Did R&B Singer Tony Rich Get Blacklisted? (The Guy That Sounds Like Babyface 🥴)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- In 1995, Antonio Richards - better known as Tony Rich - broke onto the music scene along with other artists that were a part of what the Washington Post described as a “soul revival.”
His debut album, entitled Words, was certified platinum and brought us the monster hit, “Nobody Knows.” But after that, Tony fell off the radar.
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I loved that song as a kid and thought it was babyface until now. Wow.
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I always thought it was babyface as well lol
So did I
Me too! 😂
This is how I use to sing the chorus, (or so I thought) mumble, ham, beatbox, stammer (somewhere in the middle of the chorus) and whistle at the same damn time, to Tony Rich's song "Nobody Knows It But Me", from when I was like 10 to when I was about sem'teen years young:
"Tren ren rrrnn rrnnn nnnn.. Life is so lonely Jesus so sed, en, I just keep mmmmmm lo that we had, and I'm kiss'n you, that obody knows it but meh"🤦♂
Then whistle and we're on repeat again.
I'm tired of talented people being blacklisted for mundane reasons! Tony Rich made great music that is STILL touching to this day. Greedy record execs need to realize that most of today's "artists" lack substance and depth. Most of them probably won't be remembered in 10 years! 😩
That’s for real.
@@2mara 👍🏾
Agreed! I can not respect the entertainment industry of deceptive practices they do against real talent people.
It’s painful how they keep stifling and frustrating talent
Another underrated popular r&b artist from the 90s who were forgotten was Jesse Powell, Eric Bennet, TQ, Kenney Latimore
Eric and Kenny still perform and are pretty active
I hold Jesse Powell in much higher esteem
Eric Bennet cheated on Halle Berry and his career went down
Yassss, Jesse Powell did his thing on “Gloria”
@@MsDivaJonelle iconic
Omg Nobody Knows was one of my ultimate favorite slow jams from back in the day and it’s still in my playlist today. Thank you for this ❤️ I always wondered what ever happened to him.
Such a great song ❤️ Hope you enjoyed the video!
@@rrg I sure did ☺️
It was! Sad thing I hate to say but it’s been so long I forgot Tony Rich 😩🤦🏽♀️ I didn’t know he was blackballed but it definitely explains why we never hear his music anymore so that had to be for a reason smh But yes he’s veryyy talented and their right he does sound a lot like Babyface 💯
Tony's music is wholesome and sensual, and not repetitive. When you hear his lyrics, they encourage you to sing along with the song, and you never have to worry about the words within his song/music. I've bought all of his CDs, and regardless of what label he is under, his music stands alone; irrespective of where he is, his concerts are worth the trip.
Nobody Knows is one of my fav songs so I knew it wasn't Babyface. But tbh outside of listening to the song, I didn't think much about Tony Rich. Thanks for this breakdown! As soon as you mentioned Pebbles and La Reid, I knew where the story was going 😂.
Thanks for watching ❤️
I thought it was just me. When you hear Pebbles and LA Reid you know it's about to be a problem 🥴.
@@laura-rosemclellan4196 And Puff Daddy, 2
I couldn't wait to watch this! This is sad, yet sometimes rejection is protection. Tony is so talented as a singer and musician.
Thanks for always watching ❤
DEEP: "Rejection is protection." Wowwwwww.
Not only is Tony a talented singer/ songwriter, he's dope on the 🎹as well.
Facts!
All these underrated artists are getting pushed to the back....meanwhile mumble rappers and less talented folk out here making millions. Its sad but I wish Tony the BEST!!!
Thanks for watching ❤️
That's because they are bending over both literally and figuratively being the devil's bytch.
Because the underated artist sounds similar to a bigger artist
@@Lili-vc2lu right they want to kill the real competition to make one super star at the top.
Bingo
So much 90’s nostalgia in “Nobody Knows” I cried listening to it a few moments ago. The 90’s was an amazing time!
Sad to hear that he’s been releasing albums all these years and I didn’t know of any of his music, due to the machine only giving shine to those artists who are hot in the industry at the moment. My heart sank when the narrator said he hasn’t been on the mainstream charts in 25 years or something to that effect, even though he’s been releasing music and albums. The industry is a very cold, unloving place. He had awards, albums and is a very talented artist, but due to being blackballed he couldn’t get a deal from a major record label. The industry is brutal. Smh!
I remember when Jon B came out, they were pushing the fact that he sounded like babyface yet he was pushed to a black audience and they loved him.
