today we're going to be taking a look at the j balvin air jordan 1.
i just picked these up today for my sneaker collection and i think i got
them at a good price i'll let you guys determine that by the end of the video
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we get started with the shoe you know we always have to kick some history and knowledge behind
the sneaker as to why the value is driven to what it is today so let's go ahead and get into it this
is called the air jordan one j balvin if you don't know who jay balvin is he's a colombian reggaeton
artist who has sold over 35 million records worldwide and is called the prince of reggaeton
and to make things even better the air jordan 1 came out in 1985 and that was the same year that
he was born so taking a look at the box you have your classic og style air jordan one box with a
major twist they took the same color inspiration from the sneaker and put it on the nike logo here
and the same color from the outsole with the nike hero on the outside retail on this shoe was 190
dollars and these came out in december of 2020 a few months ago lifting up in the lid of the box
you have an all-over print with a basketball a lightning bolt a j balvin logo and a jumpman and
i think it's a pretty dope little hit to say that they do have these accents on the sneaker as well
peeling back the first layer of paper you have two sets like that and then you have your white paper
and then you got the shoe oh you got the shoe okay first impression of this sneaker
i love it that's why i bought it i mean you guys should know that right now i know a lot of people
have mixed emotions about this shoe but i'll explain my reasoning a little bit later into
the video as to why i love this shoe so much let me know how you feel about these down below in the
fashion we gotta break down this sneaker look at a little bit more in depth and let you guys see
it in hand and different things like that then we'll talk styles cuts and materials prices my
opinions your opinions all those different things so let's go ahead and get into it starting with
the outsole you have your classic air jordan 1 outsole it looks like it's a pinkish color
not a sail not a white but has like soft pink kind of tint to it similar to what we saw on the side
of the box going to the midsole you have the same kind of concept with that all pink vibes with the
pink stitch on there as well and then the upper all the upper yeah we got a lot to talk about
with this one so first i'm going to talk about the color and then i'm going to talk about the styles
and cuts of the sneaker so that way you kind of have a better understanding but the initial
color concept of this as you can see you have a red kind of radiating off into different colors
kind of giving you that rainbow vibe with the red fitting to the orange to the yellow to the green
throughout the sneaker on the front and back end of the sneaker and the center of the shoe has that
red hit to it the concept behind this colorway is supposed to represent an energy pulse as the
beat drums and the music plays now something that is very interesting about the materials and the
cut of this sneaker this is something that we have never seen before maybe on the materials
but not the cut throughout the entire upper of the sneaker it looks like you have a pretty
durable mesh type material and then you have some hits of a black tumbled leather kind of more of a
shiny glossier leather here on the back end of the collar or the rugged cut leather around the nike
swoosh but if you look closer at the sneaker where all the white stitch lines are they mirror the
exact same type of air jordan 1 og high so overall you can definitely see that it is an air jordan
1 but as you can also see the lines are very very interesting with the zigzag around the toe
or the puffy kind of cloud like around here around the ankle and different things like that around
the back side of the foot i think it's pretty dope and really creative and a nice way to step outside
of the box if you look at his style and the way he performs on the stage and everything like that i
think this shoe really mirrors him and definitely is a good representation of his style now looking
on the back on the heel of the sneaker if you look on the left foot you have a velcro patch
right here this one comes with the jumpman and if you look on the right foot on the back foot you
have a velcro patch as well and that's with his logo with the smiley face and also in the package
right here you have additional set of laces and other velcro patches basketballs and everything
like that that you saw on the paper these are also interchangeable patches that go on the sides of
the sneaker as well one thing that i can say that they didn't lack with was the creativity and the
accessories that come with the shoe at 190 dollars for the retail price point i feel like when it
comes to that stuff i think they did a good job for that retail price you have a set of lime green
laces pink laces white laces and black laces that come with the shoe typically you may get one extra
pair of laces no velcro patches or sometimes just the only prayer laces that come with the shoe so
i feel like this is solid for the materials and execution of the sneaker especially with the cuts
and all that stuff i understand where they're going and when i look at this premium nice satin
sock liner on the inside yeah this is something i never really noticed until i saw this shoe in hand
and i'm like bro they did a really good job on this shoe again it's wild i get it but overall i'm
