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what up everybody it's Joe from complex
we're in New York City a city and goods
with tech expert marques Brownlee sad to
be here gonna do some sneaker shopping
today gonna see what he's feeling what
he's not and then hopefully he's gonna
buy some sneakers definitely let's go
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marques saw a video and you said you're
not a big sneaker head per se but that
your cousins
yeah our sneaker heads yeah did they
make you aware of this world coming up
well them a little bit they're both
younger than me but they're both
Hooper's so they they're a poor super
into shoes also some of the guys at the
studio bigger sneaker heads and I I
wouldn't call myself super into that
world yet but as far as these first few
years of experimenting with it I'm
finding a lot of stuff I like one thing
about you you were a lot of Jordan ones
you came Jordan one psg that's
absolutely true for someone so tech
forward I thought maybe some more
technology runners what is it about the
Jordan ones I mean its facility is
obviously timeless I'm sure you could
ask thousand people they don't look
great a lot of people's favorites but
they also are kind of like that
launching point so like I got into a lot
of ones and one of my first favorite
pairs of shoes is ones but then after
that you sort of find variations of it
you find later Jordans maybe other Nikes
from other athletes that kind of fit in
line with that so this is just kind of
like the the launching point for me I
guess and you have a bunch of these like
we said you're wearing the PS G's I
noticed the Couture ones you've been
wearing a lot you don't yeah look at or
what I love these I have a funny story
about these I call these a gaff tape
ones okay I have other black ones like
the PS cheese looks like you just put a
red piece of tape around yo colloquially
known at our video studio as gaff tape
ones shooting a YouTube original series
where we happen to have an experiment
with dry ice okay then I had to have
closed toed shoes I wore these jordan
says you know have little little
perforations on the top so they needed
to like cover my toes just to make sure
I didn't get any dry ice yeah liquid
nitrogen in them
so they put some gaff tape on the top of
the shoes so I have a picture of the
gaff tape gaff tape one Wow we need that
I'm big manatees marques you were part
of two big sneaker launches yes the Kobe
11 you got to interview him it was for
this shoe yeah different colorway but
what what did you take from him in terms
of how involved he is in the design
aspect and things like that part of the
reason I can get so into shoes is
because of specific footwear for
athletes that's designed a certain way
and I was actually surprised when he was
talking to me about the shoe how
involved he is in making a shoe that's
both like custom for him and it sort of
represents parts of his career and
things like that and the tech in it you
know what he's a professional
interviewee so he is really good at
making me look like a good interviewer
this is one of the first interviews I
ever did but I mean he could talk about
the shoe and basketball all day that was
a that was pretty special for me
the other launch you were a part of
Steph Curry five-step very fast I asked
you to come in they did kind of like a
Steve Jobs Apple type of cake ball yeah
how did that come about
that was his team reaching out they
wanted to do again focus on the tech in
the shoe and I figured what better way
than to have sort of a additional
character that was sort of tech focused
I played myself in a commercial
basically and we're here to talk to talk
about what was in the shoe which is
pretty funny I met Steph afterwards this
was also right before he won a chip so
this is like I feel like I've either
good luck or you get a rich they give
you a ring I didn't get a ring for my
partner commercial which is kind of a
bummer that I know I still feel like I
contribute a little bit marques when it
comes to reviewing tech you're held with
the highest regard on YouTube I was
wondering you know we have people like
Nightwing and Jacque Slade who do
unboxings and reviews sneakers what
advice could you give to a young creator
who was trying to get into the unboxing
and review space on YouTube so your
voice matters obviously you want to not
try to copy something that already
exists I love a job by the way I've met
a couple times right guys but you want
to have your own unique perspective and
that might sound super obvious but if
you just kind of copy what already
exists in this sneaker world there's so
many different things to choose from and
there's no reason to watch what you're
making because it already exists so you
come with their own voice your own
perspective maybe if you're in a
cinematography your own camera tricks
things like that but at the end of the
day there's a million shoes to choose
from so you'll find something
cool and it's all about being discerning
really letting them know and Hans Hans
and honest yeah yeah there's got to be
stuff you don't like then that kind of
falls in line with all the rest of stuff
you can like seven out of ten shoes and
you can make those seven videos but if
there's those last three that you're
like I really wish these were different
I wish there was something better about
these give that feedback that's actually
usually just as valuable 2016 you're one
of the first people to review the air
mags trip the reissue you like them as a
prop foot as a wearable sneaker not your
first recommendation and out they're
heavy I mean you kind of look to
sneakers to being a little mix of
practicality functionality and design
they nail the design it looks dope but
there's like batteries and motors and
things in it that you just can't really
wear them every day and then you know we
saw this year the Nike adapt breeze
which the basketball on court shoe we
saw a Kyle Kuzma wear them nice and
Tatum what do you think the steps that
they're making with every iteration to
improve the tech well it's impressive
that they're actually wearing them on
the court now so like two generations in
they still are working I'm sure on
things like shrinking the amount of
batteries you need shrinking the size of
the motors and mostly the weight because
we talk to any athlete the weight of the
shoe is important you just read it and
like ounces on you know already how it's
gonna feel on your foot yeah but yeah
the the fact that the tech has gotten
this good this fast is a testament to
how hard they're actually working on
it's not just marketing anymore
another type of technology I wanted to
talk about adidas is doing 4d printing
with the future Kraft this sole have you
got a chance to experience these yet no
so they're calling a 40 yeah 40 printing
even though there's 3d printing you know
it's it's a thing they like to you know
again toss up the marketing and sort of
play out the tech aspect a little bit
and the way that it's actually made is
better as far as making them cheaper and
making them on a mass production scale
it looks pretty dope you're not gonna
lie but I haven't gotten Stefan them yet
and see what I actually feel like brands
always say it's always starts with the
athlete or who we start with function
over how it looks what do you think
right now is kind of winning the tech
game when it comes to major sneaker
brands good question I mean I'm so
focused on the cleats when it comes to
like the the lightweight and the
performance of it and every year since I
have to buy them every year Nike is is
still evolving their cleats and a lot of
it if I'm wearing soccer cleats is about
the foot touch on the ball we're not
doing that as much when we're running
around throwing the disc right but I
still do feel the difference in the
cleats hope when they get a little more
durable but they are getting more light
and more sturdy so that's good well we
talked about everything now is the easy
part get the browser shelves see what
you're gonna take home I'm ready let's
do it
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I was talking about a little bit splash
of color before and I think in this
colorway this little double that will
totally look I like these a lot and
check these out
so these I've always kind of liked and
I've had my eye on for a bit being a red
and black fan human race shoutout to
John from TLV he put me on these while
ago the off-white to Chicago if there's
a good time to get these is probably
right now so I'll add these two cards
what size same size so 12 and 1/2 okay
this guy right here
full little two-tone dual color look I
think that's it for today alright Marcos
your total for today is 9700 $14.90 yeah
I think I'm done for a while after this
one
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you don't appreciate it enjoy it out go
on take that pretty thing
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so marques came through got some great
pickups thanks so much for taking the
time thanks for hosting you know where
to find them YouTube don't buy any tech
without this guy
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