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Sole Sanity Sneaker Podcast EP 11 Sneaker of the year Edition 2023 Jordan Nike SB and more!!
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Check out the most anticipated and stylish sneakers of 2023, featuring the top ten picks from brands like Jordan, Nike, Saucony, New Balance, and more. From classic designs to innovative technology, this video showcases the must-have sneakers for every sneakerhead and fashion enthusiast. Stay ahead of the trend and upgrade your sneaker collection with this ultimate 2023 sneaker roundup #sneakers #sneakerhead #sneaker #igsneakercommunity #sneakerheads #sneakernews #sneakerporn #sneakerholics #sneakersmurah #sneakerfiles #sneakerfreak #sneakersaddict #sneakershouts #sneakerfreaker #sneakeraddict #sneakerfiend #igsneakers #jualsneakers #sneakerwatch #sneakercon #sneakersforsale #complexsneakers #sepatusneakers #sneakercommunity #sneakermurah #sneakerlove #guccisneakers #sneakergallery #balenciagasneakers #sneakerstore #sneakergame #sneakeroftheday #sneakerholic #solelysneakers #sneakersmalaysia #sneakerscewek #sneakerness #sneakersoriginal #sneakercollector #igsneakerheads
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Transcript
Podcast Returns and Equipment Changes
00:00:07
Speaker
Stop cheating. was getting in the mic. my bullets somem loading my clips i'm writing down names i'm making them list i checking it twice and i'm getting them hit the rear one's been dying the fake was as lit the game is off balance i back on my shit the bitley is dirty my sneakers is dirty but that's how i like it you all i stop cheing i wasn't it I was
00:00:26
Speaker
i was doing some as and more Alright guys, welcome back to soul Sandy Sneaker Podcast Season 2, Episode 1. this is ah this This one's going to recap the year. We took a super long hiatus. I don't remember when the last one was. I think it was right before Thanksgiving. Yeah, I think I looked at it last night.
00:00:44
Speaker
think it was two months
2023 Sneaker Talk and Top 10 List Rules
00:00:45
Speaker
ago. okay yeah yeah sorry um we got a new camera though we're still dealing with technical difficulty so this is recorded on our phone we obviously got a new mic we're looking for a new setup so uh bear with us but we we should still be weekly going yeah uh going forward uh while we work out the kinks but we had too many kinks to do anything for the last two months uh anyway i'm spencer eat up and this is going to be our top 10 uh sneakers of the year for 2023
00:01:15
Speaker
Let's get right into it, I guess. Yeah. Get into the discussion. Honorable mentions first. Honorable mention from Eli first. Yeah, I only have one. And I would say it was the Harito SB.
00:01:28
Speaker
oh I wanted to be in the top 10, but there was too many other things that were in the top 10. So it's a good shoot. And at the time when it came out, it was... You know, there was a lot of hype around it and it was a good design, but it's not in my top 10, but it's an honorable mention for sure.
Top 10 Sneakers of the Year Begins
00:01:45
Speaker
um So before we continue, um there is a there's only two rules on this list, which is obviously all of the collabs are going to be...
00:01:55
Speaker
a Like one, so the Powerbub Girls would be one, not three. And restocks don't count. So any of the Kobes that came out this year on Kobe Day or any of the Yeezy that came out on Yeezy Day don't count. Retros do count, but restocks are not going to count for this list. So honorable mention, Haritos is crazy.
00:02:19
Speaker
I don't have much to say. So Haritos in your top ten? um I'm not going to say that, okay but okay having them as an honorable mention is is kind of crazy. So yeah i have three honorable mentions. Originally, I told Eli to keep it to two, but i'm making my list, it was kind of hard to pick 13 shoes even. you know i mean and three of The honorable mentions are in no particular order, and I did have all of these.
00:02:47
Speaker
at one point in the year. So the first one is Pine green SB4. I knew was going to put that. Just because, I mean... We haven't had a Nike SB Jordan silhouette before.
00:03:02
Speaker
So, did I mean, this was ah this was sneaker history. Right. The color was so mid, though. The color was so mid. I had it in hand. And they didn't they really just didn't add that much to the actual... If they had if it was really groundbreaking technology in the shoe, if it was like a Pro Tro, and it really like had...
00:03:19
Speaker
Like, I could go outside and skate in it 30 times and not and it still look, like, you know, like, not new, but, you know, good. It's not falling apart. Yeah, then, then yeah, it would have been in the top 10, but it didn't do anything groundbreaking for me besides be a first. um Now, they come out with the Black Cats and it's indestructible, I might have a new work shoe, you know what saying? Right. sure But, and if it's more comfortable than another Jordan
Nike Vermeros: Design and Accessibility
00:03:42
Speaker
4, but other than that, it's just too basic. The color is also not for me, like...
00:03:47
Speaker
Military blue one would have been cool, though. When they started leaking the like whole SB4 thing, it was there was people with the black hat ones. like All the skaters are wearing black hats. They got those years ago. Warches got those years ago. Yeah. So it was like, I don't know where the the green colorway came from or the mock-up pictures of like the military blue or the Carolina blue color or whatever. Yeah.
00:04:10
Speaker
Next, Amah 5, not in any particular order. but But, I mean, both of them are crazy. That gray-slash-white one is is really it's a good-looking shoe. But the black one is super popular. And, obviously, when they a lot of people before release put the white laces in it, and it was like ah a nod to when Jordan wore white laces in his fives. And for that reason alone, I think that it – had a big part on like sneakers this year just because of the nostalgia factor but the details on them are crazy the box it's a good shoe um mine are gonna have cream laces i have mine out um i can't even put them in the wall you know like i uh i can't wait to lace them up uh but i will marry wear mine by the end of the year for sure both of them yeah and i take it back i will wear one of them by the end the year take it back Well, I sent you the picture of the with the cream laces actually in them, and the cream laces are for sure go on the black pair.
00:05:08
Speaker
Yeah, the dusk. I'm not saying the dusk is better than the dawn, but I'm more excited to wear the dusk because I have an outfit for it. But the dawn are really really clean. Anybody who hasn't seen it person, like ah it's it's like a sweet, great new book. It's almost like your outfit is set fire.
00:05:25
Speaker
And my last want to mention is Playoff 8. We hadn't got those in 10 years. So a 10-year retro, and they did it the right way. It looks really good. The the materials were there. quality quality was great. yeah So I have no complaints about that. We usually complain about how they don't do everything the right way. And that's one where it was like, okay, y'all actually are doing what y'all need to be doing. yeah and If we're going to complain,
00:05:53
Speaker
I'm going to give them their flowers when it's deserved. For sure. yeah Not top 10, unfortunately. But playoff 8, that one was hard. I had it in my top 10 at first, I'm not going to lie.
00:06:07
Speaker
You ready to start for top 10? Yeah, go ahead. hang i on from my phone now ah all right I can't wait. no Number for for for me nike vermeros as a whole
00:06:24
Speaker
How you feel? Okay. um The reason I say this is because just the the chunky like mesh runner vibe was very big this year. Yeah. And I think the Romero, you've seen people who weren't sneakerheads wearing it and also people that were sneakerheads wearing it. And at one point, there was pairs that were reselling. But...
