The 10 is coming to an end
and our 2019 predictions are in.
Whoever wrote that wants to be a rapper,
and we'll talk later.
This is "Colorways and Toeboxes."
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Welcome to "Colorways and Toeboxes."
I'm Mouse Jones beside my super-dope friends
and hosts, Maze and Wuzg00d.
Happy New Year, Happy New Year.
We made it, we made it. - Absolutely, yep.
- Anybody get into anything crazy?
- No. - Nothing?
- Nah. - I hate going out on New Years.
- New Years Eve, nothing? - Mm.
- Mm-mm. - You didn't pick up no sneakers?
- Oh, hell no, I'm not going out on New Years Eve in New York.
Hell, no. - You ain't copping nothing new
for the new year, nothing?
- No, I don't cop sneakers anymore, so...
- Okay, oh... no, it's 2019, you're un-retired.
- I'm still retired, no, no, no. - I'm going to revoke your card.
- Wait, first of all, he's lying.
- That's not a lie. - His Instagram the other day.
I had to hit him-- I'm like, I thought you retired.
- Oh, that's a fact, you literally pulled out-- - I retire different.
I retire different, that's it.
- Well, I'm glad that we're all here.
This is the new year
and we have some important topics to cover today.
But first, y'all got to tell me what's on your feet.
I see some heat.
So, Maze, we're starting with you.
What you got over there? - Something very light.
Very, very light, just Supreme Nike SB Blazer.
Just... - That's-- that's light.
- Casual. - It's very light, you know.
When I'm bored. - (laughs)
- It matched the fit. - You retire differently.
- That's right. - Wuzg00d, what you got on?
You got some skin showing, you got some...
- Mm! - ...some little ankle outs,
little femur out.
- Um, anyway... The Aleali May Jordan 1 Viotech.
- These are good, I didn't see them personally. - Yeah.
- Those are really good. - I went to the store
to pick 'em up, she clearly bought the last pair.
- I bought all of them. - Okay, well...
- Oh, not playing. - I have on just some...
Now, this is light, this is the definition of light.
- Not really. - Metallic, Metallic Air 1s.
Just a very... very feel good fit.
- I feel like I'm messing up the wave today.
We did it again, like, you guys are wearing 1s.
I broke-- - Oh, yeah.
- Last week we did it. - I don't feel bad anymore.
I don't feel bad anymore, because y'all left me to--
y'all left me out, you left me hanging. - Yeah, we did, we did.
- Twice. Twice. - That's foul.
Okay. - It's okay, it's fine.
- So, you know. - We'll get it right next week.
- Yes. - Next week.
- Group chat, group chat. - Next week, I'm in, I'm in, 1s.
- 2019, we're gonna do better. - Yes.
- Well, we got good feets all around.
Now, it's the new year here at "Colorways and Toeboxes."
So, we gotta let you know
what our dos and don'ts are for this new year.
But before we get into that, let's get into Cop or Flop.
First up... (sighs)
The Nike Monarch 5.
Maze, is this... - No, no, no, no, it's okay.
Start with-- start with Wuzg00d. - Wuzg00d!
Is this a cop or flop for you, sis?
- Okay, so I haven't seen the shoe IRL.
- Right. - But... I feel like
this shoe potentially might be too chunky,
for once, for me. - Wow.
- However... - Okay.
- If it stays true to, like, the Monarch silhouette,
I think it's a cop.
I love the fact that there's, like, fuzz on the inside
to keep your feet warm for the winter.
- Is that like a dad thing? Like, this is peak dad.
- Fashionably dad.
You gotta stay warm and fashionable.
- Mm. Science. - And... yeah, and I wouldn't
be opposed to some warm sneakers in the winter.
- I cannot wait to talk about the next--
- The colorway is good. - I literally can't--
- And it has accents of orange. - I literally cannot wait
to talk about the next shoe, 'cause I'm tired of this shoe already.
Maze, cop or flop?
No? New babies?
- I will say... I will say...
I will say it's genius what Nike has done
with the Monarch, making it a fashion.
I'ma leave it like that.
- Okay. - It's cute.
- Next up, the Air Jordan 19 OG.
Whoo, this was quite a time when this shoe dropped.
Maze, copping or flopping? - I'm gonna say this.
If I was still hooping... - Okay.
- ...I would cop. - Very good hoop shoe.
- And I would-- right, to hoop.
- And you have to leave the wicker on there.
- Oh, absolutely, you gotta leave it on there. - Yeah.
- So, I'm not hooping anymore, so I can't rock this,
you know, fashionably, like, even with sweats.
It's a serious hoop-looking sneaker.
- If you take the wicker off, though...
- Yeah? - It does make it fashion more.
- It does lighten it up a little bit.
- It does give it-- 'cause you can see the laces,
see the form of the shoe. - Yeah, yeah.
- And they really went... was that?
Yes, that was, actually, all 19s had the wicker
going down the middle. - Yeah, yeah.
- So yeah, it's a... - If I'm hooping.
- Yeah, if you're hoop-- it's definitely a performance shoe,
I'll say that. - Absolutely, and it looks good on the court.