definitely not mad at this sneaker when you look at the tongue right here you have all white mesh
tongue and it's actually kind of like a salish pinkish color as well it's not a pure white and it
has that same kind of similar tint similar vibe to the outsole but it's just a little bit lighter a
little bit more faint at the top of the tongue on the left foot you have the smiley face right here
and then you have the jumpman on the right foot and then on the back of the tongue it's opposite
so you have a jumpman here smiley face on the back smiley face here jumpman on the back and another
cool little aspect that i saw was on the edge of the tongue they have the exposed foam right here
with the zigzag cut with the mesh on the outside here you have a vault insole with a smiley face on
both of the insoles and that's pretty much it when it comes to initial just look at the sneaker now
let's talk about opinions price and what everybody else thinks about the shoe where this shoe will be
valued and why i chose to buy this shoe at the price that i bought it at so as most people know
before this sneaker came out it was originally debuted back in february and it didn't release
until december of 2020. so almost a whole year there was anticipation building around this
sneaker and we saw prices in my size range around eleven hundred dollars before the sneaker released
on release date the shoe was then worth about six hundred dollars so soon as this shoe came out it
went down in price to almost half of what it was valued out two weeks before it dropped a lot of
people were skeptical some people got the shoe and sold it immediately made a bunch of money other
people were happy with having the shoe in general other people were saying well maybe i should keep
it and hold it later it's going to go up in value all these different things me personally i wanted
to get it for 190 bucks and i wanted to keep the shoe so i was like hey if i can't get this shoe
for a solid deal i'm not going to buy the shoe at all or i'll just be patient and eventually i'll
find it so in today's current market this sneaker is valued around 550 to 600 depending on where
you buy it at and it's actually funny because i had somebody ask me about a week ago about the
j balvins and then next thing you know they popped up in front of my face and i ended up picking them
up when it comes to future projections i think this shoe has the potential to go up in value
maybe to around 850 bucks or something like that over time it's just gonna take a while for people
to really appreciate it and maybe other people even seeing people pulling off dope outfits with
this sneaker if you think about it the shoe came out in december it's only been about four months
since this shoe has really been out we still got to give it some time and let it simmer it could
also go in the other direction like the dover street market that shoe was worth a lot of money
and the next thing you know it was going for like 200 bucks so it could potentially drop in value
and i might take a l on the shoe who knows i don't know maybe if it's biased or not but i think that
the shoe has a chance to still go up in value when it comes to the overall in-game and if you plan on
collecting the shoe or buying it and holding it and all those different things i think you should
be able to get your money's worth but like i tell a lot of people try to talk people down try to get
it for a solid price try to get it for somewhere around four or four fifty and i feel like that way
it'll be a lot harder to lose at the end of the day if you got it for a solid price so if you guys
are wondering how much i spent on this shoe i got this pair of shoes for 500 it is a promo sample
so i feel like it was worth it just because it's a little bit more exclusive than what everybody else
has so let me know what you guys think about this shoe down below when it comes to pricing
what would you buy it at what would you sell it at how much are you willing to pay do you not like
the shoe at all would you not even pay any money would you take this shoe for free let me know
down below how you feel about these down below in the comment section i also went to instagram
to see what everybody thinks on there if the shoe is fire or trash if you haven't already make sure
you follow me on ig so you can participate in the polls and see the results here on the videos
this is what the people said 66 percent of the people chose fire and 34 of the people chose trash
i completely understand both sides i think at the end of the day yes the majority of the people do
like this sneaker some people may just not have the style or the ability to pull off the sneaker
or it might even just be the confidence to wear a shoe like this that is so loud some people just
like to wear shoes that are low-key be out the way and i completely understand it now when will
i wear these i don't know when hopefully i got an opportunity to find a cool little fit to wear on
instagram or something and show you guys wearing them on a trip or something like that i don't know
but one day i plan on wearing this shoe i gotta put something together we're gonna figure it out
but i'm gonna pull it off drop a comment down below and let me know what would be the ideal
outfit that you would wear with a sneaker like this so i think that's gonna do it i hope that
gave you guys some good value and understanding to why i spent what i spent and where i think this
shoe is gonna go and all those other things about the sneaker i hope you guys enjoyed this video
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