DRAIN GANG: The Outsider Trap Movement

[@108Mics]

Just to be clear, this vid came out about a month before “E” was even announced, so keep that in mind while watching Edit: if you want to hear my thoughts on E, I talk about it in my best of 2019 video

[@thomasrobinson3077]

108 Mics hahah shiet bad timing! Nice video though!!

[@yung_tulip5701]

no

[@Loopycrashinout_shadowprezzy]

Make a vid about E

[@108Mics]

LoopyFromDiscord my year end list is coming up 👀

[@ryuuji4633]

Was about to comment about e

[@poopoopeepee6798]

Eboys are just wannabe bladee’s and they don’t even kno it.

[@f67739]

drain gang and sbe affiliates have actual talent besides just posing in tiktok videos also FIVE YEARS LATE TO THE WAVE

[@isthisreallife489]

fr. i don't think people actually realize just how big of an impact drain gang/sad boys have had. Aside from paving the wavy for "cloud rap" (and emo trap) and the retro, vaporwave-esque aesthetic of the majority of the content om Astari, the aesthetic of their fashion got popular, too

[@isthisreallife489]

In a general view, I feel like a lot of current fashion trends, in the mainstream world and among e-bois/e-girls have been taken from cloud rap, but it mostly traces back to sbegtb, imo

[@exeterd9]

@@isthisreallife489 you ever heard of bones lmfao

[@switchblade]

@@isthisreallife489 Its a cycle, its always been like this in music history. An artist (1) creates a new wave/genre, and another artist (2) gets inspired to make similar music. Fans find number 2's music and hasn't even heard about artist number 1. The funny thing is that usually, artist 2 (and 3, 4, 5 and so on) perfects it and makes it better, and in general is better off in terms of plays and popularity. However I think sbe and gtb still got it. I jumped on the wave in 2013 and have been a hardcore fan, and I don't think anyone has done it better. Lean and his gang has done A LOT for the industry and style today, both fashion and production wise.

[@jacqueaurens]

Bro honestly travis was inspired by leandoer & drain gang in like 2013-2014

[@108Mics]

Jack Eden I agree with that, but I think the way Travis has progressed as an artist sounds really different from SB/DG and is distinct from most of his contemporaries. It’s all p much come full circle

[@0konsta]

@Who da Fook yeah, future a lowkey fan of bladee he's worn the rainworld hoodie a few times, even on one of his music videos

[@theamazingeldog3941]

@@0konsta Oh shit really?? which video?

[@mive98]

theamazingeldog Future - Mad Luv

[@3percentdelay]

konsta his stylist probably got him that

[@axel4409]

This man predicted ecco releasing an amazing album

[@thraitor7819]

Ecco is literally one of the best out for me. I love Bladee and Thaiboy but Ecco has so much talent

[@dustinwulf8074]

Funny cause it wasn’t amazing lmao

[@korybowie8798]

Dustin Wulf take it back

[@illford]

@@dustinwulf8074 idk i think its the best thing to come from draingang as its very creative and could easily be played by anyone and is vey catching, like Security haunts my dreams

[@bitfreedom]

I hate ecco’s vocals tbh

[@dscientist2013]

Hahaha yeah man drain gang but anyway it’s $30 a g Chris

[@demonworld4984]

yeoooo lmfao

[@IWillSmurfYou]

Y E E T

[@AbstractFlexin]

😂😂😂😂

[@adonyestimon4392]

💀💀😂😂

[@turntfrog4056]

Fuck u

[@topazboy333]

This man is literally describing exactly what Ecco was about to do with E two months before he did

[@kameprod5000]

Thai boy's not a bladee clone, more of a drained outed chief keef.

[@inferiordior]

Nah, Blackkray is the emo Cheif Keef, Thaiboy is no were near anything like Keef lmao (besides some of his beats)

[@dribbeldiejustiz]

He said in a interview that his biggest inspiration was keef and soulja boy

[@dragon-id5uj]

thats why his tapes so braggy and swaggy. each member like any good RPG party has it's own class, stats, spells etc.

