Brehs are Jordans 1's the hands down best sneakers ever?

[BmoreGorilla]

Bro... I'm not the stereotypical NYer...
I was bless with the opportunity to see different places when I was young and got to see alot of shyt I would have never seen growing up in NY.

But I also got to see how "TRENDS", Slang, fashion and everything was different outside of NY...

Again, back in the 90s maybe even Early 2000s you could go anywhere and see some people with Jordans on.

But NYers made it like a super part of the culture, like how it is now everywhere...

Now you got a guy in here talking about NYers didn't make AF1s a big thing, just like we made everything a staple in hip hop culture.
They are called "Uptown" for a reason.

I'm not saying this shyt to disrespect any other place.
NY dominated the culture back in the day.... So most things everybody does started because we were in charge of the culture.
And it took a long time for other places to catch on, because there was no internet yet.

Now you don't see big differences in the culture, everything is blended. East coast, west coast, Midwest, south... Everything is like almost one style now and everybody is doing and saying the same shyt at the same time...
.it wasn't like that back in the day.

But I wouldn't expect people from outside of NY to know, because how would you know

My city definitely saved the AF1 from extinction. shyt has been well documented. As far as Js go they took off big here after that 88 dunk contest. nikkas would be quick to rob you of some Js or a Starter coat. My mother refused to let me get a pair even when I had some dough saved up of my own. I didn’t get my first pair till 95 when the 11s dropped

I will say tho that we did take a lot of cues from NY in the 80s and 90s. A lot of that had to do with so many college students coming down here and also nikkas selling crack

 

[Lobo]

the only people that fukk with Jordan 1 are people born after 1992, comedians, and white dudes

Damn I laughed hard at these facts.

 

[mag357]

My city definitely saved the AF1 from extinction. shyt has been well documented. As far as Js go they took off big here after that 88 dunk contest. nikkas would be quick to rob you of some Js or a Starter coat. My mother refused to let me get a pair even when I had some dough saved up of my own. I didn’t get my first pair till 95 when the 11s dropped

I will say tho that we did take a lot of cues from NY in the 80s and 90s. A lot of that had to do with so many college students coming down here and also nikkas selling crack

Yes...
100%

I was gonna say...there's certain places that have a connection to NY culture that people who don't know about the drug game might not get.
And our trends, slang and fashion got blended in to these places culture.
That was how it worked before the internet lol.

Baltimore, DC and Virginia are places that come to mind, off the top

But I'm gonna Google about bmore and AF1s.
Those sneakers along with Timbs have been staples in NY culture for forever.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Bro... I'm not the stereotypical NYer...
I was bless with the opportunity to see different places when I was young and got to see alot of shyt I would have never seen growing up in NY.

But I also got to see how "TRENDS", Slang, fashion and everything was different outside of NY...

Again, back in the 90s maybe even Early 2000s you could go anywhere and see some people with Jordans on.

But NYers made it like a super part of the culture, like how it is now everywhere...

Now you got a guy in here talking about NYers didn't make AF1s a big thing, just like we made everything a staple in hip hop culture.
They are called "Uptown" for a reason.

I'm not saying this shyt to disrespect any other place.
NY dominated the culture back in the day.... So most things everybody does started because we were in charge of the culture.
And it took a long time for other places to catch on, because there was no internet yet.

Now you don't see big differences in the culture, everything is blended. East coast, west coast, Midwest, south... Everything is like almost one style now and everybody is doing and saying the same shyt at the same time...
.it wasn't like that back in the day.

But I wouldn't expect people from outside of NY to know, because how would you know

You’re all over the place I’m talking strictly shoes and it’s documented evidence that Jordan’s were pretty much everywhere after release. Like someone mentioned before you had cac heavy metal bands wearing ones. Bro I’m from Chicago(you know the city where he obv played a small part with the team) and I have cousins who would tel you about copping ones, AJ1, ships, tech challenges, etc from woolworths and other stores in the 80s when y’all nikkas were still rocking shell toes and BK knights. My grandfather ran a shoe store and he was repairing 85s up in the late 90s/early 2000. NY did start some fashion trends(timber, being on trendy euro brands) but y’all not the be all of everything despite the exposure/media market

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Yes...
100%

I was gonna say...there's certain places that have a connection to NY culture that people who don't know about the drug game might not get.
And our trends, slang and fashion got blended in to these places culture.
That was how it worked before the internet lol.

Baltimore, DC and Virginia are places that come to mind, off the top

But I'm gonna Google about bmore and AF1s.
Those sneakers along with Timbs have been staples in NY culture for forever.

Yea there was a lot of influence here from NY and Philly. Even some of the local brands we rocked they rocked in DC too. Another thing we had in common with DC was we were on NBs and Foams way back in the 90s.

nikkas gonna get mad but it’s true a lot of states down south hopped on shyt we were doing mad late. They were rocking Tommy Hil in the late 90s early 2000s of I’m not mistaken. That was some 94-96 shyt

 

[mag357]

You’re all over the place I’m talking strictly shoes and it’s documented evidence that Jordan’s were pretty much everywhere after release. Like someone mentioned before you had cac heavy metal bands wearing ones. Bro I’m from Chicago(you know the city where he obv played a small part with the team) and I have cousins who would tel you about copping ones, AJ1, ships, tech challenges, etc from woolworths and other stores in the 80s when y’all nikkas were still rocking shell toes and BK knights. My grandfather ran a shoe store and he was repairing 85s up in the late 90s/early 2000. NY did start some fashion trends(timber, being on trendy euro brands) but y’all not the be all of everything despite the exposure/media market

Cool cool...
You are proving my point bro...
Nothing became really popular or a major part of hip hop/black people culture
Until NYers made it that way.

Jordans were popular just because he was a popular player.

I'm talking about when people started wearing Jordans as apart of hip hop culture and the extreme popularity that brought to the Jordan brand.

So to clarify... Chicago may have been doing things first. New Mexico, shyt maybe even Canada...
But it didn't get to the levels it got to until NYers popularized it

 

[mag357]

Yea there was a lot of influence here from NY and Philly. Even some of the local brands we rocked they rocked in DC too. Another thing we had in common with DC was we were on NBs and Foams way back in the 90s.

nikkas gonna get mad but it’s true a lot of states down south hopped on shyt we were doing mad late. They were rocking Tommy Hil in the late 90s early 2000s of I’m not mistaken. That was some 94-96 shyt

Damn .I can't disagree with nothing you're saying...
Facts.

 

[K.O.N.Y]

Nobody gives a shyt about Jordans 1 when it was coming up until Jordan Brand becomes popular. People rocked Jordan 1 cause everybody follow the trends and jump on bandwagon. Jordans 1 was never popular and shyt similar to AF1 shoes.

This x 10

people fukking wit the 1s is fairly recent

my gen didn’t fukk wit them at all