Episode 8 - Sneaker of the Year w/ Dre

so there's not a whole lot of releases left. But I'm here with my friend Andre Lustina ak Croatian style from Project Blitz, and you know, we're gonna be talking about kind of like our you know, top ten or at least like some of the sneakers that we think should be contenders for this year, and kind of getting my opinion and picking his brain and what he thinks. So, um, great, go ahead, introduce yourself. What's up, guys, How you doing. So he's been on the show once before, so you know,

but still explain. Thanks for welcoming me back, Yeah, of course. Um wow, I guess Sneaker of the Year, right. Um. You know it's always hard because I guess it's kind of like the the Emmys and and all that. You know, it's usually kind of the bigger films come out at the end of the season, and then they're kind of like more impactful, I guess, and something that's came out, you know, during the beginning of the year. I don't know, man, recently, it's I think the clot guys did a really good

job with the Air Force ones. I mean, obviously the black ones because they have the fragment collab and the red underneath and whatnot. But the blue is like such a crisp color. Came out pretty amazing. So just I guess having those back to back along with the Jordans one coming out, you know, it's you know, it's kind of hard to not have those guys in the running for it. But I would definitely, I guess if you had to pick one of those, is probably the definitely

the Black Forces. Yeah. Those are fire fire, Yeah absolutely yeah. And you know you can get your pair over product Blitz. Yeah, you actually can get it at projects dot com. Yeah, that's right, you gotta. We're gonna have a couple of shameless plugs in here. But so, I mean, the problem I think with the sneaker over the year is the fact that it's so subjective, you know, I think as a whole we can definitely probably come up with ten sneakers that we believe were some of the best releases

this year. But I have a feeling that, you know, our list will probably only be you know, maybe we'll have like three or four pairs on there, you know, So I just have I have a list of a few sneakers that I feel like, you know, should be up there. The biotext just came out, Um right, the biotext just came out. What do you think that that's something that's you know, it's not personally no, no, no, I I don't think that, uh, that they'll ever measure up to the original one. Yeah, I don't think that

the timing was the best time for it. Yeah. I feel like, um, you know, they should have waited a little bit. I mean, we just started that whole dunk craze right like this year. So you know, as long as everyone knows where it all started, right started at a complex con with the ramp and and that we built Blitz and Diamond showcase s bs when nobody wanted

to touch it, nobody wanted to talk about it. Um. Kyrie was out there doing his his Reagun collab or his reagun um motif on his signature shoe and uh he had Wally g Zy Travis Mustard Rocky like everyone wearing sbs. But it was really like Travis's popularity that that blew that the dunks like way out. You know, it's now like another planet again. It's people are like gravitating to it. Um, but it's still just starting to get there, right, Yeah, absolutely, and there's no core to it.

So you know, to bring back something that was like an a kind of iconic Japanese co j p um color way For those who don't know, co JP was Ceo dot JP kind of like it was Nike dot com. It was Nike dot Ceo dot JP Japan, and so all those color ways that were Japan only were called co j p So that's what we call them, um, you know back in the late nineties, early two thousand's and so um yeah, if it's it's uh it's a little bit too quick. I think people were kind of

jumping the gun. They're trying to catch a trend and and uh, I think they could have came out with some newer stuff and then brought back the nostalgia. It's kind of like a wasted release. At least you have to bring it back with those same materials because the last time they try to do it it kind of it just wasn't the same. Yeah, totally, totally, And I wouldn't even want to include that as like a top sneaker of the year because it was a retro right,

you know, in that sense. And also like a lot of people are complaining that the new subs aren't just are made the way that they used to be. But the Viocene is it's a dunk right or is it an s B. Well, no, it's a it's just a dunk dunklow pro. So it doesn't have a prob, it doesn't have the fat tongue. Um no, yeah, but they also had probs with fat tongues. They don't get a twisted there's there's there's a lot of different layers to it.

So it's dunklow like for example, we're talking about lows for now, right, So dunklow pros, dunklob pro b, dunklow pro SP right, okay, And so the sp was the actual like skateboarding line, but then probs were at skate shops along with Jordan's ones, so you had two thousand one bread ones, royal ones, um metallic silver, and the white navy silver ones were like on a shelf, along with a few like dunk Low colors like um the Lightnings and uh they call like the unatmost it was

like their grip tape series, so they would have these uh you know ats at certain like skate shops before the s B era right before, so you know. And then in Japan they also had dunk Low pros, and then they had Dunklow probe vs with fat tongues and without fat tongues. So I mean it's it's not always the fat tongue doesn't always designate what the letters dang there. It's like an onion. It's like there's like so many different layers to it. But but sorry, I mean interrupt.

But actually what you need to know is why the nickname is what it is. Is not because the shoe is called biotech because it's rainbow. Biotech is actually the purple color mhm, right, So on the box and the color it says biotech, but biotech is found on like a trainer one. It's like purple and yellow. Yeah, so

it's the purple color that's called biotech. Okay, interesting. Yeah, So, I mean it's kind of like, um, like with the easies, like the Pirate Black, like the box said p R I b okay, so people started calling it the Pirate Black, right right, So so that the nickname kind of came just from one of the colors, just from the box. Okay, what is that color? Way actually on the easiest is it pirate black or what is it supposed to be? I don't even know what pirate black means? What's p

I R black black? I have no idea. Is that paros from like Poland any Polish listeners out there, and maybe you could help. I don't think parogus are are black. I think they're white. So I don't think it's that one. But no, I mean, um, what was interesting because I'm pretty sure that the original Pirate Black said p R I and then b l K and then I think that's the ones that rereleased just said BLK and b okay.

