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.
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's fourth mixtape mines Midwest emo, Afrobeats, grime, and more to concoct something new from well-established subgenres.
UK rapper charges a formidable first album with heart and quick-step style changes, aglow with Bluetooth-charged eclecticism… --- --- “A lot of shit
Black British Music (2025) by Jim Legxacy album review by Ivy Skarda. The UK artist's album is now out via XL Recordings and DSPs
The rapper and producer doubles down on his vaulting style, lurching from alt-rock to distortion and chipmunk soul on an astonishingly coherent and melodic third record