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Is Drake Bringing Back the Flight Suit?

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Drake himself was not immune to a fair share of flak — mostly for his fashion choices — at the finale of the OVO Fest. The flight suit he wore while roasting Meek Mill with a slew of memes was ironically subject to memes itself, but could Drake be onto something bigger? While the flight suit may not be pervasive right now, it actually has a long history stemming alongside that of the Nike Air Force 1. The original AF1 rollout centered around planes and flight, and the flight suit was a natural complement to the then-innovative shoe. It was donned by Jordan and the Original 6, released in various colorways to the public. Following that, Jordan would bring the flight suit with him to the Air Jordan 2 all the way to 8, with each new iteration complemented by a showing of the functional suit in one way or another. So Drake’s choice of attire may have been questionable, but definitely signifies an alignment with the Jordan brand and probably many more collabs to come. He did, after all, unveil a never-before-seen pair of Air Jordan 8s while in them.

Head over to Nice Kicks to read the entire history between the Jordan Brand and the flight suit. Will you be rocking one anytime soon?
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DRAKE, OVO FEST & THE STORIED HISTORY OF THE JORDAN FLIGHT SUIT

Last night’s OVO Fest was more carnival than festival, with Drake riding his momentum like the Gravitron, further proving his pull on hip-hop while making a modern day Summer Jam scene out of his home city concert. Guests were plentiful, memes were memorable, and The Boy showed out. While much attention was given to the music, an interesting amount was made over Drizzy’s wardrobe choices. Though sneaker sites focused on his feet and the surprise debut of the white “OVO” Air Jordan 8s, the web was on tilt over his matching Flight Suits.

Conjuring comparisons to The Ghostbusters, The Rocketeer and everything in between, the design cues of the concept are deeply rooted in the Air Jordan lineage and the famous Flight Suits that were merched with early models. Made famous by Michael Jordan on the court and kept contemporary off of it by a slew of hip-hop and R&B artists, the Flight Suit has seen a few retro runs but never with a full-on push or appreciation from the market.

Complete with Jumpman branding on the back, Drake’s Flight Suits are another example of his blossoming Jordan Brand partnership. Whether the suits are an exclusive for Aubrey or part of the “OVO” Air Jordan 10 retail rollout, it’s an interesting homage to one of the most interesting but often neglected nuances of the Air Jordan signature series, and perhaps a trend to watch. Get a brief history on the evolution of the Jordan Flight Suit and the models it complemented below.

Before MJ: The Air Force 1
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photo via Trainer Sniffer

The foundation of the Flight Suit as we know it in basketball fashion finds wings from the Nike Air Force 1. While irony exists that “Flight” and “Force” eventually became camps pitted against each other, with one serving speedy perimeter players and the other outfitting strong scorers in the paint, the original AF1 rollout was all about flight literally and metaphorically with plane positioning all over the ads.

The Air Jordan 1

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bottom left photo via Jordans Daily and right photo via The Grand Archives

While the Original 6 would serve as the poster boys for the Flight Suit, The One would place it in sneaker closets across the country. Donned by Michael Jordan with Wings branding and his pivotal Air Jordan 1 sneaker, the first Flight Suits would launch in colorways such as Black/Red and Black/Royal to match his inaugural signature. Top Gun in concept, Flo-Jo in fashion, the gravity defying get-up saw traces of tracksuit in both construction and an overall fast feel. OG iterations span from very airborne one-piece takes along with more manageable two-piece takes as well as sleeveless variations. The two-piece version has returned in retro form, but the one-piece hasn’t to our understanding.

The Air Jordan 2
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Fashionably and functionally, the Air Jordan 1 was a tough act to follow. Using Italian leather and a sturdier sole, the Air Jordan 2 balanced luxury nuances with performance packaging in a manner similar to the adidas Forum. While memories of MJ heating up the hardwood in the Air Jordan 2 don’t compare to that of its predecessor, one of the most timeless and visible shots of Jordan in the AJ2 comes from the promo images of him donning a Flight Suit. Said shots have lived on through nostalgia, appearing on early Air Jordan 2 retro cards and t-shirts.

The Air Jordan 3
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photo via OLDSCHOOL Music

1988 was a landmark year for hoops and hip-hop. On the court, Michael Jordan won MVP of both the entire NBA and the league’s All-Star Game. In hip-hop, the power shifted to the West with the rise of the NWA and their street surviving stories that merged reporting and rebellion. A common thread in both rises was the Air Jordan 3. The shoe that kept MJ with Nike changed the sneaker game forever, and it also dressed Eazy-E. The Compton MC famously wore not just the shoe, but also the corresponding Flight Suit, on the alternative artwork and promotional posters for Eazy-Duz-It.