It looks good on the court. - Yeah, it's probably one of...
it's probably one of the more comfortable shoes
I ever played ball in. - Absolutely, absolutely.
- Wuzg00d, as our resident hooper...
(laughter)
- Um, yeah, I'm not mad at this shoe.
I don't like 19s.
- I could see you killing this sneaker.
- But yeah, I was just gonna say that. - I could see her killing
the sneaker in a fashion point. - I can wear it, I can wear it.
- Yeah. - And I like-- I like the fact
that it's, like, white and gray. - Yeah.
- And... I don't know, like, I think it's--
I mean, it has the story behind it.
You know I love the stories behind the shoes.
But yeah, I'm not mad at it at all.
And I mean, 225, that's like a grip, but...
- 225 is a lot. - We gotta keep it 100 though,
that this is widely regarded
as one of the ugliest Air Jordans of all time.
- Definitely. - It is an ugly shoe, but I don't know, this colorway--
- But it's not-- it's not 17 ugly.
- Oh, no, no, no, chill, chill, chill.
- Yeah. - Okay, okay.
- Wait, no, no, hold up, 17's a much better sneaker.
Come on. But what I'm trying to say now,
in 2019, the 19 is hitting.
- Yeah, and the colorway is great.
It does justice to the shoe, so I think it's a cop.
- You still mad about the 17 comment?
- Yes. - We'll talk about it.
- The Adidas Ultraboost multicolor.
Now... Maze. - Yeah.
- You have said on multiple occasions
you are not a Boosthead. - No.
- But you appreciate a Boost. - 100%.
- Will you be able to appreciate this Boost
with a cop, or will you leave it...
- No. - ...out in the cold as a flop?
- Yeah, this is a flop, not because the sneaker's bad,
by any stretch of the imagination.
Ultraboost to me will always be a good sneaker.
But... I just off it right now.
- But this one is caged, right?
- Yeah, this is the new one.
I mean, which makes it better, but...
I'm good, I'm just good.
It's still a good sneaker, but I'm good.
- I feel like the caged on this Ultraboost
kind of ruins it, almost.
- Really? Okay. - Yeah.
I feel like it would have looked better uncaged.
- Interesting. - But it is a flop for me.
- Oh, you're flopping. - Mm-mm.
- Good.
Nike Air Max 2 Light University Gold.
- Mm. - We know-- I'm gonna ask you.
Don't worry, I'm gonna ask you, but I gotta start with Maze
'cause it just works that way.
- Um... - Maze, cop or flop?
- I'm gonna say this is a cop, 'cause I'm happy to see it come--
like, I'm happy to see the sneaker come back, right?
- I-- I'm a huge fan of the Air Max 2 Light.
- Me too. - Yeah, because obviously,
we're used to 90s and 95s and 1s.
We love all of those sneakers.
But when Nike, like, ventures a little bit to the left
and brings back another joint, I'm-- I'm with it,
so I'm gonna say it's a cop.
- Wuzg00d? - Oh, you already know.
Yes, cop. The colors are amazing.
- It's almost a dad shoe. - It's an Air Max 2.
- Almost, it's almost a dad shoe.
- It's almost a dad shoe. - It has dad shoe aesthetic.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah, it's just not as chunky.
However, great shoe. I love the colors on this.
- Oh, I thought you were gonna throw me a curveball
when you hit me with the "however."
- No, no, no, great shoe. - Okay, we're good, we're good.
- Some off-- some unknown piece of information... - I know, I was like,
"wow, I'm about to get something here." - ...about the designer.
Last but not least, the Nike Air Force 1 Low Realtree pack.
Uh... interesting shoe.
- Yeah. - Interesting shoe.
- Yeah. - I'm on the fence right now.
- Okay. - Uh, yeah, Maze, cop or--
- Cop. - Oh, cop!
- Yeah. - But which one?
- The white based one, probably. - Yeah.
- Yeah, the white based one.
Again, I said this before, and I'll say it again.
Like, a Nike Air Force 1... - Dad shoe.
- ...I'm 90% there, you know what I'm trying to say?
Like, just that shoe alone, I'm 90% there.
It doesn't take much to get the next 10% to 100.
- Right, right, right. - And the camo sneaker,
Realtree, I love their camo designs, I'm good.
Cop. - Wuzg00d?
- For me it's a flop.
I do-- out of the pack, I do love the bone the most.
- Mm-hmm. - I just don't like that it's canvas.
I feel like-- - Oh my goodness.
- Wow. - That's-- that's a hot take.
Canvas Air Force 1's fire. - I don't know, I feel like...
- Wow... okay. - I don't know.
- Coming into the new year with the hot takes, okay.
- Sorry. - Well, let's get into some very important news.
The 10s are coming to an end. - Yeah.
- Now, me and Wuzg00d, we're hurting.
- Word? - We-- but Maze...
- I'm so sad. - Maze, I know you're not.
I know you're tired. - Okay-- no, it's not that I'm tired.