[@newlandpencilnut4754]

乁dragon違 bladee is a wizard or summin for sure.

[@imsickx]

Kame Prod I don’t love thaiboy but his verse in victim is beautiful

[@aryannameraz133]

"and ecco2k ......." i laughed so hard in public omg

[@atartup]

@ㅤ shut up

[@tanishkkatalkar8145]

Hi ary how do u get free followers

[@soleheir2630]

And an ad break happens right after the pause LMAO

[@amibeingdetained3417]

This is more of a bladee review than it is a drain gang history lesson.

[@BattlegroundsFTW]

Drain Gang is 80% Bladee

[@aspvizn]

@@BattlegroundsFTW 60% bladee 30% ecco 10% thaiboy. ecco isn’t 20% bc of g’LOSS and other contributions to dg that aren’t music

[@robloxwarrior9557]

Yea cuz at this time he had made a lot more than the other drain gang members (except whitearmor but he's part of their music)

[@m11ra66]

@@BattlegroundsFTW probably just listen 2 what they have on spotify lol

[@jonathankrieg9084]

His name is yung lean because his real surname is Leandoer

[@swervdacoupe]

its a reference to lean tho

[@mionszesa5658]

@@swervdacoupe no, it's not.

[@kodokushiHill]

@@swervdacoupe no

[@Azrael-me1tm]

It's Hastad Leandoer is his middle name

[@alileesitobasket]

promethazine中毒 the dude literally had 2stop makin music 4like a year 2get sober off lean it’s most likely a reference 2both

[@rain9d]

whenever i see the word bladee i imagine him saying it in his autotuned voice, singing it to me while i drift away into drain world

[@harrisonheys3219]

jelly same man

[@catfunt5744]

for me its the bladee on "im getting my money from bladee"

[@davidthechef]

jelly i hear lean: bledde, bled

[@waterybenis5914]

I TRIED TO UNDERSTAND BUT IT WAS HOPELESS I TRIED TO TAKE HER SOUL BUT SHE WAS SOULLESS (sorry don't mind me draining in the comments)

[@yellowsaurus4895]

@@lando2679 if you're quoting Plastic Surgery it's "thinking I should end myself" not shit myself lmaooo

[@kediester5393]

@@yellowsaurus4895 really? wow

[@decaffeinatedafrican5997]

@@yellowsaurus4895 no shit HAHAHAHHHAHAHAHA

[@lordoftherats]

@@decaffeinatedafrican5997 he fake drain

[@pornirico]

Ive been adiccted to bladee, yung lean and the others since the end of the last year, red light was the album that got me into him and its hard for me to listen to other types of music now lol its kinda of a curse but a good one

[@oreman3126]

Big relate vrutha

[@presidentmorsi4677]

Same

[@ev1ilfreak]

Nice profile pic my dude

[@pornirico]

@@ev1ilfreak thx my guy

[@murillok913]

Truly, the drain drains you out of other likes. I just go back to music I listened to before drain and only keep up with drain

[@commanderpinnacles]

Ngl this triggered me, you can’t dismiss WOD and D&G like that, they’re literally some of the best shit

[@CruxalYT]

agreed WOD wasn't as gas to me but D&G has probably my fav songs from Ecco and Bladee. Everyone kills it on that project

[@samralston8622]

I love WOD

[@Rectangularification]

I don't really care much for D&G, but WoD is one of my fav Bladee releases for sure. Too slept on imo

[@commanderpinnacles]

Rectangularification if you don’t like D&G you’ve gotta hear Cinderella,Botox Lips,Black Boy,Suffocation,No Life Left and the Most Under appreciated song Ever STALKER.