00:06:46
Speaker
There's also pairs that are in the outlet too. um Either a lot of people hate it, a lot of people love it, but I think the colorways that they did this year with the all-brown one, the all-red one, the blue one, and then, of course, the Doernbecher one that you
Nike Reverse Grinch Kobe 6 Protro Discussion
00:07:02
Speaker
have.
00:07:02
Speaker
like I think they just did ah really good job with that shoe. Now, they might have... overplayed it a lot and pushed it out a lot but i mean that's nothing new from nike they do that with dunks they do it with jordan ones they once they find something that people like they just keep pushing it out but i think for the switch up i think nike from rose had a great overall year um without putting a colorway on it that's a that's a good take um They definitely were super popular, especially in the front half of the year and then in the middle half of the year when the the big red boot wasn't taking over everything.
00:07:42
Speaker
I'm not mad at that. at that. It's just something different. I didn't want it to be all Jordans and all SBs and everything like that. I got some variety on mine. So I was trying to do variety as well, and I thought that the Vermeeros was a good nod as well to something different as a runner and something that...
00:08:02
Speaker
was everywhere accessible on sneakers. Some sold out, some didn't. So it was just, yeah like I said, so. Yeah, definitely took over. They saw them in plenty of resellers' hands, which is disgusting.
00:08:14
Speaker
So my number 10 is probably on Eli's list somewhere down the lane. mean You don't have to disclose yet, but... ah Number 10 is not even out yet. It comes out tomorrow. The Nike Reverse Grinch Kobe 6 Pro Trail. Great shoe. It's cool. I missed out on the shock drop. I missed out on some raffles. I'm not mad, though. I like Kobe 6s, but I could just have a different colorway. I'm not upset. I don't need this one.
00:08:43
Speaker
um It would have been a cool one to have, but I don't need it. I don't need it. Yeah, for sure. This is definitely a good shoe. I think this was on my list, even like... when co when we did the Kobe Day episode, um if it wasn't on my list, I think I might have replaced it at some point, but... um It was definitely on the list somewhere with Kobe Day.
00:09:07
Speaker
But I like that shoe in general. It is on my list as well. so It's clean, and we talked about it in an earlier episode. It probably was the Kobe Day, but even before that, like it was super popular early in the year, even when it was months away from coming out. So just for yeah the the pure popularity aspect of it, I had to add it to the list. I think it was Christmas day game last year when Anthony Davis wore the shoe and people were demanding it to come out because it was a reverse Grinch or like obviously the Grinch, but reverse. But when AD wore that shoe on Christmas day for the Lakers, he was like, I mean, just people were spamming the comments, drop it, drop I mean, that was a ah whole year now in advance. So it's a shoe that has had hype all throughout the year.
00:09:55
Speaker
um and I have another take when I get to it on my list. So after the reverse branch, I'm at number 10. My number nine, I honestly forgot about this shoe until I was watching the videos on a recap kind of. And it's the High 85 black and white.
00:10:14
Speaker
I did forget about that shoe. Yeah, I mean, and and I was wearing the crap out of it when I first got it. yeah and And I was really excited to get it. This was all the way back in February this year. So I got it for a great price. And I mean, it's a it's
Collaborations in Sneaker Culture
00:10:27
Speaker
a classic. It's an OG Jordan 1 and it's in the High 85 silhouette. like you know retro. so I can't be mad at that. definitely forgot about that shoe.
00:10:37
Speaker
like we had We were texting about like a lot of the shoes I had were either late last year, like December, November, that I thought came out this year, and then some pairs were January, February of this year that barely made the list. so yeah was Once you get to late fourth quarter of last year, then into January, February of the next year, they just all kind of collide at that point. So, uh, number nine for me, let me just leave my phone out.
00:11:05
Speaker
Uh, number nine for me, I hate to put it this slow. But let me get Jordan 4 Thunders on this one. Okay. Just because i've had this I've had the shoe, but also it's a ah nod because... Had and got rid of.
00:11:21
Speaker
Had and got rid of, but it's on its ons way back. okay homework but Oh, my God. Not for retail. but um But just this shoe that you just have to tip your hat to wanting to come back, the anticipated good GR Jordan 4.
00:11:37
Speaker
But a shoe that everybody wanted and a shoe that just has nostalgic in the sneaker game just in general. Wish I could put it a little bit higher, but i do love that shoe just in general with the story that I have with it in the first pair I had.
00:11:53
Speaker
So it's at number nine this year for me. um the thunders are a good shoe um like i'm definitely glad i got it yeah um it's not high enough my like on my radar to get put on this list unfortunately um maybe because it's not an og og but like you know it's definitely a staple um in the er air jordan 4 like collection um and i'm i'm glad to have got them for retail and it's a great price so After the High 85 and the Thunder Force, my number eight is something I don't have yet that I will have, and it's the Moose 610.
00:12:31
Speaker
um The Amine New Balance. So you just said Moose, I was like... Yeah, that's what he'd be saying, but I'm not... yeah The Moose 610. And so six my six, seven, and eight are all up here for the actual, like...
00:12:52
Speaker
what this shoe is made of so like they were talking about it on the full size run episode how it has like patent leather and like hairy suede on it also like this is a materials these these next three are going to be all based on materials and how they were put together like with the color blockings and stuff like that so um i'm gonna i take took those all into account like super heavily yeah and uh eight seven and six but yeah moves six ten uh i keep they keep going up and i need to get them we're at number we're at number eight number eight number eight my uh number eight is the jordan five i'm on the years okay um i i'm with you there so you know still a good shoe shoes in general um
00:13:38
Speaker
I like the black pair more than the grayish pair, which is the Dawn is the black pair, Dusk is, or is that Switch? Switch, the lighter pair is the Dawn, yeah. Okay, okay. So I like the Dusks more with the cream laces, big fan of those.
00:13:55
Speaker
But just... a good five. I like how they thinned everything down with the, the puffy side and the puffy tongue. And then the materials, like you said, and just the little details in the net with it, not being the actual netting it's with the a on for all mom and year. And just, just the details in that shoe is,
00:14:13
Speaker
Just overall great. So I didn't want to not leave it out of the top 10.
Haritos SB Dunk's Design and Appreciation
00:14:18
Speaker
So it's put eight. The only thing I can say about the this drop, the only two things I did not like were how long my moneyer took on the shipping. right If I'm going to pay $20.
00:14:33
Speaker
dang yeah she you i should get it a little bit quicker than that you know especially if everybody else got free shipping yeah um and the 23 on the side of the black ones it just should have been a different use like you said the material on the black or maybe that burgundy red or something like that to make it pop yeah i mean they it could have still been black but the um the way they did it it was like embossed into the suede and i would have just way rather have seen like you know, it's stitched, like usual, but you can't even tell the really are. I think, yeah, just like you said, a little bit, just a little bit more thought.
00:15:08
Speaker
Also on the shipping thing, you know, they got a whole situation, so maybe shipping out pairs was not on a top priority. This might be a different episode topic, but they had no problem shipping them to other people, so, you know, I'm not, you know. Fair enough, fair enough, fair enough. Okay, okay. So, number seven, um,
00:15:30
Speaker
on my list I have in here and so I'm gonna bring it out because I have a feeling a lot of people won't know what it is just by name so I'm gonna grab that
00:15:42
Speaker
The J Tips? yeah Yep. So great this is the J Tips. This is his first shoe. um Two of his second shoes are actually coming out like now. like I think some released today and some released tomorrow on Saucony.
