Generational talent Jim Legxacy recently released his long-awaited new mixtape, black british music (2025) 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.
With black british music (2025), Jim Legxacy cements his place as one of the UK’s most daring and emotionally resonant voices. Released via XL Recordings on 18 July, the mixtape’s genre-bending blend of emo-pop, grime, Afrobeats, and indie rock has drawn universal acclaim for its ambition and raw honesty.
Pitchfork calls it “some of Legxacy’s best production and songwriting yet,” spotlighting tracks like ‘Father’ and ‘3x’ featuring Dave as standouts (Pitchfork review). The Guardian awards it a flawless ★★★★★, praising his ability to turn chaos into a “major mixtape” filled with “strange, brilliant beauty” (Guardian review). Meanwhile, NME hails it a “potential future classic,” applauding Legxacy’s emotional openness and inventive production (NME review).
In just over 20 minutes, Jim Legxacy has delivered a genre-fluid masterpiece — deeply personal, musically fearless, and already essential.
Jim Legxacy x Dave – ‘3x’
More 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
black british music (2025) is available in CD from Jim Legxacy’s store.
Jim Legxacy
Black British Music (2025)
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
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