell Daily Sun |website=Cornellsun.com |date=2010-04-22 |accessdate=2020-04-28 |archive-date=February 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223080710/http://cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2010/04/23/alumni-hip-hoppers-flying-high |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, they released their first album ''Fading Back to Normal'', featuring the original Kinetics & One Love version of "[[Airplanes (song)|Airplanes]]," with One Love production and Kinetics rap verses. After handing out a few hundred copies of the album around New York, a copy made its way into the offices of [[Atlantic Records]] in New York City. While still college students at [[Cornell University]], Dussolliet and Sommers were invited to the label to speak with A&Rs from Atlantic and, in early 2010, signed a publishing deal with [[Warner/Chappell Music]], Inc.<ref>{{cite web|last=Glaser |first=Linda |url=https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/05/students-hip-hop-hit-hot-shoots-itunes-no-2 |title=Students' hip-hop hit hot: Recording by B.o.B. and Eminem jumps to iTunes No. 2 | Cornell Chronicle |website=News.cornell.edu |date=2010-05-03 |accessdate=2020-04-28}}</ref> "Airplanes" was bought by Atlantic and became the second single off rapper [[B.o.B]]'s debut album, ''[[The Adventures of Bobby Ray]]''.<ref name="cornell1">{{cite web|last=Glaser |first=Linda |url=https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May10/HipHopAirplanes.html |title=Students' hip-hop hit hot: Recording by B.o.B. and Eminem jumps to iTunes No. 2 | Cornell Chronicle |website=News.cornell.edu |date=2010-05-03 |accessdate=2020-04-28}}</ref> [[Paramore]]'s Hayley Williams was also featured on the track.<ref name="cornell1"/> The song climbed to the number 2 spot on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. A second version of "Airplanes" featuring [[Eminem]] was also included on B.o.B's album and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration.
After the release of "Airplanes," Kinetics & One Love moved to New York City and began writing and producing for various pop and indie artists, managed by Nullah Sarker of Hourglass Entertainment. In the summer of 2012, Kinetics released a hip-hop mixtape entitled ''With A Little Help From My Friends'', with guest appearances by [[R.A. the Rugged Man]], [[Remedy (rapper)|Remedy]], [[Nitty Scott]], and others.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.bbook.com/music/blackbook-premiere-kinetics-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends-mixtape/ |title=BlackBook Premiere: Kinetics' 'With a Little Help From My Friends' Mixtape |website=Bbook.com |date=2012-07-10 |accessdate=2020-04-28 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> One Love produced half of the songs on the mixtape and mixed and engineered the entire project. On August 28, 2012, Kinetics & One Love released their second album ''[[You Are Not Alone (Kinetics & One Love Album)|You Are Not Alone]]'', with guest appearances from [[Termanology]], [[Wynter Gordon]], and [[Nitty Scott]]. The album broke the top ten on the [[iTunes]] hip-hop chart and climbed to #55 on the all albums iTunes chart. It also landed at No. 57 on ''[[Billboard Magazine]]'''s R&B/Hip-Hop chart and No. 32 on its Heatseekers chart.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}.
==Selected songwriting and production credits== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Artist !! Song !! Album !! Certification |- | rowspan="9" |2023 | rowspan="1" |[[Jimin]] of [[BTS]], [[Kodak Black]], [[NLE Choppa]], [[Jvke|JVKE]], [[Muni Long]] |[[Angel Pt. 1]] |[[Fast X (soundtrack)|Fast X Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]] | |- | rowspan="1" |[[Madison Beer]] |Home To Another One |[[Silence Between Songs]] | |- | rowspan="2" |[[Melanie Martinez]] |TUNNEL VISION | rowspan="2" |[[Portals (Melanie Martinez album)|Portals]] | |- |MILK OF THE SIREN | |- | rowspan="5" |Julia Wolf |Get Off My | rowspan="5" |Good Thing We Stayed |- |Hot Killer | |- |Rookie Of The Year | |- |Sorority Girls | |- |Dracula | |- | rowspan="10" |2022 |[[Rosa Linn]] |[[Snap (Rosa Linn song)|Snap]] |Single |Gold |- | rowspan="2" |[[Madison Beer]] |Showed Me (How I Fell In Love With You) |Single | |- |Dangerous |Single | |- | rowspan="3" |[[Fletcher (singer)|Fletcher]] |Better Version [feat. [[Kelsea Ballerini]]] | rowspan="3" |[[Girl of My Dreams (album)|Girl Of My Dreams]] | |- |[[Becky's So Hot]] | |- |Guess We Lied | |- | rowspan="1" |[[Tate McRae]] |[[What's Your Problem? (Tate