Which shoe blew up more: chucks or air force ones

[KING WILL]

I remember af1 being rocked heavy b4 the song.

After the songs it became cooler to rock em.
And they were talked about more.

Chucks were alright, but they were not on af1 level.

From what I seen.

 

[ISO]

yea i don't reallt notice i see more J's and dunks, pumas....yeezys than uptowns

Ngl this might be their peak in popularity or highest since like ‘07

 

[CHICAGO]

West and east.

Maybe the nelly blew up in the south/Midwest?

HELL NO

WE BEEN ROCKING ONES
WAAAAAY BEFORE NELLY RELEASED THAY CORNY shyt.



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[Will Ross]

Forces was popular way before nelly even made the song. They classic like timbs and polo

 

[Malik1time]

Af1 probably one of the most versatile shoe to wear

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Neither one of these blew up overnight. Chucks have been big since my pops' generation. Air Force 1s a.k.a. Uptowns were being worn heavy way before the Nelly song.

This is the correct answer....alot of you young nikkaz don't know what the fukk you're talking bout...

 

[FromStLouis]

He must have doubled them out there. In present day they’re $90 so if y’all was paying $100 for AF1’s in the mid-00’s that’s crazy.

I remember I used to buy a white and black pair, whites for the summertime and black to match my school uniform as a kid it was no more than $75 for them.

No hate to St. Louis it’s just that NY and other cities was already rocking ‘em. The shoe been out since the early 80’s ballers like Moses Malone used to wear them.

Y'all do this shyt on purpose. Wearing them first and making them famous are two different things.

The point of contention has been who made them famous.

Baltimore introduced NY to them by the way, so there's that "first".

Spoiler

But there's a clear delineation in popularity of the shoe before and after when talking about the song Air Force Ones.

Do you not know how big that song was? How big that album was? It knocked MMLP out the #1 Billboard spot.

The single dropped in November, the holiday season Nike couldn't keep the shelves stocked.

 

[FromStLouis]

Wallabees. That's the shoe New York chose to push. Y'all biggest group, the media capital of the world.

Y'all got behind Wallabees, wear those.

 

[bullygohard1]

Forces

chucks are mostly west coast..n places wit a west coast influence .. ones good in da south Midwest and east coast

 

[Just like bruddas]

Chucks

 

[Just like bruddas]

Wallabees. That's the shoe New York chose to push. Y'all biggest group, the media capital of the world.

Y'all got behind Wallabees, wear those.

Who wanna rhyme, who wanna challenge the swordsman?That rock that fisherman hat like Gorden's

 

[ISO]

Wallabees. That's the shoe New York chose to push. Y'all biggest group, the media capital of the world.

Y'all got behind Wallabees, wear those.

U already said Harlem put him on game.

Other cities was already rocking them was already a staple. It’s not just New York. It’s Philly, Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago that was already wearing them. Jeezy came out with an AF1 song too.

The only thing you can say is Nelly made it extra extra trendy or got cacs and suburbanites to wear them. The shoe was already hot before him that’s no doubt.

 

[FromStLouis]

U already said Harlem put him on game.

Other cities was already rocking them was already a staple. It’s not just New York. It’s Philly, Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago that was already wearing them. Jeezy came out with an AF1 song too.

The only thing you can say is Nelly made it extra extra trendy or got cacs and suburbanites to wear them. The shoe was already hot before him that’s no doubt.

The world is bigger than the eastcoast.



"extra extra trendy" is downplaying it, dare I say, some hater speak.

We gave Harlem credit, we're just saying we brought it to the rest of the world.

There was an obvious explosion in popularity following that song.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Aint Chucks like the main go to kicks for Cali?

Think Dave Chappelle did a documentary on Cali cats getting into beefs over stepping on Chucks.

 

[ISO]

The world is bigger than the eastcoast.



"extra extra trendy" is downplaying it, dare I say, some hater speak.

We gave Harlem credit, we're just saying we brought it to the rest of the world.

There was an obvious explosion in popularity following that song.

Detroit and Chicago ain’t East Coast

As long as y’all give credit