I think I'm I'm not entirely sure. I am easy bust I should probably know who the answered that question. But yeah, but that's interesting. So but regardless, like I always, I am so confused between s b S and dunks like I got flamed one time because I called something as a b when it was actually a dunk, even though the same shoe, but there's so many different like

layers to it. I always thought it was just the tongue because like the skateboarding shoe should have the fat tongue right right, and then the dunk doesn't like the original biotegue that that's like a really like flimsy tongue, right, it's not a fat tongue. So I don't know. Well, I mean, how old are you when those came out? Ship when they come out, uh to like two thousand one two two, so I was four, yeah, exactly five yeah.

So I mean if it's the same thing like you know when I was growing up, you know the Jordan Ones. I can't tell you what was on the Jordan's two box. I knew it was a maid in Italy box, but it was like a kid, like a small little boy, like like you were doing during the s B time. So when people are out there like, oh, claiming there were this and that and all that, it's like, no,

like and that's what I like about you. You're authentic because you know you're you're absolutely real about it like, you know, I can't recall it because it wasn't from my time, you know what I mean. Other people will sit there and they try to hammer you and knock you down for it and whatnot, and you know that's it's just the paradox of of this whole like sneaker world, there's always someone trying to knock you down, I know,

for you know, especially if you're not absolutely certain. Yeah, yeah, definitely. I mean I think it's almost like annoying because people are like, oh, wait, you don't know exactly when the Supreme Teacher came out, and it's like, no, I know that around the time it came out, you know, kind of like with um with the Easies. Um. I was just um in one of the other episodes, I was talking about like what time Easies came out. I'm pretty sure it's two like a two sixteen, like right and there.

I can't tell you an exact date, but that's kind of like the time, you know, it's more so about like the era. I think it's more about like that time in fashion than anything. No, yeah, absolute um so yeah. I mean even even like s B I'm not gonna sit here and pretend like I've been collecting as B since I was three years old, because I definitely wasn't um Whenever anybody asked me, I always tell you this.

I'm like, you're the one who really got me into it, because the first time I saw him, I'm like, oh, they're just like bulky skater shoes. Like I didn't I didn't really know like the backstory behind them. And I and I think that the problem is with like sneaker culture these days. And a lot of people just asked, like they say, how much are these? And and I used to do that too, Like I remember I was probably the first or second time at the warehouse, Like I went into the vaul and I just saw some

s bs. I'm like, oh, how much are these? Like you know, just out of curiosity, and I'm like why are they in here? Because I was like, oh, I think these are whatever, and you're like, yeah, you know, these are like ten thousand dollars and I was like what, like why And then you started explaining like, oh, it's because it came out during this time and this artist did it and there's only this many pairs and whatever whatever, And I'm like, okay, well that makes sense. That there's

a school story behind it. So I feel like, you know, hanging out around you and like people who have been in the game way longer than I have, like obviously, because I'm not going to pretend like I'm an o G because by no means am I at all. Like I've literally been into sneakers for five years more and more like into the actual story behind the shoe and

the concept, which I love. And that's kind of like why I love SBS because they have a concept behind pretty much every shoe, right, Like there's a story, whereas with like there's a lot of Jordan's that might not necessarily have a story, you know, like shattered Backboards, like one of my favorite Jordan's, they have a story like it was based on the jersey that Michael Jordan was wearing during an expedition game, right, So like that I

think is super dope. But there's certain color ways that just look cool but they don't have any substance behind them, and I think like that's where I kind of like, that's my take on Seekers. But I'm not gonna sit here and pretend like I know everything, and because I don't, I'm learning every day, Like every time I, you know, hang out with you or I'm at the warehouse or something like, I always find something I'm like, oh what is this? Either you or one of the guys that

told me, oh is this this? And this? I'm like, wow, that's really really cool. It's interesting, um the way kind of like things have shifted, you know, the year has been an interesting year, and as bees, I feel like one as for sure should be on the list. Though, what do you think for the top ten? Yeah, so I mean what what did as Be come out this year? I mean, well, the Halloween dunk was Oh yeah, that's right,

that was really cool. I actually really like that. Yeah, yeah, I mean I would not put that as you know, for U for Sneaker of the Year. Yeah, I mean it's I mean, it's cool. It's kind of cool, Like I guess, it's something no one expected anything to happen, So it was great to see that that people are actually like driving to get something that was a little bit different that people from the stores and the brand

didn't necessarily expect it to happen. So that was just something that's quinde of cool and organic that came from like energy created um from some some dunks from the past, you know, yeah, absolute um? But um, what else do you think is UH? Is a good one from UH this year? Well before before I dive into like other other silhouettes and stuff, I was gonna ask your opinion on this because I feel like you would probably have

some input. Like have you seen the new ray guns they're coming out on It looks exactly like the two original ray guns, like the black and the white version. Um, but it's like Tide instead of the orange and yellow. It's like a Tide orange and yellow. Here, I'll show you right now just so you get an idea. It was kind of cool to me is the fact that the sp team like adopted the the Nike basketball a

ray gun campaign for that. Oh yeah, that's right. Yeah didn't didn't Kyrie have Like no, no, no, this is way before the mid two thousand's, okay, because Kyrie definitely had a had to shoe and I'm saying he he liked SP so he took the took that ray gun motif and put it on his shoe. Okay. I see. So what this one is. This one is commemorating and paying homage to the SB pioneer Sandy Bowdecker, So I

guess that's why they're coming out. Do you think that should be a contender in the race for Sneaker of the Year or is that or is that kind of like another You know that in a way it's a retro in a way, it's not a lot of people are saying that they're just gonna paint over the tight eye and just make it look like a regular ray gun. But I don't know, do you think it's it's up

there or do you think it's still too retro? Kind of No, I mean it's still pretty much like retro, I would say, you know, yeah, so in my opinion, a few of the sneakers of the year, you know, I mean we we could, we could have like a retro on there. You know, it's but kind of like it has to be like a good retro. But definitely in terms of like new silhouettes. I know this is a shoot I've seen you wear like a million times.

