I know this is not my usual oldies blog, but i felt the need to do this blog in this young brothers honor...When will the violence stop?


Tennessee Rapper Brikks Murdered in Home Robbery

Chattanooga, Tenessee rapper Brikks was killed on Saturday after three men invaded his home and shot him to death. A friend that he was with, Josquin Jackson, also sustained gun wounds and lies in critical condition at Erlanger Hospital.

Thirty-three year-old Brikks, whose real name was Henry Brown, IV, was sitting in his living room with Jackson when another man, Dexter Talley, showed up, presumably to visit. According to Jackson, Talley left minutes later to “get his cell phone” from the car. Talley came back with two other armed men and proceeded to duct tape Brown and Jackson’s wrists. The two were robbed of their jewelry, wallets, and keys.

From the hospital bed, Jackson told police that one of the men “became agitated” during the robbery and shot Brikks in the chest. Jackson got into a scuffle with one of the men and was shot three times. He told police that he laid still on the floor so that the intruders would think he was dead, and they left without shooting him again. Jackson then went outside to get help. By the time the police arrived, Brikks was already dead.

Brikks was one half of the duo, Pinney Woods, which also included partner Travis Moore, also known as Mobb. Signed to Black Ice Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, the group was successful in their endeavors, even sharing the stage with other groups such as Outkast, 8Ball & MJG, and the YoungBloodZ.

The local rap community in Chattanooga, Tennessee said that the duo was bound for stardom.

"It doesn’t help that it happened to this guy, who was doing particularly well with his career and was on the brink of making it,” said local rapper J-Hubb to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. “They actually were past the point of trying to make it. They had just walked in the door so to speak.”

Local artist Madd Dreams said that the killing was probably a product of jealousy over the success of Brikks. He plans to write a tribute song about the murder.

“I feel like somebody had a grudge against them because they were on. Because they were doing better than somebody else,” he said.

"This should be a sign to Chattanooga to wake up. He been doing this all his life and he was making it and trying to put this place on the map and he gets taken out senselessly by somebody he grew up with and knew. It's jealousy and envy that need to stop," Brown's cousin Darnell Tyson said outside the Taylor Funeral home.

"We had just came down here from New York and we used to sit down and write all the time. I used to help him with all his performances. He just wanted to keep it going. That was my little brother, I loved him," Brown's older brother added.

Pinney Woods was apparently on its way to making it big.

The duo was already signed to Black Ice Records in California.

Travis Moore, aka Mobb, was Brown's rap partner for the last decade.

He says he plans to complete their latest album in memory of Brown.

"You see much love out here...everybody loved him," Moore said looking around.

Brown leaves behind a fiancee and eight children.

Police have found and arrested 28 year-old Dexter Talley, who is now facing charges of felony murder, aggravated robbery, attempted first-degree murder, and aggravated assault in connection with Saturday night’s shooting.

This happened back in April, 2 others have since been arrested.


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Comment by Edie Antoinette on June 2, 2009 at 4:34pm
please keep us in the loop. Absolutely egregious!!!! smh
Comment by Shelley "SoleMann" King on June 2, 2009 at 4:26pm
Yep, can't wait for this trial to see what is going to be said
Comment by Edie Antoinette on June 1, 2009 at 9:45pm
What???!!!!! Uncle and COUSIN???!!!!!! Unbelievable! *frowning*
Comment by Shelley "SoleMann" King on June 1, 2009 at 8:17pm
Bert it's just so senseless, they got the first guy and what about the other 2 arrested was the guys Uncle and Cousin....SMH
Comment by Boo on June 1, 2009 at 7:48pm
Sad, but glad to know they have arrested the low- down thang and they will get the others.Being jealous of someone will get you in big trouble.It's not worth it
Comment by Shelley "SoleMann" King on June 1, 2009 at 7:09pm
Well said Mama Edie....AMEN
Comment by Edie Antoinette on June 1, 2009 at 6:46pm
This is just tragic. Jealousy?? Madness...smh We can be thankful that God's Kingdom under the rulership of God's son, Jesus Christ will soon remove all traces of this kind of thing from the earth. No more crime and violence...no more hatred.