[@cornale]

Yeah ngl D&G is the best drain gang project

[@SHIRO3301]

Naaah ice dancer was beautiful and Thaiboys legendary member really showed me what this genre really is. At first I thought "yeah cloud rap" in regards to their earlier music, but what's being released nowadays is actually a new genre I'd say. It's like business techno/arcade rap. Bentley, nervous, Beijing really give me that vibe businessman vibe, and ice dancer gives me a cyberpunk feel. It's the type of music I'd proudly define the future of music on. Every time i listen to either album, I get a scene of hyperreality, vr, ar and factioned society's... But hey welcome to my imagination and great video man, glad I found you :)

[@108Mics]

01YAS10HIRO01 interesting, I may have to revisit Legendary Member with that in mind. Thx for commenting 💯

[@SHIRO3301]

@@108Mics Hey man, no worries, and by the way... ecco2k's new album :'0 It was beautiful! I was walking down the street on a winter's day, with the sun beaming down on my face with his album on, and daaam... what an experience

[@musicarchive1117]

arcade?? more like psychedelic dystopian rap

[@SHIRO3301]

@@musicarchive1117 well, as it stands, we both have different point of views obviously, so I may not nail down instantly what it sounds like to your ears. Do note though that we can agree it's definitely a dystopian cyberpunk style of music, mixed with some psychedelic trance. I say arcade because I think of all those early 2000s avatars, with flashing neon lights, with a bright 16bit atmosphere. I say it's perhaps going to lead onto a new design movement. We've had a Bauhaus, Dada, Brutalist etc approach to design, but we are yet to properly inculcate the cyber design into society *fully* nevermind music. Exciting yet so uncertain times ahead!

[@musicarchive1117]

@@SHIRO3301 agreed, I see what you mean now

[@braveknight283]

I swear for years I’ve explained my infatuation with Bladee by comparing his style of rap to shoegaze and you’re the first person I’ve heard echo those sentiments.

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

Best Buy is the greatest song of all time

[@xAlissaSchmidtx]

Trueee

[@Lacroseeeeeee]

you talk about music like patrick bateman

[@IWillSmurfYou]

*H U E Y L E W I S*

[@pittafterhours]

holy shit hahahaha you're so right

[@sarahszone]

Your mind

[@TepidBlack]

You like Drain Gang? Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when D&G came out in '17 I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. They've been compared to Gothboiclique, but I think Bladee has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

[@Elb.ossama]

lmaoo I was looking for a comment saying that

[@taakerr]

you just dont get it thaiboy goon real hustler. FREE THAIBOY

[@landcruiserfan4206]

wait is thaiboyu in jail?

[@birknorling]

@@landcruiserfan4206 he was kinda deported from Sweden

[@walkingthroughforests]

Free thaiboy I say it twiiiiice

[@pauljerusalem6572]

Thaiboy goon so hot I'm smoking on wasabi...

[@lestat305]

@@birknorling lol shit what happend?

[@y.bowcat7782]

when I first heard icedancer it felt like a return to the more haphazard and lighthearted side of gluee but with the polish and more well considered structure of his stuff like Red Light or Eversince. really appealed to me as a long time drainer who really loved his recent stuff but was nostalgic for the bucket hats and Arizona tea days

[@surrendertoji]

Gtbsg = gravity boys shield gang

[@raycoyleiv]

Toji I was coming to comment this same thing

[@surrendertoji]

@@raycoyleiv lol

[@0001-s8c]

man tiger got it's own sound. it definitely is the hardest drain project to get into imo but when/if u get it it becomes so amazing. the way thaiboy's vocals work with the beats is just unexplainable.

[@areshura]

Thaiboy's flexing in his lyrics has always been a part of his music, go listen to songs like haters broke, 2 seats, Ferragamo gold, 2 the starz and you'll realize that Thaiboy's lyrics have always differed from the rest of the collective in this way. Thaiboy does have some sad songs like hopeless, and moon girl but I would say that the majority of his discography is made up of lyrics where he flexes, and this makes sense considering that he's stated that he wanted to be like Soulja Boy.