00:15:57
Speaker
Saucony, sorry. um this one was This one was just like phenomenal. The way they did it, the hats, the apparel, the socks, all of it was was just phenomenal.
00:16:09
Speaker
And like I said, like just, just based on quality alone, like of the materials and like, you know, I'm crazy about the extra laces. Um, you know, this was, this was crazy and i I would have been ridiculous not to put this on my list, especially for me purchasing it. Um, such a crazy shoe. Yeah. Like this one, this one was definitely one of my favorites of the year.
00:16:29
Speaker
Um, and I can't wait to find something to go with it cause I don't necessarily have anything at my disposal at the moment. But, um, yeah Like I said, strictly based on like the release and the... This is this is his first shoot. That's crazy, right? um And I love like smaller designers getting collabs like this. yeah i was That's what I was about to to say as well. like It wasn't a...
00:16:53
Speaker
it wasn't a it was It had good hype where people who were like wanting to get it and lining up for it, obviously, in New York and everything you see the videos. But like with J Tips, it's also like a if-you-know-you-know type deal. So just for them to take a chance on, like you said, a smaller market or a smaller designer but has a good following as well and just kind of let him do whatever and just say, hey, you know,
00:17:20
Speaker
You want cheetah print on on the Sockney logo? Yep. Go for it. and and You want flowers on the side too? Yeah, the materials and the crazy colorways. We're putting the ball in your court and just and just go with it. So I think that's an underrated shoe, and a lot of people forgot about that coming out this year because when it came out, it was all over the the sneaker blogs and the Instagram pages and everything.
00:17:42
Speaker
And then obviously other things have came out, so things just come and go. especially with the sneakers and how long of a year could feel when you think about releases. um But that's ah that's a good shoe. I could definitely put that my honorable mentions as as a shoe that could have made it on anybody's top 10.
00:18:01
Speaker
And i was watching the Complex top 10, and DJ Clark Kent was arguing that like that shoe was better than half the shoes they put on their top 10.
00:18:12
Speaker
Which it was like, when he was talking about it, and it was like... Yeah, ho I could see that for sure. so And especially what you said about them letting like the designer kind of do whatever. That's that's how I feel about the moves as well. yeah um like you know they They were just like, yeah, do what you want. The shoe is completely you.
00:18:30
Speaker
And so that's how it gives out that like super unique like feel. And then I love that because it's like they know that you know the Mine fans or actual New Balance fans are going to rock with it. J-Tip fans or true Sockney fans are going love it. So they're like...
00:18:48
Speaker
Basically, like it's Destiny, and if it sells out, it sells out. If it's not, and the people that actually like the shoe get it, cool. That's how we're going to ride with it. i Complete creative control. Yeah, for sure.
00:18:59
Speaker
We get number seven. Number seven from Eli. Number seven is the Kobe 6 Reverse Kobe 6 Reverse Crunch. Obviously, we've already talked about this shoe, but my main thing that I love that I've actually enjoyed that Nike and Vanessa Bryant have been very vocal about is that They're not just making a sneakers release.
00:19:20
Speaker
Like we talked about tier one boutiques are getting it. Foot lockers are getting it. Sneakers has already dropped it twice already before the release date. So it's like, and it's, and it's killing the resale value.
00:19:32
Speaker
So the people that actually want the shoe are able to get the shoe, maybe still for, to I think market's like three to four, depending on pairs. But thank you for doing that and releasing pairs. So even the little kid can walk in and get a pair Foot Locker or go on release date and try for it instead of trying to beg his mom to put her credit card on the sneakers app and then striking out and everything like that.
00:20:00
Speaker
So just big ups to Vanessa Bryant and Nike for actually... doing the right thing and being like the Kobe line is the Kobe line for a reason. So put the shoe out. So people that actually want it are going to get it and enjoy it instead of the wrong people getting it and doing what they do with it. So let's hope that tomorrow really seals it, seals the deal. yeah And they said, you know,
00:20:28
Speaker
under a cool 250 right 250 i'll get i'll get a reverse and yeah and i and i think for that like for 250 you're getting one of his popular models which is a six you know and a good colorway that people have been anticipating all year And she's been very vocal on her social media of like pumping pairs out so the right people get it. The people who actually enjoy Kobe's are getting the shoot. So I can appreciate that very much. So with that, and it's a good colorway, obviously.
00:20:59
Speaker
the reverse Grinch homage to the OG one, all that, I was like, it needs to be in my top 10.
Amine New Balance: Creativity and Identity
00:21:05
Speaker
So if it was a little bit more limited, might have not made top 10, but the fact that she's been so vocal about putting so many pairs out, I was like, okay, I can, I can rock with that.
00:21:17
Speaker
All right. Number six, um, the Haritos SB Nike Dunk. So, uh, This guy was going crazy for that shoe when it first came out so I don't know what what changed. it was I don't know what happened. I was. I was. I was. We need to, like, have clips of me saying things and then, you know, in the future, you know, maybe backlashing it on Yeah, yeah. You know, but flip-flop cards maybe is what I need to have or, you know, just changing perspective over time. You know, people change, you know, so
00:21:50
Speaker
And I'm not saying that shoe's not a bad shoe. It's not. It's a great shoe and the details on it. But when I was making my top 10 list, there was 10 other shoes that came to my mind. And maybe you could switch that out for the Romero. That's fine. But at the end of the day,
00:22:05
Speaker
just ah just how just how feel so uh this one is still based off of the materials um them being cut away is crazy the special box was crazy the nike apparel that went with it was you crazy and i mean if you put all those things on a flyer i don't think you could like Like if you sum up the rest of the shoes that were under this all on a flyer as well, I don't know if you could convince me to buy those shoes over this one, you know, at every retail.
00:22:38
Speaker
It was just crazy. yeah Obviously, special boxes and come with every pair or whatever, but I do got to take some of that in consideration when I'm making a list like this. But the way they did that one, mad respect. was a good shoe. I don't own this one, unfortunately. I own most of the ones on my list, but ah this one yeah is elusive.
00:22:58
Speaker
It is. And they day they barely come around. like Or they're rarely available is what I tell people. like Every pair that we've gotten into the store... It's been there for a day or two, and it either sells or somebody's trading for it or whatever. So every time we get a pair, and that's how you how I can personally gauge on how a shoe is doing for our store, is that if we get the same pair in, in different sizing, and it's only here for a day or two, brand new, or you know people come with trades, like and it's a shoe that we know that we could move we got it, but they're just...
00:23:34
Speaker
People like enjoy that shoe, so they're hanging on to it and they're keeping it. So I think that's truly a shoe that people went for and they got it and they kept and they were like, i I'm not letting this go. so So the thing I'll say about the Haritos is, yeah, pairs don't come around very often. And I think that stays true with other silhouettes that rip away.
00:23:55
Speaker
Because you got... it's it's the It's a pie chart. You've got to divide it into the 10% of people that don't wear it, never wear it, ever. It's not going to ever wear be worn. You've got the 30% of people, 40% of people that own it that are just going to wear it. 20% of those people are resellers, and you know it's just sits consistently in in in rotation yeah and rotation. And then there's those people, the rest of however, whatever the math is, of those people that actually cut it.
