People were getting robbed before the 5,s came out. But once the 5,s first came out, Black/Metallics and Silver Tongue Fire Reds, cats were actually getting shot and killed over those. The majority of the people who are on here probably weren't alive, or just barely born, or just a couple of years old. I had the first 1 to 8 Jordans, didn't like 9,s or 10,s. Then came back for the 11,s 12,s 13,s. I remember cats getting jumped or robbed for the 1,s 2,s 3,s 4,s. But when the 5,s and 6,s came out with those clear bottom soles, it literally hypnotized people with envy and hatred that didn't have them.
I remember those models changing the shoe game in it's entirety. Also, y'all have to remember, that back then everybody wasn't buying Jordans at that time compared to now. So you stuck out like a sore thumb whenever you wore something as different as the 5,s and 6,s back then. On everything that I love, 1,s through 4,s didn't get nearly as 30% to 40% out of the 100% of attention that the 5,s and 6,s got whenever I wore them to school, in the mall, parks or anywhere outside.
I remember having to stop wearing 5,s and 6,s depending on where i was going in the city as a pre-teen. It would get so bad to the point that grown adults would run up on me and ask me where did I get them from, how much were they, while sizing me up. I always had to walk off and keep it pushing because I was youngsters. Fast forward to now, alot of y'all wont understand what im talking about if you weren't around then. 5,s and 6,s aren't that big of a deal nowadays compared to when they first came out.
It was something waaaaay different about seeing a shoe with a clear bottom sole back then. Those 2 models hypnotized everybody because we never seen a shoe made like that before. Fast forward to the 11,s and Nike perfected an Air Jordan with a 100% fully clear Sole all around the bottom that changed the shoe game. 11,s are basically 5,s and 6,s on Steriods to me. Say or think what you want, but 5,s 6,s and 100% tge 11,s changed the shoe game in every way imaginable.
As a youngin, 3,s and 4,s started getting people robbed, some times we heard of someone getting shot and killed for not giving them up from time to time. 5,s and 6,s had people getting robbed and shot and killed on a way more frequent basis than the 3,s and 4,s. The Streets in urban communities were totally different back then if you were in a major big city like i was in the 80,s and early 90,s.
It was something called the crack era/epidemic, and major big cities were the wild wild west back then. If you were around back then, then you know what was going on. Cats stopped getting robbed and killed on a frequent basis around my way around when the 7,s and 8,s were out. Wearing 3,s 4,s 5,s and 6,s outside back then was like wearing a big Gold Rope Chain, or an all Gold Rolex in the Hood back then.
I know it was only shoes, but y'all have to remember and take into consideration that not ALOT of people were wearing Jordan 1 to 6,s back then. Either they were too expensive, or people didn't want to pay the money. They were shoes that jocks, dope dealers, and well to do people bought.
It wasn't like how it is now, everybody and their families walking around on every corner with Jordans on. It was just different back then, and you'll never understand if you weren't around.