Sage Elsesser
- Navy Blue
- Ancestors
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
- Hip hop
- alternative hip hop
- Skateboarder
- rapper
- record producer
- songwriter
- visual artist
- model
- Freedom Sounds
- Def Jam (former)
Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser[3] (born January 31, 1997), also known as Navy Blue, is an American skateboarder, rapper, record producer, visual artist, and model.[4][5][6]
Elsesser has been sponsored by several skater fashion brands including Converse and Supreme, as well as becoming a professional skater in 2014 through skater collective and clothing store Fucking Awesome. Aside from skating and music, he is also a model for various clothing brands and an artist, most notably handling the art direction for Earl Sweatshirt's album I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside in 2015.[7]
Musical career
2015-19
In 2015, Elsesser began releasing several EPs under his Navy Blue stage name, in addition to rapping with and producing for the likes of Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, Armand Hammer and Wiki, among many others.
2020-2021: Label founding and first three albums
On February 4, 2020, he founded independent record label Freedom Sounds with the release of his debut studio album Àdá Irin. Elsesser later followed-up with two studio albums; Song of Sage: Post Panic! (2020), and Navy's Reprise (2021).
2022: Quadrilogy
In 2022, Elsesser released a Saga of Sage quadrilogy vinyl boxset which consisted of Song of Sage: Post Panic!, Gift of Gabriel: Rain’s Reign!, Crypt of Carlos: Onward! and Arc of Atreyu: Neverending!, with the latter three being set to only exist in their physical form. The album titles all include one of Elsesser's four names.
2023-24: Signing to Def Jam, Ways of Knowing and Memoirs in Armour
In 2023, Elsesser signed with Def Jam Recordings and released his lead single "Chosen" on March 10. On March 23, Elsesser's seventh studio album Ways of Knowing was released under his label Freedom Sounds, under exclusive license to Def Jam Recordings. The album featured guest appearances from Zeroh, J Rocc, Kelly Moonstone, Liv.e and Venna; and was fully produced by Budgie.
A year later, Navy Blue released his eighth album Memoirs in Armour on August 2. The project was recorded within the last two months prior to release, after being dropped from Def Jam.[8]
Discography
Studio albums
- Àdá Irin (2020)[9]
- Song of Sage: Post Panic! (2020)[10]
- Navy's Reprise (2021)
- Gift of Gabriel: Rain’s Reign! (2022)
- Crypt of Carlos: Onward! (2022)
- Arc of Atreyu: Neverending! (2022)
- Ways of Knowing (2023)
- Memoirs in Armour (2024)[11]
Extended plays
- According to the Waterbearer (2015)[12]
- Lately (2016)[13]
- April Blue (2017)[14]
- Soul Golden (2017)[15] (with Black Noi$e)
- Guilt & Sincerity (2017)[16]
- Navy in Rage (2017)[17]
- Yvan Wen (2018)[18]
- Forest Green (2018)[19]
- From the Heart... (2018)[20]
- Gangway for Navy (2019)[21]
Collaborations
- As Above So Below (2021) (with Ankhlejohn)
- True Sky (2021) (with Akai Solo)
Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Album |
---|---|---|
"Higher Self" | 2019 | Non-album single |
"Simultaneously Bleeding" | 2020 | Àdá Irin |
"1491" | Song of Sage: Post Panic! | |
"Chosen" | 2023 | Ways of Knowing |
"Dolla" | Non-album single |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Album |
---|---|---|
"The Mint"[22] (Earl Sweatshirt featuring Navy Blue) | 2018 | Some Rap Songs |
"Clout Dracula" (Mach-Hommy featuring Navy Blue, YoungQueenz & Tvoy) | 2019 | Non-album single |
