# Sage Elsesser

Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser (born January 31, 1997), also known as Navy Blue, is an American skateboarder, rapper, record producer, visual artist, and model.
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.

## 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.

## Discography
### Studio albums

* Àdá Irin (2020)
* Song of Sage: Post Panic! (2020)
* 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)

### Extended plays

* According to the Waterbearer (2015)
* Lately (2016)
* April Blue (2017)
* Soul Golden (2017) (with Black Noi$e)
* Guilt & Sincerity (2017)
* Navy in Rage (2017)
* Yvan Wen (2018)
* Forest Green (2018)
* From the Heart... (2018)
* Gangway for Navy (2019)

### Collaborations

* As Above So Below (2021) (with Ankhlejohn)
* True Sky (2021) (with Akai Solo)

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles, with year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Higher Self" | 2019 | Non-album single |
| "Simultaneously Bleeding" | 2020 | Àdá Irin |
| "1491" | 2020 | Song of Sage: Post Panic! |
| "Chosen" | 2023 | Ways of Knowing |
| "Dolla" | 2023 | Non-album single |

#### As featured artist

List of singles, with year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "The Mint" (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) | 2021 | 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) | 2022 | Deathfame |

### Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
| "Silky" | 2016 | Younger Thug | I Need to Cop a Tesla |
| "Interviews" | 2016 | Frank Ocean | Blonde |
| "Jeez" | 2018 | Younger Thug | Relax Soundwaves18 |
| "Not Today" | 2018 | King Carter, MIKE, Adé Hakim | Prisoner of Mind |
| "Like My Mama" | 2018 | MIKE | War in My Pen |
| "Truth" | 2019 | Judah | Called By Name |
| "Stranger" | 2019 | Medhane | Own Pace |
| "Face" | 2020 | Ovrkast. | Try Again |
| "Soul at War" | 2020 | Sideshow | Farley |
| "TRS" | 2020 | Medhane | Cold Water |
| "The Road | 2020 | Judah | Ten West |
| "Free All Brothers Locked" | 2020 | Koncept Jack$on | Thot Rap: Chapter 2 |
| "Ghost" | 2020 | Earl Sweatshirt | Feet of Clay (Deluxe Edition) |
| "Clout Dracula (Remix)" | 2020 | Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Young Queenz | Mach's Hard Lemonade |
| "Always and Forever" | 2020 | demahjiae | And, Such Is Life. |
| "Surrender" | 2020 | Chuck Strangers | Too Afraid To Dance |
| "Portrait" | 2020 | Moor Mother, Billy Woods | Brass |
| "AllRight" | 2021 | Fly Anakin | Anakin & Friends: Episode 1 |
| "No Doubt" | 2021 | AKAI SOLO | True Sky |
| "Pray With An A" | 2021 | Evidence | Unlearning, Vol. 1 |
| "no sugar" | 2021 | Medhane | Do the Math |
| "Anchor" | 2022 | Nicholas Craven | Craven N 3 |
| "Give Thanks (For Life) (feat. Navy Blue)" | 2022 | Six Sev | Give Thanks |
| "Skeletons" | 2022 | Domo Genesis | Intros, Outros & Interludes |
| "Portraits" | 2023 | Alexander Spit | VIGNETTES VOL. 2 |
| "Venision" | 2023 | Chuck Strangers | The Boys & Girls |
| "AAU Tournaments" | 2023 | Blockhead, Billy Woods | The Aux |

## Production discography
### 2017
#### MIKE -

* "Melvin"

#### Tha God Fahim - Dump Gawd

* 04. "Samurai's Cup of Tea" (produced with Black Noi$e)

#### Mach-Hommy - Dump Gawd: Hommy Edition

* 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

* 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

* 03. "Embarrassment of Riches"

#### Cities Aviv -

* "If I Could Hold Your Soul Part II"

### 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

* 11. "Stay Sane"

#### Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs

* 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

* 20. "Stargazer Pt. 3"

### 2020
#### Camden Malik - Spaceship Symphonies

* 04. "Give Me a Call" (featuring Shawn May as "juneayth.")

#### Armand Hammer - Shrines

* 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

* 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
#### Earl Sweatshirt - Sick!

* 03. "Sick!" (credited as "Ancestors")

#### Shane Eagle - Green

* 03. "Moving Spirit"