CVQ 2020 Tunes were all made during the early stages of lockdown.
These songs run the gamut from uptempo psychedelic dance to melancholy acoustic lullaby. It is a fitting introduction to those of you not familiar with the Flatbush Sound. Short sketches that may lead you check out some of the 80 other songs we have posted here. All for you. Also, feel free to visit our Bandcamp page for purchasables....

Enjoy.

All songs written produced and performed by 
Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning 
at 
The Flatbush Sound Studios, Brooklyn, NY
with the exception of Gabriel Gordon playing lead guitar on HOW IS YOUR MIND?, parts of which are looped in ALPINE CLOUD, FYI.
All songs mastered by Supertouch at Cook It Up Studios, Brooklyn, NY.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Copyright 2020.

CVQ 2020 TUNES

oyasaba, the flatbush sound: 13

NEW RELEASE!!!:
OYSTERS & ABSYNTHE - vol. 1 by OYASABA
Takuya Nakamura - moog, keys
Yusuke Yamamoto - drums
Gabriel Gordon - lead guitar
Rhasaan Oyasaba - rhythm guitar, analog beats, vox, sounds
Mother Nature - sounds

OYSTERS & ABSYNTHE - vol. 1 by OYASABA

It's not that you're perfect because you're kinda beautiful
It's that even though you're lovely you are a kind person
I had a dream
I wasn't scared
I was happy
I found someone to wake up to
I found something to wake up for
I wasn't scared
I was happy
It's not that just I adore you
As long as this goes on i'Il make you happy
Already feel

ALREADY.05.16.17

The Flatbush Sound presents the 13 songs of OYASABA's 1st album.
This features Yusuke Yamamoto on drums, Ricardo quiñones on bass and backup vocals, & Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning on everything else.
Enjoy.

Kingzilla.rm

Possessed.rm

Archangel.rm

Gravity.rm

The Hilt.rm

ARCHIVES #2 is a return to loves lost...
ENJOY!!!

Solodream.a2

People of the world, are we ready? 
People of the world get get get ready 
The thieves and ghouls 
who choose to rule 
are living in such intense denial 
of the obvious
that the truth is a joke to them. 
It is high time 
to plan for the rebuild 
after this demolition session. 
Resist. 
Refute. 
Foresee. 
Remove. 
Rebuild.
Refute. 
Foresee. 
Remove. 
Rebuild.

Music by Supertouch at Cook it Up Studios.
Lyrics and vocals by OYASABA (Manning Music).

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT 2017.

THE PLOT (not in our name)

To all the times some random white boy has told me he wishes he was me, wishes he was Black:

Police see me as a moving target
Whether or not the block is hot 
They aim straight for where my heart is 
and they want to take the shot
My life isn't worth living
Love isn't worth giving
They want to see us rot
You can't understand how bad it is 
You're so magnificent
How can I be driven to madness 
For being innocent?

White boy
Why you wanna be me?
White boy
You been watchin’ too much Reality TV 
White boy
Why you wanna be me?
White boy 
You don't wanna be me....

Music by SUPERTOUCH
Lyrics & Vocals by OYASABA
Recorded at The Flatbush Sound Studios, Brooklyn, NY 
Animation by LARA VALLANCE
Mixed/Mastered at Cook It Up Studios, Brooklyn, NY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT 2017.

WHITE BOY MASTER FINAL

This is Leopard Pants, the fifth song on the upcoming album entitled: 
Oysters & Absynthe - vol. 1. It is the ballad of the bunch.

LEOPARD PANTS

This is Naked (& Laughing in the rain), the fourth song on the OYASABA album entitled: 
Oysters & Absynthe - vol. 1. 
Waking up to live the love story for which this album serves as the soundtrack.

NAKED

This is Stop, the third song on the OYASABA album entitled: 
Oysters & Absynthe - vol. 1. 
When questions arise and one solution sticks in one's craw.

STOP

This is Sandbox, the fourth song on the upcoming OYASABA album entitled: 
Oysters & Absynthe - vol. 1. 

Makin' love - a rooftop in my mind.

In the sandbox at the day's end
Kickin' up dust and holding' hands
Playin' with my ladyfriend
Feel just like
A little boy again
We let go....

Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning
Copyright 2022.

SANDBOX

This is So Blind, the fifth song on the upcoming OYASABA album entitled: 
Oysters & Absynthe - vol. 1. 

I know you're all alone, babe...!

Petticoats and daffodils
French toast and oil spills
I realize now
Sometimes love kills....

Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning
Copyright 2022.

SO BLIND

This is Reach, the sixth song on the upcoming OYASABA album entitled: 
Oysters & Absynthe - vol. 1. 

She reaches for my hand
And grabs a hold of my heart

Somehow we're the lucky ones

I was thinkin' about Ghostbusters earlier....

It's a crazy scene....

Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning
Copyright 2022.

REACH

This is Outro, the seventh and final song on the upcoming OYASABA album entitled: 
Oysters & Absynthe - vol. 1. 

When I'm tired I eat
When I'm thirsty I sleep
When I'm hungry I drink....

Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning
Copyright 2019.

SANDBOX OUTRO

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hackles raised by a shadow
I fear (feel) myself now

A Corona Virus Quarantine haiku by Rhasaan Oyasaba.

