For those who aren’t in the know… Bo knows. Bo Jackson was an All-Star in two major American Sports; baseball and football. It’s rare to find an athlete who epitomizes talent in a variety of sports, let alone two. It’s also uncommon to find a training shoe that flawlessly equates with all types of sports; basketball, football, baseball, etc.
Nike changed the training shoe game when it debut the Nike Air Trainer Max 91’s for multi-sports athlete Bo Jackson. They are retroing these Bo’s in the original grey, black, and maize yellow colorway sometime in August. We will keep yall posted as soon as KickcityDC and Foot Express Hayward gets their shipment in. If you can’t wait, they are available @ PREMIER.
Bonus: Background Video On Bo Jackson From NFL Network. A Must See!!!
Tha Dogg Pound and Snoop Dogg were very influential to practically everyone on the the West Coast. With Snoop’s undeniable swag, Daz’s super “West Coast” beats, and Kurupt’s lyrical precision, Tha Dogg Pound was a force to be reckoned with.
When the group came out with their hit single “New York, New York,” Tha Dogg Pound found themselves submerged in controversy. Being that this song was released during the height of the media created “West Coast/East Coast Beef,” many people saw this as a direct diss to the whole East Coast rap scene. When Tha Dogg Pound released the music video for “New York, New York,” it was evident that this song was meant to take a shot at the East Coast rap scene.
Check out the video to see why this video was so controversial…
Bonus: Snoop Dogg Feat. Butch Cassidy – Loosen Control
This week’s “Always Fitted” segment includes two hats from our favorite one stop New Era shop ecapcity.com . Today they previewed two hats that caught our eyes in particular. The Modesto Athletics New Era and a throwback Toronto Blue Jays fitted. Ecapcity has restocked the popular Modesto Athletics New Era fitted this week. The Modesto Athletics are a development team that plays about 75 miles outside of the bay area’s Oakland, California. The rare appearance of the elephant on the A’s hat pays homage to their original mascot “Stomper” and boast the O.G yellow brim with the light forest green cap. The red Toronto Blue Jays hat boast a stitched version of their 1989-1996 blue jay logo with the desirable “kelly green” underside brim. So when you got the time go ahead and check out ecapcity.com and get fitted up…
Who remembers the 1988 flick Coming To America? Prince Akeem, played by actor Eddie Murphy, travels to Queens, New York to find himself a “Queen”. If you’re like Akeem and your interested in copping your “Queen” a.k.a. the Air Force 1 WBF ‘Five Borough’ Pack “Queens” edition, you must “sew your royal oats” and travel to Queens, New York.
These “Queens” consist of green wool, white tumbled leather, yellow chenille carpet textured swooshes, premium white leather mid-soles, yellow piping on the seams, gold satin inner lining, and a pair of gum soles. So, once you’ve copped your pair of “Queens”, your royal subjects will bow to your feet and reply, “your royal kix are clean your highness”!
Today we continue our new segment SneakTech on Adidas Adi-color campaign from the 198o’s. In 1983 Adidas launched Adi-color which included a pair of white Adi-color low tops packaged with a set of paints, paintbrushes, and a wooden palette. This ultimately allowed their consumers to customize their shoes to achieve the exact look that they wanted.
This was a huge step forward for athletic footwear corporations as they looked to ditch their conservative color combinations and submerge themselves into creating more complex color schemes. Even though this wasn’t a technological advancement for footwear Adi-color most definitely played a huge role in persuading minds to turn their shoes into works of art. The ideas of sneaker maintenance, exclusivity, and individuality were derived from concepts like Adidas Adi-color…