Sad but true.
I was today years old when I found out that song wasn't by Babyface! I'm floored!
As soon as I heard " Pebbles and LA Reid ", I knew what happened.
I really like his smooth sound! Regis said it best “ enjoy it now cuz they will soon chew u up and spit u out “
Yup, Regis was right
Jon B is the Michael McDonald of the late 90s and early 2000s. He's underappreciated.
I am happy to say that I still play his music at home. I'm happy and proud to have all 7 of his CD albums. 📀📀📀📀📀📀📀
Tony Rich is so talented. It is sad that his career didn't really take off like his contemporaries. One reason I believe his music didn't catch on was because "neo-soul " was starting to emerge and that was considered alternative R&B. But he didn't neatly fit in that pocket either. The music industry is so narrow-minded that they cant have too much variety.
There is a TH-cam video with him and D'angelo doing a Stevie Wonder tribute.
Birdseye was and still is a fantastic album!
He’s still one of my favourite R&B artists of all time. God bless him and his family. His music live on forever 🙏🏼♥️
Unpopular opinion Tony was trying to distance himself from having a black fan base . And trying to be that “different”black artist . There is nothing wrong with having a multicultural fan base , because that is what music is about reaching the people . Him pulling away from urban events and people didn’t serve him well at all . Good for him he has songwriters credits . He screams respectability politics .
Interesting...
I was listening to "Nobody Knows" yesterday lol! Love his voice!
So our video is right on time 😃
It sure is!! 👍🏼
@@laurenreneebrittany1797 ❤❤
His "Speak Me" album is my favorite. This was an independent album he released.
You go girl just bring back the 90's music back to the front line. So much memories😊😊😊😊
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You need to do an story on the Rude Boys and men at large
For over a decade my mother would tell me that she wanted track #6 from the Tony Rich Project played at her memorial. 6 months ago, she asked to be taken to the hospital for shortness of breath. She was admitted and tested positive for Covid. She had a DNR order and did not want to be on a respirator. I returned home to talk with the family about hospice services. Next to my mother's TV was the CD I hadn't seen in years. I got her message cleary, she was "Leavin".
Condolences.🙏🏾 I'm sure you gave her a beautiful service. I've been there-gotta follow moms instructions.
Wow
Tony Rich was so overlooked. I still loved Nobody Knows.
So do we ❤
That “nobody knows” song can easily be a country music song .
Pretty sure a number of country artistes have covered it already
@@ellenekanem cool! I’d like to hear some
@@excaliber8713 Try Kevin Sharp.
It was put on the country charts , and went to number one again!
Look for country singer Kevin Sharpe
This was a pleasant surprise! I loved his voice since I first heard it. Glad that he did not go broke the way most artist seem to do. Writing for self and others seems to be the way to stay financially good along with being financially responsible. I need to see some of his artwork.
That’s still one of my favorite album’s, Tony Grammy was well deserved!!
I always did say he sound like babyface I love that song bring back middle school memories 😍 it’s a shame so many talented artist get put on the back burner it’s like anyone that is truly talented they want to push them aside that’s why music today is so trash 😩
This is really a great channel I must say
Thank you!
His 15 minutes came and went so fast I forgot about him
Aww 😩
Damn, he shoulda performed in 96! Who cares what the rest of the lineup was!? He could have added flavor that others weren’t providing smh. He must’ve pissed somebody off 😩
his first two album was masterpieces like very introspective and dark.. he touches on subject that no one does very similar to frank oceon.
I agree!
Though the song Hey Blue is a great underrated gem,and my personal favorite.
I could totally understand not wanting to be on a tour that has more rappers because the energy is different. My dad used to like that song and oddly enough it played on white radio in the DMV (due to the people he worked with he adopted the majority of their listening lol)
When this song first came out back in the day, I never heard it on our local RnB station or Pop station. But I would hear it constantly on our Contemporary Jazz station, it got HEAVY airplay there! He was in there with the Sade, Najee, Kenny G, Anita Baker, Spiro Gyro, Take 6 listening crowd! And I was proud to listen to it on there because I grew up listening to Contemporary Jazz anyway, and the song fit in perfectly! Another song that got heavy airplay on the Contemporary Jazz station that got no play on RnB stations was "Come Back To The World" by Tevin Campbell!
I remember that song, Nobody Knows. It was a good song!
At least Tony was still getting paid from his writing and royalties. Most artists can’t even say that!