- But yes, the off-white-- the off-white Nike,
the 10 collab is over. - I mean, we can rewind because....
- No, no, no, you ain't gotta put me in the Summer Jam Screen.
Hold up, hold up. - There was-- she has receipts, bro.
- I never said that I was tired.
I said we could move past it.
Like, Virgil had done enough. They have done enough together.
That's where I'm at with that.
- I... now when you put it like that.
- You know what I'm trying to say? - I agree, I agree.
- Like, if you think about it-- like, think about it.
I'm sorry to cut you off, but if you think about it,
think about all the designs that dropped
outside of the 10 pack that stole something
from what Virgil did, like a big swoosh,
or an inside-out joint, or this or that. - Oh, the blazers
don't even look the same anymore. - Yeah.
- Exactly. - And I think that's for the better.
- Mm-hmm. - The blazers all look good now.
- Right? - And I even think I seen a...
I think I've seen that pink Air Force--
not Air Force, the pink Jordan 1,
and it had the Oregon information on it.
- The Big Hit. - On the inside.
- Exactly. - So it... I get what Maze is saying.
It definitely has done its job.
If its job was to come in, challenge, disrupt,
and then influence, it's done that.
I think this 10 collaboration has far exceeded
anyone's expectations, but I know you're sad.
- I'm really sad. - Tell us, tell us why.
- I'm sad because... I don't know,
like, I love all the hype that this shoe brought,
and I love the way that he was constantly surprising us.
Because every time you thought, like, there's no way
you're gonna exceed that or it's gonna be better
than the last shoe, it was.
And... I liked 90%,
or like, even 99% of them.
And yeah. - I'm with you there, I like 99% of them too.
- Yeah, they were all so good, I'm just really sad. - I did not expect
to like that Volt Green Air Force 1. - Air Force 1?
Oh, that was fire. - I was like, wow.
That's when I was like, okay. - That one, we were just...
- I was like okay, 'cause I wasn't impressed
with the Air Force 1 that came out in the original 10.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- And I think they did another one, I was like, eh.
But when that-- when that Volt came out?
- Mm-hmm. - I was like, whoo!
- No, that one was really good. - That was fire.
- What was your favorite sneaker from this 10 collection?
- The Chicago Air Jordan 1. - Okay.
- That's by-- and to think about it, that's the only one
that I really, really wanted and don't have.
Like, I really, really wanted the Presto,
I got that one. - Mm-hmm.
- I really, really wanted the UNC Jordan joint.
I got that one, and a couple other ones in between.
But that Chicago one? - Yeah, those were good.
- I don't have that one, man.
- Wuzg00d, what's your favorite?
- Yeah, out of the whole pack, I think my favorite
is the UNC off-white ones.
Just because for me, that one took me by surprise the most.
I felt like that shoe was gonna be
the most challenging for me to wear,
just because I don't like wearing blue too much.
- Right. - It's like a weird color for me to wear.
And once I started wearing it, I realized that
that shade of blue is easily pairable
with a lot of other colors, and I was able
to wear them way more than I expected.
- I definitely love-- - I really liked that.
- I definitely love that blazer.
That blazer is still my favorite.
- First one? - That first one?
I like the... what was the all black one called?
The Skull? - The Grim Reaper, whatever it was.
- Grim Reaper. - It was the Halloween joint.
- I liked it, but it wasn't that first one.
- Yeah. - That first one,
me, personally, in my sneaker--
I had never seen a shoe so bold.
And I kept a Super HypeBeast, I got the one green,
one in orange, I kept the Super HypeBeast.
I don't know who I see doing it,
I was like, I'm doing this shit.
(laughter) But yes.
So, the 10s come to an end, and we're all sad.
And if you at home, you were able to get your hands
on some of those shoes, you definitely wanna store
some of them. - Yep.
- 'Cause I'm sure the price on those
will go up at some point. - Price just went up, price went up.
- Now, it's 2019, and we have some dos
and we have some don'ts, and some high hopes
for the 2019 sneaker schedule.
So, we're gonna go around the room and figure 'em out.
First up, Maze, what would you like to see in 2019?
- I would like to see more of
what Nike and Jordan did towards the tail end of 2018,
which started with Virgil, coincidentally,
and that's giving key collaborators and collaborations
the space to get busy, right? - Mm.
- I feel like before Virgil came in
and disrupted the whole game, Nike was really tight
with what they let collaborators do,
and they picked collaborators
that were, in my opinion, obvious.
- Mm-hmm. - At the end of 2018,
they were picking collaborators that weren't so obvious,
like Yoon...
you know, Alyx, and people like that.
And Cold Wall. - Yeah.
- Which you have to be in the know to know them,
and then letting them get busy. - Right.
- So to me-- and Sean Wotherspoon,
going back even further-- that was just so super dope,
and I would love to see that continue.
- Yes, it was a great year for that.
- And the jacket you were rocking too?
Oh my God! - Oh my God, jacket of the year.
- Fire! - So good.
- Big jacket energy. (laughter)
We're talking good jackets.
- Yeah. Like that, letting them get busy like that.
