i started collecting sneakers 15 years ago and it's crazy to think that some of the colorways
that dropped back in the day they're actually dropping again and that always brings a lot of
different statements from some people saying jordan brand's running out of ideas and others
saying i'm glad they brought the shoe back so in today's video we're gonna be going over a list
of retros that came out again this year in 2021 that i think all the sneaker heads that have been
collecting for 10 plus years highly appreciated but for some reason the rest of the world just
didn't really care and also with that there's a lot of other factors as well when it comes to the
sneaker head market now and what they like to buy and everything like that compared to collectors
back in the day so hopefully as i go through this list i'll be able to cover a bunch of different
aspects and perspectives as i reminisce on each and every one of these shoes that i picked up
this year for my collection and if you guys didn't know by now my name is dj and this is the dna show
so starting with sneaker number one this is going to be a very blunt and obvious
one because i feel like it was a layup for a lot of people some people still didn't get the shoe
but i know it was just kind of like an expectation type thing and that is the cool gray air jordan
11. one of the reasons why i feel like this shoe was unappreciated simply because we get a air
jordan 11 every single year and i did want to put this on the list but it kind of didn't make
the list i understand both sides from this one but i had to mention it just because we had the
original version and then back in 2010 we saw the retro and i remember everybody going crazy over
the 2010 version compared to the mediocre hype now when it comes to the 2021 version
so let me know how you feel about this shoe and if you are actually able to purchase the og back in
the day in the early 2000s or the first retro in 2010 next up is a retro from 2007 that i remember
everybody used to go crazy over you had to have this shoe the quality of the materials everybody
just loved it it looks super dope with a bunch of different outfits and that was the cool gray
air jordan 3. back in that time you had to pay some extra money to be able to get this shoe
now you see the shoe drop and it comes out to the public it goes underneath the radar
didn't even sell out sitting on shelves able to buy it for retail
and i'm not saying that's a problem at all but it just kind of shows you the perspective of
everybody wanted it was easily selling out back then and now it's just like another sneaker in the
rotation some people care about it other people don't i remember vividly back then there were
definitely collaborations but nowhere near as many collaborations as there are in the current time
and a lot of the brands are built around collaborations these days so when it comes to
these sneakers that we're going over on the list they're gonna easily fly underneath the radar now
because back then that was the hot stuff and now it's just like another pair of shoes and i know
another thing about this one in particular some people had problems when it came to the quality
and they did and didn't like it and everything like that so i do get that aspect as well but
overall i know me initially when i first heard that this shoe was coming out i was extremely
excited thought the shoe was gonna sell out then i was able to pick up a few pairs with no
problem and i actually used to have multiple pairs back in the day as well i used to rock this shoe
all the time i love the cool gray threes and my pears just tore up they fell apart start
paint chipping you name it obviously from age and everything like that so to be able to refresh and
reset and get another fresh pair in the collection i'm definitely a happy camper next up on the list
we have a 2006 release and that is the flint air jordan 7. this one again same situation everybody
loves the quality and honestly this one's cool and all but the og is way better than this one
in my opinion that's just how i feel when it comes to the quality and everything like that
same situation on that shoe i used to own a couple pairs used to rock them all the time
as time goes on they start to age and everything like that so when i heard these were going to be
coming out again i was excited i thought they were going to be kind of hard to get because i thought
everybody was going to have the same nostalgic memories as me but apparently not so i easily cop
these for retail after they came out and there was no problem they were sitting on shelves sitting on
website so that was definitely a plus for me to know that i was able to pick these up for
retail with no problem and honestly these might be selling for under retail at this point and i still
don't care i'm just happy i got the shoe back because there were so many nostalgic memories
from me wearing these back in high school now next up on the list is a sneaker that i thought
was gonna be reselling for like 450 or 500 bucks immediately when it dropped and they honestly
didn't go for much over retail when they dropped and that is the carmine air jordan 6. and the
reason why i say that is this pair has the nike air on the back we haven't seen this since the og
and for those that know this is something that is very rare when it comes to an og nostalgic
colorway like this saying that we've seen a retro in 2008 and a retro in 2014. but either way
i was extremely excited and again i thought people were going to go crazy and this shoe was going
to be selling for a bunch of money because i'm telling you back in the day yeah this was a hitter
and again like relative to price let me give you guys a quick perspective real quick if you
bought a pair of shoes honestly people didn't even really buy a pair of shoes for a thousand dollars
