Saugus

Saugus
📅 Released	November 14, 2021
🎙️ Recorded	Starting November 19, 2019
Studio	Project X™ Studio
Genre	HipHop/Rap, Spoken Word
⏳ Length	40 Mins
Language	English (us)
🏷️ Label	X Insectric™ Records
🤑 Producer	DJX Kbrokaysen

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Saugus is an album by DJX Kbrokaysen, released on November 14, 2021, about his emotional reflection based on his ninth grade year at Saugus High School when an 11th grade student opened fire on the campus killing two students and himself. The project including features from The Legendary JayB, LUX4, DJ Nasty02Nate, Lil HalfMoon, and RedRiots which laid the foundation for artists in Santa Clarita to express their emotions and creativity through music production and it's unique storytelling.

Inspiration for the project

The tragedy happened on November 14, 2019 at 7:52 a.m. when Markoff was at home sleeping in late. By a near hour, X avoided being in the middle of a two hour lockdown. Luckily, DJX's peer, LUX4, also missed the tragedy by near minutes when on his way to the campus. Both having friendships with one of the victims, the impact of the tragedy was only heavier for the artists.

Recording

Four days after the sixteen year-old opened fire on the campus, Markoff, 14, started recording his first track Bleed Blue on November 18, 2020. Each and every song from that point was recorded with long-term thinking due to the fact that DJX Kbrokaysen wanted the album to be "authentically" told in the emotional aspect of the artists. He wanted the lyrics in the songs not to display a picture of the event, but to relate how teen emotional trauma is much darker and more present than it shows. Tracks like Bleed Blue, Kill Me, Good To See You Again, and Ultra Red are direct examples of trauma that was experienced in 2019.

Track Listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1	Bleed Blue	Kaysen Markoff	DJX Kbrokaysen	4:33
2	Centurion	Kaysen Markoff, Nate Williams, Kingston Williams	DJX Kbrokaysen	4:04
3	Criminal	Kaysen Markoff, Shane Edwards	DJX Kbrokaysen	3:44
4	Detentions	Kaysen Markoff	DJX Kbrokaysen	2:28
5	Kill Me	Kaysen Markoff, Jayden Bayless, Nate Williams, Kingston Williams, Ash Almanza, Shane Edwards	Jayden Bayless, DJX Kbrokaysen	5:35
6	Make A Wish	Kaysen Markoff	DJX Kbrokaysen	3:33
7	Good To See You Again	Kaysen Markoff	DJX Kbrokaysen	2:22
8	Rockstar	Kaysen Markoff, Shane Edwards	DJX Kbrokaysen, Shane Edwards	2:47
9	Bad Bitch	Kaysen Markoff, Shane Edwards	DJX Kbrokaysen, Shane Edwards	2:22
10	Savage Squad	Kaysen Markoff	DJX Kbrokaysen	4:02
11	ME!	Kaysen Markoff	DJX Kbrokaysen	2:35
12	Ultra Red	Kaysen Markoff	DJX Kbrokaysen	2:50
13	Ups and Downs	Kaysen Markoff, Nate Williams	DJX Kbrokaysen	3:17

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