Charlamagne to Stephon Marbury: Your Sneakers Are Not Fly
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I feel what he's saying. Marbury is stating what may be a fact... But being built in the same factory isn't the same as using the same materials, to the same specs as Nike. I'm also not saying Nike doesn't sell their products well above what it costs them to make. But they're a premium product, and there isn't a premium product in the world that doesn't do the same thing.
I also agree that going at Jordan is low hanging fruit when we have a multitude of things specifically marketed to us that sell well above what it costs to make, so why the outrage over Nike???
I also agree that going at Jordan is low hanging fruit when we have a multitude of things specifically marketed to us that sell well above what it costs to make, so why the outrage over Nike???
Jordans aint been "fly" in 15 years. Thats why people buy the ones from 20 years ago in "new" colors.
nigga shit. Yet clowns pining for Black own items. You got something here Stephon is a global star in China where it actually counts. Steph like D Wade is smart only niggas with a diseased mind still checking in the hood for love from folk that can't pay their taxes.
I'm copping just to support. Paying $400 bucks for a belt and younger dudes dying in the street over sneakers is what's fly I guess? $900 sneakers and still living in the ghetto is fly huh.
I'm copping just to support. Paying $400 bucks for a belt and younger dudes dying in the street over sneakers is what's fly I guess? $900 sneakers and still living in the ghetto is fly huh.
Yeah I feel what he's saying too but it's not only about being up to Nike/Jordan specs or quality it's even more so about who's designing them shits. You can send any type of bullshit to the factory and they can't make it a hot shoe. They spit out what the company send them.
That shit he said about starbury's causing violence in the hood had me dying
I've never seen a pair of Marbury shoes that looked nice plus he wasn't a winner in the league.
I wouldn't even waste $15 bucks on his shoes.
I wouldn't even waste $15 bucks on his shoes.
I thought Marbury was out the shoe game
Peace,
This cat is an obvious bitter homosexual, yet people keep quoting him as if he's relevant.
This cat is an obvious bitter homosexual, yet people keep quoting him as if he's relevant.
#blacklivesmatter
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chatty patty still talking
I bought 3 pairs of his bobo's 10 years ago when they first came out. Wore one pair once and they were so uncomfortable that i never wore them again. I still have 2 pair.
Yes she is
Jordans cost less than 15 dollars from factory to shelf and you talking about material and specs....You just been brainwashed if you think they are a superior shoe and worth the 100 x markup. And charlamagne is a clown talking about fly. His dumb ass feeds right into the hype that Marbury was trying to cancel so that kids from families without means could still have quality shoes.
So what exactly is fly about spending a a couple hundred dollars for a shoe that costs 8 dollars to make ?
What ballscout said. Fuck this coon ass radio personality. And fuck anyone who agrees with him. Buncha damn bullshit.
Did you even read and process what I wrote, or do you just want to argue??? You stuck on the shoes, and going at Jordan, but how much do you think it cost to make the vehicle you drive??? Do you think it cost them, what they sell it to you for??? Why aren't you going at their neck??? Everything you own/consume someone makes a profit off of. Again... Why are you picking and chosing what to take a stand against??? Mofos like you stay acting like it's Nike and nothing else, but I'd bet money there's something in your garage, closet, living room, medicine cabinet and everything else you own that you could be taking a stand on, but you wont. GTFOH with your hypocritical ass.
Beatdownrecords got all the pairs
I will support dude, especially if a pair I like comes out.
I believe many ppl would...finding a pair you like is the hard part tho
Correct I don't like anything after the 14's
Let's see if anyone will have the retro succes Jordan has tho
Make some shoes fresh enough to come back out and sell out
No.. We don't
At $15 a pair, Steph should go the route of having the shoes customizable online, He'd kill in THAT market.
To clarify,too many new yorkers..
I don't know where your getting this from but, its wrong..lol
you can't name a damn car whose markup is anywhere close to Jordans and you damn sure can't name a car that has broke ass mofokrs as bullshitted as copping some J's..
we talking about a 100x markup from some sweatshop in the far east. Do you know how many separate vendors and suppliers it takes to build a car ? Nah you don't
so try again cause your defense is fukkd.
you right but Marbury on some noble shit and cats don't get it....he got a market of over a billion right now so his shits are selling
I bought the shoe when it first dropped to support and to ball in occasionally. The shoe fell apart on me. The glue around the bottom came undone 
. Not the most comfortable either for extended play. I'm sure it's improved since but not for me. I wish him success. I got a pair of Nikes (Kobe's) going on 5+ years still good to go.
. Not the most comfortable either for extended play. I'm sure it's improved since but not for me. I wish him success. I got a pair of Nikes (Kobe's) going on 5+ years still good to go.
should give the other two pair to the homeless or better yet all 3... i always looked at those kicks as some u should give them to charity type sneakers..like when they was having those barefoot protest to raise awareness to all the people from other countries who have a lot of poor people who don't even have decent footwear to wear..i thought starburys would be the perfect kicks to donate for the cause
So what's the cutoff for an acceptable markup bruh??? Tell me that and we'll go from there??? Because if there's blood on Nike hands there's blood on everyone elses. You're trying to justify why it's OK for some and not Nike/Jordan. A Charger(the hood classic) gets sold for around 30 k... You telling me it cost more than 15k to make that shit??? I don't know their venders, but I do know how wholesale works. And I can just about guarantee you Dodge ain't paying retail for the shit they buy from outside venders. Dont wanna do Dodge, lets do GM. Niggas love Lacs... An Escalade aint shit but a rebadged Tahoe/Avalanche with slightly upgraded materials. They sell that shit WELL above cost. Why not go at them??? Again, tell me what an acceptable cutoff for markup is...
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while I find charla maynes frankness entertaining,
he is still one of them cats who need to wear name brands to feel some sort
of self worth....
chicks play on that insecurity.......
its acceptable when you are young and impressionable, but kind of sad
when you are adult, and still dont realize, you are supposed to make the clothes
look good, not the other way around...
I think it could be a napolean complex too...
he is still one of them cats who need to wear name brands to feel some sort
of self worth....
chicks play on that insecurity.......
its acceptable when you are young and impressionable, but kind of sad
when you are adult, and still dont realize, you are supposed to make the clothes
look good, not the other way around...
I think it could be a napolean complex too...
You get hot over some kicks, don't 'uh, man???
You use the TJ Maxx discount to get em Demarco?
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