Brotherhood is the debut studio album by 3T, the vocal trio formed by Taj, Taryll, and TJ Jackson. Released in 1995, the album combines contemporary R&B, smooth soul melodies, and polished pop production characteristic of mid-1990s urban music. Deeply influenced by the Jackson family legacy, the record balances heartfelt ballads with upbeat rhythmic tracks while showcasing the trio’s strong vocal harmonies and emotional delivery. The album achieved international success thanks to singles like “Anything” and “Why,” the latter featuring guest vocals from Michael Jackson. Brotherhood reflects themes of love, relationships, loyalty, and personal reflection, wrapped in lush arrangements blending keyboards, drum programming, and melodic hooks. Guest appearances and collaborations help broaden the album’s sound while maintaining its warm and melodic core. The release remains one of the notable R&B albums of the decade and represents an important chapter in the extended Jackson musical legacy.

Brotherhood's "Complete Recordings" Show Another Side of Former Paul Revere and the Raiders Members. Rock's back pages are littered with "creative differences." Such differences split Paul Revere and the Raiders into two warring factions - Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay on one side; Phil "Fang" Volk, Mike "Smitty" Smith and Drake "The Kid" Levin on the other. The Volk-Smith-Levin triumvirate bristled at the more pop direction that the onetime garage band had been taking, and were none too pleased with the studio musicians being enlisted to beef up the Raiders' recordings. In early 1967, the trio departed the band, leading to litigation and acrimony. But both parties soldiered on. Revere and Lindsay were joined in The Raiders by Freddy Weller, Joe Correro, Jr. and Keith Allison, and Volk, Levin, and Smith formed The Brotherhood. But while Revere continued to notch hits, The Brotherhood wasn't quite so lucky. Its small three-album discography for RCA has gone all but forgotten in the ensuing years. Luckily, Real Gone Music has found this missing link in Raiders history. Brotherhood's The Complete Recordings (RGM-0220, 2014) brings together all three of these fascinating LPs in one deluxe 2-CD set.

Right at the height of popularity for Paul Revere and the Raiders, the band s core power trio of Phil (Fang) Volk (bass), Drake (The Kid) Levin (guitar) and Mike (Smitty) Smith (drums) left to pursue their own more ambitious musical goals. Subsequent lawsuits and a run of bad luck meant that the first, self-titled album by their new band, Brotherhood, would be delayed, and received little notice at the time. Yet, by mixing a wealth of socially-conscious original numbers with hard-rocking reinterpretations of tunes by the Mamas and the Papas and Joe South, Brotherhood was a band brimming with promise…