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Originally Posted by truniversal
Perhaps it was different in your area (I'm from Cali), but none of those joints mattered back in the day. Ewings and Magics were viewed as a "nice try" sneaker (even with Gangstarr pushing them on the cover of "Step In The Arena" and in the "Just To Get A Rep" Video).Originally Posted by sthebest
Originally Posted by truniversal
Dude has almost every wack sneaker imaginable from back in the day. Ain't no joints worthy of video time in there.
smh@ your ignorance. alot of these models were really big deals back in the day, especially the Ewings. And Will Smith shouted out Le Coq Sportif in the song "Girls Aint Nothing But Trouble"
Le Coq Sportif was more about sweatsuits and sweaters, their sneakers were wack. Fresh Prince and LL both gave them love (no pun intended).
Diadora was weak. Lottos had limited appeal (first time I saw interchangeable logos). Etonic had weak styles and a name that sounded more like a drink than a brand. LA Gears was mostly for women and Stevie B lookin' body builders. Dudes was rockin' the LA Gear Boots heavy though.
Avia was a dope brand, but the ones in the clip ain't nothing to talk about. De La is the only group I remember who had Avias in their video. Mutumbos was wack! Especially with that commercial where he says something like; "Man No Fly Over Mutumbo". Nonsense. Raekwon couldn't even make them dope on the first Wu cover.
Spaldings and Brooks was KMART. Enough said.
Originally Posted by truniversal
Dude has almost every wack sneaker imaginable from back in the day. Ain't no joints worthy of video time in there.
Originally Posted by truniversal
Dude has almost every wack sneaker imaginable from back in the day. Ain't no joints worthy of video time in there.
Originally Posted by illphillip
It was like this in NY as well, but if you were heavy into kicks, you loved it ALL. I hear where you're coming from, and you're on point (Le Coq was strictly gear etc.), but there are other perspectives.
Diadora's got flossed by the dealers because they were an all flavor sneaker. MAD colors. Same with Bally's, Filas, Lottos, etc. There was even a sneaker I remember. Ball? Bald? Something like that.
I had Etonic Dream's. I had Brooks Techniques (I was a big Dominique Wilkins fan). Spotbilt X-Press. Adidas Ewings were major.
Did Nike run %!*%? Absolutely. AF1's. Court Force. Delta Force ACs. Matter of fact the WHOLE Flight and Force lines were major.
But if you're a sneaker junkie you appreciated EVERYTHING.