I know, I know you really like these shoes that and I know you're really into the brand itself, Like you're wearing Saki pants right now, the Sakai and waffles, well, and maybe the Sakai of the Blazers. Yeah, what do you think do you think that that should be a contender for sure? Yeah, I mean, honestly, I'll just let

it out. I kind of wanted to save that one, but yeah, that's I would say, honestly, the Waffles and the Blazers are the uh would probably be right up there as far as because they just took the whole silhouette and mixed it up and made it you know, they deconstructed, but constructed so like the it's like two shoes in one, both of them. And I thought that that was like pretty amazing. The colors were amazing as well, and uh, the Blazer I thought was actually just as

well constructed as the Waffle. But I think the Waffle came in at a good time where people are looking for another like retro model to come back out with because the waffles weren't always necessarily that popular. They were always really cheap. Even when Fragment made one, it kind of like fizzled out, But I don't think these would ever fizzle out. And I think, uh, it was pretty

amazing to see that that took a shift. If you if we talk about demographics like the for example, the Chinese market so normally either be wearing Yeasies, Jordan's ones or whatever is like or Travis Obviously we're gonna be mentioning Travis Scott's should be mentioned for us the year um. However, when you if you talk about like a total shift, whereas you now saw that same demographic globally all jumping

on like the waffles. Like when I'm you know, I travel a lot between Europe, Um, North America, Asia predominantly just walking through there and going on, I just I noticed what people are wearing, and it was like you still see a lot of like Russians and Arab guys still like really holding down uh yeasies. And then but when you see like the Chinese demographic, all of a sudden, you see like this big you know, you start seeing a lot of a lot of like the Travis Jordan's

and especially like the Sakai waffles. And you can see that with the prices going up and the sizes that are you know, you know, it's like that smaller range like eight through nine that are like you know, higher than the other ones. And that's from that that demographic, and it's it's pretty interesting to see it. And that's really powerful that they made something so um, you know,

like a culture shifting or like style shifting. People are like stepping away from what they're normally and adding that to their rotation. I mean, because I wore him a ton like I love him myself, I think they're pretty amazing. Do you like the undercover waffles too, or just the skis? I mean those are those are different? So they were

they considered waffles? They were, right, Well, well, the the Sakai is the LD waffle and then undercovers, Uh we're called Daybreak daybreak, yes, okay, okay, so it's still considered a waffle because of the soul, right, yeah, what it is? Okay, Yeah, I'm not a I'm not a pro at it. I've been around of warrem before, but I mean I'm not a pro to know why what's an LD? What is actually like a waffle racer? But it's kind of the combination of those two and that's why there's a double

tongue and whatnot, so it's kind of like a mixture. Definitely. Um, the Blazer, I think it was it was just itself, but there's different versions of the Blazer and it kind of just made it simple. But I really like the soul, how they made it look like a bunch of like layers on the back of it. That it was great. No, it's it's a dope shoe. I really like him. I love the Blazers, actually like those a little bit more personally.

But yeah, I think what what they did was sick. Um. Well, here, let's let's go through a couple of shoes that came out this year that maybe we forgot about. Um, Like, for example, at the beginning of the year, the Nike and Staple dunk uh the and the Pigeon. What do you think about that? Do you think that do you think that should be up there? Or is that something that's kind of like I thought it was a cool color.

But and I like how the the outsold was like the newspaper of like the breaking news of you know, being that there was like a riot after the first Staple Pigeon. What do you think do you think of that? That's a contender? I totally forgot that she even came out this year, to be honest, So I don't know if it should be just because of that, But what do you think? Um? You know, I liked it. I thought it was pretty cool. Um, I think it could

have possibly done a little bit more with it. I personally like the impact of the Black Pigeon because that was like an actual like second too, the original one that came out and uh and was cool and it became a little bit elusive in the beginning and whatnot, and I thought that that created a lot more energy to it. Yeah. Um, I'm not so familiar with like

the Legit six and everything. I think they launched it on the network um um platform, and I'm not sure if it was anything wider anymore, you know, any other release with it or whatnot. But uh, I guess you could kind of put it up there. But I don't think it created as much noise as the Black One did. That's not so um. Yeah, if you look at in terms of that, I mean, obviously you can't have sneak or the year or not make any noise, right absolutely absolutely. Well, Okay, well,

let let's move on. Let's see someone else. Um. Like, for example, the another show that came out that I totally forgot about. It was at the top of the year too, in February, was the Nike off White Airmax ninety. What do you think about that show. It was the orange and the black color way. No, it was great. I don't think that it didn't really make that much of a wave of huh No it did. I No,

I think it did. But I mean it's just a secondary two color ways to the original one that came out, right, Yeah, so there's nothing, nothing really different from from the other ones, right, so you don't think it's it's probably not up there. That's probably like an honorable mention, right, you know, no, absolutely, It just it really bummed me out that this year there was no in my opinion, and like, and there's probably no ideata shoes on that are gonna be on

this list. Actually, what about the Glow in the Dark three fifties? Okay, well yeah, absolutely, okay, so that definitely kind of yeah, absolutely, So anyways, I was wondering, like, okay, when are we going to have the glow of dark um, you know, three fifties, because we had the seven fifties right with the glow Dark Soul, and so you know, it's kind of natural like waiting for for that to happen.

What I didn't like, honestly, is like the splitting of of reflective and non reflective Um, it's a bit weird, right. I don't like it because you're you're making people consumers choose between two different um models. Now, forgive me if I'm wrong or not. Was there too non Was there a non reflective been a reflective gloom and dark Easy?