Do a fur coat? - Yeah, no.
- You wouldn't-- that's inconceivable
a couple years ago for Nike.
- I'm still waiting on mine. - And reversible.
- Oh, bro. - I'm still waiting on mine.
- Oh, it's like that? - No, because I don't have it
and I'm pissed.
I-- I'm still looking for that jacket.
- I had just seen the ice blue one,
the joint that you have, like the... - Mm.
- The black is crazy. - But then I saw a dude
rocking the black on IG, and I was like, oh, man.
- First of all-- - No, I like the green one better.
- I'm pissed I missed that. - I was like, what, we get some of this too?
'Cause initially, I'm thinking it's just, like, for women.
- Mm-mm. - And then I read further,
and I said, oh, we can get busy too?
- I slept-- I slept hard. - So good.
- Really bad. - Yeah, you would've looked crazy in that black one.
- Well, I'm awake, and I need my black one.
So, for all the resellers out there...
- No, I need a black one too. Can I get in on this?
- For all the resellers out there, hit me below.
- No, no resell. Hell no.
But if you got a plug, I'll take.
No, chill. - Resellers...
- That jacket's flipping too. - It is.
Wuzg00d, what... what are you hoping to see in 2019?
- Um, so, for 2019, I want to see
more female representation in the industry.
I feel that this past year was a great year for women.
Um, you had Adidas representing a lot of female--
uh, so, like, Danielle Cathari was one of them.
- Yes.
- Olivia was another one, and then you had Aleali May,
Rox Brown, Yoon Ambush.
Um, I just... I just want to see more,
and not-- not even-- not even to make it, like,
oh, like women empowerment.
Like, that too. - Right, right, that's important.
- But just, like, including women in the mix.
You know, it doesn't have to be like a male industry
and then the woman industry.
Like, it just-- I just want it to be normal.
- Like a unification of sorts. - Yeah.
Like, you know, it shouldn't be like this hoorah,
big surprise that a woman is doing something.
- To the point where we're not even talking about it like this.
It's just like-- yeah. - Right. It's just normal.
I just want it to be normalized.
Like, of course I wanna see, like, women doing it...
- Right. - ...and having a story behind
what they're doing, and really just, um,
making it meaningful.
But, yeah, I want to see more of that.
And either with-- with more brands.
You know, it shouldn't-- it shouldn't be, like,
primarily Adidas and Nike.
Like, just all around across the board.
- Well, I definitely want to see-- how do I put this?
I want to see less colorways. - Okay.
- And I want to see, like, more exclusivity.
I want exclusivity to come back.
One of my biggest issues... - More?!
- ...with the 10s was everybody had them.
Now, I-- - You're different.
- Growing up, that was the thing.
Growing up was-- when we got to our teenage years--
well, for people that's 29, 30, 31--
when we got to our teenage years,
we're in high school, it was about, "Who don't got them?"
- It's true. - Like, I'm stunt-- I want to come in,
get the sneaker early. - Mm-hmm.
- I want to have the sneaker that nobody else got.
- Mm-hmm. - That's when I fell in love with sneakers.
- Same. - It was, okay, I got these.
You can't get these. You know what I mean?
That's what I love about the Shattered Backboards.
Not everybody got those.
- Yeah. - You like-- yeah.
And then, especially if you slept,
you definitely ain't get the-- you definitely ain't paying those reselling prices.
That's why I love-- you get what I'm saying?
- Yeah. - Like, that's what I want to see more of.
- It's just weird, because I feel like it is.
I don't know. I feel like it's--
it is hard to get shoes. - Hell yeah.
- But then everybody has them. - Everybody, everybody.
That's what I'm saying. - But how? How?
- It's so weird. - See, if I wasn't retired,
right, I'd be pissed off at the fact
that I can't cop sneakers.
So I don't know how all these people are getting...
- Yeah. - ...Off-White 1s.
I couldn't get them. - You think-- are we--
are we-- are we saying-- are we, here on this show,
saying people got fake sneakers? - No, no, no, no, no.
- Oh, okay, 'cause I'd say that too.
- I'm not saying people getting fake sneakers.
I'm just saying, I'm with you.
- Yeah. Yeah. - I don't understand how all these people...
- Yeah. - ...to your point, are getting these exclusive sneakers,
'cause these sneakers are hard to get.
- Yeah, they are. - So, I understand what--
- But everybody got them. - You're telling me that you
want it to be more exclusive, and I get it.
- I want them to cut down the pair. - The amount?
- So if they're releasing 15,000 pairs...
- Okay. - ...let's cut it down to 10,000 pairs.
- I know, but I still would-- - Okay.
- I mean, like, again, I'm not buying sneakers,
but if I was buying sneakers, it would be impossible.
I'm just saying! - And I definitely want to see less colorways.
- That would be the one. - Less colorways?
- I don't want it, like-- - But that's not--
- I feel like right now-- - That's going against her religion.
- Yeah, like, I feel like right now with the 1--
- Oh, so you just want black shoes and white shoes?
- We're about to-- no, no. On certain silhouettes.