The Air Jordan 4
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Available at TI$A Vision

Making the most of Flight branding, the Air Jordan 4 and its matching Flight Suit amplified the model’s tongue tagging in bold fashion. Propelling the “Flight” script featured on the shoe’s tongue, the same font and in some cases the exact tagging was featured on the Flight Suits. Zip-front and pullover jackets exist for this model, with particular pieces getting retro runs at retail.

The Air Jordan 5
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Will Smith photo via Buddy TV

Perhaps the most popular or visible in retro life, the Air Jordan 5 Flight Suit saw breezy construction highlighted by horizontal striping. While MJ donned the design in ads and at appearances, Will Smith gave juice to the jumpsuit on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Similar to another MJ known for his flashy jackets, this pair popped with personality via zipper features that offered a sleeveless look.

The Air Jordan 6
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Image via DeFY New York

More mundane than previous pairings, the Air Jordan 6 Flight Suit featured above kept things simple and streamlined, making the most of the stark contrast between black and infrared tones. In general, 1991 saw more Flight Suits for Force Camp athletes like David Robinson and more of an emphasis on tees, tanks and pairing long sleeve tops with shorts.

The Air Jordan 7
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photo via Rakuten

If the Air Jordan 6 played it safe in suiting, the Air Jordan 7 took a sharp and loud left. Sporting styling straight from the shoe’s tongue and sole, both full-zip and pullover options up top spoke more to the sneaker than earlier installments. Brought back to the market on a couple occasions, retro iterations trended more towards track jackets of the time in cut and composition, still playing off the jagged lines of the OG.

The Air Jordan 8
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photo via Flattophitop!

While Drizzy donned Air Jordan 8s of his own inspiration with a Flight Suit at last night’s OVO Fest, his Flight Suit was really more AJ1 than AJ8. The companion to the fuzzy tongued high tops from 1993 was bold in graphics and in hue. If you’re reading this JB, it’s not too late to put these out with this holiday season’s “Aqua” retro.





Later Launches & Other Homages

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As materials would evolve, so would sportswear. While the Flight Suit as we know it would in some ways be discontinued as windbreakers went out of vogue in the late 90s, a similar concept would be applied later on with the likes of velour and other alternatives. More geared towards luxury loungewear than conceptual clothing, the sweatsuit wave would more or less wash out the Flight Suit. Nevertheless, as retro Jordans became popular in the 2000s, rehashed takes on the Flight Suit concept would eventually come back from JB and also be homaged by designers that grew up on sportswear.


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photos via The Go Figure/Bodega

Vintage voyagers like Dr. Romanelli and Don C have kept the Flight Suit, or more commonly the Flight Jacket, alive in different manners. Romanelli became a fan favorite in the 2000s by cutting up vintage Flight Jackets and redressing them as new jackets of the wearable collage variety. Don C released an homage to older AJ apparel with the matching jacket that dropped with his Jus Don x Air Jordan 2 collaboration.


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left and right photos via @robertle1, middle photo via @nigel_d

So, does Drake have a chance to bring back the Flight Suit as a mainstream fashion mainstay? It’s definitely possible. History tells us that when the hottest rapper in the game takes a style risk, they might at first be mocked (think Kanye in long tees) but they will eventually be mimicked at length (again, think Kanye in long tees, pun intended).

While Drake doesn’t have the fashion pedigree of say Yeezy or A$AP Rocky, his spot at the top of the totem poll makes him a fashion fixture off top. This has proved true for previous crown holders as well. While Jay Z has always kept it clean, comfortable and pretty par for the course over his career fashion wise, the times he did take risks (throwing out throwbacks and bringing in button downs) the general public took notice and changed clothes. Much like Big Homie, Drake has hit another peak. He’s got the juice right now in regard to the music, with the JB deal and OVO outfitters to match. Could Flight Suits be the next big leap for Jordan Brand and land Drake his first fashion hit? As for now no tellin’, but we’re down for a bringback.
 
That Drake "flightsuit" article is the most dickriding shit I've seen in a minute. Most of those weren't flight suits, they were fucking wind breakers and Jordan was wearing the windbreaker pants in that shot not that gay ass flight suit "in OVO colors" like somebody claimed.
 