I don't think so. I think there was only one of those, I think, but all these other colors came out with two versions, and I think that that like just alienates people because most kids, I mean, why would you want to have a non reflective one if you had an option? Would anyone actually say, hey, actually, you know what, skip the reflective, let me take the one that doesn't reflect. Why people are gonna walk around with

their flashlights checking if people's shoes reflective or not. Yeah, I mean it's like, okay, let me let me keep the reflective on, right, It's like that didn't make Really, that didn't make sense to me. The reflective ones are way more limited and they go for like almost three times as much. Yeah, I know. So they made it so like all these people are gonna go out and try to get those, and then the other people are gonna have more affordable pair for the same looking thing.

I guess it's weird. I don't. I don't really like that because you know, if you ask me, it's like, I don't even want one without the reflect. If there's something else with something better on it, I want to go get that. Of course, of course you want to bear Bones Beamer, or you want to get one with m package and everything on it. Yeah, of course, So if you had the option, you're paying the same amount, right, Yeah, Yeah, definitely. I love the glow in the dark. I mean it's

cool that it was a green. It was like a very flashy shoe. I feel like that's definitely a V two that held its value like a lot more than the other ones. So I definitely feel like that's definitely up there as well. Um, but just I mean, let's take a look at another a few pairs, because there was a lot that came out this year, um that I totally forgot about. Like, what do you think about the yeah unc patent Jordan's once? Do you think that those should be up there? Or not? Really? Really? Which

you're talking about the Fearless One? No? No, the UF Oh yeah, that's so it's women's, wasn't it. I Mean they don't even make them in my size, So it sucks. Yeah, I know, but it's like, uh, it's it's not like the Unions Jordan ones. You know Unions Jordan once there was a concept to it you don't even know, and the story is great, but you don't like, we're not even talking about a story here. We're just talking about like a color exactly. It's been done before, exactly. You know,

why would we even put that it totally? I don't think. So, Okay, if you if you want to keep it on on yourine, that's great, but I think we should take that thing off. Well. Mostly I'm not gonna put any shoe on the list that I don't have, because I feel like that would be kind of hypocritical for me to say, like I really like the shoe and this is my top ten and I didn't get it, you know what I mean. At least that's in my opinion. But I mean that so that shoe I couldn't even get because it doesn't

come in my size. Um. But okay, well let's move on. So what do you think about the UM like the adapt nikes, like the ones that are the cell placing ones, like they came out with a UM like a like a basketball version. Yeah, so I guess it came out of February. Wow, time goes by fast. That's crazy. Well they did do this new, newer version, I guess yeah. I'm only accustomed to the version that came out, um, the Hyper and that I think that was last year.

What do you what do you think about the basketball version? Because they did that. They did an airmag color way, which was pretty cool. Did you see that? Yeah? I did. I did see that out. Um do you think that that's even up there or is you know? Because it is a new concept. I didn't really like this, the same thing that they did like last year. Is anyone even talk about it? Do you see anyone where? But those ones are hideous in my opinion, I thought those

were super rug which one the hyper adapts? No? I think they were cool. Really? Do we even had like Beyonce put one on and she bought the black one? Really? Yeah, dude, I don't know. I thought those were trash. That was just me. I thought they were cool. I mean for the concept of it whatever, But I mean it wasn't gonna be iconic and something that's gonna like forever. Well.

I always thought that when that shoe came out, it would be iconic because of the air Mag because air Mag is so iconic for being the self lacing thing in the movie. And they finally released self lacing one. Um last year or the year before. Okay, so a couple of years. Wow, time time movest my fast. Um, what do you think about the air Max ninety Mars landing? What do you think about that show? Um? It was

a great follow up to the uh, you know, the Lunar. Yeah, air Max ninety, but didn't really make a way of No, it didn't. Yeah, I remember a lot of people are actually asking me about them, and then they came out and one really cared. I mean think I think people really cared at first. But the problem, and I think we mentioned this on the last time I was on the show, is like, guys, everyone listening out there, you need to have your own sense of style, not just

because it's hyped and how much it's going for. So it's not going for over retail. I don't want it. Like I know there's a lot of you out there that are they're going out and it's like, oh, yeah, it doesn't go for ship, so I don't want it. Yeah, that's not what it's about, totally, totally. It's really it's not about like how much it is or how much you you know, you're like flipping it for. It's about like you wearing it with what you want to wear it with, and how you how you like rocket, how

you style it and whatnot. That's that's what it's about. Or the way you collect it, you like the way it looks, not not just because of like how much it's worth. I definitely have bought a few shoes this year that on on the real resale side don't go for anything, and I don't care because I like them up. I mean I have, I have those. I mean I haven't worn them yet. But there's a lot of shoes that haven't warn you. I haven't way too many. I gotta you got like, yeah, I know, I'm about to

do a closet cell soon something like that. We'll see, we'll see if that can come in coming soon. Let's see it. Well okay, well, let's let's let's move on the supreme air uh tail wind fours? What do you think about those? I'm not even gonna comment. Well, I mean a lot of people don't like tail winds. But I think I think it's cool. Uh, Like the tail winds are dope. So it was a cool like air Max series. Um Sneaker of the Year. No, okay, definitely

not Okay, well, let's there's no point in talking about them. Yeah, what do you think about them? The walk the dog like the dog Walkers this year? Okay, so we're talking about like as a newer s BS. I thought that was cool. Yeah, that was a good That was a good concept. It kind of like plays something into the past of the whole thing. Yeah, that was that was definitely like a good job done. Um. I love the

