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ISSUE 50  ·  AUG 2 2026  ·  MUSIC · UK ALT-R&B

Jim Legxacy

Jim Legxacy
Lollapalooza yesterday, Golden Gate Park on the ninth, Victoria Park on the twenty-ninth. The billing is the size of a second album and there isn't one yet. black british music (2025) came out on XL on July 18 last year, entered the UK chart at 29 and then outlived most of what sat above it; three BRIT nominations and four MOBO nods followed. Since then, one new single — 'idk idk,' built on a soul loop he produced himself, Natanya on the harmonies. The room is loud and the room is correct. On the follow-up, he already answered: when he dropped 'idk idk' he said the next one would take him some time. He's earned it.
8.7SCORE CROWN ROOM'S RIGHT HEAT 88

ROOM'S RIGHT — the room is loud, and the room is correct.

BENCHMARK IN THE 50 · Jim Legxacy is already the 50's underground-rap anchor; Starlito and Chris Crack are the lane he sets the line for
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