That Drake "flightsuit" article is the most dickriding shit I've seen in a minute. Most of those weren't flight suits, they were fucking wind breakers and Jordan was wearing the windbreaker pants in that shot not that gay ass flight suit "in OVO colors" like somebody claimed.
 
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If @Drake drops 3 Peat it wou d end Meek's ife. If this tweet ooks weird it's because @MeekMill took a the "L's" in the wor d this week MAO
 
Drake Is Sending Fabolous Gifts, So They’re Definitely Cool Now

by Nadeska Alexis 10h ago
They say that time heals all wounds — but when you’re a rapper, a pair of Air Jordans can’t hurt, either. In Fabolous and Drake’s case, a new pair of kicks cements the fact that there’s no bad blood left between these two.

Things got a little sour last year, when Drake seemed to be taking a shot at the Brooklyn rapper in his Rolling Stone interview. While allegedly criticizing Kanye’s “Swaghili” line on “I’m In It,” Drizzy was quoted as saying, “Come on, man. Even Fabolous wouldn’t say some sh-t like that.” Not exactly the most flattering remark.


But on Tuesday, August 4, Fab posted an Instagram photo of his new limited edition OVO Air Jordans and gave a shout out to Drizzy for the gift. Glad to see that things are solid between these two.
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Back in December, Fabolous told MTV News that he ran into Drake at an Air Jordan event and they finally talked things out.

“As a young artist, you gotta experience that before you understand that they will take your words and either flip ’em,” Fab said. “It might’ve been a light part of the conversation, but they use it as the strength to sell the story, to sensationalize the story.”

At least Drake was gracious about it.

“He apologized that I was even brought into that whole mess. I was shocked,” the Brooklyn rapper added. Watch Fab explain in the video below.
http://www.mtv.com/news/2232797/drake-sent-fabolous-ovo-air-jordans/?xrs=_s.tw_news
 
#back2back Freestyle at Tao beach..Where's Meeks freestyle #lasvegas #Vegas

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3m3 minutes ago
black regina george ‏@fatalitiess
You not a bigger Drake fan that Norm Kelly idc what you say



Norm Kelly ‏@norm
Philadelphia reacting to the news that @Drake will be dropping 3 peat.
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Aug 4
Norm Kelly ‏@norm
Shoot from the lip. Not the hip.


Norm Kelly ‏@norm
Honoured. #6ix
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Jul 30
Norm Kelly ‏@norm
This is the reason people hire ghostwriters. #WeDidntWannaKnow

Jul 29
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Jul 27
Norm Kelly ‏@norm
Need to charge up. Taking a break from Twitter. Be back in 2 weeks.

In case y'all didn't know who dude is
City of Toronto Councillor Norm Kelly
(He's been trolling the whole time)
 
Safaree Samuels Claims To Have Ghostwritten On “The Pinkprint”


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Ghostwriting finds itself in Hip Hop new once again as Nicki Minaj’s former BF Safaree Samuels is now claiming that he ghostwrote some of her biggest hits off her latest LP The Pinkprint. On his newly released diss track Lifeline, SB claims that all her claims of writing all her raps are false, the same thing her new man Meek Mill said about Drake. But Safaree aims some of his bars at Meek Mill, spitting, “This nigga bent outta shape with a gorilla face/ My bars on ‘The Pinkprint’ no one will ever match/ My dickprint lil nigga u could never match.” He also take shots at Meek’s phyical appearance, “I heard you told Philippe Chow you ain’t goin’ there. You outta shape anyway you need to eat a pear.” As far as writing credits go, he doesn’t have any on the album, but he did get an A&R credit. Check out the track in full after the jump.
 
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"In hip-hop, you must write your own raps. If someone else were to write them for you, you'd have no credibility whatsoever, and you'd be out of the window immediately. But when it comes to the music, there's not really the same pride in writing it yourself. People don't care who wrote it, or where it comes from or what the sample is, they just want the hottest beat. They just want that and then put it out in their own song. Having said that, Drake and I do take pride in writing songs together, just the two of us. We'll start in an old-school way, with me on the piano or at my Wurlitzer, finding a chord progression, and he'll start singing some melodies. I'll record the keys, usually with a [Neumann] U87, and his scratch vocals. I'll use either a Sony C800G on him or, if he's in the control room, a [Shure] SM57. The mics go through a Neve 1073 or 1081, and I'll have an [Teletronix] LA2A on his voice, not hitting that too hard. These sketches will sometimes make it to the record. I'll sometimes sample them. If you listen to the song 'Hate Sleeping Alone' [from the iTunes version of Take Care], you'll hear all sorts of bits of background vocals in the background, which sing the same melodies, but without words. It's the scratch melody of Drake singing before he had written the words
.http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar12/articles/it-0312.htm
 