love the details about that shoe. How like the the extra lay set was in a doggie bag and then like the bottom of the soul there's like a brown patch as if like you stepped in like dogshit yea, which which I thought was like a really cool concept. No. Absolutely, Um, I forgot those came out this year too. But do you think that those who have like as a big of an impact as like the you know, other four

twenty sneakers or not really? Well, I think those will have an impact later because I think as as a Dunk regains popularity again, they will be those that are going to be looking for them like a year from now and then people are gonna start talking about again. So they didn't necessarily make the impact this year, Yeah, but they'll make an impact in another year and won't

be able to contend for it. It's kind of like it's kind of like you know someone that's out there, he's a rookie, yeah, but nobody starts talking to his like sophomore like year or something like that, and it's like, Okay, he can't be up for Rookie of the Year because he was on a hot team didn't much playing time. So it's kind of like that. Let's if you look at in that that kind of reference. Do you enjoy

analogies like separt truly? Yeah? I love analogy Okay, So moving on, um uh okay, well, obviously the Travis squad Jordan one, Yeah, I know, I mean, you might as well just get into it. Okay, we might as well get into it. Okay. So the one highs you got, the one lows you have, the sixes I mean, and the forces you could have a trifecta right there. So do you think out of so do you think between the Air Force ones, the six is the one highs and the one lows. Do you think all four should

make it in the top ten? Yes, yes, yes, Wow, Okay, why why do you say that number one? Obviously the ones I think are the most highs one most popular one out of it without it, that could definitely be the one that supersedes all of them. The low nobody touches Jordan one knows, he went and did it and made Jordan people wanting to wear Jordan one lows. Right, absolutely, the six, the six hasn't had popularity in a long

time since. Yeah, I used to wear the black infreds all the time, right, you know people are wearing that six. And actually that's a great color way too, by the way, and has a little stash pocket on it as well, utility pocket whatever you want to call it. And then the air Force is you know, some people are saying, oh, there's too much on it, this and that, but I think the colors are amazing and it's it's something cool, and it's just it's different from the other ones. So

if you look at like one two, I mean No. One, and then the second one being the one low, and then the six, you're like a completely different concept color, and then you go into the Air Force one is completely different than what was done on the either of the ones. So that being said, there's such a good um transition between all of them that they all have to be up there. The fact that it's all him obviously probably makes them more popular than what they normally

would be. Absolutely somebody else did it, however, mean that's you see people you go to camp Um, you go to sneaker Con and you see everyone wearing them. Yeah, you should go look on every vendor table, Travis Shoes, Travis Shoes, Sikai Waffles, Um, Sakai Blazers, some off Wit, Jordan ones, Yeah, some off Whites. I don't even see the the some of the original off Whites on it. Some people have like the Jordan ones up there for some craziest number. And that's it. Everyone has exact exactly

the same thing at every single like spot. Those are like the top pieces there because everybody wants exactly and then those are the the easies that are thrown in in the middle of it. So would you say that kind of like, so far your top ten would include those four shoes, Sakai Blazers. I mean Sikai waffles. I'm sorry, it would it be both both color ways that came out. Well, wait know there's four came out. Four came out this year, right, so it's the red and blue. There was actually five.

Oh yeah, that's right. It's a green yellow. Yeah, the blue red yellow, and then the black and the black and the white one and then the magenta green. Which one do you think was the best out of all of those, because I mean, you probably wouldn't want to have all five, because then that's your whole list, your top ten pretty much. It's tough. I'm not gonna pick one of the monotone colors, even though they're dope, um, because that's very easy to do and like anyone can

get away with it. Um. I'd have to say the I like the green. Oh wow, it's just so hard. The first two colors. I mean, maybe the green yellow orange. It's just like it's a real good take on the original one, and so is the red blue yellow. But I think I'm just a little bit different. I want to get that. I would choose that one over all the other ones for sure. So so so far you would have um all four travises and then the Sikai Blazers.

I mean, I keep saying that Skai waffles. So one of them who you said, the green, right, okay, and I'd put in I'd put in one of the blazers as well, one of the blazers. Yeah, okay, for sure, Um which blazer then in that case? Oh, the the first color, the yellow, yellow, navy red, one with the with the with the blue with it. Okay, okay, yeah, yeah,

yeah those ones were dope. Um, a lot of people kind of I feel like those shoes kind of grew on people, you know at first, I know, but you really like them, you know, I know, they kind of they picked up like right after. They're huge. Man, Like I I have one pair, and I literally whenever I look at my foot, I feel like I'm wearing a size at thirteen. I'm at eleven and I'm like, holy sh it, Like he's look giant because they have to have like how many souls, like three or four like

wrapped around. It's just the layers on the back that you know, has that look that effect on it. Yeah, they're dope, don't get me wrong. Well, what do you think about something like for example, like the because kind of piggybacking off Travis is lows. Um And I I've spoken about this before too, Like I think Jordan one lows are hideous across the board. I think they look terrible. But I think what Travis did with the with lows not even like remove his name, um, and let's and

remove the color way. But the actual shape of the Jordan one low is different because Travis made it geared more towards like every day where right, rather than for basketball. So like if you look at older Jordan one knows like a shouttered backboard low or like a bread low or whatever, Um, they look totally different, Like the heel is super bulky and like big, which is probably meant for basketball, right. Whereas if you look at one of those Jordan one lows versus like a Travis or Eric Costin,

for example, they look different. So do you like? And like I said, I thought, I think Jordan one lows are hideous, but I like the Travis. I like the Eric Costin because of the way that it's shaped. So what do you think you mean? Like the differences in it? Differences?