if you bought a thousand dollar shoe backed in that's like buying like a ten thousand dollar
shoe now so when people were going to spend 350 or 450 on a pair of shoes that was like copping
a grill now that's like essentially saying like oh i'm gonna buy a pair of union ones and i'm
gonna spend two or three racks on that shoe so that kind of gives you a perspective on the time
and the pricing and inflation and everything like that and the overall hype and money that's in the
shoe game right now because trust me if i would have known what the prices were gonna be today
oh yeah i would have copped way more kicks back then next up on the list is a sneaker that
i expected to go crazy absolutely berserk like i was just thinking like this is gonna be a
thousand dollar shoe with ease right when it drops like people are gonna be going nuts and
yeah none of that really happened the lightning air jordan 4. i think they did a great job they
brought back the og style and og cut like they have been doing recently on the retros like you
see with the black cat fours and other retros like that so i understand these are definitely shaped
differently than the 2006 version but the retros in 2006 when it comes to fours like the mars the
military the lightnings the thunders a bunch of different stuff like that that had its own style
and own cut for that era in that generation so i see the difference between those two but at the
same time i feel like a lot more people like this style and this cut more than the og style which
made me wonder why is this shoe not really going for much over retail i think these literally are
like 300 or 350 bucks yes i guess that's a lot to some people but if you think about how much
the original lightning 4 was going for over the years in my mind i think like bro that's crazy
like i definitely need to get multiples and it's actually wild because i got three pairs for retail
when they dropped and i didn't have any problem grabbing them but i think it was just a little
bit too easy to get and there were too many pairs on the market when people originally thought that
there was going to be a very limited release and they made it more of a broader release for the
public and honestly i'm happy about that because this is a shoe that people weren't able to get
or weren't collecting back in that time and now they're able to purchase the shoe for an
affordable price it's not all about resale it's not about all those things it's just kind of
shocking to me based on the resale values and the demand and the hype and what everybody cares about
now compared to them i feel like the numbers are the easiest way to kind of give you guys
a perspective on just the overall value because that's how people value sneakers right i know it's
not supposed to always be about that but if you look at the broad and the mass group of everybody
and the majority of the sneaker heads that's what they care about the most and for people
like me and you i know it's more of a sentimental value thing memories nostalgia you know stuff you
didn't have before all those different type of things so yes i completely understand both sides
and hopefully i can portray both perspectives throughout this video now last but not least for
2021 this retro right here bro i'm just still tripping because as i pulled these out the box
earlier to make this video i'm like bro how how is this possible how people are sleeping the raging
bull air jordan 5. i remember camping out for these skip and math class to go get the shoe and
now i'm just able to cop these for retail with no problem getting multiple pairs and sit them on ice
and rock one in the rotation and all those other things just like the lightning force this was the
same situation for me on the raging bull fives i'm like yo i need multiples i gotta have them and i
still got my og pair and i still be rocking those to have a fresh pair to have a new pair on ice
is kind of cool and again if you guys want to see a full review with these and the other pair
and the comparison and everything like that make sure you go check that video out because these
are definitely shaped a little bit different than the og and the materials are slightly different
in the color and everything you you guys get it just go check out the full review if you want to
see that and before we have people in the comment section talking about you forgot the oreo fives or
the stealth fives the stealth fives did come out a long time ago but the new version is not like
the og so i don't even want to consider those all the shoes that i mentioned in today's video
jordan brand made a conscious decision to make them just like the first retros or the second
retros or the ogs or whatever you want to call them because they all had different generations
depending on the shoe and for the oreo fives yeah those did come out a while ago but that was like
2013. like that's still kind of like the newer era sneaker heads like this the i don't know
what generation i got to make a generational thing for sneakerheads and do like a full
like calendar for y'all and show you guys like you know how we got like millennials gen z all
that different stuff there's like a generational sneaker head thing so stay tuned because that's
actually a good idea we're gonna make a video about that topic as well uh but yeah anyways
those came out in 2013 i'm talking about stuff from 2010 in the past like deeper in the past
stuff that's been you know 10 plus years um that hasn't came out yet so yeah that's it that's that
um yeah i don't know so i appreciate you guys i'll see you in another one all right y'all i'm out
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what should you like more the raging bull five or the lightning four that's a tough one
you