Generational talent Jim Legxacy announces the release of his long-awaited new mixtape, black british music (2025) on July 18th via XL Recordings. A rapper with intensity, a vocalist with passion and a producer who harnesses nostalgia to command the future, the project is poised to earn era-defining significance.
Critical to UK music in 2025, Jim’s prolific output forever tells an important story. Always ahead of the game, his songwriting holds a mirror up to the Black British experience in which himself and his peers are reflected. He stands proudly but humbly at the helm of a movement; a new generation of storytellers and pioneers carving a path out of the comfort of the underground, always pushing upwards. Creating space for complexity, sensitivity, and experimentation, black british music (2025) not only reshapes expectations of what UK music can sound like, but what it can stand for.
The announcement succeeds his latest single ‘stick’ which dropped alongside a video from Rohan Dil shot partly on a Blackberry, a warpspeed visual collage of Jim Legxacy’s London through the lens of his coming of age. It was previewed on the since-mythologised livestream from Plaqueboymax which featured fellow underground heavyweights YT, Fimiguerrero and Len. He kicked off the mixtape with one of his most resonant tracks to date, ‘father’, before ramping up the anticipation for black british music (2025) by doing his first ever video chat on Kids Take Over.
2024 saw Jim release ‘nothings changed (!)’ – a heartfelt tribute to his sister’s life and legacy before he played his first ever show at The Albany in Deptford to a sold out, mesmerised crowd. Later that year he released ‘aggressive’ as the first real taster of the black british music (2025) sound, and his first release on XL Recordings.
Jim Legxacy – aggressive
Music has always formed part of Jim’s identity. His ever evolving, kaleidoscopic sound draws influence from all genres, distinctly RnB, soul, pop, grime, midwest emo, afro beats and alternative. Jim’s artistic journey properly began in 2018, dropping multiple singles and two longer form projects (Dynasty Program: A Metrical Composition Inspired by the Nights Spent as The Raiider; and Citadel) which displayed his artistic growth, versatility, and vulnerability, all whilst battling homelessness. 2023 saw him release his latest mixtape homeless n*gga pop music to widespread critical acclaim. Jim has already garnered support and cosigns from fellow artists including Dave, Stormzy, Central Cee, Headie One, Skepta, Loski, Jack Harlow and recently Fred again…
black british music (2025) will be available in CD and limited edition NFC card from Jim Legxacy’s store.
Jim Legxacy
black british music (2025)
XL Recordings
Due July 18th on XL Recordings
Tracklisting
- context
- stick
- new david bowie
- sun
- ‘06 wayne rooney
- issues of trust
- father
- d.b.a.b
- big time forward
- sos
- i just banged a snus in canada water
- dexters phone call
- 3x
- tiger driver ‘91
- brief
Praise for Jim Legxacy:
“From Aphex Twin to Jai Paul, the UK has a proud tradition of tinkerers creating whole worlds in their bedrooms. Legxacy could be the next in that lineage” – P4K’s 100 Best Albums of 2020’s So Far
“Gliding over a lightly-crafted beat, Legxacy dodges explosive words thrown his way and lobs his own ammunition back, questioning how many more times he can feel this way. It’s a song fueled by spite and malice, while also capturing the British artist’s ability to capture emotional turmoil and render it in technicolour.” – FADER
“With “aggressive”, Jim Legxacy continues to push the boundaries of UK music, delivering something fresh yet rooted in familiar influences.” – GRM
“What Legxacy is building is more than fandom, it’s community… At his first live show, his prowess is palpable, but it’s his radical tenderness and resilient optimism which makes his glow all the brighter.” – CLASH
“One of Britain’s brightest talents, Jim Legxacy is a paradigm of modern artistry.” – Wonderland
“The track showcases Jim’s melodic vocals over a smooth, melancholic dancehall beat, cementing his place as a unique voice in the new wave of Black British music.” DMY
“The fast-rising multi-hyphenate’s latest single pairs forward-thinking production with his own unique falsetto vocals.” RA
“The British singer-producer continues to make gorgeously singular and fleet-of-foot pop-R&B” The Guardian
“Black British Music is almost upon us and when it drops we could well see an already blossoming career emerge in full flourish.” Mixtape Madness
“As British music as a whole begins to articulate a future beyond these genres, Jim Legxacy is a welcome presence on the scene, imagining a distant yet intimate sonic future in which influences from grime, drill, afrobeat and pop all intertwine.” Dazed
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