- If I wear these, you gotta, you know what I'm saying?
You playing a 21, you gotta score at least 20
if you're wearing some s*** like this, so...
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Yo, what's up GQ?
This is Chase B, and welcome to my life in sneakers.
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I remember my first pair of shoes that I actually went
and purchased with whatever money I had at the time
was the, was the Iverson Questions.
I was just such a big fan of his,
that I wanted every pair of his shoes,
just, you know, personally.
I was maybe six or seven years old.
So, you know, from there it just kind of turned into
a hole, just collectors hobby type of things.
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I'd say that my oldest pair of shoes in my collection
is probably these right here, obviously, as you can tell.
This is the Air Jordan four, Bread.
It's obviously extremely vicious.
This isn't the 89 pair, this is the 99 pair.
And I really love this pair man.
Obviously, they have a whole lot of character to 'em.
I remember, I wore these pretty much every day
on the Rodeo tour like five years ago.
Pretty much to every show.
So these, you know, these hold
a lot of sentiments of values to me.
And yeah, I just, you know, I just love the Bread four.
I bought the new ones.
And I get them every time they come out
with the new drops and the retros and everything like that.
But this is definitely my oldest pair of shoes man.
I love these things so much.
I think wore them like the other day.
I love you sneaker [mumbles]
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My newest pair that I've gotten most recently is actually
these right here.
They still in a box.
The new Stussy Spiridon collab with Nike.
Yeah, so obviously I haven't even worn them yet
but I really like these shoes, man.
I'm a big fan of Spiridons,
even before the shoe weren't bringing collabs,
and everything like that.
I always been wearing Spiridons.
My dad wear Spiridons a lot.
And I got these a couple of days ago in a mail.
And now I can't wait to wear them.
So yeah, this is probably my newest shoe that I got.
I just loved Stussy in general just because
I feel like, you know, obviously like
OG Stussy crew back in 1980.
They're like the foundation of all of this [beep] you know?
So, I love when Stussy gets back involved
with certain things.
I feel like people always
try to write out streetwear, or Stussy.
but they always come back with just like solid product.
You know, I've always been a fan of Stussy.
I'll wear it almost daily, you know what I'm saying?
So, yeah, I love that.
The last maybe three or four years have been just
nonstop collabs and streetwear is kind of
bringing their life to sneakers.
The Cactus Plant VapoMax are amazing.
Cactus is also one of my favorite brands.
You know, they're obviously a lot newer than Stussy is
but I feel like the impact has been the same.
You know what I'm saying?
I love these also.
And the Fragment collab, this is probably,
other than Travis's, this is probably my favorite
Jordan one collab, you know what I'm saying?
Just with the, you know, with the Fragment thing.
With the subtle hit on the back.
I love Fragment as a brand also.
with Japanese streetwear,
with Japanese street where,
and crossing over to America is a huge deal.
So, those are definitely some of my favorites right there.
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Well, my flashiest pair of sneakers.
Probably be these right here.
The SB What The Dunk.
Yeah, these are like a holly grail for me.
So, you know, I'm glad I have...
This is actually my second pair.
Mess up the first one's wearing them too much.
But you know, obviously if you wear What The Dunk,
you're looking for attention, you know what I'm saying?
So this is probably my flashiest pair.
At the same time I feel like it's still, you know,
it's not overdoing it at all.
Obviously, there's a lot of patterns
and fabrics and whatever on here,
but I just feel like they did a great job with just,
just putting everything together.
So this is, I will consider this my flashiest pair of shoes.
And one of my favorite pair of shoes of all time.
So yeah, the What The Dunk is a very loud shoe.
And you know, I love it, and, you know.
I got, definitely got some good wears out of 'em
so it's my favorite.
I collect the SB way of the mid two thousands.
Saw a lot of sneakerheads careers just because
of the like, the stories and the legacies
behind this pair, you know, none of them are just
cool designs, you know?
A lot of them were about movies or TV shows
or actual skaters, or you know, whatever the case may be.
And I'm glad that it's getting back to where it was now.
You know, with SB's going so crazy and everything like that.
