F.I.L.A. But This Ain’t Right…
Everything Else By Gotty™ on May 28, 2009 at 10:43 amYes, I love Atlanta but these two items featuring Atliens left me shaking my head.
Point 1: Big Boi in CNN’s “Sneakerhead” article
Platinum plaques, stacks on deck & more butts than ashtrays. Sure, all of that. But never, never ever ever ever shall a self-proclaiming sneakerhead wear fakes/variants. Much less to be pictured on CN-motherf*cking-N with a pair? “Big Boi says he has 400 pairs, including crocodile-skin Nikes he’s never worn” and one obvious pair of fugazi’s. I know of that Nike hooked you up with the Air Force 1’s but I’m sorry Brother Patton. I’m going to go out on a ledge here & say that no one from Beaverton sent you those J’s. Instead maybe they came from…
Somebody’s stylist needs to get the axe and whoever is doing the checking @ CNN should be harshly reprimanded.
Point 2: Cop some chicken, get a Ciara CD
After the Oprah debacle, all interested parties should be leery in partnering with KFC. I’d have to disagree with Sandra in part. This isn’t necessarily a “fail” because A.) I can buy a piece of chicken for a few bucks & walk away with a $12 CD and B.) it’s going to pad Ciara’s Soundscan I would presume. And somewhere in there should fall the words about marketing, target audiences, etc. etc. et al.
But it has that whole “Damn homie. Back in high school, you was…” feel to it because when’s the last time you saw a Taylor Swift CD given away with the purchase of a Tide To-Go pen? Mariah peddling diamonds for Zales? Beyonce doesn’t allow her shitty Dereon jeans to be sold as K-Mart Blue Light Specials does she?
You are the company you keep.
At least you aren’t taking the Electrik Red route yet.
‘Sneakerheads’ Pay Big Bucks For Rare Kicks [CNN]
Is Ciara Using KFC Coupons To Move Her CDs? [Sandra Rose]
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Looks like that KFC coupon expired on 5/18/09.
Damn… it was getting close to lunchtime too.
Co-sign Gotty my ninja! I’m tired of dudes (and chicks) walking around with odd colour-ways and variants of sneakers proclaiming them to be “exclusives”, fuck-outta-here!!! Ya done know that you ordered them from one of those ersatz Chinese bootleg websites bitch!!!
ps: Ciara moving albums with KFC???!!! Daaamn homie, back in the day you were killing Soundscaaan homie!!! What the fuck happened to you???
BTW… WTF Big Boi?!!
Those kicks are ugly too. If he would’ve rocked the black Braves fitted, he would’ve found a ton of legit Jordans to match! *SMH*
That Electrik Red shit is crazy… their album is aiight until you get to all the “male-bashing” songs in the middle. After you skip those 7 joints, all of that “Dream” production goes hard.
These chicks are going from “Radio Killaaaa!” to “Career Killaaaa!” … and fast.
^ Got a feeling I should (II) after that “goes hard” comment. lol
man i was thinking the same thing when i saw those J’s, no way will you EVER catch me rockin some fake shit. i was in Myrtle Beach a couple years back for Memorial Day wknd and saw a curbside vendor selling all types of J’s in colors that would NEVER be approved and nig’z were buying em’ like hotcakes for 50 bucks…ughh
As a head, you know Big could get a pciture of MJ handing him a one-of-one pair…and niggas would still come back to this point in history lol.
Yeah, Jay, that’s true. I went in the mall today & noticed so many colorways that used to be known fakes sitting on shelves. It’s hard to tell now. A few years ago it was easy to spot the bullshit.
@Gotty&Jay: The most popular kicks in the A are fake J’s. I giggle when I see some dude feeling wipe-me-down fresh with a pair of bullshit ass sneaks on. This one kid walked up to me at Lenox Square and had the nerve to call my Krink AF1’s fakes. I looked down and he was rocking some see-through and blue Jordan’s that looked like Rubbermaid commissioned them shits.
I laughed till my insides hurt and I damn near cried blood.
I retract all my statements. You’re all fuckin snobs lol. The whole lot of you & I refuse to be associated w/you. I’m giving away all my shoes as a result. Flip-flops & steel-toe Red wings from here on out. My money will go towards tithes to help repent for my arrogant ways.
Sad day in the kick game when fakes get national shine. I hope CNN just put the fake next to Big Boi and it’s not really his.
And on another note CNN was calling people “Collectors” that had 25 pairs. Really © SNL Weekend Update. I bought 25 pairs in one month twice Dec ‘06 March ‘08
Then this one jawn hyped up the Dontrell Willis Collection Royale Dunks that she over paid for ($250) as something that’s soughtafter. CNN step ya game up talk to real heads Bobbito, Mayor or Clark Kent Please
@Gotty And Yess I’m A sneaker Snob
What’s been up with Big Boi lately I’m already not feeling the vibe of his second solo album…Andre running highways Big Boi and Gucci Mane having a bromance…What’s up Oukast?
That Ciara thing is not real. Some bored Beyonce stan made that.
@Contra
Mufukas still wearin them clear J’s?! *dead*
I rememebr in 06′ cats was comin to school with those fakes on. I just keep it 100 with some white or black A1s. You can never go wrong with them.
i got a pair of fake jordan 3s, honestly I dont care lol, theyre the original blue and red colorway, were 30 dollars, and i can wear the shit out of them without caring what happens to em
The quality of nikes these days is shit compared to yesteryear…Cracking midsoles after one day..My persians lasted 12 hours before I decided to paint graff in em..CUNTS
ive never owned fakes but if i found a pair I liked for the low i wouldnt give a fuck.
man ive seen lots of bootleggs that go hard, matter of fact y would you not rock bootleggs??? I have these bootlegg 7s that are a skyblue/black colorway, i know that were never released in that colorway but they go hard!!!! the bootlegg air force ones im wearin are comfortable as hell and i only spent 50 on them, i got a half a case in a lot of sizes, hit me up 50 a pair therealhomeskillet@gmail.com, YOU MUST LIVE IN GLENDALE,AZ I DONT SHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!