Tony Rich was the 90's equvialent of an 80's Artist named Regina who Seriously sounded like Madonna and her song "Baby Love" was pure 80's Madonna sounding .Tony Rich unfortunately came in at The Pinnacle of Babyface's success and Record companies were like "Babyface?,give us more of THAT" this also happened with this very talented songwriter Martin Page ("In The House Of Stone and Light") who sounded like a Broke-Ass Sting. This happens with one hit wonders who sound like more famous artists.
You know your music history. We love that ❤️❤️
If that's the song I'm thinking of then oh shucks, I thought that was Madonna too 🤣😂
I STILL love In the House of Stone and Light! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I remember Regina, lol...as a kid everytime I heard her I'd think, "Fake-azz Madonna...🤣" You MIGHT get one hit sounding like someone else--but not a career. Glen Lewis' "Don't You Forget" in 2001 was another one...he sounded just like Stevie Wonder on it.
Hey besties! Happy Friday ❤️. Y’all have spoiling us lately ❤️❤️.
All imma say is the ancestors heard him loud and clear ..
Tony’s a great artist and no surprise how the industry treats their own. Thankfully he has other talent to use. Thank you RRG, always delivering great videos ❤️
He's a very sweet and humble guy who has only gotten more and more talented over the years.
Never was totally clear on what exactly happened to Tony RIch.You heard some stories but I always wondered just what really happened to him as he was very talented and his debut album received such critical acclaim.Always wished he had gone further following his first album .Nice to know what happened and hopefully he's doing the kind of work that's true to his heart.
Yooooo you just cracked my whole face with this one, I never questioned that it was baby face when I was young, and my mind even sees baby singing this
I was 15 when this dropped and although a good song, the fact that his voice was too much like Face, also with the guitar playing etc it just felt like a Babyface clone. It was mad weird tbh.
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I immediately loved the song and thought he sounded so much like my fav Babyface. There can only be one G.O.A.T. (Babyface), but there is room for Tony and so many other great artist.
Back in my high school days working at a grocery store, I would see him shop there several times. He seemed like a really cool, down to earth guy.
Tony Rich didn't stand a chance against all of the Ushers of the music industry. His music was laid back and mellow among all the bump and grind r n b
Why is that Maxwell was able to have staying power in the industry and Tony didn't?
Also Dangelo, Boyz 2 Men, Michael Jackson etc...
@@rrg very very good question.
@@rrg how long did Maxwell go between albums hard to say staying power. Second album was more of an EP that I believe got extended but his career has been somewhat inconsistent but I do like Maxwell
@@rrg Maxwell was on top for the first two albums. Then he took a hiatus, resurfaced with an album that wasnt well received by the critics, some fans(not me though :) and never achieved the same level of success.
I bought his album and loved it! I've always wondered what happened to him. It's a shame though. So talented.
Should've went on tour. Cancelling at the last minute is so unprofessional.
Exactly plus he sounded like a snob by saying their were "too many rappers there.
Resurrected is an excellent album!
He wasn't blacklisted it sounds like he just didn't have that it factor to go against the other R&B male singers at the time.
True he was a lil dry, didnt really have any swag.
that’s definitely not what it was… the game doesn’t make room for real artist….having complete control over your work and finding peace becomes primary over wealth and popularity…. Tony being a writer as mentioned in the video was already doing fine royalty wise…His strict upbringing wouldn’t allow for him to settle or compromise his integrity…. Him and Joe..his brother are extremely talented and good men…I am glad to have been there on that journey with the both of them as it was the time of my life as it was for the both of them.
When I saw the title, I thought that I never heard of this guy before, but I actually did. Nobody knows is a song that I used to play over and over again when I was younger.
I was today years old when I learned that wasn’t Babyface singing that song. Wow.
Good for him pulling out of that line up - he definitely did not fit. It’s a shame that so many black artists got lost because they didn’t fit what the industry wanted to see out of them.
He used to be in a Gospel group called the Word they were my neighbors. I used to hear them singing all the time . Stan Jamey Chris Tony and a couple of other guys. They were incredible. Wooow ... Highland Park Michigan stand up. ELMHURST .....
My mom loved her some Tony Rich! Nobody Knows It But Me is still my song till this day!
I was a child when “Nobody Knows” drop so is it just me or was he fine??? Like I don’t remember him being that fine omg! So handsome!
Very handsome!
His refusal to do that show likely cost him his career.
"The guy that sounded like babyface"
RRG PLEASE LMAO
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I seriously thought Babyface was singing background on Nobody Knows and at least co-wrote it. I’m genuinely shocked that he had nothing to do with it. Wow.