00:24:24
Speaker
And so just me as a collector at least i'm not buying any that have already been cut so that that already takes that many out of the rotation and i'm not probably not going buy a used pair but i'm more likely to buy a used pair than a cut pair yeah so because at least i can still do that part of it myself but that's a that's an experience that you i want to have myself yeah so any of those people are already taken out of my market at least yeah And I i feel the same way. Like, I don't know if somebody is truly wanting this shoe.
00:24:53
Speaker
You can't take the, you can't get the shoe that's already cut and have that same vision or try to get on that same page as the person was that was cutting it. Cause you look down and be like, what was this person thinking? you why did Why didn't he cut this panel off? Yeah. Yeah. So I definitely feel you on that. You can get a used pair that's not cut away, still have that experience.
00:25:13
Speaker
But if it's a cutaway pairing, you've already used it, then I'm good on that as well. Because like you said, it's a whole experience that they're trying to make with the
Nostalgia in Sneakers: Powerpuff Girls SB Dunk
00:25:20
Speaker
shoe. Bro, I'm i'm telling you, the experience like first time shoe anything experience is so important.
00:25:26
Speaker
To the point, I got a shoe from GOAT last year and it came laced and I was upset. Yeah. Mad. For sure. Sick.
00:25:35
Speaker
I do remember that. Sick. Are we on number six? Six. Number six for me. Ho. Find a trend. The Amine New Balances.
00:25:46
Speaker
How you doing? Okay. The moves. man. My man. The Amine New Balances. A shoe that I don't have um yet. yet but i have been looking at it there's a pair on my on my grilled account that i've been stalking i was looking at him last night but you know just like you said just somebody who enjoys amine's music and also just as a creative person and artist he is and his following and then mean even like just from the release we were we were super hyped about it and just just the funkiness and the materials and just like
00:26:21
Speaker
Like, how would I wear that? Or what outfit would I wear it to? Or, you know, just just it being different and also being ah a brand that's not Jordan or Nike and a New Balance. Once again, somebody that's given, somebody with a ah smaller following that just gives creative control and the vision they have with, you know, Mine has like the bananas and everything like that. So I respect that 100%. And also shoe that I truly enjoy when I first seen it.
00:26:51
Speaker
And a pair that I want, and I think is top 10 for sure. So the only thing that could have made this sneaker better, in my opinion, and would have made it higher on my list, if the release was a little bit wider, and if Amine could have found some way to like maybe incorporate his fans. Not saying I'm more of an Amine fan than anybody. Right. um But, you know, they do the Spotify wrapped at the end of the year. If if even...
00:27:18
Speaker
like the top five percent of listeners were allowed a chance not even necessarily a pair and not even unnecessarily a pair to win but you you get a chance to purchase them yeah you know um and i'm not saying he should have waited months to do his release or anything like that but um i'm sure there is metrics of of seeing like you know true fans or people that follow you and and i'm i'm sure he gave away a few pairs on instagram i remember commenting on something so um But it would just be cool to see, like, and any, like, Drake could do that.
00:27:46
Speaker
ah Travis could do that. You know, any of the the people that are music. Kanye could do that. Anybody that's music-related, like, with sneakers could definitely do stuff like that. And it would be cool to see something like this make it to a wider. Just because it would just, like, that only broadens your influence. And I know some people like to keep it... um limited. So it's personal preference, but it only widens your audience. And I think with that, it's like just like it's just a cool idea to do something like that. like if Especially if there's something like that to be able to gauge who really listens to your music and making sure that because they love your music and they probably follow your page and when you're going on tour and when your next music's dropping and everything like that, and they
00:28:34
Speaker
really enjoy and they will go into heated arguments about why you're there why that you the person are their favorite artist like i feel like that would be a dope way to not reward them but just kind of show your appreciation of being like yo you really didn't have to rock with me but the fact that you're rocking with me you pay for concerts you listen to my music you pay for my shoes like the least i can do is try to give you a chance I might not be able to gift them to you, yeah but we can do some type of raffle or something to where you can get them.
00:29:06
Speaker
So, I'll fuck with that idea. okay Well, I'm glad that was your number six. I'm not too disappointed. to See? I'm glad. look i'm i'm working on I'm working on you. I'm working on you. This next five, though. Top five.
00:29:17
Speaker
you might You might get mad. This might be the mad point. it this Sneakers of 2023. Top five. Number five on Spencer's list is the Nike SV Powerpuff Girls. I need them.
00:29:29
Speaker
I need them. All three. In no particular order. I'll take any of them. I might purchase one tonight. Oh, I just don't know. They're they're at 300 right now, but they're at 500.
00:29:41
Speaker
Like two days ago, I had a conversation with somebody about getting them at 500. So yeah if I was talking about getting them two days ago at 500, I would be silly. You know, yeah, they might go down, but yeah, they might go up.
00:29:54
Speaker
Yeah. I want the shoe more than anything, so I really need to just make a decision. Yeah. The only thing is I don't want to, I would hate to buy one right now on GOAT, and then that'd be the only one I hit on on sneakers next week or whenever. For sure. You know, so. Right. That's my only skepticism right now, but I really do, like, I mean, I enjoy Powerpuff Girls. I grew up as a kid. It would be, I really wish the Mojo Jojo, like, theme would have had, like, that they were talking about making one. that would I wish that would have came out. that um I think if they would have came out that one, that would have been the hardest. That one would have been sick. Even if it was friends and family, like that would have been sick.
00:30:29
Speaker
And this opens up like an avenue for... i don't know if you know who these people are, but the Rowdy Rough Boys. who were like They're like the anti-Powerpuff Girls, but they're boys. yeah um so like they They have the same color concept, but i mean it still just opens up an avenue for like those. yeah cool Even like if they do... like I mean, bouncing off of that, like like you said, just other cartoon nostalgic characters, you know, this, like you said, just open up a door for other cartoons, whether it be Fairly Odd Parents, you know, just stuff that was just nostalgic that you can either take two or three people Ed and Eddie, that you can take like three different characters or and just do something different as well. Like, I just think that's a cool concept just in general. I could definitely be wrong, but this is definitely one of the the biggest um like name collabs like
00:31:28
Speaker
cartoon-wise or like character-wise that we've had in modern era.
Retro Appeal: Mac Attack and Union Jordan 1
00:31:33
Speaker
like Obviously, there was there was older SB Dunks and stuff like that used to have like collabs, but of modern day, like I want to say this is the biggest non-person...
00:31:45
Speaker
like collaboration we've gotten in a long time so this could mean a lot for like ah a Spongebob SB or you know we've had we have Mater Crocs and Lightning McQueen Crocs but this is at Nike yeah you know so this is this is top of the line this means a lot so just keep keep in mind like us supporting this release, you know, it means a lot for the future. For sure. That, and I was going to say, we had talked, or I had talked about it in an episode, like, if they do something like that, it's it's very minimum that they've done in the modern era. Like, the Stan Smith, like, Homer Simpsons that I was talking about in the episode, like, it was just a regular Stan Smith, and they just did the green with, like, his face on it. That was it. Yeah. So, like, only if you've seen it from the back or, like, you knew what I had on, that's the only way we would know yeah rather than a regular Stan Smith. But to take a whole shoe, and all pink, all green, all blue, eyeballs on the back. This is Nike we're talking about. This is crazy. That's what I'm saying. That's crazy.
00:32:42
Speaker
For sure. I respect that. yeah what should What's your five? My five is... Ho. Ho. Now, to like this to like this one.