[@dribbeldiejustiz]

Thai ppl always flexxin lmao

[@dougass]

XonU

[@goncalo5376]

yung lean bola de carne sueca

[@8tretts677]

Nah moongirls good

[@raycoyleiv]

eversince is the best thing that was created in past 10 years

[@cchristophee]

would of been nice to mention goth money, more importantly black kray, during this video aswell. i feel like both drain gang and goth money fan bases are tightly connected

[@kidsmoko9361]

ppl come for drain gang for their lyrics without thinking abt the fact that english is their 2nd language

[@FunkadelicPancho]

You could say that about Immortal Technique too but dude slays

[@benhowley]

a lot of disrespect on lean at the start there

[@emiliano6585]

Drain Gang ruined my life Now I can't enjoy other type of music

[@USDFIEND]

WORD

[@genocitos9025]

True

[@chris.hartliss]

There's always something out there that you haven't got to love yet.

[@byefelicia92]

on god

[@g96fuller]

Great analysis. Makes me happy to see people discussing the drain gang, sad boy scene today.

[@odyssey.studios]

Great video, Red Light and Eversince are two of my favourite albums ever and masterpieces in my eyes, it’s been good to see their come up over the years 🙏

[@nikolaswalter490]

Idk but I never felt like Thaiboy sounds like Bladee nor Travis Scott.

[@flyingpenguinXD]

Baby on legendary member is legit one of the most dreamy songs ever

[@christophergalvez6975]

Bro I heard be nice to me at the club and it was the greatest moment of my life

[@HaterHater519]

Too each his own I guess it's not for everyone lol I love bladee's music and white armour's production and just the vibes it gives. I tried getting some of my friends into bladee and Ecco 2k and they were too close minded to give it a listen and thought it was too weird.

[@dra1nwat3r]

fuck them normies

[@dra1nwat3r]

@@imprezaguy9958 they may be boring but have some respect for the dead

[@imprezaguy9958]

Smile/For/me my bad.

[@TheBlackfire218]

No dislikes, stay on top and smoke trop

[@Josh-cz3oo]

Don’t understand why Tiger wasn’t talked about at all, that album has to be most underrated drain album.

[@OakPlanter]

i think you had more to dig into icedancer, the album is the one that ended up changing the game for dg

[@greyskyz7577]

best album to date

[@catherine1776]

it is bladee's best by far imo, i don't even think there's any filler on it at all.

[@saharkh9922]

wait bladee is pronounced as "blade" nooooooo i've been saying 'bladey' this whole time oh noooooo

[@108Mics]

sahar from what I’ve seen in interviews and in songs, his friends usually refer to him as “bladey” but he seems to prefer being called “blade” (the Nardwuar Interview w him and sadboys is a good example of this). Either way though I think both pronunciations are correct

[@willanderson2430]

108 Mics he has called himself blade and bladey in his songs (topman) I think bladey is more fun to say lol

[@slutkiller]

niggas who pronounce bladee as blady shave their legs and dress up as girls in their free time

[@saharkh9922]

@@slutkiller LMAO but I am a girl tho 😔

[@agustinramirez3951]

Bluehoodie yup, that’s me 😼

[@christophergalvez6975]

The fact you didn’t acknowledge Cinderella is a sin One of the most drained songs of all Time

[@TempzVevo]

Thaiboy is so underrated. Painkillers imo is Bladees best ever track and Thaiboy slaps on it. This is after countless hours listening to all of their music too.

[@TempzVevo]

And Spinnin is such a banger omgggg

[@realretals8892]

And you forgot to mention the vanilla sky 2 song ep. that shit is amazing

[@108Mics]

Real RETALS o yea vanilla sky’s real dope

[@N0RB1TCH]

terrible*

[@samralston8622]

tai wan bruh

[@murillok913]

Vanilla sky is by far their most out of the park short ep, and yes it is terrible imo as well

[@samralston8622]

murillok913 I don’t see why it just seems like 2 bangers to me :/

[@killrody]

D&G is hands down their best project as a collective. it embodies everything that makes their sound so unique and everyone contributes their uniqueness to make an amazing drain album. and it has their most accessible and amazing set of individual tracks into one album. side note: its my album of the decade

