Arise and Shine from Hugh Mundell, a talent taken much to soon on the vicious streets of Kingston, Jamaica. The Tofu Hut has a great breakdown on Mundell, his significance in the reggae world and his death.

Back in Jamaica, the artist behind that album, a boy not yet 21, sits in a car on the streets of Kingston. A figure approaches him from behind, raises a gun and fires; the boy is shot in the neck. Accounts as to the motive vary; some say that the victim had entered the neighborhood seeking revenge for an earlier burglary; there are those who claim that the boy had sold his assailant a faulty refrigerator and was shot in retaliation for the scam; some argue that it was a dispute over a woman. Whatever the cause, Hugh Mundell, a prodigy who had at the age of twenty created five albums and three children, lay dead.

If you ever come up on a Hugh Mundell record in decent shape, buy it. You won’t regret it.

Hugh Mundell – Arise and Shine