"North Bridge" (Preservation featuring Navy Blue) | 2020 | Eastern Medicine, Western Illness |
"Can't Do This Alone" (Wiki featuring Navy Blue) | 2021 | Half God |
"Nobles" (The Alchemist featuring Earl Sweatshirt & Navy Blue) | This Thing of Ours | |
"Make Me Wanna" (Babeheaven featuring Navy Blue) | 2022 | Sink Into Me |
"So Tired You Can't Stop Dreaming" (Quelle Chris featuring Navy Blue) | Deathfame |
Guest appearances
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
---|---|---|---|
"Silky"[23] | 2016 | Younger Thug | I Need to Cop a Tesla |
"Interviews"[24] | Frank Ocean | Blonde | |
"Jeez"[25] | 2018 | Younger Thug | Relax Soundwaves18 |
"Not Today"[26] | King Carter, MIKE, Adé Hakim | Prisoner of Mind | |
"Like My Mama"[27] | MIKE | War in My Pen | |
"Truth"[28] | 2019 | Judah | Called By Name |
"Stranger" | Medhane | Own Pace | |
"Face" | 2020 | Ovrkast. | Try Again |
"Soul at War" | Sideshow | Farley | |
"TRS" | Medhane | Cold Water | |
"The Road | Judah | Ten West | |
"Free All Brothers Locked" | Koncept Jack$on | Thot Rap: Chapter 2 | |
"Ghost"[29] | Earl Sweatshirt | Feet of Clay (Deluxe Edition) | |
"Clout Dracula (Remix)" | Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Young Queenz | Mach's Hard Lemonade | |
"Always and Forever" | demahjiae | And, Such Is Life. | |
"Surrender" | Chuck Strangers | Too Afraid To Dance | |
"Portrait"[30] | Moor Mother, Billy Woods | Brass | |
"AllRight" | 2021 | Fly Anakin | Anakin & Friends: Episode 1 |
"No Doubt" | AKAI SOLO | True Sky | |
"Pray With An A" | Evidence | Unlearning, Vol. 1 | |
"no sugar" | Medhane | Do the Math | |
"Anchor" | 2022 | Nicholas Craven | Craven N 3 |
"Give Thanks (For Life) (feat. Navy Blue)" | Six Sev | Give Thanks | |
"Skeletons" | Domo Genesis | Intros, Outros & Interludes | |
"Portraits" | 2023 | Alexander Spit | VIGNETTES VOL. 2 |
"Venision" | Chuck Strangers | The Boys & Girls | |
"AAU Tournaments" | Blockhead, Billy Woods | The Aux |
Production discography
2017
- MIKE -
- "Melvin"
- Tha God Fahim - Dump Gawd[31]
- 04. "Samurai's Cup of Tea" (produced with Black Noi$e)
- Mach-Hommy - Dump Gawd: Hommy Edition[32]
- 02. "A Partridge & A Pear Tree" (featuring Tha God Fahim)
- 08. "Mac Flurries" (featuring Heem Stogied)
- 11. "Rorshach's" (featuring Tha God Fahim)
- MIKE - May God Bless Your Hustle[33]
- 02. "Hunger" (produced with Austin Williamson)
- 03. "Armour"
- Navy Blue - Navy in Rage
- 01. "Temple//Tomb"
- 02. "Angel-Eyes" (featuring Qeedar)
- 03. "Sundown"
- 04. "Life----Line"
- Mach-Hommy - Fete Des Morts AKA Dia De Los Muertos[34]
- 03. "Embarrassment of Riches"
- "If I Could Hold Your Soul Part II"[35]
2018
- Navy Blue - Yvan Wen
- 01 "Head Full of Braids..."
- 02. "No More..."
- 03. "Detroit..." (featuring Nyku)
- 04. "Give Em Hell..."
- Navy Blue - Forest Green
- 01. "Eastbound"
- 02. "War(mth)"
- 03. "All We Know!" (featuring Adé Hakim)
- Navy Blue - From the Heart...
- 01. "Machete"
- 02. "Enchantment" (featuring MIKE)
- 03. "Never Thought I'd Be One to Cry Like This"
- 04. "Prayer (Me&You)"
- 05. "Give Love a Try!"
- 06. "Loveship (Empathy)"
- 08. "Green & Brown"
- Pink Siifu - Ensley[36]
- 11. "Stay Sane"
- 08. "The Bends"
- 10. "Azucar"
2019
- Navy Blue - Gangway for Navy
- 01. "Apprehension"
- 02. "Deathmask..."
- 03. "Can't Take Me"
- 04. "Shine on Me!" (featuring MIKE)
- 05. "I Love You!"
- 06. "Slow Down"
- 07. "Carlos" (featuring MIKE)
- 08. "Separate Ways!"
- MIKE - Tears of Joy[38]
- 20. "Stargazer Pt. 3"
2020
- Camden Malik - Spaceship Symphonies[39]
- 04. "Give Me a Call" (featuring Shawn May as "juneayth.")