Recorded at the Flatbush Sound Studios.
March, 2020.
Mastered by SUPERTOUCH at Cook It Up Studios, Brooklyn, NY
All rights reserved.
Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning
Manning Music
OYASABA PRODUCTIONS
The Flatbush Sound Studios
oyasaba.com
IG- @oyasaba
YouTube- RHASMANN

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The Flatbush Sound Studios
&
Childrensburg Productions
present:

OREGON TRAIL SONG
(Lone Wolf EDIT)
by 
OYASABA

Without luckily living 
through the pandemic (Covid-19) 
I may never have had the time 
to revisit this footage... 
of this spirit animal 
starving by the roadside
The rambling hummed melody 
of this hectic humble hymn,
entitled:
OREGON TRAIL SONG,
is for her, 
It was conceived on this, 
the Oregon leg 
of a videotaped road trip, 
coming from L.A.,
on our way 2 the YuKon, 
in 2000, (aka Y2K).... 
’’Yeah, you wantedah, 
you told me to turn off
at Morning Glory....’’
’Yeah, okay....’
’’That’s the northern tip of the bay.’’
’’Those trees, those dead trees...?’’
’’Grandma Moses, that’s the name of that fish....’’
’Yeaahhh, I am so glad 
we slept in that ditch.’
’’Cement plant....’’
’Unbelievable.’
’Look at this...!’
’This guy....’
This wolf has been in my dreams 
for the past 20 years.
’’That was the one animal I said, man....’’

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2020.

Music by OYASABA, the Flatbush Sound
Recorded at The Flatbush Sound Studios 
Mastered by SUPERTOUCH at Cook It Up Studios

OREGON TRAIL SONG

The Flatbush Sound Studios
&

Childrensburg Productions
present

ALPINE CLOUD
     
A song 
inspired by
an ink work on paper

inspired by a trip to the Alps....

A summer 2019

trip to Grenoble
and Prapoutel - Les 7 laux,
a ski facility in the Alps.

Takin’ a nap in a cloud

changed something in me
for the better....

Special thanks 
to

Lara Vallance
&
our generous Alpine hosts
Pauline de Chalendar
&
Dr. Antoine Malbaut
&

Patti, 
the big stick 
play fetch dog
& 
O’bar Bu

&

the folks at Prapoutel....

Special thanks to 
Omar Divina
&
Family

Art & music elements 
herein 
produced & arranged 
by: 
Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning

featuring

Gabriel Gordon
on 
lead guitar

The Flatbush Sound Studios
Childrensburg Productions

OYASABA works

CVQ
2020.
All rights reserved.

Check, check It may be better to discuss this in person 
This conversation may be being recorded for quality assurance   
-in person   -ooright now -ooright now -ooright now -ooright now   
It’s like the friggin’ Thanksgiving Day Parade in here 
Another float just walked in 
Big characters bouncin’ in   
A mute back alley siren 
Sensed by dogs 
Scattered by rats 
At the bottom of a bin 
Smolderin’   
A fragile velvety blue blossom 
Unraveling slow 
To reveal coal   
Acquisition as the goal 
Sprawls to infinity 
Maybe we should pause ‘cause we’re losin’ continuity   
Draggin’ a cloak of bones & teeth 
Feelin’ heavy-headed 
Headachy-ness top, middle & back of top 
Sore 
All day 
As I back up for sleep   
Feelin’ light-headed 
Feelin’ lightly heavily-heavy-headed 
Feelin’ heavily light-headed 
Feelin’ heavenly   
Hangin’ by the word 
My heart is a plastic toy 
Love caught in the throat   
Sounds like purgatory 
Lined with swift chutes straight down to hell 
Niceties & death 
I can see your soul coming out his exhaust pipes 
Speed kills 
Slow down, boy, slow down, boy, slow down 
Takin’ a nap in a cloud changed something in me 
For the better   
As time flies I try to lash it to the ground   
Hangin’ by the word 
My heart is a plastic toy 
Love caught in the throat   
Feelin’ light-headed 
Feelin’ lightly heavily-heavy-headed 
Feelin’ heavily light-headed 
Feelin’ heavenly   
Sounds like purgatory 
Lined with swift chutes straight down to hell 
Niceties & death 
I can see your soul coming out his exhaust pipes   
Speed kills 
Slow down, boy, slow down, boy, slow down....

ALPINE CLOUD

Loophole is about a feeling which can be applied to love and relationships in the personal sphere and which can be applied to the present and long lingering state of affairs in the world of law and politics as much a feeling of escape and abandon as it is a measure of diminishing, at least on the visible books, returns for the oligarchy....

LOOPHOLE

HOW IS YOUR MIND?

OYASABA, the Flatbush Sound is the post-genre band led by Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning, born, raised, and presently residing in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY, USA. The sound is timeless: electronica, phat beats, dubby bass lines, jangly guitars, psychedelica and disquieting vocals, melodic and staccato, pop formats and endless groove approaches throughout. The material is duality, inversion, self-destruction and the struggle for freedom. The point is not to point the finger of judgment, but to open the fist which suffocates the wisdom of the heart. Enjoy.

OYASABA, the Flatbush Sound

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