Rare RCB hexD.mp3 is a remix album released on June 15, 2019, by American rapper and record producer Stacy Minajj of the music collective Hexcastcrew. The album was released under the alias tomoe_theundy1ng and remixes songs by the Internet rap collective Reptilian Club Boyz.
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| Remix album by tomoe_theundy1ng | ||||
| Released | June 15, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
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| Length | 14:47 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
| Producer | tomoe_theundy1ng | |||
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The mix has been credited with pioneering the Internet microgenre hexD, along with its subgenres crushed trap and surge. It made use of effects such as bitcrushing and tempo acceleration. The album was later reissued by the American netlabel Dismiss Yourself, whose YouTube channel upload in August 2019 helped the project gain recognition online, leading to a cult following on the website Rate Your Music.
Background
editRare RCB hexD.mp3 was produced by American rapper and producer Stacy Minajj of the music collective Hexcastcrew.[1] The DJ mix was made through samples and remixes of songs by the Internet rap collective Reptilian Club Boyz.[2][1] The mix made use of techniques such as bitcrushing and tempo acceleration,[3][1] which became a core aspect of the Internet microgenre hexD.[4][5] The term "HexD" originally emerged through Hexcastcrew who, according to Sticki, the founder of netlabel Dismiss Yourself, "hex songs—in their words, they cast spells [via] bitcrushing the music."[2][6] Music publication Passion of the Weiss credited Stacy Minajj with coining the term.[5][1]
Writing for Pitchfork, music journalist Kieran Press-Reynolds stated that the underground scene in the early 2020s was "splintering every which way, from wailing digicore to bitcrushed hexD."[7] They[a] credited Reptilian Club Boyz as being alongside other groups in "the nexus for a new vanguard".[7] Nashville rapper Hi-C, who founded the collective, is noted as "a key influence on the development of HexD" according to The Fader.[8]
RCB hexD.mp3 was released on June 15, 2019, by Stacy Minajj on the SoundCloud account "tomoe_theundy1ng".[1] The original upload was later deleted.[1] The album cover featured an anime succubus.[1] In August 2019, the label Dismiss Yourself uploaded the album to its YouTube channel.[2] Writing for Complex, Press-Reynolds stated that the album circulated online for months, "accruing tens of thousands of YouTube views" and developing a cult following on the website Rate Your Music.[5][3] Writing for Bandcamp Daily, they noted it had become one of the most viewed releases on the Dismiss Yourself channel and regarded it as "forum-core" due to it growing a cult following on discussion threads with fans who "devise intricate conspiracy theories related to the albums' mystifying origins".[9] At the time of the album's release, its creator and the titles of the original tracks were unknown.[3] The original unmixed versions of the Reptilian Club Boyz songs were also briefly lost.[3][1] When the original songs were found, Press-Reynolds noted that fans "felt like something essential was missing without the deformities created by the mystery remixer".[3]
Music
editMusic journalist Kieran Press-Reynolds stated of the album, "the collection sounds catastrophic, like a heavy van ran over the original tracks and this is what's left."[3] Adding that, "The songs are also sped up, which makes the rappers sound hyperreal."[3] They further stated that Reptilian Club Boyz made use of several digital effects, and "when these kinds of sparkly textures get flattened, the end product sounds like it's coming out of the 8-bit speakers of a Game Boy".[3] Music publication Passion of the Weiss compared the album to nightcore remixes due to its anime cover art and speed.[1] Adding that the album was "cloud rap so cloudy it transcends into noise" and noting that bitcrushing has never "been used to such psychedelic effect".[1]
Influence
editThe album inspired several producers on SoundCloud to make similar mixes.[1] Music journalist Kieran Press-Reynolds cited Rare RCB hexD.mp3 as "crystallizing the surge scene".[3]
Track listing
editOriginal release
edit| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rare RCB hexD.mp3" | tomoe_theundy1ng | 14:47 |
| Total length: | 14:47 | ||
Tracks by Reptilian Club Boyz
editNotes
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Orvis, Jameson (September 14, 2020). "The Influence of Rare RCB + HexD MP3". Passion of the Weiss. Archived from the original on June 30, 2025. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Press-Reynolds, Kieran (July 8, 2021). "How Dismiss Yourself Became a Hub for Internet Weirdness". Bandcamp Daily. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Press-Reynolds, Kieran (August 13, 2020). "Gorgeous Glitches and Nightcored Melodies: The New Generation of SoundCloud Music is Here". Complex. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
- ↑ Matulaityte, Giedre. "15 bands and solo artists who are rewriting the emo rulebook". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Issue 62: Meme Music: An Integral Bond Between Meme Culture and Pop Music". Issuu. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
- ↑ chalcopyrite (March 7, 2024). "A Brief History of Lobit Music". WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student Radio. Archived from the original on August 10, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- 1 2 Press-Reynolds, Kieran (February 26, 2026). "Luci4 Unleashed a Generation of Glitchy Underground Rap". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ↑ Darville, Jordan; Renshaw, David; Helfand, Raphael; Dubois, Lila. "Discover Blogly: Listen to new music from Chuquimamani-Condori, Hi-C, and more". The Fader. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ↑ "Notes on My Grandpa Dying Vol. I: HexD, Magic(k) and Cosmopolitan Intimacy. – Mute Presence". mutepresence.com. August 3, 2021. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2026.