today we're gonna be talking about the black cat force I'm going to be using
errors from 2006 all the way up to 2020 let's go ahead and open up this box and
start breaking these shoes down what's happening how you guys doing how you
been if you did not know my name is DJ and this is the DNA show today we're
going to be talking about these black cat fours but I want to do it with a bit
of a twist I want to take it back in time and talk about the different style
that they now have on this version from 2006 to 2012 in time so I'm pretty sure
they've made some tweaks over those years so let's go ahead and get to
unboxing this shoe first we'll look at it just a little bit talk about the past
and then we can start going into depth about the shoes and the shoes that we're
gonna be using today actually before we even get started with that I'm gonna be
using the 2019 cool by fours inbred fours and then uh oh six Lightning four
I do not have my old black cat fours anymore from 2006
I saw those the Wilson Chandler a few years back and I just never ended up
getting up another pair because I had a feeling they would end up coming out of
a game which they did and I ended up picking up three pairs on the drop day
so I'm very happy and excited to open these up so let's go ahead and get right
into it typically you see the red Jumpman with the white flight and a
black top here it's all murdered out triple black so you got a metallic jump
man a metallic flight and a black top I think this is a very dope touch and it's
gonna look really nice in the sneaker collection the tags look pretty much
identical from the previous releases everybody knows they already came out so
I don't need to tell you much about that but if you did end up picking up a pair
top a comment down below and let me know if you thought it was worth a hundred
and ninety dollars or not so normally on the Box you have your all over cement
print around the side of the box and then here on this one you still have the
same thing but it's black in metallic at the same time that is also another very
dope hit to me just overall from the get-go looking at
the box and everything I'm happy now let's go ahead and get into the shoes
and see how we feel about those okay opening the box up we have our classic
black paper that they've been doing over the years kind of plastic you vibe when
it comes to that paper now ooh Oh baby let's get in two of these
because honestly from the first look I'm not sure how I feel about these actually
this is gonna be an interesting review there's like don't parts in weird parts
so let's uh let's check these joints out okay so we have the black cat four right
here and I have three different shoes that I feel like are very comparable to
this sneaker obviously not the color-blocking we understand that but I
want to talk about the cuts the materials and the full shape of the shoe
because I feel like that plays a factor on how we can compare this one to a past
pair like a 2006 era or something similar to the 2019 Russians that have
previously released in the past year so let's go ahead and start with the
description of this shoe and then we can kind of compare it to different things
that I see match towards this sneaker starting with the outsole you have a
triple black outsole with a white jump man this is also similar to the 2006
black cat four that came out so with that part I'm happy that they kept it
the same going into the midsole the black paint is a little bit more of a
metallic vibe when it comes to it not as matte and it sticks out a little bit
more but it also matches with the net this one that I actually have a problem
with because the Nets where they intersect with each other they kind of
have like this little nipple to them in between each and every part of the
intersection so the nets on this 2020 pair is very very different from the
2006 but it also is very similar to the 2019 retro but if you look at the 2006
pair here it's very flush it's very flat very clean and it's tight it's on the
shoe you can see that there's not really too much wiggle room between there as
compared to here it's very loose there's a lot of room for the net to move and
it's not as tight so I think that is just something when it comes to mass
producing a sneaker you know I'm obviously there was way less of this
version than there was at that version and there can be some inconsistencies
when it comes to a shoe like this so I can understand why that happened but
this is again just a comparison to show you guys the differences between that
part everybody wants to know about the toe boxes because as we know back in the
day the toe boxes were a lot more sleek here and as the years went on they got
more boxy and pointed up like this as you can see from the bread so now when I
look at this toe box it's kind of mixed it's kind of sleek a little bit and it
sticks up just a little bit so it's in between it's got that wiggle room it's
like it's almost leaked it's almost boxy I feel like they did a better job on it
and it might just look that way just because a shoe is all black as well
because sometimes I take some of those imperfections out of the shoe when
everything just meshes together like this now taking it to the eyelids in the
Nuba arm on the side of the foot that one is going to be the same as the
Lightning's or as the kool grace the bread fours have a plastic piece here
but all these ones have a nubuck side on it
so I feel like they did alright it has the exposed lining right here where it
looks kind of white on this area but that's like the only part of the shoe