In my opinion, it looks like a different shoe. Yeah, I mean, um, I mean, I like the fact that they cut the you know, and they made the low top versions of all of those, but they should have made it consistent, like the costing and the I mean, I agree with you on that side, but yeah, it doesn't I don't. Still I don't think it kills me to see the other ones. I think they're still great, um, you know, summer shoes and whatnot. Really, I was never

I was never a fan. Never a fan. I mean honestly, like, yo, you can go take take one of those, uh, take one of those Jordan one lows and you can dust them in the club. But because you sometimes if you wear the right pants, it's gonna look like you're wearing the highs anyway. And I think that's a lot of the kids are like they're like busting those out anyway.

And they're good for me to have like a decoy at a club, because when you have like some chicks spilling spilling her drink and the cranberry and all that ship, you know, like bumping into you, it's like, you know, I'm sure there's listeners out there that have that problem. You're like, dude, you just want to just knock about drink. Yeah, yeah, totally totally, but I mean still, man, I just never felt like like the construction and like the actual like

material on the shoe was the same, you know. But that's just me. But do you think an air costs and can make it make it into the top ten then like one of them, like the unc color way or the original. As much as I like, uh, what what Eric has done for like Nike, I think it's amazing, but I don't think that that that the shoe is still made enough impact to like put it on his like sneaker of the Year yet. I'm pretty sure, like

you know, definitely will have something something soon. But um yeah, I mean obviously it's just it hasn't created like that type of like impact. But the cool thing is that it's actually bringing the whole Jordan vibe back to um cores skateboarding because it definitely existed um in the eighties. Like you can see it all over the internet. You'll find old you can find old Thrasher magazines, all kinds of skate magazines. And I was no, I was no

like skater growing up at all whatsoever. However, I do know about it. I was around it. I've seen Tony hawk skate. I've seen, like you know, I've watched people skate. I have friends that were skaters, and um, you know, you're just seeing like that old nostalgia of all the all the skaters, like skating in the pools and stuff with with Jordan Ones was like crazy with duct tape on them and whatnot because they cut him right, not even that like when they were just kind of like wrecked.

Just put it on as like you know, like extra support or whatever because like ripping or something, you know, hilarious. Well, I mean then it's kind of hard to like even have a like full top ten, you know, because like after pretty much like the the only shoes that came out were like like a nice kicks like Adda's Ultra Boose. Have you seen that one? Yeah? I did, I did see that. I mean it's cool, it's great. I think

it's cool. Yeah, it didn't really have it really didn't have a huge impact though this because there's nothing, uh, there's nothing going on on that side, you know what I mean. Yeah, the lasting left is Ultra Boost and it's lost lost a lot of energy. It definitely didn't have the same impact as like the original n M D S that they did, you know. I mean, look,

you had a human made like Nigo's new brand. It's been out for several years and like now like this year has actually probably been its biggest year, absolutely finally getting in the in the mainstream as it did a human made n m D. I've seen it on store shelves. The Farrell right, yeah, yeah, I mean and they did an Ultra boost too. We know it was like a Farrell Ultra Bust or whatever it's called. I can't remember,

but they did. There was two. There was the Farrell the the human made n m D. Yeah, and then um what was it? But it was on like they were both were Farrell's like because Pharrell has his own like ultraboose looking true and he and he had his own n m D. Oh yeah with that with that crazy soul, yeah exactly, and then they had the heart and with a human maid on that. I thought those were cool, but they definitely yeah, they sat for sure. Yeah. Do you think that one of the Fearless Jordan ones

deserves to be on there? Um? Honestly, Like again, the clot Jordan ones were pretty amazing. If we're talking about the whole Fearless packing in itself. I mean the blues were great. Um. Also the melodies I thought she did a yeah, the ones on the fake rolex on him, Yeah, those ones are really cool. Well I think that, um well, yeah, I think out of all the Fearless ones, like my favorite was probably the unc Chicago, like the ones that were split the pattern leather, I think those are sick.

But again I don't know that those actually did have somewhat of an impact. Just realized, like the Easy three eight the Alien because I was so excited to see the Easy team come out with the new shoe, Like I was so excited. I really wanted them to come out with the new silhouette, like that was gonna start making waves again and to maybe even revive the Easy brand a little bit in terms of like culture and like hype almost whatever. So the three eight I thought

was really cool. I really liked it, Like genuinely, I think it's very different looking, like it's it gave me that nostalgia of like me seeing a V two for the first time, or me seeing a Easy V one for the first time, or even the Wave Runner for the first time, Like it's it's such a crazy looking, ugly quote unquote shoe that you just like are like, damn, like it's so ugly looking, but I really like it, and now everybody wants one, right, And those THO shoes

actually held their value pretty well, So I almost would be okay with like adding that to a sneaker of the Year. I don't know if it would be for you, but for me at least, no, you know, for me, it has to have an impact, like the first seven hundred, the Total Wave Runner. Yeah, something like that, boom and you put you can you put it out there? But even though that just happened, I don't really I don't have a lot of people texting me like, oh dude,

I need that? Can you get that? Do you have them? So? So do you think that? So okay, So let's let's break it down kind of like, because I think we agree on a lot of this stuff. So top four, So all four travises would be on the top ten. One Sakai Blazer, one Sakai Waffle. So that's six shoes. Um, the Glow in the Dark, easy, would you say? And then so that's seven and then um, what else? What else you think is up there? So the clod air

