today we're gonna be going over my top 10 favorite sneaker pickups from 2021.
if you haven't seen my videos from the past we always do a year-end recap with me going over my
favorite pickups for each year so if you're ever interested on seeing what i picked up in the years
past make sure you go check out those videos i'll have them linked down below in the description
as well but today we gotta talk about the pickups from this year and if you guys didn't know by now
my name is dj and this is the dna show so in 2021 there have been a bunch of great releases
not only from jordan brand but nike and a bunch of other brands as well but you guys know me i'm
a jordan head so typically my top 10 is a lot of jordans and this year there's definitely a lot of
jordans but it's actually crazy because my number one sneaker is not a jordan there are over 90
mainstream jordan releases alone for this year and i picked up about 40 of them myself so as you can
see right here on the photo with every single shoe that is circled those are the shoes that i picked
up that came out this year but typically in my top tens i always pick up stuff from the past as well
because i got a good story behind it and why i want to have it again or why i need it and i
never had it before different things like that so this list is definitely going to have shoes mixed
in here that didn't come out in 2021 and i have a ton of honorable mentions that i will go over at
the end of the video so stick around to see what other sneakers that i picked up that i really
really liked but they didn't make the list but i wish they kind of did type things so we'll cover
those a little bit later so starting with number 10 we have the travis scott fragment air jordan 1
high this shoe in particular is definitely really dope and i felt like it should have made the list
but after i put all the shoes together i was like you know what i think it's just going to make the
list but we're going to put it at 10th place just because i like the other shoes a little
bit more and don't get me wrong there are a bunch of dope elements to this sneaker that
could easily put this at number one on some other people's list but this is my list and this is how
i feel about them next up at number nine on the list we have the lemonade nike air force one
off-white collab and these things are extremely fire when i saw these things were coming out
i just knew i had to have them in my collection this is actually the first one that i have
from the whole set of off-white air force ones i could have got the white pair at complex con and
they literally offered them to me and i was like oh you know what i'm gonna pass i'm gonna grab the
air max 97s and then i was like damn i should have got them i'll grab them later and then the price
went up and it was like a thousand dollars and now current time that she was like five thousand
dollars or something like that and it was crazy because i wanted to complete the whole set but
now it's just starting to get a little bit out of my budget i got lucky grabbing these from soul
stills and i'm telling you right now they always got some good deals so if you haven't checked them
out already i'll make sure that i'll put a link down below in the description for you guys that
way you guys can get to the site and check it out and see if you guys want to get signed up and be
a part of it and just for a quick reference i got both of these off of soul steals this year as well
another honorable mention but we'll talk about these a little bit later all right
going to number eight on the list we have the ah mommy a air jordan one they came correct on this
collaboration the materials the cuts everything is just extremely nice and a lot of people appreciate
this shoe and now i'm starting to hear people talk about this the sneaker of the year i don't
know about all that that's why it's a little bit lower on my list but at the same time i definitely
really do appreciate this sneaker and if you guys want to see the entire review of me breaking down
the shoe and all that stuff make sure you check that out i'll have a link for you guys down below
now next up at number seven we have a shoe that i wanted to get so bad and i still need the blue
pair i still got it i still got to find a way to get those you guys so help me out if you can but
we have the trophy room friends and family air jordan 5. if you guys haven't seen this video i
did a full pickup video showing you guys the trade of me trading a bunch of sneakers to get this shoe
extremely excited about this shoe i like it a lot and i'm a huge fan of the raging bull five which
obviously looks very very similar so when i saw that they were making a friends and family version
of these i had always been going after them it took me a couple years to pick up the shoe but i
finally got them in my collection and i don't plan on getting rid of these anytime soon now this next
shoe on the list could easily have been one of the top sneakers of the year but i think the way the
release went and how everything went down a lot of people saw a lot of weird things going on and
all this different stuff i think that's what put a negative stigma on the sneaker but at the end of
the day the collaboration was extremely dope and i love how they put the materials together to create
this shoe and give us that old-school chicago vibe and that is the trophy room air jordan 1. before
this shoe had came out a lot of people were saying this was going to be the sneaker of the year but
at the end of the day i know for a fact there is no way i couldn't put these on my top 10. so i had
to throw these on the list and put them at six place all right you guys we're halfway through
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so much so coming in at number five we have the lightning air jordan 4. now there were definitely
a lot of releases that came out this year that came out in the past you know 10 or 15 years ago
and i actually just made a video about that a couple days ago so if you guys want to check
that video out make sure you go check that one out just a lot of unappreciated retros that came out
that i thought were extremely dope that were just super hyped up when i was first collecting back in
the day and then now we got the new retros coming out and a lot of people just aren't
really appreciating them as much but the reason why i didn't put a lot of those shoes on the list
was simply because i had already had them i still have them in my collection and i was just kind of
doubling up or tripling up or getting a new retro again but this one in particular there was no way
i couldn't put this on the list simply because it took me a long time to get the og version because
i wanted them so bad back in high school couldn't afford it at the time didn't want to pay that
price and then they just kept going up and going up and then i finally found a deal years later and
the next thing you know the retro comes out so i was excited to grab these and i tripled up on
these when they came out and i immediately start rocking up here literally all the time throughout
