ENTITY · RIDDIM
Full Up
Well supported
Studio One instrumental rhythm cut by the Sound Dimension in the late 1960s, one of the foundation riddims. Its best-known journey runs through the Mighty Diamonds' "Pass the Kouchie" (1981) to Musical Youth's "Pass the Dutchie", a UK number one in 1982 — one Brentford Road session financing decades of versions.
At a glance
- Type
- Riddim →
- Confidence
- Well supported
- Sources
- Studio One discographies; UK chart records.
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Debate & reception
What people argued about this record — two documented positions each time, kept apart from verified fact. Browse every argument in the archive →
Pass the Dutchie: global No. 1, and the question of who gets paid
One side
A global showcase for Jamaican music
The other
Unresolved credit and publishing for the originators
Two documented positions on reggae's cross-border hits, stated neutrally. One view celebrates 'Pass the Dutchie' as a showcase that carried Jamaican music and a Studio One rhythm to a worldwide audience; another emphasises the unresolved credit and publishing questions for the originators of 'Pass the Kouchie' and its rhythm source - a matter producer Gussie Clarke has publicly said pushed him toward music publishing. Neutral framing; no verdict, and no allegation against any individual.
Read the argument →Who authors a riddim? Bass, keys and the credit for the version
One side
Session musicians as uncredited authors
The other
Producers and labels as rights-holders
A long-running, documented industry debate framed from both sides. One position holds that the session musicians who wrote the foundation basslines and keyboard figures - the players behind rhythms like Real Rock and Full Up - are the uncredited authors of the version tradition. The other holds that authorship and rights sit properly with the producers and labels who commissioned, owned and marketed the masters. Neutral; a matter of public discussion, not a claim against any person.
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