The Sword & the Soaring
by Navy Blue
- Type: Album
- Released: 11 November 2025
- Label: Freedom Sounds
- Country: United States
- Length: 43:33
- Community rating: 3.78/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'The Sword & the Soaring', Navy Blue refines his signature introspective and therapeutic approach, with a conversational tone that explores themes of grief, healing, and fatherhood. The production palette is varied yet consistent, featuring a mix of drumless, gospel-sampled tracks and jazz-inflected boom-bap, with contributions from producers like Animoss, Child Actor, and Navy Blue himself. The album maintains a meditative and raw lyrical focus, highlighted by a notable collaboration with Earl Sweatshirt on the track “24 Gospel”.
Genres
Descriptors: conscious, rap, soulful, minimal, storytelling
Tracklist
- The Bloodletter (02:32)
- Orchards (02:38)
- God’s Kingdom (02:39)
- Sunlight of The Spirit (02:50)
- Guardadas (03:13)
- My Heartbeat (03:06)
- Tale of Truth (02:32)
- Fight On (02:03)
- Kindred Spirit (02:09)
- If Only… (03:41)
- Illusions (02:18)
- 24 Gospel (02:55)
- Here & Now (01:58)
- Soul Investments (02:32)
- Sharing Life (03:01)
- The Phoenix (03:26)
Credits
- Navy Blue - vocals, producer
- Earl Sweatshirt - featured artist
- Chris Keys - producer
- Child Actor - producer
- Gray Matter - producer
- Demahjiae - producer
- Foisey - producer
- Shungu - producer
- Malik - producer
- Jason Wool - producer
- akabluesky - producer
- Animoss - producer
- Sebb Bash - producer
- Mejiwahn - producer