00:32:54
Speaker
Number five on the list. Red metallic Nike foam possets. Okay. Number five. i'm not I'm not mad at that. I didn't i didn't end up getting them, unfortunately, because I wasn't as lucky as Eli. I don't know how he just hit on them. I almost wore them today.
00:33:11
Speaker
I almost wore them today. But just the nostalgic of that shoe growing up, like me and Spence talked about multiple times, just seeing dudes in high school that had it and just being like, they're so fire. When they come back out again, I'm getting them no matter what.
00:33:28
Speaker
just And i don't I don't even care if you're watching this and you're like, phone posits, boo, whatever. i I really don't care. Like, I really don't. This is a nostalgic shoe for me.
00:33:40
Speaker
I needed it. i I was willing to pay resale, but luckily I got it for retail. Man, got retail, no taxes, no shipping. Right. So I'm like, you know, just all that comes into play and just just enjoying like a shoe that I've wanted for a long time finally being in my hands to be like,
00:33:58
Speaker
Damn. Like, almost like a sigh of relief, like, the chase is over, in a sense. But... That's how feel about those Barclays, bro. That's why I'm... Like, you know, like, you just have that with certain shoes. And, you know, some people might have that with other shoes. Like, you know, just different stuff. And that's what it's all about. Just the chase of finding something. You like what you like.
00:34:17
Speaker
So, that's why the phone posits, the red ones, are number five. Top five for me. You wanna know why I didn't make my list? Why's that? I got two reasons. Okay. Number one is that collar.
00:34:30
Speaker
It's leather. Okay. I hate that. yeah i hate it. I still want them. Yeah. But I hate that I wasn't given what I wanted and that left a sour taste in my mouth. That's probably why i don't own them yet. I still want them, but I just don't own them yet. And that's, we we had talked about that as well, but that wasn't a breaking point for me. I think it was just, to me, it was just, I guess I keep saying the nostalgic of like, I've always wanted this shoe.
00:34:52
Speaker
So I just, no matter how it was going to come, is I was going to get it. Pause. Sorry. um The second reason that this can't be my top 10 is because my black foams are in my top 10.
00:35:05
Speaker
You know what saying? And, I mean, honorable mention to the foams, you know I'm saying? All black foams are honorable mention. I had to get those. There was no not getting the black foams. that That is the spent sanity shoot. Yeah, like I could not get the black foams. If Soul Sanity Sneaker Podcast gets big, not if, when it gets big,
00:35:26
Speaker
the muzz club The all black foam posits might just be the shoe. just So instead of the penny logo on the back, it's going to be the Soul Sandy Snickers Podcast logo. That's what I'm saying.
00:35:38
Speaker
Come on. that's all we Just little details. Maybe maybe some Barclays, though. you know but But the foams or phones ors are they like definitely a staple. I did want to put the red one on there. I thought about putting the black one on there. But...
00:35:54
Speaker
They just came out too recently as well. yeah The Black Phones came out like three years ago. It's been a while since we got the Red ones, though. so For that reason, they they they get some respect. But it's that collar. It's that collar for me. Not a true retro in my opinion.
00:36:08
Speaker
Needed, though. Number four. um This guy has been under some ah some... Well, these guys have been under some controversy lately. They were they were actually arguing on a ah Skype call.
00:36:19
Speaker
Oh, yeah. That's the OG... the oji uh, Mac attack. Oh, so the reason I had to add this shoe to my list is because we haven't got this shoe. This, this is like a 30 plus year retro, right? Um, maybe almost right at 30 years. And,
00:36:41
Speaker
We haven't had something like that except for a Jordan 1. Obviously, blazers are popular and Air Force 1s are still popular. But other than those shoes, we're not getting shoes from this era very often, especially a first-time retro in 2023. So that's crazy to me. The silhouette is beautiful. The tongue is crazy. but with The width box is crazy.
00:37:03
Speaker
And... and All of the colorways that have been coming out are crazy too, except for the cactus smack, whatever you want to call it. I'm not getting that one. Y'all can have it. Please. I got what I wanted. These are still under retail. Um, I got what I wanted. I have the social status. I need the, the original other two social status that were posted in that picture. Um, but they've been doing a great job with these, um,
00:37:26
Speaker
I don't understand how they're not more popular, but they're kind of long and bulky and they they have a weird mid cut. But I really enjoy that part about it because this is at at most like a it's a it's a tennis sneaker. yeah and And that's what's cool about it. so John McEnroe, keep fighting. Yeah, for sure. Because we heard the audio. Keep doing what you're doing. don't like Travis
Reimagined Classics: Air Max One and White Cement Threes
00:37:52
Speaker
anyway. Keep fighting. but ah I think with this one, like we like we've said, is um I'm glad that they're not just pushing out bullshit colorways of these. like They're sticking to that one, the social status ones, and maybe like...
00:38:08
Speaker
one or two other ones maybe but like a red one that that's non-collab a yellow one that's non-collab and a white and black yeah one that's not so it's they're not nike's finally not Like, yeah trying to catch the height or catch a hot hand and pushing it. So it's like, once again, they're doing, if you like it, you can have it, you can get It's available. So, and I think the social status ones, every pair that you've gotten and shown me has been fire and they've done a good job. Not my personal preference of a shoe, but I respect it for the retro and what they've done. Also, the long and like...
00:38:43
Speaker
weird shape of the shoe like i feel like that's the style now like people are going if anything right now people are going so crazy on fits and like just wearing weird stuff so i don't understand why this shoe is not doing more than what it needs to be doing from what you just said um with the shape thing it sounds like the cactus plant flea market is on your top three and that's not okay I hope you know that. It's not. okay it's not good It's not. The Flea? The Flea 2? It better not be on there. No, no, no. no okay The Flea's not. The Flea's not. It's not. It's not. It's not.
00:39:16
Speaker
It's not. It's not. It's not i guess a run not. Episode over. the fleet The Flea's not on there. The Flea. I do like that shoe, though. but oh um I heard you. I like the shoe. I like the Flea, but i not it's not on the top ten.
00:39:30
Speaker
What was that? That was four. That was four? That was four. Oh, number four. Yeah, here we go. Number four for me is the Union Jordan 1.
00:39:40
Speaker
Okay. um The Basket Weavers, whatever you want to call them. Yeah, I'm not... Baseball mitt. Yeah, whatever you want to call them, I don't care. Once again, I like this shoe. I enjoyed it.
00:39:51
Speaker
I like that they did neutral colorways. You know, the neutral color with the gray and and the cream. And I... I would do a 30 day challenge in this shoe.
00:40:02
Speaker
I would wear it 30 days straight to see how it would wear over time and I would buy it again. That's how much I really enjoy this shoe. And every time I wear it, people are asking me how comfortable it is, do I like it, you know what colors do I wear with it and everything like that. and so Once again, another shoe that I like. And I don't care if you like it.
00:40:24
Speaker
I enjoy it. yeah that's That's why it's on my top ten. That's what matters anyway. And I'm glad that it's on there because it's something you bought and that you enjoy. that's why when And that you want it for a while. but When we were doing the top ten, I mean, like you said.
00:40:37
Speaker
It was a shoe that came out, and I was like, damn, I like it. And I was like, well, let me see it in person. Then I seen it in person. The first time I seen it person was at the sneaker event, and it was my size, and and I bought it. Yeah, like, it was, at that point, it was, it was, no looking back. Okay, let me see it in a hand.