the year i love this shoe so much and i knew i had to be in my top five but we got some stuff that's
just a little bit better so we put it at fizz all right coming in at number four i think is gonna be
a lot of people's sneaker of the year there's been a big debate between two different shoes
and i definitely think this has been number one on a lot of people's list and it is pretty high on
my list as well because it's in fourth place but that is the travis fragment air jordan one low i
feel like this shoe was extremely dope as well if they would have done this colorway on the high top
but we know that's like already similar to the og version that they did on the fragment so
i understand why they went with the low top but with the black hit on the back and different stuff
like that yes i know everybody be roasting and calling a bowling shoe but at the end of the day
these things are extremely fire they look dope on the foot and i completely understand why
a lot of people like this shoe and not to mention my wife got these for me for retail so
i'm a happy camper speaking of that she got me these on the same day for retail as well
love you baby all right now we are down to the top three sneakers i think these ones mean the
most to me out of all these sneakers that i went over this one right here i had been hunting down
for years i had opportunities to buy them at different times but i just didn't like the price
and it didn't make sense and then we had pairs that were beat up and all these different things
along the way next thing you know 14 years later i finally got the shoe oh i finally got the shoe let
me let me just say it one time oh we got the shoe and this is the doernbecher 2 for those that do
not know again i made a full video for this one breaking down the shoe telling the story behind
it and how i got it and all those other things but yes i love this sneaker oh so much and oh
oh and i got this before the two hype by the way so don't try to say oh you got them now because
everybody likes to i got these earlier in the year and i've been literally hunting this shoe down for
many of years so don't worry i'm not riding the two wagon i've already liked two's i already got
twos in my collection but next year we know it's gonna be od with the twos and there's probably
gonna be some dope ones that come out that might make my top 10 but we shall see depending on the
other releases but anyways these were actually in the number one spot on my list for a long time
this year but i picked up two shoes that just meant so much to me and i'm explaining to you
why these couldn't be at number one or number two coming in at second place we have the ahmamine air
jordan 3. i personally think this is the number one sneaker of the year without a doubt hands down
quality materials craftsmanship creativity all the different things and then i didn't get these for
retail i had to hunt them down and go pick them up later and had to work a trade with a homie just to
get the shoe and all those different things but that doesn't mean anything this shoe right here
this is actually the shoe that i wore to my wedding this year i was standing at the altar in
this shoe it looked so good with my suit i felt so just oh i just feel so good rocking this shoe and
i just got so many memories just thinking about lacing these up with my boys
getting ready to walk down the hill and go to the altar and and taking pictures with the squad and
the on foot picks and the groomsmen picks and just all the different stuff like
these right here these could have easily been number one on my list but we had one more shoe
that was just a little bit more sentimental than these and that is the cactus plant flea
market nike sb donkelow now why are these so sentimental yes obviously the shoe is extremely
dope they twinkle in the light they look amazing but this was the shoe when i saw these in person
the i just knew i was like i have to wear these to my wedding i thought i was gonna walk down
the aisle but then the omaha 3s came out and i was like you know what i'm rocking those instead
and i ended up getting these the day of my wedding they came in the mail literally the morning of my
wedding i had oh my gosh it was just a crazy story don't worry the video is coming out i'll be giving
you guys a full review of the sneaker and telling the story behind it but anyways yes oh my gosh
i remember rocking these at night and going out on the dance floor with the smoke and everything and
walking to walking her to the car at the end while we were going to do the drive off and everything
and it i was just vibing we was dancing and going crazy that night my shoes was twinkling in the
light like everything about this shoe again you see how i was just reminiscing with the three
i'm doing the same thing reminiscing with this shoe this is my wedding shoe i i oh man i'm kind
of lost for words at this point but it's giving me like that mic jack vibe you know i'm saying i
love michael jackson and kind of having like the glove but yeah on my feet with the sparkling and
everything so i don't know bro honestly i can't say too much but besides this is definitely
my favorite sneaker of the year it means so much to me i worked really hard to get it so
yes number one sneaker of the year cactus plant flea market oh baby so those were my top 10
favorite pickups of the year let me know what you guys think down below what were your top 10
favorite pickups in your collection send me a list down below in the comment section each number in
order from your favorite pickups this year give me a little description and tell me why and all those
different things just like i did for you guys oh yeah and we have to show honorable mentions
so let me run through those real quick laser fives raging bull fives travis sixes unc ones
black cause fours already had these that's why i just wasn't really too excited honestly all
these shoes besides those couple other ones i had already had in my collection so just kind of like
i had to re-up because i needed to get a different size but anyways back to the list
ray island 13s carmine sixes cool gray elevens cool grade threes hyper royal ones mummy sb's
i got the what the paw sbs those are coming in the mail and my black patent leather bread
ones are coming in the mail as well i got a couple other shoes which i guess i don't know if we call
those a pickup from this year or next year because they'll be coming in the mail in the new year even
though i purchased them before the year i don't know we'll just put them on next year's list or
something i don't know we'll figure it out but either way that's going to do it i purchased over
100 pairs of shoes this year and i'm excited to share everything with you guys next year as well
we have a bunch of cool stuff coming and man oh my gosh and speaking of that there's some more top 10
videos that we haven't released yet so make sure you guys stay tuned for the next couple of days
and check those ones out as well all right y'all happy new years i'll see you on another one peace
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