- Okay. - I don't think every silhouette
needs to have 17 different colorways.
- I'm with you there. - 100%.
- You know what I'm saying? - Every shoe doesn't have 17 colors.
- Like, right now, we're going through it with the 1, which we all--
we, in fashion, we did that.
We made the 1 the shoe, the go-to shoe.
- Yeah. - Now, Jordan is-- is--
they're answering the call. - Yeah.
- They're like, oh, you want 1s? We'll give you all these 1s.
- Got you. - Which they literally have been doing for years.
- Yeah. - But, um, I don't want to see a candy orange 1.
I don't want to see... - Yeah.
- ...a all-blue 3.
Give me the original colorways and cut down some of the pairs.
- I wouldn't mind the 1-- - I can't agree with that.
- I wouldn't mind the 1 itself becoming more exclusive.
That would be dope. - Right.
- Make the 1 harder to get. - Yes.
- I'm with that, for sure.
- Well, you guys let us know what you think.
Now that we all know how we feel about what we want to see,
what are some definite do-nots for this year?
And, Maze, don't hold back,
'cause you know sometimes you like to hold back.
- Oh, yeah, you got me. - Air it out, Maze.
What are some definite don'ts?
- I've-- I don't want to sound like a broken record,
but I'm gonna say something I said before many times,
but with a different spin on it, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- I want Kanye West to shut up.
- (laughing) So, Kanye West, don't talk?
- Just period, right? - Okay.
So, in the beginning... - Can't be mad at that.
- In the beginning, it was more because of his political views, right?
- Yeah. - Which I personally didn't agree with,
and that's fine, right? We can disagree on political views, right?
But now it's gotten to the point where it's distracting from
and overshadowing the product, right?
- He's bad for business. - Right? Sure.
But even so, like, the corny beef with Drake
is just crazy to me. - Oh, yeah.
- Actually my favorite thing about 2018.
- Okay, yes, yes. I'm with you there, right?
But then him bringing the sneakers into it,
like, "Don't talk about 350s"? It's just--
It's just distracting and overshadowing the product.
The product is-is, for the most part, good, right?
But you're not letting it breathe.
He's not letting it breathe and letting it live
with all the shenanigans, you know what I mean?
- Yeah. - And that's irregardless of him
saying, like, "Trump," all day or whatever.
I don't care about that. We can disagree about--
- No, that's-- I feel like that's--
I feel like that's worse than him trolling.
I'd rather you troll, like... - No, I understand that.
- ...the whole Twitter TL
and, like, not represent somebody who is being a monster.
- I'm with you there. I'm with you there 100%.
But I'm saying that included with all the other shenanigans
that he's-- the trolling that he's doing on Twitter,
is just too much already. - Yeah, it is.
- He finally got the platform to live out his dreams
on Adidas, and now he's overshadowing his own product.
Like, stop.
Realize that you're Kanye West, one of the most influential,
if not the most influential person of your generation,
right, and just let the product speak.
That's it. Like, that's what I'm with.
- Now, Wuzg00d... what are your don'ts for 2019?
- Foamposites.
(laughter)
- I feel like that's don't for the past ten years, but--
- They keep coming out, and it's making me very angry.
- You gotta kill them, right? It's like roaches.
- Yeah, bro. Foamposites, no.
- Okay, I'm--
- You couldn't make a Foamposite fashion?
Could you make a Foamposite fashion?
- No. - No? Even you?
- Yes, you could. - Mm-mm.
- You could. - No.
- Nah? - No.
- What if you had Galaxies on right now?
- Absolutely not. - We'd go crazy.
- We've gotta challenge you to make Foamposite fashion.
I know you can do it. I'm with you.
- I mean, if I really wanted to, but, no.
- The hashtag, #Wuzg00dFoamChallenge.
- Oh, my goodness, we just did it.
- Come on. - Don't do that to me,
'cause I'm gonna have to waste money on a Foamposite.
- I'm challenging. Maze, you with this?
- Oh, 100%. - Y'all are really gonna troll me?
Come on. - Yes.
- What's the hashtag again? What's the hashtag?
- It is the hashtag, #Wuzg00dFoamChallenge.
- Mmm, we gotta up the stakes too.
It can't be just one. It's gotta be a couple.
- Okay, no, no, no, no, no. - Yeah, it gotta be a month.
- No. No! No! - You gotta go for a month.
You scared? - It's gotta be a couple looks.
A couple looks. - I know you not scared.
Okay, give us one look a week for a month.
- That's four. That's four. - That's four. That's four.
- That's a lot of work. - You could resell 'em.
- Two a month. Two a month.
- Two in one month? - You said two a month?
- Two in one-- - For 12 months?
- Not 12 months. Come on, you can't do that.
- So just give us one month.
Give us one month, one shoe a week.
- I'm with whatever you-- - I'll think about it.
- You sound scared. - I'll do it.
- You'll do it? - You heard it here.
- Okay. - You heard it here.
Look, don't be scary.
- #Wuzg00dFoamChallenge? - #Wuzg00dFoamChallenge.