00:40:52
Speaker
I like it. Got it for a good price. And maybe a week later, I put it to feet, like. Straight to feet. You know? And I really do enjoy that shoe.
00:41:02
Speaker
um Yeah. Union and Jordan 1s, man. what's up i'm happy with that take i'm not mad i'm not upset so um like something that you own and that you really enjoyed and that you wanted from the from the jump that's what this list is about anyway so um i like that number three what you got it's at ross oh the reimagined jordan three classic um i didn't I didn't do this for fun, like to be funny. It's it's just it just number three. like It's a great shoe. haven't worn mine, but I really like it, and I'm going to at some point. And it's it's not something I could have passed up, but like I'm just not, a like I don't know, I'm not pressed to to like push it any higher on the list. I'm not pressed to wear it or anything like that, but it's definitely clean. I would love to have gotten one from Ross for $85. Yeah.
00:41:56
Speaker
However, I'm not that lucky. I did get them for retail, though, so I take that back. Me as well. But it's it's definitely ah a great shoe, and it's been a long time since we had a... a This close of a retro, um the ones, ah the JTH and the free throw line aren't as close. as close um But yeah, it's been a while since we got this one. I think it's 2011. I would say the same thing. A shoe that I got for retail that you respect because it's the closest thing that we've we've gotten to an OG.
00:42:26
Speaker
um So that was that's a shoe that, once again, we have the same belief. It's... Predominantly white, so we're not too pressed about it, but it's also paying respect to the OGs.
00:42:39
Speaker
Not really pressed about wearing it because I have it as well, um but just a good shoe to have in the collection just overall. Maybe when I get the fours, I'll wear these. Yeah. Maybe. For sure.
00:42:52
Speaker
Number three. Yeah, that one's short. which For me? Yeah. Oh, you already know. Terror Squad Air Force Ones. Okay. Let's go. i forgot. I knew they were coming out. Black and blue pair. That's all I was to say. Let's go. What about the red? As a collective, red, need them. All of them. So which one's the best? Probably red.
00:43:09
Speaker
Just red's my favorite color, so I would say red. That's fair. But I've recently acquired the black and white pair, finally. Shout out Vern. Shout out Vern. Friends and family list. How you doing? so dog um Yeah, Vern clutched up once again. But and once again, another shoe that I wanted when it when they were rumored to release it. They came out. I waited for a minute.
00:43:32
Speaker
I was debating on buying from StockX, StockX, StockX. Asking people if they had them. They said no. And... You know, I asked Vern for a favor and just hoping and praying, and he called.
00:43:46
Speaker
So shout out to Vern again, man. I i put them, I think I bought them on Thursday, that Saturday at work, and they were on feet. So once again, another shoe that I truly enjoyed, put it on feet.
00:43:59
Speaker
And you could say whatever, Panda, Culloway, once again, I i don't care. Call it what you want. I don't care. Just what, to me, and I'm not even a big Fat Joe person, music-wise. Like, rapper, he's got hits, and, you know, he's a classic rapper.
00:44:16
Speaker
But just what he means to sneaker culture and as somebody who just loves sneakers in general, and of course the all-time meme of him licking the bottom of the shoe, all of that, like, in a sense it felt like I had to pay respects in a sense, but like,
00:44:33
Speaker
Just in the speculation of they got the dude fired that was originally making this shoe at Nike, and now it's like 30 years later they actually are releasing it. mike just I truly enjoy these forces, so that's why it's number three on me. I'm not mad at the tear squad. that's That's a great one.
00:44:50
Speaker
the like It's true just like respect on ah on a silhouette and ah and a design that is long overdue for an actual... production you know it's it's long overdue for a person that deserves it yeah i would say agreed and it's a shoe that he is known for an air force one so just shout out shout out fat joe man joey crack what do you do telling come on the pod come on the podcast for for the free don't need i don't need no booking fee either yeah i can't afford that joe we can't afford that
00:45:25
Speaker
Number two, I don't own this one. I'm so sad about that because it's a shoe that I should have been able to get very easily. Air Max One Big Bubble. and Classic.
00:45:38
Speaker
Classic. I mean, 1987, we're talking about an old retro. We're talking about, i mean, what is that? 36 years? 36-year retro to the true, like, specs? Yeah.
00:45:52
Speaker
In the original colorway? Yeah, um I mean, you're lucky it's not number one. You know what I'm saying? and it And if I had it, it might be number one. There's there's like... There's not a lot I can say about it besides like Tinker Hatfield is the greatest designer of all time. um And, yeah, just I wish I was able to get it.
00:46:12
Speaker
The Obsidian Colorway is out now, too, so and it came out this year. So that's more of the reason for this to be like up there. I didn't think about that. i probably would have put it in number one, to be honest with you. Classic. I'm not changing my list, though.
00:46:24
Speaker
um But, yeah, it's the Big Bubble is is definitely like... a classic silhouette, and I'm glad it was retro to what it needed to be
Personal Sneaker Preferences and Cultural Impact
00:46:32
Speaker
today. Are you a old man on the inside? um Maybe, quite possibly. I drink an A&W root beer, and I've been told that's a grandpa drink. so Call me what you want. but ah Hey, shout out the ah shout-out to you for that the Air Max 1 pitch of the other day.
00:46:47
Speaker
Oh, yeah, I tried. It's not getting as many likes as I would have liked, but that just means my niece won't get ah as big of ah a... Christmas present. Yeah, a re-gifted Christmas present. So, you know, if this comes out before the week is up, you know, go ahead and like that post for me so my niece can get whatever she wants. We're going to off track a little bit because I feel like I've been needing to say this and we haven't been recording.
00:47:11
Speaker
Picture-taking. Shout-out to Maxwell Souls, man. My dog. You've been and you've been inspiring me ah on many different levels. And also the picture-taking that you take of these shoes. Phenomenal. Just A1 quality, and it makes me appreciate a shoe more and makes me want to buy more shoes. So, it's a love-hate relationship because...
00:47:33
Speaker
You make me vibe on shoes and that doesn't help my pockets. But it's also an appreciation. And also, I've never met this gentleman. But if he hangs around you, he's got to be a good person. Yeah, cool dude. And he posts stuff that he likes. Like, it's stuff that you see, like, you don't see on every other blog or every other...
00:47:52
Speaker
photographer like sneak photographers person so shout out maxwell souls man definite definitely go uh check out maxwell souls and uses his codes to get whatever you need on reshovenator or collect uh i hope i said that correctly also he sent me a video um last night uh camped out i think he i think he moved to durham so i'm assuming it's a sneaker uh a skate shop in durham camped out for the uh sbs and he got two pair was about say i think he posted a picture he got blossom and buttercup yeah for retail so um shout out to my dude and i will say this is a dude this this this dude's sneaker account sneakers account is crazy his mom hits
00:48:34
Speaker
like anybody he like i'll hit him up i'd be like damn bro i missed he'd be like yeah my mom hit for me i'm like oh my god bro his mom sneakers account is lit his sneakers account is lit like just like just following him on his main page i see got him got him got him and then it'll be like i mean now he does his work and he he enters all the raffles and make sure he's on top of everything but this is not a dude who's paying a bunch of money he gets everything for just about retail that he gets so um I mean, shout out to my dude. Shout out. He's he's he's on top. He's on top. Shout out Maxwell, man.
