Tony Rich’s “EXIST” is Creative Loafing’s BEST 2008

The Tony Rich Project, Exist (Hidden Beach Recordings) – Remember the late ’90s when Tony Rich was LaFace Record’s platinum-selling poster dude for overly sensitive R&B? Well, this year he returned with less hurt in his heart and more experience. Not since Sade’s Love Deluxe has the combination sounded so lush and liberating.