- Y'all are evil. - Okay.
- I just said I don't want to see this, this year,
and you're gonna challenge me, but whatever.
- I'm with you in that the Foamposite
is a definite no-no in 2019,
but I wanna see you make 'em hot.
- Make 'em hot. - Fine.
- Uh, I-- I think it's very obvious--
don't do dad shoes.
- Come on!
- Um, I hate these things. - Oh, word?
- It started as a-- I really feel it started as a troll.
It had to. - No.
- Nobody was in Kohl's like,
"This is untapped! Untapped potential here!"
Like, no, this is bad, and they're all so ugly.
- My thing is, Raf started that, right?
- Mm-hmm, yeah. - With the Ozweego.
It was hot then. - Was it?
- No, it was hot then. - Yes.
Are you crazy? - It was hot.
It was hot as hell then. - Everybody wanted them.
It was hot as hell then, but then we took it too far.
So I'm with you. - Please, no more dad shoes.
Bring Foams back before you bring dad shoes again.
- Okay, now, that's disrespectful.
- We gotta get her a custom Foamposite dad shoe, right?
- That's disgusting. Eww! - Ohh-ho-ho!
Can we make it here? Then we'll make it on here.
- That would be fire. - Sure.
- I'm gonna bring my boys in and do you right.
- Let's do it. What if we get the Shoe Surgeon?
- Mmm. - Ohh, now she got it.
- Look at you.
Well, now that we've come clean
with what we don't need to happen this year,
we have some strong predictions
for what we'd like to see come to fruition.
Let's go around the room. Maze?
- Yeah? - What would you like to see,
uh, come to fruition, 2019?
- So this is more like less of what I'd like to see,
although I think it'd be good. - Yeah.
- It's more of, like, what I predict might happen.
- Mm-hmm. - And I predict that Adidas
will come back again, right?
Not as strong as it did last time.
'Cause if we're keeping it 100, Adidas was bubbling like crazy
when Kanye, Pharrell, Nigo, and that-- all that,
all the collaboration, Pusha T, um, like, two, three years ago.
Crazy.
2018, to me, Adidas was a brick.
- Yeah. - That was a complete-- it was a dud.
- Big brick. - Right?
But I think in 2019 they'll be able
to recapture some of that energy,
which I'm looking forward to, 'cause I feel,
if we're keeping it 100 again, Adidas getting that energy
made Nike do what they're doing now.
- Yeah, put a fire. - Put some light under 'em.
- Hell yeah. - Put some light under their ass.
- Nike was sleeping. Nike was sleeping.
Adidas came through, slapped 'em in the mouth,
and then they did the 10, the Yoon stuff,
everything that's popping.
So I think Adidas is gonna recapture some of that energy.
Not enough of that energy, because I think that Nike
is gonna keep their foot on their neck.
- But I almost feel like Puma would...
- Gonna take some of that? - ...overpower Adidas...
- Yeah, it's possible. - ...before they come back.
- It's possible. - I mean, definitely, with...
- Because, like, they have so many-- yeah.
- ...with their cultural marketing right now?
Hell yeah. - It's possible.
- Yeah. - That's a good prediction.
- Hell yeah. - Yeah, I would go with that.
- I'm here for Puma being a staple.
I'm-- I haven't seen anything that would catch my eye--
- Yeah. - The Thunders are not bad.
And the RS-0? - Little loud for Mouse.
Little loud, little loud for Mouse.
- No, they have, like, the black ones
with the hits of, like, orange, yellow-- no?
Okay.
- But the competition overall is good.
- That's what I like to see. - Yeah.
- And I would like to see Puma, 'cause I don't think, ever,
Puma has been on a... - Yeah.
- ...playing field with Nike or Adidas.
- Nah, maybe in the '70s. - So I would love to see that.
- Yeah, maybe. - If that, maybe.
But I would love to see it now. - Yeah, yeah.
- Wuzg00d, what is your-- what is your prediction?
What is 2019 gonna bring us?
- Uh, 2019.
I think, um, this year, a lot--
this was also a conversation in 2018,
but I feel like it's gonna be very heavy this year
with luxury brands, um,
doing a lot of streetwear,
like, whether it be collaborations or...
"mimics," so to say. - Yeah.
- So, like, even, for example,
like the Prada Cloudbust sneaker?
- Yes. - Like, that's not a collaboration,
but the shoe is a very streetwear shoe.
- Yeah. - You know, like, it's incorporated
in streetwear looks. And, like, now you have,
um, Kim Jones doing the whole, like, Dior thing.
The Converse were crazy. - Yes.
Shout-out to Kim Jones.
- Yeah, his '19 collection looks immaculate.
- Mm-hmm? (laughter)
Ooh! Ooh! - Immaculate.
- Kind of like those Foams are gonna look.
- I was about to say, could you get that off of Foams, you think?
- Oh, my God. Anyway...
(laughter)
Anyway, um, and then I saw something.
I think KAWS and Dior are supposed to be doing something.
- Oh, are they, really? - I'd seen something.