00:49:07
Speaker
What'd he do? what was What's your two? Number two. a Reimagine White Cement threes. Okay. That's, that's a great one. Um, uh, we need to go scope out Ross real quick. You know, maybe, is it a double up kind of pair or is it, uh, not, maybe not double up, but if a lightly used pair came across my, my vicinity at the right price, would probably buy it to wear it. Um, well, I mean an $85 one at Ross. Oh yeah. No, yeah. Yeah. Is that double up worthy? No box $85? Yeah. For sure. $85. $85. Yeah. Okay. I'm doubling up. Just making sure. Yeah. Um,
00:49:45
Speaker
But I would say lightly worn because um' the way that shoe is, I would rather be worn already so then I can just slip it on and not really... edit did But I also have my pair of, like you said, like the yeah nostalgic and like the first time doing it in a shoe is... I will say it's a lot easier to wear a worn sneaker for the first time. yes Easier on my heart because...
00:50:09
Speaker
Taking these out of the box and wearing them for the first time is really like ah a traumatizing event. It takes Because you don't know where you're going to step out, where you're going, what happen. I'm just never going to do that again. yeah And it's the whole reason with the J. Cole thing. is I'm never going to be able to do that for the first time again. so um It is what it is. I need to get over it or I need to stop buying sneakers because at this point, at the rate that I get them...
00:50:31
Speaker
To the rate that I wear them, I'm losing. I'm losing bad. if somebody if If any of these shoes fall apart before I get the chance to wear them, be sick. Yeah, it's going to be bad. need to really step it up. Number one, man. Now is my time.
00:50:43
Speaker
Go ahead. Let me hear it. see He's out.
00:50:49
Speaker
Okay. I know what this is Man, if this ain't sneaker of the year, I don't know what it is. I tried to tell y'all in the midpoint of the of our season one that that this was going to be on sneaker of the year. If this is not a sneaker of the year, I don't know what sneaker of the year is. don't care what he has to say or what his number one is. If it's Travis Olives, I'm be mad.
00:51:08
Speaker
So I need to prepare to be mad. But if this is not sneaker of the year, then I truly don't know what it is. If you're not Team Jaron, just say that. If you're not Team Jaren, just say that. Look at the laces.
00:51:23
Speaker
Great Man, where are the lace locks at? And I will say, whenever we were at the sneaker event, you were wearing these. You were definitely getting more compliments on those than probably anybody else in the whole building because you were actually wearing them. This is how I roll.
00:51:45
Speaker
That's just how I roll, bro. Take it easy. Yeah. If this is my sneaker of the year, I don't know what it is. i yeah I'm leaving these out here. Is this why the Vermero at number 10 got the snake face from you? Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely, bro. I didn't know. I was just... Bump bump the rest of the Vermeros. What about this one? that is not This is crazy.
00:52:05
Speaker
That's what I'm saying. I put it in top 10. They've had a great year. I mean, i'm I'm glad, but just off the strength of this one alone, like, like dang right here yeah He's about to get so bad. You're about to get so bad. It's Travis Olive. No, it's not. it's not You want me to go ahead? My number one sneaker of the year is the Jordan 4 SB Pine Greens.
00:52:29
Speaker
Because it's, it's, I, I, no, you know this. You know this. I am a, I am a true number, a number four fan. I am a true four fan. okay The fact that it's the first one of being the SB Jordan four, the first one in history. And I got to witness it.
00:52:45
Speaker
I do agree. The colorway should have been a lot better. Should have been a lot better. We could have done something different. But the fact of the, just the little subtle effects, the the rubber back with the s nike part of the whole shoe the s Nike SB on the back instead of the Jumpman or Nike Air, it's Nike SB.
00:53:04
Speaker
And then just just that shoe in general, I truly enjoy with it being the first one of its kind. So i know I know you hate that shoe and you despise that shoe, but...
00:53:16
Speaker
that is That is my number one. And a shoe that I don't own, but I have been looking for, but you can't find lightly used pairs. And I'm um' i'm not paying brand new prices. um I'm not doing it. I
00:53:31
Speaker
i have a question. if if If there was no resale or no hype, I would still buy it, yes. No, that's not what I was going to say. Why did you buy the Brooklyn instead of those?
00:53:44
Speaker
If you had the money. Because I knew the SB4 would be more accessible to me than the Brooklyn Force would be. I knew that a SB4 and a 99.5 is sitting at a store, Greensboro, Charlotte, whatever, for whatever price.
00:54:04
Speaker
But the Brooklyn was worn, and I knew that trying to find a pair for that price again would be... harder to find because then in the future that would have been i should have paid certain dollar amount for that because over time the Brooklyn obviously with Virgil passing away we don't know if gonna get any more off-white Nikes in the future um Or any retros of them anytime soon. So that's why I chose that one. And to be fair, i got the Brooklyn because I don't like the yellow one and I do not need another UNC blue color.
00:54:42
Speaker
So I thought the lime green one would broaden my that's fair my range of clothing and... Also, just a rare shoe in general. That's fair. My question was to say, if it's sneaker of the year and you was going buy a green shoe anyway, know what saying? Right, yeah. But I understand. mean, you can't pass up some prices a lot of times.
00:55:04
Speaker
Another honormentch i know and honorable mention list is already getting two. It was only one, but now now it's gotten long. Getting thick. The Lucky Green Jordan 3 that came out in the women's women one queen was such a clean shoe. And I think the reason I don't want to buy the SB is because that one's it's because that one's I have that one.
00:55:25
Speaker
And it's the same green. So umm that's why I'm like a little bit hesitant. But I still want the SB 4 for for sure But when the Lucky Green 3 came out, I truly bought that shoe because I enjoyed it and I wanted more 3s at the time.
00:55:41
Speaker
And now I've worn it and I was like, oh. I do enjoy this shoe. And it's got the yellowing, like a reimagined 3 as well. So just an overall low-key shoe that I enjoy that's the same green color as well. oh And I feel like I would have to give up the lucky green to get the 4 because it's the same color in a
Conclusion and Future Podcast Plans
00:56:04
Speaker
sense. Not necessarily. but Not necessarily, but...
00:56:07
Speaker
two shoes with the same color in my eyes I feel like I would have to give up the lucky green three for the four. And I just don't think that's something I would want to do right now. Cause I truly enjoy the three and you don't see it that often. So it's crazy that the, uh, lucky or pine green one, two, three, and four came out this year.
00:56:26
Speaker
So look out for fives in the front half of next year. Um, And that lucky that lucky the war that lucky green the and i have her two one, then the the twos were, I mean, the one, two, and three was clean shoes. And I'm not saying this just to be saying it, but because we work in retail, you know that...
00:56:52
Speaker
when a Royal Reimagined One comes out, here comes a Jordan One Mid-Bred. yeah Or a Jordan One Mid-Royal, right? So, if a SB4 comes out,
00:57:03
Speaker
Here comes a lucky green three all of a sudden. A lucky green one all of sudden. But the twos were before the fours. Were they? The ones and the twos, I think, were before the fours. Okay. um If only by little bit. what saying. But, you know, they move around to release dates anyway. They do plan and put stuff around each other. Yeah, I was going to say because of, like, all of a sudden you get an SB4, you can go to Hibby and get a lucky green shirt now all of sudden. Yeah. You know what I mean? So it's like...