Force one the Clow Air Force one. But would you would you say that the Cloud Air Force one and the clot Fragment Air Force one should be considered two different sneakers entirely or do you think they're kind of like under the sand umbrella, just two different color ways,

you know, they're kind of the same. You have to you have to pick the black over the you have to pick the black over the blue because just because of the fragment collaboration total is very unexpected and the fact that you can, you know, um expose the logo underneath, you know, I was actually bummed. I wish they they put like the fragment logo, like the little lightning bolts on the on the top because like you know, um, like right on the toe box is where the fragment

logo is underneath the silk or whatever it is. They should have put the logo on the top in my opinion, just very subtly because all black shoot. It would have been really cool. Or they should have put the fragment logo like on the on the heel, kind of like it is on the Jordan's um, and then it would have been cool to kind of peel that off and see it underneath maybe you know what I mean, But I don't know. That's just my opinion. I think those shoes are fire. And I was talking about it on

another episode about how like the Air Force. I think, in my opinion, air Forces next year are gonna be like the thing, kind of like how its bees this here, We're like the thing. And I think slowly people are gonna start getting an air Forces. Um, people are gonna start noticing, prices are gonna go up and stuff like that. So I don't know, I think it's a great way to like kind of kickstart like the Air Force hype, you know. Okay, So yeah, I think that's a super

up to do we have that on there? That's number seven, that's eight, not not in any order, that's that's eight. So what else? Uh? Nine? Um? What else could we have here? Um? Are we talking we're gonna add that off White Duncan there? Yeah? So definitely absolutely, And you know I was saving something for you mention it, okay, but you know obviously something that's very impactful. Okay do you r Jordan One? Oh wow? Okay, yeah, definitely had

to throw that on. Is that is that singer? Are we going to call it that me being like around there with the brands too, like uh in fashion weeks and all that, like we're working with them for me.

Any time that that those worlds collide, it just brings me back to the days when I used to walk into like a Louis Bitton or a door and you know, I was always into fashion, but I was wearing like dunks and Jordan's with like heady salmon, uh do you or you know, um, like hoodies and the jeans right like when he created door Home for Dior, it was it was incredible and then immediately that was like my

favorite designer. So people used to look at your shoes and if you're not wearing a like a dress shoe or a leather soul shoe, they would kind of not help you. It's gonna take you seriously, like okay, you're not coming in, You're not going to be buying anything.

So Jordan's now everything changed. Now It's like if you look way cooler, like in this street where and in this street look, but if you look just a certain way and you stand out, they're gonna they're gonna flock to you like like flies on ship, you know what

I mean. Exactly. But uh, and so now when you see that the big houses are doing stuff like it like Louis Bitton did with Supreme and do yours doing with Jordan Brand, for me, that's like, uh, that's incredible, you know, yeah, absolutely, um Dad has to be up there because of like the impact that that's creating and it's going to create. I think a couple of those already were sold for over ten dollars crazy, So I mean,

you know, for me, it's incredible. I'm gonna I'm gonna hit up everyone I know it you or no matter what, I don't care, sales associate, janitor or whatever, trying to get my hands on a pair of those because honestly, um, I think the detail on that show was so cool. Like a lot of people don't know that the tongue has like the door monogram them on it, but it's white,

white on white, so it's like harder to see. And they paid like really close attention to all the details, like really good leather, really good materials, like and like the tongue obviously has that design and then the air duor instead of air Jordan Like, this is really cool shoe. But okay, I'll I think we should add it to this year only because like a lot of people are already wearing them, like Travis and like Kim Jones obviously, and like whoever else got him. Um but okay, yeah,

I mean I think that's a pretty good list. Honestly, I would probably only swap out like a couple of shoes in my opinion, Like I would probably swap out the Sikkai Waffles for probably like the the Easy three eight, because I just, I just it's honestly a shoe that I don't own, Like I don't I don't have the Waffles. I've seen you wear them a lot. I obviously I don't want to get them too, because you harass me for the rest of my life when I wore them first, dude,

come on, and I'm just I'm just kidding. But honestly, like I tried them on and I didn't I didn't think they were that comfortable, and I wasn't like in love with them. You know, I didn't like love that shoe, but I know I definitely respect that like the influence it had. You know, I see a lot of like people are wearing them, obviously, So in my opinion, I just I needed to have another. I just needed to have another easy on there, you know, being easyBus to

you know, you know what I mean. Um yeah, but otherwise I completely agree. I didn't even think about the Door Jordan, because that kind of was like a shoe that I felt like was more. But I guess now it's when it's making the huge impact is just gonna

come out like general release like quote unquote obviously. So just to break it down, we got the four Travis is Um, Sakai Blazer, Sakai Waffle, so that's six, the clot air Force one so that's seven, George Jordan's eight off wait dunks nine, is there anything else that I'm missing? And the Glen the Dark Easy there we go. So that's ten. So that that's obviously not in any particular order.

But if you could, if you could give me like a top three, I would tell you right now, go ahead, Um you would probably be the the Jordan's six okay, third, third okay, second, the Sakai Waffle okay in first, the Jordan one High Travis Okay, yeah, I mean all because of you know, the the Jordan one High was just it was big energy, the everything around it was huge. It looked amazing. The colors, it's a play on his you know, his his favorite color was the Jordan three

um white mocha. Yeah, you flipped that and put it onto a Jordan one different stuff to it. Um, the backwards swish obviously he's the big swish as well. Yes, you know. The it was so impactful. It changed, it changed everything and just set him up for the rest of these next collapse to be successful. Um. Second, obviously, the like I said, the Sakai Waffle. Yeah, if that Jordan, if that Jordan one high had never happened, then the Sikai would be obviously number one. Because I'm trying to

be unbiased. The one I like to wear the most is definitely like the Sakai Waffle. Absolutely, but the Jordan could just because like everyone is wearing that thing. You go to any any show, they're gonna pop on the travises be oh yeah, here you go, right, pink las and a brown lace on the on the other side. Yeah right, yeah, So that's that's the only reason why. And then obviously the six I thought was like a great concept altogether, and it was a great follow up.