[@murillok913]

rahhdee real drain shit. Botox lips cured me. Happily ever after. All of it man. Getting D&G coin tatted

[@jermainecrawford2883]

So glad u covered them Side note: GTBSG stands for gravity boys sheild gang

[@jermainecrawford2883]

Before they called themselves Drain gang it was Gravity boys or Sheld gang

[@ginab.cifelli5628]

never got into drain gain but 108 delivers once again, keep it up

[@georgetracey926]

good vid but gluee defo not as well liked as eversince

[@darthbanana7]

i prefer it

[@joaopedrogomesbarbosa5855]

it's more

[@ionaskye5259]

gluee is superior .

[@zweePOP]

eversince is definitely more popular but gluee seems to get a bit more critical approval. also icedancer >>>>>>

[@kvdrr]

if you take a look at rym's star rating, gluee is clearly the best rated album.

[@iasoe]

well said but rip bladee is HARD.

[@pinewaffle7968]

His 2nd best project

[@elikats1017]

Thank you for this video. Really interesting group

[@trevbezos]

"some experimental oddities from years past" > King Astroslikk the Magnificent LMAO very rare reference and great video

[@Schmoobin13]

Stay drained, brothers

[@doujinshienjoyer5515]

I’ve been listening to drain gang since 2014, their music has helped me throughout the end of 8th grade and the entirety of highschool these past 6 years and now I’m on my way to college. I’m really happy they’re becoming even more popular to the point where if they’re mentioned some drainers will pop up. Being a drainer back then was the greatest experience ever and I can’t ever thank these guys enough

[@Steezealways]

Found in them out in 2016 from a feature with Xavier wulf on a song called snowman after that I fell in love

[@koolkeyZ865]

Don't agree with everything you said here but that doesn't matter, this is still by far the best video on the boys that's been made thus far. Thanks for this!

[@miguelrosario6924]

By far the best video covering DRAIN GANG. Very well done.

[@amirb.8763]

3:22 i felt that

[@dannycifelli3579]

This channel's too good, so glad I discovered it

[@77evenMedia]

D&G was when each of them really coined their individual styles. How could you have skipped this?

[@108Mics]

Sam Mangino I talk about all their collaborative stuff after I talk about Legendary Member...

[@sosanuts7665]

draing gang shoutout to all the drainers

[@whiteheavn]

2:39 gotta send this to my friend who still listen to Eminem In 2020

[@rbthesunsetloner]

Thank you for making this video. I always wanted a video essay on these creative powerhouses. Excellent job.

[@AJ-nn5yl]

BRO Trash Island is incredible for the chilled out minimal vibes and Legendary Member is also really good because it shows the banger side of drain gang. its called fuckin diversification bro. Your comments on Ecco2k were spooky prescient though thats wild lol. Great vid man really enjoyed and also its pronounced Bladeeeeee not blade.

[@zeldagamer5651]

Yess finally someone made a video explaining why I love these artists so much thank you bro awesome vid 💙💙💙

[@fromrussia9297]

Sentence this man to a 1000 years in drain heaven

[@xMitaaa]

this was amazing, i look forward to future videos from you

[@lucywucyyy]

i wonder what chuck person would think if somone told him making eccojams would create a tidal wave of new experimental music genres across the internet that would still be going and creating new genres a decade later

[@christophergalvez6975]

Eccos Verse on obedient is the greatest verse of all time bruh

[@108Mics]

Christopher Galvez EVERYTIME I CLOSE MY EYES I STOP EXISTING😩😩😭😭

[@christophergalvez6975]

108 Mics industry children pray to three sixes 🙏🙏🙏

[@deadinfebruary]

This is gonna be my go-to video for when my friends ask me what Blade-ey is

[@imprezaguy9958]

It’s weird seeing these guys get a lot of traction now considering I been a fan since 2013

[@imprezaguy9958]

Also the brokencyde and botdf references killed me

[@thelucas1146]

Been listening to bladee since early 2016

[@euan4704]

Well researched, funny and thoughtful. Thank you for this great video! Subscribed

[@PatTurn]

This video was long overdue. Congrats man :)

[@josephwoxlin]

Bladee is the goat, whitearmor is the god

[@mistermystery1999]

bladee be like "my life a movie" yea bro, the 40 year old virgin

[@tickaninny]

mistermystery twitter?

