2022 may have been the best year ever for drainers and sad boys. There was Bladee, Ecco2k, and Whitearmor’s iridescent Crest, and later in the year Bladee’s madcap solo album; Lean’s eclectic, often thrilling Stardust, and Thaiboy Digital finally released a new record. That’s not even counting all the work by the squads’ producers—Gud’s