- That makes sense with Kim Jones and KAWS. That makes sense.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- I didn't see anything from it yet,
but I definitely been hearing. - That was dope.
- Yeah, and, like, you know,
now that the 10 has come to an end,
I feel like Virgil is really gonna put his all
into his L.V. stuff, and that's obviously gonna have--
- Out of my tax bracket. Don't gotta worry about it.
- Mm-hmm. Nice to look at it.
- Yeah, nice to look at. - It's great to look at and talk about on here,
but, uh, unless I'm on that seating list... - Yeah.
- ...uh, won't see me in that!
- Um, but, yeah, I definitely--
This year, I think it's just gonna be, um--
it's gonna be closer together.
It's not gonna be like luxury, streetwear.
I feel like we're gonna merge.
- That, to me, is like a flashback though
to the time, like, with these jackets.
Not that they're not popping now, but a flashback
to, like, the '90s and '80s when Fila
or more luxury brands were-- Fila's not a luxury brand now,
but it was perceived as luxury then-- - Yeah, yeah.
- Um, were popping, you know? - Mm-hmm.
- Like, um, Ballys and stuff like that, you know?
Like, the hood-- - Even how the clocks...
- Yeah, the hood rocking more lux stuff.
I'm here for that. I can't afford it.
- Even Gucci, like-- - Gucci, for sure.
Dapper Dan's stuff, for sure. - Gucci's Dapper Dan?
Insane. Like, yeah.
I just feel like-- I feel like these companies
are understanding, like, their marketing...
- Yeah. - ...and streetwear is it.
- I'm here for it. My pockets aren't, but I'm here for it, personally.
- Like I said, hey, Virgil, I will see you over there
at Louis Vuitton doing great things,
and I'll say, "That looks good!"
- Yup. (laughter)
- Won't have it. - Fire!
- Um, I think this year is going to be the return of the retro.
- Okay. - Um, there was a time
in, like, 2015, 2014,
where, you know, sneaker conventions was huge,
and you just seen an influx of retros.
Not just a retro silhouette in a crazy colorway,
like, the return of the retro. - Got you.
- Then we look back, they came back with the Concord.
Very well done.
I may have my if-ands with the--
you know, with that mudguard, but, hey, it's whatever.
Um, but seeing that and the--
the branding that went behind it, you know,
them letting you know, "This is the grail"?
They haven't done that since the banned 1,
where they letting you know like, "This is that."
Um, and then they're coming-- they're bringing
the black and red, the Bred 4s back with the Nike on the back.
Oh, give me two pair.
- You might see me come out of retirement for that.
- All right, anyway, Maze. - Okay.
- What? I mean, I'm just-- - He's gonna say that every week.
- Maybe, strong maybe. - I'm literally not paying him any mind.
But there's gonna be some 10s coming out.
Like, so I see already the rumblings of it.
Um, and just people--
Newer sneakerheads, or younger sneakerheads,
are becoming more, uh-- they're caring more about
what sneakers were popping when they weren't around.
- It's true. - Kind of like we were when we first, you know,
had our cognizant thoughts of, okay, I like sneakers.
Let's go, let's do the-- so I'm seeing that a lot more,
so I'm thinking, this year, we'll see it more.
I definitely think we're gonna see a lot more actual retros
on the ground, outside, being worn, um,
and I want to see it. - Yeah, I'm here for that.
- I'm here for that. - Well, those are our 2019 predictions.
What are some of the things
you think are bound to happen this year?
Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Now, this week, we caught up
with the young'un from the Bronx,
the Artist, A Boogie.
He tells us which shoes he spent four bands on and more.
Run it!
- Yeah, most money I ever spent on a sneaker?
Huh, probably maybe 4,000 on Louboutins, Christian Louboutins.
And besides Christian Louboutins?
Tsst, nah, that's the most.
Yeah, that's the most expensive shit I ever bought.
I remember I gave out a pair of $3,000 Louboutins at a show.
Forgot where I was at. I was outside
at one of the craziest shows. That shit was lit.
Yeah, it was Syracuse, matter of fact.
People was running over the rails
and they jumping over the rails.
Cops was trying to stop everybody.
That whole day was wilin', you know what I'm saying?
They were on top of the truck.
I was wearing them and I took 'em off and I threw 'em.
They started screaming. They started going crazy.
It was like, "Wooh!" They was going crazy.
Like, "Throw the shoe! Throw the shoe!"
And I'm like, nah. At first, it's like, three bands on my feet.
I'm like, damn.
And then I was like, nah, (bleep) it,
'cause this is a moment right here.
Not every single show I do it, but most of the time, I really do it,
'cause I got sneakers sitting everywhere.
Like, everywhere I go, it's multiple pair of sneakers
in the truck, in the car, in the house,
and even on the airplane.
There are sneakers everywhere, so...
And I don't like-- when I go to a different state,
I buy more shoes, or I get more shoes,
and I just give out the old ones so I don't gotta keep 'em in my bag.
And my bag, it be-- cats be stealing.
I can't count my shoes.
I'ma get somebody to count my shoes one day.
Yeah, I got a bunch. I got a room.