[@seekeroftheway]

nah

[@cjtheejuic3839]

Working on dying, eversince, RIP bladee, and Gluee are by far bladees best shit. Icedancer had 6 amazing tracks on it and i can still see him making better projects in the future.

[@eddielunsford476]

Icedancer was a throwaways album he mentioned it in an interview

[@anastasia-9232]

We can say whatever but my boy ecco out there changing the game rn and I'm here for it.

[@screwtapee]

i must be the only person who clicked with bladee immediately

[@murillok913]

So glad I see so many drainers having fun draining with each other debating best albums by bladee, our true leader. D&G and Eversince are the best!

[@DAWGITCOUNTYFOREVER]

bro shoutout Viper alot of people dont think of him when it comes to cloud rap

[@irfannn4959]

Hey man it’s obvious you put effort into this video and i really appreciate this

[@itsworth4416]

ECCO2K E project and legendary member are my fav albums from 2019 and Travis was actually influenced by sad boys lol

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Funny in retrospect that Bladee's best music came out AFTER the vid (except for IceDancer).

[@irisiris2075]

Bladee sounds like a slot machine and i'm an addict

[@user-jc3ls4xq9s]

I really liked this video bro good job

[@fabian6435]

thank you for making a great job covering drain gang. This video was really good hope to see you grow more on youtube you deserve it.

[@SurroundeR22]

Nah D&G maybe the most legendary project they made i'd say,

[@wierdmoney7252]

Snapped hard af by putting up that Ruben Slikk as a reference

[@rileymckenzie6276]

another quality video chief

[@bhopcsgo7172]

subscribed because you recognized whitearmor, true drain scholar

[@helmuth925]

Hey man great niche video, well produced and pro commentary. Keep it up.

[@TempzVevo]

Bladee Top 5 tracks 1) Painkillers 2) Jaws 3) 1D 4) Sick 5) Who Goes There / Hex

[@wiltedangel]

imo this is my ranking 1. every moment special 2. topman 3. sugar 4. western union 5. obedient

[@martskione]

Appreciate the shoutout to Cloudead

[@crackrock5650]

Thank you for the video I really enjoyed it. I wish I could go back to the days I discovered these guys, such good times.

[@benjaminpenrose5325]

This vid is a perfect description and summary of everything drain

[@sblevy0229]

Great video. Your comparison between cloud rap and shoegaze was really smart and not something I would have thought of! Only thing is I wish you talked a little bit slower.

[@108Mics]

sblevy02 thank you 💯💯 and yea, I’ve been trying to work on my speed of speaking for videos (It’s especially bad on my first video), I rly appreciate the feedback tho 🙏🙏

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

Stop attaching to Our Generation's and Demography's Cultures Your Fave Music Sucks A$$ and Has N O T H I N G T O D O W I T H U S !

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

@@108Mics Stop attaching Our Cultures, and Heritage, to $hit we HATE !

[@gro-up]

This was very well done, subbed.

[@derbenutzer5958]

Thaiboy did some good stuff actually "Painkillers" and "Waterall" for example

[@adewb]

Red light & Ice Dancer are my personal favourite Bladee projects

[@izzzypop5484]

Thai boy is so full of himself and so confident and presents himself as a very braggadocious because he drain other of there confidence

[@laindoer333]

are you trying to diss legendary member?

[@chris.hartliss]

Yoo, RL being your favorite is CRAZY

[@glorymo]

imo AvP is one of the best GTBSG releases

[@xoey6420]

once u said eversince is what many bladee fans consider his magnum opus i knew u was a real 1

[@JohnSteeze]

Gtbsbe forever great vid. Almost had all the good lore.