Navy Blue - Navy's Reprise ALBUM REVIEW
WHERE IS THAT COLLAB ALBUM WITH EARL SWEATSHIRT?
The first time that a lot of people heard of Sage Elsesser, or Navy Blue, was when he was one of the lone features on Earl Sweatshirt’s last album, Some Rap Songs. Since then, he’s put out two of his own albums, worked with Sweatshirt on a few more tracks, and produced an entire album for AKAI SOLO called True Sky. His past two albums, Àdá Irin and Song of Sage: Post Panic!, have been pretty great, with Àdá Irin making onto my favorite albums of 2020 list. Elsesser dropped his third album and his second album-length offering of 2021 under the Navy Blue moniker, Navy’s Reprise, exclusively on his website, and while it took me a minute, I’m finally covering this. Let’s get right into it and see how it is.
Let me just say right off the bat that this is Navy Blue’s peak writing. Like most of his other albums, this is pretty autobiographical, touching on subjects like trauma. What I admire about this album is that while many of the themes of the album have to do with being aware of this trauma, he wasn’t being defined by this trauma. That’s the main part of this album that really stood out to me, and it makes for an incredible listen. Outside of that, the production is also good here. It’s about the same level as his past projects, so while that’s really nothing new, nothing has to change if you know what you’re doing with it.
With Navy’s Reprise, Sage Elsesser solidifies himself as one of the most intriguing artists in abstract hip-hop right now. He’s like a fine-tuned poet, and with writing like this, this is one of his first projects under the Navy Blue name that’s really been sticking with me long after the first listen. If you can shave $20 off of your bank account, this album’s worth it.
9/10
Listen here
https://navybluethetruest.com/collections/digital-albums
Navy’s Reprise is self-released.
The first time that a lot of people heard of Sage Elsesser, or Navy Blue, was when he was one of the lone features on Earl Sweatshirt’s last album, Some Rap Songs. Since then, he’s put out two of his own albums, worked with Sweatshirt on a few more tracks, and produced an entire album for AKAI SOLO called True Sky. His past two albums, Àdá Irin and Song of Sage: Post Panic!, have been pretty great, with Àdá Irin making onto my favorite albums of 2020 list. Elsesser dropped his third album and his second album-length offering of 2021 under the Navy Blue moniker, Navy’s Reprise, exclusively on his website, and while it took me a minute, I’m finally covering this. Let’s get right into it and see how it is.
Let me just say right off the bat that this is Navy Blue’s peak writing. Like most of his other albums, this is pretty autobiographical, touching on subjects like trauma. What I admire about this album is that while many of the themes of the album have to do with being aware of this trauma, he wasn’t being defined by this trauma. That’s the main part of this album that really stood out to me, and it makes for an incredible listen. Outside of that, the production is also good here. It’s about the same level as his past projects, so while that’s really nothing new, nothing has to change if you know what you’re doing with it.
With Navy’s Reprise, Sage Elsesser solidifies himself as one of the most intriguing artists in abstract hip-hop right now. He’s like a fine-tuned poet, and with writing like this, this is one of his first projects under the Navy Blue name that’s really been sticking with me long after the first listen. If you can shave $20 off of your bank account, this album’s worth it.
9/10
Listen here
https://navybluethetruest.com/collections/digital-albums
Navy’s Reprise is self-released.
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