UM on a different, completely different silhouette and brought a lot of energy to the back to you know, the other Jordan models. So so you think two nine was like really like Travis is here? Oh yeah, like hands down, Yeah, okay, Well if you say like on and on like musically and and like style wise and everything else, like it's

definitely like his ear. Would you would you take any sort of even like a little bit of credit for having any sort of impact on maybe his style from him visiting the warehouse and you know, the s B craze and like kind of like being into like Japanese like designers and stuff like that. Would you take any credit for it at all? Or do you think that that's kind of like, you know, obviously there's nothing wrong

with it. I mean maybe maybe in some some ways, like coming hanging out with us has like impacted uh colors, ideas whatnot. But he has like a good core of of everyone around him to chase b easy, you know, and he has like a great creative mind as well. But I mean, for sure, I think you know, when you're you're asked like, oh, what are those what are

you wearing? Things like that, like yeah, of course, absolutely, there's there's always there's always uh, you know, I think even ask him like, of course you have to get into You get inspired by by thinking something someone's like wearing, like a sweater you're wearing, I'm like, oh hey, what is that or something like that. Totally, there's always there's always some sort of situation. But I was never like

sitting down there and actually dictating anything totally totally. Well, yeah, I mean it's you definitely get inspiration from your friends or people who who you look up to, and also people who you think have cool, cool style. Obviously, you know, me hanging out with you a lot, I definitely feel like my fashion has changed a little bit. And you know, every time I go somewhere with you, I always get you know, people walk up to and they say some

ridiculous stuff about your opfite. So where were we in the Houston when when somebody was like, oh, your drip is magnificent. Oh yeah that was that was hilarious. I mean, yeah, I know, it's funny. You get you get stopped by guys all the time. I think, no girls though, I mean they stopped me for something else. But yeah, there's there's always like jokes about how like, um, when you go to a club, if you're wearing like streetwear and stuff, like,

only dudes are gonna notice you anyway. So so you know, uh, but I feel like girls there there's fashion is totally different, you know, completely different. It's the same thing. What do you think girls get paid money for persons to impress dudes? Yeah, yeah, right, yeah that's true. You know, I never thought about it

that way. I mean maybe if I've seen some of those persons at like or at a in a store or whatnot, Like I don't know the difference between it a only knows what or mes like Kelly and uh is right, yeah, but working into Kelly. But but like you know, I can notice like okay, wow, like this girl has got that, but it's not gonna be the determining factor whether it's the same thing. And it's the same thing, you known't come up be like yo, I

like your wait where was that? I was going to Whole I and I was like Russian the airport and this girl was like, man, I love your fit, like your stylish, like you're just working at the t s A thing. It was kind of it was cool. But yeah, yeah, I mean I think I think all in all that's like a great I think it's a great list. I think a lot of most people probably agree, Like maybe there's only a few substitutes here and there. My top three would probably be that's tough. My my top three

will probably be all travises. I would say probably for me to be one the one highs um, the UM sixes, and then the air Forces. I love the air Forces. I think they're so dope. And you know there's special connection, uh for me with the Air Forces that I can't really talk about because I'm not very public with everything about me, but I just think it's so cool. Like

the design on itself is it's dope. Even the box is sick, Like have you seen the box with like the window where it says like cactus jack and so dope. Like I loved how much like attention was paid to that shoe and like the different materials and like how different it looks. Like I really like that shoe a lot. So I guess that would be my top three UM of this year. And like the six so I mean obviously the one. You know, it's obvious like that's I

have seven pairs of that shoe. Like unfortunately, I literally have seven pairs of that shoe. So so the second shoe definitely for me was the was the sick Oh you know, so the seven pairs, So yeah, I mean the one was I have one personal pair that I wear like all the time and I love it. I think it's such a dope sneaker and I completely beat them. Um, and the six was really dope to me because of um, because of the color, like green is my favorite color.

Army green definitely is like one of the shades that I love the most, and I never really was into it. And also I really liked the glow in the dark feature of that shoe, which I thought was dope, like kind of like an ode to Kanye almost like with the easy easy twos and the easy ones. So yeah, that that would be my top three. You know, even though I feel like people are go, you're just a high beast, like Okay, no that there' are just three shoes that just really made a huge impact this year

and they deserve that title. No, No, I mean I'm not I'm not disagreeing with you at all. I think I think it's important. Um, it's gonna be interesting to see like when the when the dunks come out to

see if they really have like a big impact. You know what I mean, because I have a feeling that when they come out, they're either gonna go for like thousands and everyone's gonna be obsessed with them and like that's the only shoe we're gonna see people wearing a sinkercons or they're really gonna people are gonna get over them. What do you think? Do you think they're gonna be like as impactful as like some of the other shoes we have on the list, or do you think it's

going to be more so like what else? I don't know. I think I think they'll be impactful. Do you think do you think you're a little bit biased? Because because if how much your love SBS and for tura um no, I generally think that they're they're probably gonna be like impactful, I hope. So I think that green color ways, don't I love that? The cool thing about it is that they actually did something different to the whole Yeah, you know what I mean, with that extra lace doing it

going around. Yeah, so it just added to it. It's not like they just took the color, change the materials a little bit and kept everything the same, like this actually was added function to it that's different, you know, absolutely, Yeah, I think it's a dope. Shoot. Even the box is sick like the all chrome box. But I'm bummed they're not going to release the blue and the orange color ways,

you know, the ones with the fl on him. It's only going to be the green, um, the red and then the yellow with the other two are supposed to be friends and family only. Maybe we can try to get our hands on those. Yeah, I know you don't have to make a call. Yeah, yeah, I know you can get them. I'm kind of like s O L but um, but anyway, Yeah, I think if if if you're listening and you disagree or you feel like there should have been, um, some other shoes on the list,

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