McRae song)|What's Your Problem]] |[[I Used to Think I Could Fly|I Used To Think I Could Fly]] | |- | rowspan="2" |[[Bryce Vine]] |y can't we b friends? |Single | |- |American Dream |Single | |- | rowspan="1" |[[Morgan Evans (singer)|Morgan Evans]] |[[Over for You]] |Single | |- |rowspan="13" |2021 | rowspan="8" |[[Madison Beer]] |[[Selfish (Madison Beer song)|Selfish]] | rowspan="7"|[[Life Support (Madison Beer album)|Life Support]] |Platinum |- |Good In Goodbye | |- |Stay Numb and Carry On | |- |Homesick | |- |Sour Times | |- |Baby | |- |Stained Glass | |- |[[Reckless (Madison Beer song)|Reckless]] | rowspan="1" |Single | |- | rowspan="3" |[[Anthony Ramos (actor)|Anthony Ramos]] |Blessings | rowspan="3" |Love and Lies | |- |Control | |- |Pray For Me | |- | rowspan="1" |[[Charlotte Lawrence]] |Rx |Charlotte |- | rowspan="1" |Julia Wolf |Falling In Love |Girls In Purgatory | |- | rowspan="8" |2020 |[[Jennifer Lopez]] |[[In the Morning (Jennifer Lopez song)|In the Morning]] |Single | |- |[[Lil Wayne]] |[[Dreams (Lil Wayne song)|Dreams]] |[[Funeral (Lil Wayne album)|Funeral]] | |- |[[Adam Lambert]] |[[Velvet (Adam Lambert song)|Velvet]] |[[Velvet (Adam Lambert album)|Velvet]] | |- |rowspan="2"|[[Fletcher (singer)|FLETCHER]] |Forever |Single | |- |Last Laugh |[[Promising Young Woman (soundtrack)|Promising Young Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]] | |- | rowspan="2" |[[lovelytheband]] |Emo | rowspan="2" |[[Conversations with myself about you|Conversations With Myself About You]] | |- |I Should Be Happy | |- |[[Travis Barker]], [[Captain Cuts]], [[Loote]], Home Alone |Sex With My Ex |Single | |- | rowspan="11" |2019 |[[Tate McRae]] |[[Stupid (Tate McRae song)|Stupid]] |[[All the Things I Never Said (Tate McRae EP)|all the things i never said]] |Gold |- |[[Madison Beer]] |Dear Society |Single | |- |[[Melanie Martinez]] |[[Drama Club (song)|Drama Club]] |[[K-12 (album)|K-12]] | |- |rowspan="2"|[[Fletcher (singer)|FLETCHER]] |[[Undrunk]] |rowspan="2"|[[You Ruined New York City for Me|you ruined New York city for me]] |Gold |- |If You're Gonna Lie | |- |[[Anthony Ramos (actor)|Anthony Ramos]] |Come Back Home |The Good & The Bad | |- |[[David Guetta]] |[[Better When You're Gone]] [Feat. [[Loote]]] |Single | |- |rowspan="4"|[[Loote]] |85% |rowspan="4"|lost | |- |Tomorrow Tonight | |- |Lost | |- |She's All Yours | |- | rowspan="4" |2017 | rowspan="2"|[[Marc E. Bassy]] |[[Plot Twist (Marc E. Bassy song)|Plot Twist]] (feat. [[KYLE]]) |rowspan="2"|Gossip Columns | |- |Plot Twist (Remix) [feat. [[Hailee Steinfeld]]] | |- |[[Hailee Steinfeld]] |[[Most Girls (Hailee Steinfeld song)|Most Girls]] |Single |2× Platinum |- |[[Grace VanderWaal]] |Sick of Being Told |[[Just the Beginning (Grace VanderWaal album)|Just the Beginning]] | |- | rowspan="1" |2016 |[[The Lonely Island]] |Incredible Thoughts (feat. [[Michael Bolton]] and [[Justin Timberlake]]) |[[Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping]] | |- | rowspan="9" |2015 |rowspan="8"|[[Melanie Martinez]] |[[Dollhouse (Melanie Martinez song)|Dollhouse]] |rowspan="8"|[[Cry Baby (Melanie Martinez album)|Cry Baby]] |2× Platinum |- |[[Carousel (Melanie Martinez song)|Carousel]] |Platinum |- |[[Sippy Cup (song)|Sippy Cup]] |Gold |- |[[Mrs. Potato Head (song)|Mrs. Potato Head]] |Gold |- |Alphabet Boy |Gold |- |[[Cry Baby (Melanie Martinez song)|Cry Baby]] |Gold |- |[[Mad Hatter (Melanie Martinez song)|Mad Hatter]] |Platinum |- |Milk And Cookies |Gold |- |[[Katy Tiz]] |[[Whistle (While You Work It)]] |Single | |- | rowspan="1" |2014 |[[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] |This Is Not A Drill (feat. [[Bebe Rexha]]) |[[Globalization (album)|Globalization]] | |- | rowspan="2" |2010 |rowspan="2"|[[B.o.B]] |[[Airplanes (song)|Airplanes]] (feat. [[Hayley Williams]] of [[Paramore]]) |rowspan="2"|[[B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray]] |6× Platinum |- |[[Airplanes Pt. II|Airplanes, Pt. II]] (feat. [[Eminem]] & [[Hayley Williams]] of [[Paramore]]) | |}
==Discography== * ''The Kinetics EP'' (2008) (solo Kinetics project) * ''Fading Back To Normal'' (2009) * ''With A Little Help From My Friends'' (2012) (solo Kinetics project) * ''[[You Are Not Alone (Kinetics & One Love album)|You Are Not Alone]]'' (2012)
==Awards== * 2011 Grammy nomination for ''Best Pop Collaboration'' * 2011 [[ASCAP]] Pop Music Award * 2011 [[ASCAP]] Rhythm & Soul Music Award
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://kineticsandonelove.com/ Official website of Kinetics & One Love]
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