Tamokawa, Kazuki - Straight From The Throat 978153431589151699 This debut emerged as one

This debut emerged as one of the most influential rap albums of the '90s

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Tamokawa, Kazuki - Straight From The Throat 978153431589151699 This debut emerged as oneIn the 1970s, Kazuki Tomokawa catapulted into Tokyo's avant garde scene with his cathartic and utterly electrifying performances. Straight from the Throat, Tomokawa's second album, released in July 1976 by Harvest Records, finds the musician in his truest form: as the "screaming philosopher" he would come to be called cynical but fair, cheeky and melancholic, and looking at the world with truth seeking eyes. In Straight from the Throat, Tomokawa