Sage Elsesser
American skateboarder, rapper (b. 1997)
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Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser[2] (born January 31, 1997), also known as Navy Blue, is an American skateboarder, rapper, record producer, visual artist, and model.[3][4][5]
- Navy Blue
- Ancestors
1996 or 1997 (age 29–30)[1]
- Skateboarder
- rapper
- record producer
- songwriter
- visual artist
- model
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Elsesser performing in 2021 | |
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| Born | Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser 1996 or 1997 (age 29–30)[1] |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Country | United States |
| Sport | Skateboarding |
Event | Street skateboarding |
| Turned pro | 2014 (age 17) |
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.[6]
Early life
Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser grew up in Los Angeles, California.[7][1] He attended a boarding school in East Hampton, New York at age 13.[1]
Career
Elsesser made his professional skateboarding debut in the 2014 William Strobeck short film Cherry for fashion brand Supreme.[7][1] Following the virality of Cherry, he joined Fucking Awesome, a skate brand formed by Jason Dill and Anthony Van Engelen.[1]
2015-19
Elsesser began releasing music on SoundCloud under his stage name Navy Blue in 2015.[1] He also began producing music for the likes of Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, Armand Hammer and Wiki, among others. He released his Gangway for Navy mixtape in February 2019.[8]
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.[9]
Discography
Studio albums
- Àdá Irin (2020)[10]
- Song of Sage: Post Panic! (2020)[11]
- 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)[12]
- The Sword & The Soaring (2025)[13]
Extended plays
Collaborations
- As Above So Below (2021) (with Ankhlejohn)
- True Sky (2021) (with Akai Solo)
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "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 |
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| "The Mint"[24] (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 |
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| "Silky"[25] | 2016 | Younger Thug | I Need to Cop a Tesla |
| "Interviews"[26] | Frank Ocean | Blonde | |
| "Jeez"[27] | 2018 | Younger Thug | Relax Soundwaves18 |
| "Not Today"[28] | King Carter, MIKE, Adé Hakim | Prisoner of Mind | |
| "Like My Mama"[29] | MIKE | War in My Pen | |
| "Truth"[30] | 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$on | Thot Rap: Chapter 2 | |
| "Ghost"[31] | Earl Sweatshirt | Feet of Clay (Deluxe Edition) | |
| "Clout Dracula (Remix)" | Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Young Queenz | Mach's Hard Lemonade | |
| "Always and Forever" | demahjiae | And, Such Is Life. | |
| "Surrender" | Chuck Strangers | Too Afraid To Dance | |
| "Portrait"[32] | Moor Mother, Billy Woods | Brass | |
| "AllRight" | 2021 | Fly Anakin | Anakin & Friends: Episode 1 |
| "No Doubt" | AKAI SOLO | True Sky | |
| "Pray With An A" | Evidence | Unlearning, Vol. 1 | |
| "no sugar" | Medhane | Do the Math | |
| "Anchor" | 2022 | Nicholas Craven | Craven N 3 |
| "Give Thanks (For Life) (feat. Navy Blue)" | Six Sev | Give Thanks | |
| "Skeletons" | Domo Genesis | Intros, Outros & Interludes | |
| "Portraits" | 2023 | Alexander Spit | VIGNETTES VOL. 2 |
| "Venision" | Chuck Strangers | The Boys & Girls | |
| "AAU Tournaments" | Blockhead, Billy Woods | The Aux |
Production discography
2017
- MIKE -
- "Melvin"
- Tha God Fahim - Dump Gawd[33]
- 04. "Samurai's Cup of Tea" (produced with Black Noi$e)
- Mach-Hommy - Dump Gawd: Hommy Edition[34]
- 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[35]
- 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[36]
- 03. "Embarrassment of Riches"
- "If I Could Hold Your Soul Part II"[37]
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[38]
- 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[40]
- 20. "Stargazer Pt. 3"
2020
- Camden Malik - Spaceship Symphonies[41]
- 04. "Give Me a Call" (featuring Shawn May as "juneayth.")
- 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
- 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"