Saugus | |
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📅 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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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 |