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Navy Blue<\/a>\u2019s new album, Sir Render<\/em>, arrives today. Narrated by his cousin, the late actor James Earl Jones, features the rapper\u2019s childhood friend Earl Sweatshirt<\/a>, Armand Hammer<\/a>, and Mike Shabb<\/a>. The song \u201cCirca\u201d also includes a posthumous verse from Navy Blue\u2019s mentor, Brownsville rapper<\/a> Ka<\/a>. Check out the album cover and a full track list below.<\/p>\n The Brooklyn rapper, AKA Sage Elsesser, produced multiple songs on Sir Render<\/em> and also tapped the Alchemist, Jason Wool, Shungu, and more for beats. In a press statement, Sage Elsesser shared: \u201cThe album dives into psychology\u2019s greatest hits\u2014embracing the shadow self, accepting duality, and knowing, \u2018I am my flaws as well as my strengths.\u2019 Sir Render<\/em> has to realize the only way to beat the shadow is to embrace it. To overcome this fear, he must meet it with love.\u201d<\/p>\n Sir Render<\/em> follows Elsesser\u2019s 2025 album The Sword & the Soaring<\/em><\/a>. Last month, he also shared the loosie \u201cOcean Light (Phase 1: Prelude)<\/a>,\u201d which does not appear on Sir Render<\/em>.<\/p>\n Revisit Alphonse Pierre\u2019s 2021 profile Navy Blue Needs to Get a Few Things Off His Chest<\/a>.<\/p>\n