- Armand Hammer - Shrines[40]
- 02. "Solarium"
- 12. "Parables" (featuring Akai Solo)
- 13. "Ramesses II" (featuring Earl Sweatshirt, Moor Mother and Fielded) (produced with Andrew Broder)
- Moor Mother & Billy Woods - Brass
- 11. "Guinness"
2021
- Wiki - Half God[41]
- 01. "Not Today (Intro)"
- 02. "Roof"
- 03. "Remarkably"
- 04. "Can't Do This Alone" (featuring Navy Blue)
- 05. "Never Fall Off"
- 06. "Drug Supplier" (featuring Jesse James Solomon)
- 07. "Wik tha God"
- 08. "Ego Death"
- 09. "The Business"
- 10. "Home"
- 11. "All I Need" (featuring Earl Sweatshirt)
- 12. "Gas Face" (featuring Remy Banks)
- 13. "The Promised" (featuring MIKE)
- 14. "New Truths"
- 15. "Still Here" (featuring duendita)
- 16. "Grape Soda"
2022
- 03. "Sick!" (credited as "Ancestors")
- Shane Eagle - Green
- 03. "Moving Spirit"
References
- ^ Sokol, Zach (2017-02-13). "skipping class with skateboarding wunderkind sage elsesser". I-D. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "Gangway for Navy | Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
- ^ "An Interview with Sage Elsesser By Earl Sweatshirt". Quartersnacks. February 10, 2017.
- ^ "Sage Elsesser Skateboarder Profile". SPoT Skate Shop at Skatepark of Tampa. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "Meet the Stylish Supreme Model Who Had Nothing to Do with That Frank Ocean Song". GQ. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "Introducing Supreme/FA team rider Sage Elsesser". X Games. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside - Earl Sweatshirt | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Ihaza, Jeff. "Navy Blue Got Dropped From Def Jam. His Response: A Great Independent Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Tom Breihan (February 4, 2020). "Navy Blue Releases Debut Album 'Ada Irin': Stream". Stereogum. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ "Song of Sage: Post Panic! | Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
- ^ Strauss, Matthew (July 26, 2024). "Navy Blue Announces Memoirs in Armour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "Navy Blue / According to the Waterbearer".
- ^ "Lately".
- ^ "April blue".
- ^ "Black Noi$e & Navy Blue - Soul Golden, by Black Noi$e".
- ^ "Guilt & sincerity".
- ^ "Navy in rage".
- ^ "Yvan wen".
- ^ "Forest green".
- ^ "From the heart".
- ^ "Gangway for navy".
- ^ Ross, Alex Robert (November 20, 2018). "Earl Sweatshirt Drops "The Mint," Confirms New Album 'Some Rap Songs' [Update]". Noisey. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- ^ "Silky Ft Navy Blue".
- ^ "Here's the Song by Song Breakdown of Frank Ocean's 'Blonde' Writing Credits". Complex Networks.
- ^ "Jeez Ft Navy Blue".
- ^ "PRISONER OF MIND, by King Carter".
- ^ "War in my Pen, by MIKE".
- ^ "Truth ft. Navy Blue".
- ^ @earlxsweat (28 April 2020). "ay man say man Feet of Clay vinyls comin in hot for June 26th in the chinese year of the Rat: 2020. Comes fully loa…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Portrait feat. Navy Blue, by Moor Mother & billy woods".
- ^ "Dump Gawd, by THA GOD FAHIM".
- ^ "Mach-Hommy". Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ "MIKE's May God Bless Your Hustle is an Audio-Motion-Picture Capturing Young Adulthood in New York".
- ^ "Mach-Hommy". Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ "Cities Aviv - IF I COULD HOLD YOUR SOUL Part II (Prod. By navy blue)". YouTube.
- ^ "Ensley, by Pink Siifu".
- ^ Some Rap Songs (booklet). Earl Sweatshirt. Columbia Records. 2018. B07KKFK5H6.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Tears of Joy | Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Spaceship Symphonies". Spotify. 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Pre-Order Armand Hammer's SHRINES now & check out ShrapKnel's Flechette".
- ^ "Wiki Announces New Album Produced by Navy Blue, Shares Video for New Song". Pitchfork. 31 August 2021.
External links
- Earl Sweatshirt and Sage Elsesser reflect on two decades of friendship - i.D - 08.12.2022