Sage Elsesser
Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser[3] (born January 31, 1997), also known as Navy Blue, is a regular-footed American skateboarder, rapper, record producer, artist, and model.[4][5][6]
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Born | Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser January 31, 1997 |
Other names | Navy Blue |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Musical career | |
Origin | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.[2] |
Genres | Hip hop |
Labels | Freedom Sounds |
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Country | United States |
Sport | Skateboarding |
Event(s) | Street skateboarding |
Turned pro | 2014 |
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. From 2015 to 2019, he released several short experimental hip hop EPs under his Navy Blue stage name, in addition to rapping with and producing for the likes of Earl Sweatshirt, among other experimental rappers such as Mach-Hommy and Slums collective members MIKE, King Carter, and Adé Hakim. Elsesser then released his debut studio album, Àdá Irin, on February 4, 2020, through his newly founded independent record label Freedom Sounds. Aside from skating and music, Elsesser 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]
Discography
Extended plays
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! | |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Album |
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"The Mint"[20] (Earl Sweatshirt featuring Navy Blue) |
2018 | Some Rap Songs |
"Clout Dracula" (Mach-Hommy featuring Navy Blue, YoungQueenz and Tvoy) |
2019 | Non-album single |
"North Bridge" (Preservation featuring Navy Blue) |
2020 | Eastern Medicine, Western Illness |
Guest appearances
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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"Silky"[21] | 2016 | Younger Thug | I Need to Cop a Tesla |
"Interviews"[22] | Frank Ocean | Blonde | |
"Jeez"[23] | 2018 | Younger Thug | Relax Soundwaves18 |
"Not Today"[24] | King Carter, MIKE, Adé Hakim | Prisoner of Mind | |
"Like My Mama"[25] | MIKE | War in My Pen | |
"Truth"[26] | 2019 | Judah | Called By Name |
"Stranger" | Medhane | Own Pace | |
"Face" | 2020 | Ovrkast. | Try Again |
"Soul at War" | Sideshow | Farley | |
"TRS" | Medhane | Cold Water | |
"Free All Brothers Locked" | Koncept Jack$on | Thot Rap: Chapter 2 | |
"Ghost"[27] | Earl Sweatshirt | Feet of Clay (Deluxe Edition) | |
"Clout Dracula (Remix)" | Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Young Queenz | Mach's Hard Lemonade | |
Production discography
2017
- MIKE -
- "Melvin"
- Tha God Fahim - Dump Gawd[28]
- 04. "Samurai's Cup of Tea" (produced with Black Noi$e)
- Mach-Hommy - Dump Gawd: Hommy Edition[29]
- 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[30]
- 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[31]
- 03. "Embarrassment of Riches"
- Cities Aviv -
- "If I Could Hold Your Soul Part II"[32]
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[33]
- 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[35]
- 20. "Stargazer Pt. 3"
2020
- Camden Malik - Spaceship Symphonies[36]
- 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)
References
- Sokol, Zach (2017-02-13). "skipping class with skateboarding wunderkind sage elsesser". I-D. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- https://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/navy-blue-gangway-for-navy/amp/
- https://quartersnacks.com/2017/02/an-interview-with-sage-elsesser/
- "Sage Elsesser Skateboarder Profile". SPoT Skate Shop at Skatepark of Tampa. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- Nast, Condé. "Meet the Stylish Supreme Model Who Had Nothing to Do with That Frank Ocean Song". GQ. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- "Introducing Supreme/FA team rider Sage Elsesser". X Games. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-dont-like-shit-i-dont-go-outside-mw0002837117/credits
- 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.
- https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/navy-blue-song-of-sage-post-panic/amp/
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/according-to-navy-blue%5B%5D
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/lately%5B%5D
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/april-blue%5B%5D
- https://blackxnoise.bandcamp.com/album/black-noi-e-navy-blue-soul-golden%5B%5D
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/guilt-sincerity%5B%5D
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/navy-in-rage%5B%5D
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/yvan-wen%5B%5D
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/forest-green%5B%5D
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/from-the-heart%5B%5D
- https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/gangway-for-navy%5B%5D
- Ross, Alex Robert (November 20, 2018). "Earl Sweatshirt Drops "The Mint," Confirms New Album 'Some Rap Songs' [Update]". Noisey. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- https://www.soundcloud.com/youngerthug1/silky-ft-navy-blue
- https://www.complex.com/music/2016/09/frank-ocean-blonde-writing-credits-ascap
- https://www.soundcloud.com/youngerthug1/jeez-ft-navy-blue
- https://kingcarter.bandcamp.com/album/prisoner-of-mind
- https://mikelikesrap.bandcamp.com/album/war-in-my-pen
- https://www.soundcloud.com/jjudahh/truth-ft-navy-blue
- https://www.twitter.com/earlxsweat/status/1255272403963387905
- https://thagodfahim.bandcamp.com/album/dump-gawd
- https://www.mach-hommy.com/collection/dump-gawd-hommy-edition
- https://www.thefader.com/2017/06/22/mike-may-god-bless-your-hustle-interview/amp
- https://www.mach-hommy.com/collection/fete-des-morts-aka-dia-de-los-muertos-1
- https://soundcloud.com/cities-aviv/if-i-could-hold-your-soul-part-ii-prod-by-navy-blue
- https://ronee.bandcamp.com/album/ensley-2
- Some Rap Songs (booklet). Earl Sweatshirt. Columbia Records. 2018. B07KKFK5H6.CS1 maint: others (link)
- https://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mike-tears-of-joy/amp/
- https://open.spotify.com/album/35SA7O2mn75yZowQ72BCOi
- https://mailchi.mp/backwoodzstudioz/shrines-preorders-shrapknel-flechette