I love Tony Rich and his music. Still play him.
Me too and enjoy it....
I am shocked about what went on with his career.
BUT BUT, I believe that GOD HAS TONY Where he want him to BE....
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I loved them 2 song's nobody know's & Like a Woman! I was 15 or 16 when it came out. Man time goes fast some of the best music came out in the early and late 90's. So sad that time waits for no man!
I'm noticing a trend of Black artists who don't want to fit in a "R&B box" getting pushed aside and not supported by the industry
I swear I thought babyface song that nobody knows song wow
Can you guys do Sweet Sensation? I love your videos!
Very Talented and Attractive brother.
Yup!
Heyyyy happy Friday RRG besties! 💜 Right on time as always. 💨🍃 I was today years old when I learned that wasn’t Babyface. I swore it was him until just now & always wondered why I could never find it. 🤣🤣 For sure he was blackballed like so many other talents but at least Tony is doing well for himself. Let me head on over to the Kut Close video. 🏃🏽♀️💨🥳
He was super attractive and good looking guy
Very talented artist on alll levels
I LOVE HIS MUSIC 🎶 🎵, STILL HAVE HIS CDS 💿 I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED. TFS HAVE BLESS WEEK PAT XOXO 🙏 ❤️ 🥰
Thanks for watching ❤
Keep your head up Tony God bless you your family and your friends and also your fans all around the world love you and God love you
I had his first CD and the best song on that was Like a Woman. Loved his style of music and song writing.
Watching him on New York Undercover. Season 3, ep. 9 😊
Wow never new about him but does it get annoying that for " black music " society gets tells us R&B and Rap instead of other music and music groups that we invented.
I used to think this man sung Everytime I Close My Eyes.. LOVE that song. he really does sound like Babyface. I love Nobody Knows too 💜
"I'M Shocked, But Not Surprised, I Did Get Him And Babyface Mixed You Couldn't Tell ME Back When "NOBODY KNOWS", Was Out That Babyface Wasn't On It, Thanks For Clearing That Up, I Like His Style And Wish Him The Best, I Will Look For His Music Because Of This Doc.,"THANK YOU"...😇
Thanks once again for broadening a 2000s baby like me music vocabulary .
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He sounds so much like baby face
I thought that was Babyface singing that song until this day.
He’s very very good looking
I just love this U Tube Shizzle n Being able to express n share Here, I know the feeling of being Compared to other's, And would really confuse n create Haters if I chose to Go public Because I have a wide range of selection of sounding like other's n Sometimes being told I sound just n better than a lot of my Versatile selections? I could never figure out which one of them I want to make my own! Ohhh I'm stealing this beat at the end 💯💖🤣😎Very inspirational
Welp...he shouldn't have pulled out of that concert. That was a very bad move.
I love Nobody Knows🌹
Love loved that song
one of my favorite albums
The music business is the worst. I've heard too many stories. If you don't play the game or aren't willing to be passed around then it doesn't matter how talented you are.
Tony Rich "paperwork was right" he wasn't gonna get ripped off by a signing a 'slave contract' so other record companies and production labels couldn't make alot money off of him so they shunned him.
Heyyy RRG Happy Fridayyy ❤️
Happy Friday!!
@@rrg yay.
This title is on point because as a child I definitely thought a Tony Rich song belonged to Babyface 😫
One of my top 5 favorite albums is: Exist. Very soothing, mello ...
I really like his music he sounds a lot like John b and Babyface it’s crazy how similar all these artist sound I mean they worked alongside each other but very underrated
Nobody knows it but me ( his version) is still one of my favorite songs
There's only one version 😩
nobody knows it but me, lay awoke its a quarter past 3
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@@rrg wow.
Quite a few male R&B singers sounded like Babyface. Tony Rich, Jon B. and Slim of 112. i’m almost sure there were more, but only those three come to mind right now.
Slim? No lol
This guy should've had a long career
It's still amazing to me how for so many artists, the industry just simply stopped dealing with/promoting them. I swear if you want to stay relevant in music, you really have to play the game all the way with the labels; kiss their ass and all, at least unless you're lucky enough to get to a Beyonce-type level where you can do almost anything you want musically and it will still go at least platinum.
Resurrected is a classic!
Similar situation to Angel Grant , she sonically sounds so much like Janet Jackson and worked with her producers I thought it was her
I just listen to her song lil red boat. She’s amazing & the music video was intriguing.
I miss Tony Rich.
I miss him.