works like that again I'm sure that's just from production all the different
things so we can't really complain too much about that overall I'm not really
mad at the sneaker again I would prefer the 2006 pair but they did a solid job
so far just looking at the shoe I think the biggest thing though is looking here
on the back tab and then the tongue so let's take it into the back tab just for
a second I want to show you guys the difference is between the 2019 cool gray
and the 2020 black cap 4 so when you look at the heel right here you can see
that everything is set inside and cut around the Jumpman and then the piece is
sticking out away from the shoe now when you look at it here on the Lightning and
the black cap from back in the day you can see that the piece was cut out a
little bit more and there was a gap between the arm in the leg here and then
also it was more smooth here not sticking out from the shoe so I don't
know if it's because the plastic is thicker or they set it farther back
whatever you may call it but as you can see there is a difference in the heel
the way they stitched it the way they put that together so do you guys feel
that it was more clean more efficient this way or more this way I personally
think that they did actually a better job on the hill with the newer version
because they eliminated that gap and put that seam line in there between the heel
but again these are a lot of big detailed things and stuff like that but
that's what I kind of wanted to do is break these down and show you guys the
little details behind the issue something that somebody hasn't shown you
guys yet on another channel and I want to show you guys those little things now
on the topic of another detail what I have noticed is the tongue is very very
thick it is very bold is very prominent and I'm not really sure how I'm feeling
about that because when I look at the 2006 and even though earlier 2019 bred
for they have a very slim a very thin a very classic og look when it comes to
the tongue the cut and the feel of the tongue now it's kind of thin right here
and you can kind of feel your fingers pushing together but it has that cool
vibe because that's just a classic old-school vibe when it comes to it the
cool graph for gets a little bit thicker and that's when I kind of got a little
bit weird about it because there's like space between it and when you push it
you can feel like the glue or something in between there kind of sticking on the
materials now when you get to this one it's like very padded very thick and I'm
not exactly sure why they went with that it has a thicker ankle and it has a
thicker tongue it almost kind of got that SB vibe when it comes to it and I'm
not exactly sure where they're going with this I hope that they don't do this
on every other Jordan for from here on out because this tongue is the classic
tongue this is the tongue that we want so Jordan Brand please don't do this on
any other ones imma let you guys slide this time though it's alright I'll let
y'all slide copy so now taking it into one of the final things that I've
noticed about the shoe was there was no black katlow going or branding they just
went triple black on the sneaker and triple black on the box there was no
special card or hang tag or anything that said black cat usually when they
have something based around like a story or whatever it may be they usually have
something to go with it but they didn't have anything to go with this one so I'm
kind of confused about that one because I don't remember if the black I know the
bike had three for sure had it but I cannot remember if the black cat four
had it stitched on the back as well like they did on the black cat three can you
let me know down below in the comment section cuz I don't remember if the 2006
black cat 4 had the black cat logo going on the back of the shoe I just can't
remember so please drop a comment down below and let me know about that one
because I'm forgetting right now I'm sorry I'm drawing a blank
please help me out with that one so that comes my next question how do you guys
feel about these where these are cop or they have dropped let's go check
Instagram real quick and see what everybody said on there so 84% says fire
16% says trash well that's what Instagram said let's see what YouTube
says let me know what you guys think about these down below but he's a cop
where they drive where they don't were there a note whatever you like to call
my own over I got a little slang for it so I hope that gave you guys a good look
in comparison between these different sneakers obviously didn't want to take
too much time going too much in depth but I definitely wants to show you guys
a couple things that I thought stood out to me when it comes to this new version
again I ended up picking up three pairs of them and I obviously think is worth
that but that's just me because I know that these are gonna rock from now and
later and I'm gonna be able to pull another pair out years from now and
still have them on ice because I feel like they'll go up in value I don't
think it'll be crazy in value but you know maybe 300 somewhere around there
over time it might hit that price but again that's gonna take some time so if
you think it was a cop where you plan on rocking those anytime soon let me know
down below in the comment section I hope you guys enjoyed this my name is DJ I'm
signing out oh wait hold on like comment share and subscribe my name is DJ I'm
signing out I'm gone peace
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