00:57:30
Speaker
you no Nike knows what they're doing. I mean, there will be a low and a mid of every single high that comes out Exactly. All the time. Exactly. And it'll be available before and after for the people who don't want to pay their price payment or aren available aren't able to get their hands on it. For sure.
00:57:47
Speaker
Sneaker the year though oh think of the year, though? though. I mean, but no, I know you like Jordan Force. If I knew you wanted him bad enough to put him on your number one sneaker the year, man, you could have my pair. Like, you know, I'm pretty sure i traded him to get these. Or maybe I traded him for the goods or something. I think you traded him for the fresh goods. yeah i think so. But, I mean, either way, like, you know, we could have something out. yeah I didn't know you wanted him like that.
00:58:15
Speaker
But you got two shoes. whether it was for I think it was for the Fresh Good. Yeah, and I traded the Off-White Dunks for these. But still, a Fresh Good is still a great shoe. And I respect you taking a shoe like that and trading it because it shows that you're true to yourself and you're also getting something that you know that you're going to wear more of yeah than the SB4. It might have been a 10, too. I think it was a 10.
00:58:39
Speaker
But still, I mean, could have figured something out. but anyways... The fact that, once again, this whole list is just based off stuff that we've truly enjoyed.
00:58:51
Speaker
So with you moving the SB to get something that I know you're actually going to wear, you're going to like more. No hate in my heart, brother. No hate in my heart whatsoever. i'm not I'm not mad. Your list is not as upsetting as you as you made it seem like it was going to I just knew you was going to mad at me for number one. The four is definitely an egregious take, and I cannot agree. However, I understand why you did it, um and I hope that you...
00:59:17
Speaker
either get over the having two colors of the same and are able to get it or you get that three soon so you can have your sneaker of the year because i mean you know like in my opinion like sneaker of the year is something that i'm gonna like obviously in in order um i'm gonna go for those in that like that order so i'm gonna go for the powerpuff girls before i get the moves um even though my goat credit was sitting for the moves but now I'm getting a Powerball girl. I can't sit on those. I can't wait on those. And I think, it like you said, just overall, just accessibility of getting the shoe. Like, it would come in phases. Like, something would come out and I'd be like, dang, I want Terror Squad Forces. I want the black, the blue. They would hit me hard. You know, i want the black I want the black and the blue.
01:00:01
Speaker
But then I'd be like, dang.
01:00:04
Speaker
I can get a SB4, but can get two Terrasquav forces for the same price as the SB4 right now. Or the Union ones, I liked it, I seen it. I wasn't planning on spending money at that event because it was for the sole sanity and you know we walk around, whatever. But it was just one of the things he had it.
01:00:22
Speaker
And it's just like, that's how it goes. So I have other shoes on my top 10 that I know that I will enjoy as well as much as the four. It's just that the four just wasn't accessible to me. Or if it was, it wasn't the right time because I was buying something else. so That's fair.
01:00:40
Speaker
How many of your top 10 do you own? Five. Let's see. two, three, four. i think I think five is correct. Five, six. I own six.
01:00:51
Speaker
Unless you want to So I... Yeah, I own six. Six of ten, but the Powerpuff Girls is three, so I own six of twelve. Yeah, I'm five. so I'm half. I'm half, just like you. white Yeah, White Cement 3, Terror Squad, Forces, Union Ones, Metallic Red Foams, and I still have my OG pair of Thunder 4, so I still technically have a Thunder 4. No, have five. I'm at five. Five of twelve.
01:01:18
Speaker
Fomeros, Reimagine 3s, Magatax, JTips, and the Hi-85s. I don't have the Air Max ones. Unfortunately, I have the the old anniversary pair, but it's not not the one that came out this year. So that sucks. But um dang, that means that i took a I'm on That sucks. We're about that's that's a l of a year for me how do get other I got some stuff, though. I got some joints. I was about to say... I'm going to go back.
01:01:46
Speaker
I mean, I tracked these down, in the UNC3s. I will say, though, there's only a couple of these that I'm willing to go back and pay so far. I'm good on their Grinches. I'm good on their Burritos for a long time. Yeah, well, that and I think when we were doing a lot of videos as well, it was just... um We were talking about how they were just pushing out, like...
01:02:06
Speaker
just felt like bs for a little bit so it was like we took a break from the new stuff for a little bit and was going back and getting older stuff that we had been looking for or trading for or whatever so um it was a mixed year because it was definitely some good shoes obviously but then there was some some bad ones as well so Yeah. And at some points, um, there's too many things coming out of retail that I know I'm going to get for me to go back and pay resale on some stuff. Um, like I know we didn't mention it, but the gratitude 11, obviously like I wasn't going to miss out on that. No matter what I said about it earlier in the year, it's, it's clean enough and close enough to the DMP that I wanted yeah for me to get it.
01:02:48
Speaker
What I have rather had the DMP, obviously. Yeah. You know, it wasn't to the point where I wasn't to, would even still say like how we both feel about the Royal re-imagine, like, You know, that's a great shoe, but, you know, there was just other things that had came out. the That black toe Jordan 1 low that I was so hyped about that I ended up getting for retail. Like, I love that shoe and I wear that shoe a lot, but there was just other things that, you know, I i wanted on my top 10.
01:03:16
Speaker
But it's just how it goes. Yeah, there's a lot of shoes that could have been on the top 10. I think I might have some sitting at my door should have been on the 10 of black phones. Oh, UPS man's here. Yeah, let's hope. Alright, so we'll go ahead and do a fit check. You want me go first? Yes, you got it.
01:03:31
Speaker
Alright, so I brought out something haven't worn in probably about two years. Nike Air Structure. I believe this is an OG colorway. have a few more that I need to get. Regular gray sweats with the Sasuke Dior hoodie. My man's rocking his his purple Ruchimaru clothes. this is a This is a custom like anime hoodie from...
01:03:55
Speaker
ah can't I can't believe where that lady makes it. Malaysia. It's Jin Wei. I will link her in the the bio. I'm going simple today.
01:04:08
Speaker
Soul Sandy blue hoodie with the curated height cuff sweats and my UNC3s that I've picked up this year. Designer head to toe.
01:04:19
Speaker
Yeah, designer head to toe. You know how I go. a Shop all your Soul Sandy merch on the website, man. Yeah, shout out Soul Sandy. This hoodie is on sale. Everything is limited sizing, but that hoodie is on sale.
01:04:35
Speaker
Um, all right. Um, so we should be back, uh, weekly with the schedule, hopefully maybe every two weeks, but you know, as frequently as possible, at least once every 10 days. Um, but that was season two, episode one of a soul sanity sneaker podcast. Um, a lot of things that come, check out the website is back up and running. So sanity.com. Um, everything's on sale, just about everything's on sale. And, uh, we have a lot of stuff coming, uh,
01:05:03
Speaker
So maybe maybe podcast merch. Yeah. Who knows? So make sure you like, comment, subscribe. Definitely tell us your top 10 in the comments. We would love to hear it. And we will reply to every single one of you. Follow us on Instagram. So and you can tell us on there as well. So tell us whose top 10 is better.
01:05:22
Speaker
um Tell Eli that his number one is bad. But yeah, we'll see you guys next time on So Sandy Sneaker Podcast. I'm Spence. Eat up.