But SB's definitely have a huge part to play
why I still collect sneakers to this day.
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It's pretty obvious.
Imma go with the purple Trav fours.
I still get DM's daily about these.
And you know, that's just kind of is what it is.
I've been offered a lot of money for these shoes.
Probably could have pay for
a couple of houses with these shoes.
But yeah, I still just wear them.
You might hoop in them, like whatever, I don't know.
Yeah this is just gang, gang [beep] only, you know?
This is probably my rarest pair of shoe right here.
Never coming out, I'm sorry.
Just, you know, going through design a,
all three of these pairs right here
with the brownish gray, and then the purple and blue.
It's just kinda was about
leaving something behind, you know?
But just me personally, I feel like the baby blue was just
a little more acceptable as far as like the masses go.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm glad that the purple four is the purple four, you know?
And just with the baby blue,
with the whole Houston Oilers influence
and you know, Warren Moon was like
my favorite football player of all time.
This just meant a lot.
And I'm so glad that people, you know,
wearing them, appreciate them.
I mean, [mumbles] said something like
these go up there with the [mumbles] fours,
and I totally agree, you know?
So I'm glad that these released the way they did.
I'm glad with the purple fours and the brown ones
are exactly where they are.
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Next pair I'm gonna talk about, are my most expensive pair.
And that would obviously be these right here.
The Dior Jordan one.
I wore these in the cafeteria video.
I just had to, I just got them.
Hadn't wore them yet.
Literally laced them up at the Nobu Malibu.
And through these things on.
Gray is probably my favorite color.
So just, you know, that and with the whole Dior
fashion collab it just, you know,
these are just an amazing shoe.
Jordan one, this is number eight O six, out of 85 hundred.
So, you know, when I've got these in the mail,
I was kind of, you know, I was a little taken aback.
I didn't expect to get them so soon, but here they are.
Easily my most expensive shoe.
They're retailing for like two thousand.
Reselling for I don't even know.
Probably could, you know, put a couple down payments
fore some more houses with these.
But yeah, it'd be like that.
Sometimes you just got to put that s*** [mumbles], you know?
So, this is my most expensive shoe.
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I wanna say my most sentimental pair of shoes.
I'm gonna go with the Grinch's right here.
The good Kobe's man.
I actually got very lucky.
I was looking for these for a long, long, long time.
I was hooping in other Kobe models for a minute.
And I always wanted these.
I was just wondering around different cities,
looking for my size, never could find them.
And you know, one thankful day I finally got them.
And obviously this shoe has such a different meaning now,
considering what happened.
Yeah Kobe Grinch.
I just feel like this is just an amazing hoop shoe.
And this also came in 2010
when Kobe probably gave everybody
40 or something like that.
And rest in peace to Kobe Bryant.
Legend, goat, all of that.
So, this is definitely my most sentimental shoe.
I'm extremely blessed to have these.
If I were these you gotta, you know what I'm saying?
You playing a 21, you got to score at least 20
when you're wearing s*** like this.
So, yeah, this is the most sentimental right here.
Rest in peace to Kobe Bean man.
For sure.
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Something I traded for is these right here.
The black Supreme Blazer.
Actually I traded Eric DLux a fellow sneakerhead,
a fellow DJ.
I traded him, I had an extra pair of Fragment ones,
and I had the red Supreme Blazers, I had the white ones,
but I didn't have the black.
And if you're gonna have two,
you might as well go for all three.
So, out of the goodness of his heart,
he traded me the Fragments
for this pair of black Supreme Blazers.
And ironically, I haven't even worn them yet.
But, at least I have 'em to say
and do this video right here.
I say that I have all three.
So, this is something that I traded for.
Very good trade, I feel like it's equal.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm on the comments, y'all feel like it might not be
but I had an extra pair, you know what I'm saying?
So, you just let me know what you think about that.
Well, I have all three pairs, still got my Fragments,
still going hard in the pain, know how that go.
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All right man, GQ.
Thank y'all for stopping by.
This is Chase B once again.
And thank y'all for checking out my life in sneakers.
New music on the way, make sure you check that out.
And wear your kicks man, don't be scared.
Don't be weak.