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George Phang
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Kingston producer (born 1956) whose Power House label built a cornerstone of 1980s dancehall on Sly & Robbie riddims, cut at Dynamic Sounds - hits included Half Pint's 'Greetings', Barrington Levy's 'Money Move' and Sugar Minott's 'Buy Off the Bar'.
Also billed George "Peppa" Phang, he and area don Tony Welch promoted many of Arnett Gardens's major dances together in the 1980s, part of the neighbourhood's PNP-aligned patronage structure around the sound system Socialist Roots.: 8-15.).
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Who authors a hit - the producer's riddim or the artist's voice?
One side
The producer's riddim and ownership
The other
The artist's song and performance
A long-running, documented tension in Jamaican music over where authorship of a hit sits. One position credits the producer, who builds and owns the riddim, finances the session and often controls the master; the other credits the artist, whose song, melody and performance make a particular cut famous. Neutral framing; no verdict.
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