Before the formation of Tapta, Jayanta recorded five unsuccessful albums. Yamaha Maning Napkanbi is one of the most underrated among them all. Only seven copies of this album were sold in the first two months of its release. Only two numbers —Tamkhraba and Oja Ama—were sung by Jayanta and the rest were by his associates. Other artistes in the block include Joy, Robin, Soro, and Mala.

Tamkhraba is a duet performed by Jayanta and Soro. This song is the first composition in which Tapta tried his thoughts on creating a new genre quite distinct from the conventional music experience of Manipur. The lyric of Oja Ama in the same album is about a school teacher who attempts to seduce his female students and the general decadence that have overshadowed the culture of an honest profession. Despite striking lyrical content of some songs, he overall numbers in the album could not strike a rapport with the public and many felt it was an ordinary album.

But the most notable song in the album was Yamaha. During the mid-1980s, boys on Yamaha motorbikes dotted the streets of Imphal valley. Jayanta wrote the title track Yamaha drawing reference from the motor biking culture of Manipur. The worth of a handsome dude was considered incomplete without the motorbike. In this number, Jayanta explored the negative sides of a girl woman who had a craze for Yamaha motorbike riders. Despite all the superlative lyrical content, Jayanta had to content with below par music composition. It was more of a trial album with musicians not familiar with the kind of genre he had on his mind.