Jim Legxacy – ‘Black British Music (2025)’ Review: a Sprawling Collage of Chaos and Catharsis

Jim Legxacy – ‘Black British Music (2025)’ review: a sprawling collage of chaos and catharsis

A sprawling collage of chaos and catharsis, Jim Legxacy's ‘Black British Music (2025)’ is a potential future classic – read the NME review

Jim Legxacy: black british music (2025)

On his XL debut, the British rapper-singer attempts to make the leap from bedroom tinkerer to pop auteur. Even as he navigates grief, Legxacy’s skill as a writer of concise, diaristic pop shines through.

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Alex G jumps to a major. Paramore's Zac Farro goes retro. Jim Legxacy levels up. See our long list of albums out today and listen to the New Music Friday podcast.

The Wholesome Versatility Of Jim Legxacy’s 'black british music'

At some point years after folks like Q-Tip, Pharrell, and André 3000 first embodied it, the term “genre-blending” became the most annoyingly vapid descriptor in my inbox. Gradually, a compound adjective that had once been reserved for people like Lauryn Hill or Kanye became lifeless boilerplate copy for any shitty artist who listened to Nirvana once and decided they were “more than just a rapper.” For every Doja Cat or Trippie Redd, there’s 10 o…

How Jim Legxacy remixed UK rap, grime and drill

A love letter to Black British Music, Jim Legxacy’s third album doesn’t just bring vulnerability to the UK rap canon, but also arrives as a timely reminder of how Black Brits have profoundly shaped youth culture today

Jim Legxacy Unveils New Mixtape 'black british music (2025)' | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

London artist Jim Legxacy has released his much-anticipated new mixtape 'black british music (2025)’, via XL Recordings. A deeply-personal, coming-of-age