Navy Blue’s Sir Render Lands Friday with Ka, Earl Sweatshirt, and Armand Hammer

Navy Blue’s new album Sir Render is out this Friday, June 5. The 15-track project includes a posthumous feature from Ka, the Brooklyn rapper who died two years ago. His verse sits on “Circa,” a late addition to a guest list that also includes Earl Sweatshirt, Armand Hammer, and Montreal rapper-producer Mike Shabb.

Sage Elsesser, the artist and skateboarder behind Navy Blue, has spent the past few years shaping a particular corner of abstract underground rap—patient, introspective, and closely tied to a network of like-minded collaborators. That circle shows up clearly here. Earl Sweatshirt appears on “Belladonna,” and Armand Hammer on “Residuum,” both familiar voices in Elsesser’s catalogue. The Ka feature, though, carries a different weight. It’s one of the first posthumous verses to surface since his passing, and it lands on a record that already feels quietly curated.

The tracklist, written in ornate script when Elsesser posted it this week, moves from “Commencement” to “F.E.A.R.” without much pageantry. Earlier this year, he guested on a single with Cavalier, Quelle Chris, and Denmark Vessey, then released “Ocean Light (Phase 1: Prelude),” which hinted at a larger project. Sir Render confirms that arc. No singles from the album itself have been shared ahead of Friday.