Yeah, literally a room, a sneaker room.
Or, like, a bedroom full of sneakers.
I actually just gave out, like, a good hundred pair.
I moved and I, like, I couldn't keep up.
I ain't feel like carrying all them boxes,
putting all the shoes in every box.
And any shoe that didn't have a box, I just gave it away.
Friends, family, whoever came over,
anybody I ran into, shows, I gave 'em out at shows.
When I was growing up, it was the era of everybody
wearing, like, Nike, Jordan.
And then I got a little older,
and then people started wearing Puma.
Like, Meek and everybody was wearing Puma and I'm on that.
So when I was throwing on Puma, everybody looking at me like,
"Yo, what you doing? Ah, those is trash."
I'm like, nah, what you talking about?
What you talking about? I stay wearing Puma, sweatsuits and all that.
And then, out of nowhere,
it's like everybody contradicted they self,
talking about how they don't wanna wear that
and they wearing it the next year.
So that was like, damn, this shit crazy how things
just turn around and the swag just cycles like that.
And now, you seeing now, Puma is back for me
where they supposed to be at,
and that's a blessing right there.
I'm a part of it.
My man Biggs and Emory and 'em,
my manager and they, like, connected
and really had a strong relationship.
And before, I was kind of lost with what brand
I wanted to stay with, 'cause when I rock with a brand,
I don't want to just mess with a brand
and leave them in a year or two or three.
I wanna mess with a brand for long-term
and really stick with them and create that relationship
that's gonna create other opportunities in the future.
So I don't care what brand it is.
If the relationship is there, and we getting treated right,
for me, that's what we rocking with.
So shout-out to Puma for that, for treating us right,
putting us where we need to be when it comes to this,
for me, this merchandise.
Going crazy.
I told 'em I wanted to design one of these,
these RS-X right here, so hopefully we get into 'em.
These right here, these is crazy.
They made a lot of colors too, so I gotta find, like,
a nice combination that nobody used yet.
- Four bands. I want y'all to understand that.
It's four, three zeros following.
- Mm-mm. - It is 1 plus 3,999.
- Not for no Louboutins. - 4,000.
Not for nothing!
- Nah. - I'm not paying $4,000
for nothing that don't have a motor.
Are you kidding me? - I mean...
- Are you shitting me? - She's living differently.
- Yeah, clearly, clearly. I forgot who we're talking to.
- No, I mean, A Boogie's living differently.
- Oh, he's living real different.
- Right, if I had that money, like, I would.
- Okay, to scale. I see what you're saying.
- I would. - Even if I had that, I'm not paying 4,000.
I'm just not getting beat in the head. - I'm just saying.
Shoe Surgeon 1s, you wouldn't do it?
- You know how I feel about those. No, I'm not paying.
You can't even wear 'em. You gotta hang 'em up somewhere.
No. - But he's living so different
that he said that he's gonna get someone
to count his shoes for him.
That's a whole nother level. - And is giving them away at shows
because he just doesn't feel like having them.
- So why would you pay $4,000? - 'Cause you got-- I guess--
- Exact, that's the point. - That is the easiest way
to no longer be able to spend $4,000 on shoes.
- I hope he has a good financial advisor.
- Well, I do. - No, but I love that.
I love that Puma, again, came into the conversation.
- Shout-out to Puma. - Yeah, shout.
- Shout-out to A Boogie. - Yeah.
- Shout-out to Emory. It's the Roc.
- Oh, you in the Roc? - I'm not, but I should be.
- Oh, okay, yeah. - I really should be.
I know all the songs. - Oh, okay.
- I could easily-- I can easily perform--
I can easily perform a Roc-A-Fella set all by myself.
I could perform the Roc-A-Fella reunion all by myself.
- Hearsay. - Even, like, go back and forth
like Chris and Neef by yourself? - By myself.
Chris and Neef, by myself. First of all,
"Brothers from Another," favorite album.
- This is a sneaker show. - What?!
- "Brothers from Another," favorite album.
- Favorite Roc album? - No.
- Oh, okay. - Just my favorite album.
- Okay. (laughter)
- I love that album. "Brothers from Another," that's my sh--
It's my stuff. - Almost caught it.
- 'Cause we can't curse no more.
- I'm very uninterested. (laughter)
- Shout-out to A Boogie, the whole Highbridge label,
and shout-out to Emory and the team over at Puma.
Keep continuing to kill stuff.
They've definitely been going hard in as of late,
and we spoke about that in the last episode of 2018.
Well, guys, it's 2019. - Yeah.
- And it's the first time I get to tell you, that's it for this week.
This has been "Colorways & Toeboxes."
- I was waiting for something. - I know!
I'm, like, waiting for some-- - I was like, "Oh, damn!
This is about to be a big reveal!"
(laughter)
- Oh, this is "Colorways & Toeboxes,"
and make sure you catch us every Thursday night
at 7:00 p.m., Eastern, on BET's YouTube channel.
I'm Mouse Jones. - I'm Wuzg00d.
- I'm Maze. - Peace!
♪♪
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