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The history of the Butlers/Raw Soul is dense, but for all of us music nerds, that's normal. It is not totally clear what year the Butlers actually formed but they released their first single in 1963 on Liberty Records. That single was "She Tried To Kiss Me" and another single followed on Guyden entitled "Lovable Girl." After the Guyden single the Butlers took a break not recording another record until the single "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" was released on the Phila label in 1966. The group also backed Charles Earland and Jean Wells on one Phila single ("I Know She Loves Me"). 


As you might be noticing, the Butlers were doing a fair amount of recording but not achieving much success. The group's recordings sold regionally but never had the promotion to make an impact on the national scene. After the single with Phila, the Butlers moved to the Fairmount label (part of the Cameo-Parkway family) and released a handful of singles, some being reissued singles of the past. The Butlers were with Fairmount for 1966-67 and then moved to Sassy Records. Sassy released the group's greatest single (in my opinion) "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" b/w "If That's What You Wanted." A copy of that 45 sold for just under $500 last summer on eBay. Even though that isn't that much in the world of record collecting--it's still a hefty sum. The Butlers released another single on Sassy ("She's Gone" b/w "Love Is Good") that appears to be even 
harder to come by then the "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" single.

 

The true history become a bit blurred here as the AMG biography states that the Butlers last record was released on C.R.S. in 1974 (". However, between 1971 and that single, Frankie Beverly formed a group called Raw Soul and released a number of singles. Some of the songs recorded by Beverly during this period are "While I'm Alone," "Open Up Your Heart," (both on the Gregor label) and "Color Blind." "Color Blind" was released by the Eldorado label and rerecorded by Maze. Beverly's big break came when Marvin Gaye asked Raw Soul to back him on a tour. Gaye helped Beverly/Raw Soul get a contract at Capitol. Beverly decided to take the group in a different direction, a name change occurred, and Maze was created. 

The above isn't the most complete history of Beverly but hopefully someone will know a way to get in touch with the man or his management because a comprehensive pre-Maze history needs to be done on Frankie Beverly (his real name is Howard, by the way). Below you'll find every Frankie Beverly (pre-Maze) song available to me right now ("Color Blind" will be up soon). 

If you have a song that is not included below, shoot it over to funkinsoulman (at) yahoo.com and it will go up in the next Frankie Beverly post (later this week--highlighting Maze). Also, if you have any more information please share your knowledge. The Butlers material has been comp-ed sporadically (usually imports) but the entire Maze catalog has been reissued and is available. 

Enjoy.  "She Kissed Me" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967) 
 
 "I Want To Feel I'm Wanted" (not sure which label or year) "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" (Phila, 1966) "Because Of My Heart" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)
   
 "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" (Sassy, 1967)
   
 "If That's What You Wanted" (Sassy, 1967)
 



Frankie Beverly is one of those cats that has lasting power. He started in the music business doing a tour with doo wop group the Silhouettes and then formed his own group called the Blenders. The Blenders never recorded a single, Beverly wouldn't appear on wax until forming the Butlers a few years later. Along with Beverly, the Butlers included Jack "Sonny" Nicholson, Joe Collins, John Fitch, and Talmadge Conway.

Beverly would later enjoy great success fronting Maze and Conway would become a
well-known penning Double Exposure's
"Ten Percent" and the Intruders' "Memories Are Here To Stay." 
 While Maze is a phenomenal group, Beverly's work before that group will always stand out as his best (imo).

The Butlers produced tunes that most Northern Soul fans would kill for and Raw Soul gave the funksters something to pursue. If, by chance, you know of a way to get in touch with Frankie Beverly or his management, please drop me an e-mail. It would be absolutely great to do an interview with him about his pre-Maze work. He's still playing out, most recently doing a New Year's Eve show in Atlanta.
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