Exodus (Bob Marley & the Wailers album) song became a No. 1 hit in Jamaica as well as the United Kingdom and Germany. On 3 December 1976, an attempt was made on Marley’s life. It was this attempt that drove him out of Jamaica. In addition to Marley's assassination attempt, "his wife Rita — one of the I Threes, whose singing on "Exodus" is first-rate" was also shot and survived. "Exodus" is a reggae album which features a "laid-back" production, that contains a "stoned atmosphere that's simultaneously funky and political" according to Cam, an Emeritus from Sputnikmusic. Cam described the album's musical style as being "different," noting
Bob Marley assassination attempt by the CIA’s Jamaican station chief, Norman Descoteaux. According to Gary Webb’s book "Dark Alliance", “The campaign included covert shipments of arms to Manley’s opponents, the use of selective violence, bombings, and assassinations, covert financial aid to the conservative Jamaica Labour Party, the fomenting of extensive labor unrest, and bribery.” One of the CIA agents who would later play a key role in the Contra project, Luis Posada Carriles, a Bay of Pigs invasion and Operation Condor veteran, was spotted in Jamaica near the scene of one of the bombings. The Smile Jamaica Concert was held on December 5, 1976