Black British Music (2025)

Black British Music (2025)
Mixtape by Jim Legxacy
Released	18 July 2025
Length	34:55
Label	XL
Producer	Jim Legxacy Baby Cashy BoyRed Cole YoursTruly Cppo DameDame* Dre Denim Fritz! Fumez Henes Phil Hamilton Hoskins Jkarri J Moon Kiri Lucid Nathan Rahitsbkay Sai on the Beat Joe Stanley YT
Jim Legxacy chronology
Homeless Nigga Pop Music (2023) Black British Music (2025) (2025)
Singles from Black British Music (2025)
"Father" Released: 27 February 2025 "Stick" Released: 10 April 2025

Black British Music (2025) (stylised in all lowercase, shortened to BBM) is the fourth mixtape by the British rapper and producer Jim Legxacy. It was released on 18 July 2025 through XL Recordings.^[1][2][3] The follow-up to his third mixtape Homeless Nigga Pop Music (2023), it features guest appearances from Dave, Fimiguerrero, and Dexter in the Newsagent. Legxacy primarily handled production himself, alongside Joe Stanley, Cppo, J Moon and Dre Denim, among others. It released to critical acclaim.

On 27 February 2025, the first single from the mixtape, "Father", was released on streaming services.^[4][5] This release was followed by the second and final single, "Stick", released on 10 April 2025.^[6][7] On 8 July 2025, Jim Legxacy announced that Black British Music (2025) would be released on 18 July 2025.^[8]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	90/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	9/10[10]
The Guardian	[2]
NME	[11]
Paste	8/10[12]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Black British Music (2025) received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 90 out of 100 from 6 critic scores.^[9] Pitchfork called the album "some of Legxacy's best production and songwriting yet; he's beginning to sound like the second coming of cut-and-paste icon Jai Paul. Here, Legxacy is at his best when commanding tracks that are propulsive and chaotic: Samples collide headfirst, drums snap with the force of fingers on pads, drops overpower everything in the mix".^[13] NME called it a "potential future classic".^[11] Sheldon Pearce of NPR described the album as "a jumbled, marvelous survey of 21st century U.K. rap, identifying connective tissue with Afrobeats, emo, drill and garage."^[15] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called the album a "homage to the last two decades of Black British music."^[16]

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[17]

• All track titles are stylised in lowercase.
• "Stick" features additional vocals from Joe Stanley and an interpolation of "Going Through It", written by Joseph Adenuga and Stewart Mullings and performed by Skepta.^[18]
• "New David Bowie" contains a sample of "Wash", written by Jon Bellion, Jason Cornet, Jason Johnson, Stef Johnson and Pete Nappi and performed by Bellion.^[19]
• "Sun" features an interpolation of "Did You See", written by Momodou Jallow and Jonathan Mensah and performed by J Hus.^[18][19]
• "06 Wayne Rooney" features an interpolation of "Hey Ya!", written by André Benjamin and performed by Outkast.^[19]
• "Father" features a sample of "I Love My Father", written and performed by George Smallwood.^[4]
• "D.B.A.B" features an interpolation of "Informer", written by Darrin O'Brien, Shawn Moltke, Edmond Leary, Terri Moltke and Jeffrey Silva and performed by Snow.^[19][13]
• "SOS" features a sample of "Missing You", written by Joe Thomas, Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson, as performed by Case.^[19][20]
• "3x" features an interpolation of "Wanna Know", written by David Omoregie, Fraser T. Smith and Tyrell Paul and performed by Dave.^[21]

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[17]