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Safaree Samuels Claims To Have Ghostwritten On “The Pinkprint”


Meek-Mill-Safaree-and-Nicki-Minaj.jpg

Ghostwriting finds itself in Hip Hop new once again as Nicki Minaj’s former BF Safaree Samuels is now claiming that he ghostwrote some of her biggest hits off her latest LP The Pinkprint. On his newly released diss track Lifeline, SB claims that all her claims of writing all her raps are false, the same thing her new man Meek Mill said about Drake. But Safaree aims some of his bars at Meek Mill, spitting, “This nigga bent outta shape with a gorilla face/ My bars on ‘The Pinkprint’ no one will ever match/ My dickprint lil nigga u could never match.” He also take shots at Meek’s phyical appearance, “I heard you told Philippe Chow you ain’t goin’ there. You outta shape anyway you need to eat a pear.” As far as writing credits go, he doesn’t have any on the album, but he did get an A&R credit. Check out the track in full after the jump.

Something weird bout this picture
 
oh NOW yall wanna believe it was planned...I said that shit was possible days ago...I've listened to more meek/drake these last few days than I ever have...meek took the L but ppl who didn't know his name now do...granted it's for the wrong thing but if him and drake somehow bury the hatchet dude'll be good...I'll admit tho I didn't think the shit woulda been this one-sided and that twitter woulda poured down on him like it did
 
oh NOW yall wanna believe it was planned...I said that shit was possible days ago...I've listened to more meek/drake these last few days than I ever have...meek took the L but ppl who didn't know his name now do...granted it's for the wrong thing but if him and drake somehow bury the hatchet dude'll be good...I'll admit tho I didn't think the shit woulda been this one-sided and that twitter woulda poured down on him like it did

planned or not(i dont think it was) meeks career on life support. :lol::smh:
 
planned or not(i dont think it was) meeks career on life support. :lol::smh:

Word. What man would plan his own career suicide just to benefit another man. Outta here with that bullshit. Meek gains nothing from this. I can't even listen to his music knowing he lost a battle to drake.
 
oh NOW yall wanna believe it was planned...I said that shit was possible days ago...I've listened to more meek/drake these last few days than I ever have...meek took the L but ppl who didn't know his name now do...granted it's for the wrong thing but if him and drake somehow bury the hatchet dude'll be good...I'll admit tho I didn't think the shit woulda been this one-sided and that twitter woulda poured down on him like it did

I believed you then but I think meek just wasn't prepared for Drakes corporate machine he has behind him...hell he sponsored by all the major corporations out! Apple,coke(sprite),Nike hell ain't no way that kind of backing losing ever! Cause Drake really had no ammo that's why he used all the memes behind him only thing he really could say was about Meeks relationship meek had all the ammo but he wasted it
 
oh NOW yall wanna believe it was planned...I said that shit was possible days ago...I've listened to more meek/drake these last few days than I ever have...meek took the L but ppl who didn't know his name now do...granted it's for the wrong thing but if him and drake somehow bury the hatchet dude'll be good...I'll admit tho I didn't think the shit woulda been this one-sided and that twitter woulda poured down on him like it did

That pic is from way last year when they were all cool. Exactly why would Meek plan to get his entire career damaged? Who would plan a no win situation. Anybody with a brain can see there was no win in this for Meek. If he would have "won" the narrative would have been "he was supposed to win". And if he lost which he did....this happened. A lose lose. In fact though you are right. It was planned. Meek planned this because he thought it would catapult him into superstar crossover status. He was feeling himself, he's got the hottest chick the game, was #1 3 weeks in a row and was selling consistently. He thought this was his moment ......
 
ya a few cats mentioned that re: corporate backing...drake did his thing imo...but I can't deny yall have a point...he wasn't gonna lose even if he lost lol

...hell he sponsored by all the major corporations out! Apple,coke(sprite),Nike hell ain't no way that kind of backing losing ever!

my comment had nothing to do w/ that pic which is obviously fucking old...it was based on other comments w/in the thread

That pic is from way last year when they were all cool.
 
I believed you then but I think meek just wasn't prepared for Drakes corporate machine he has behind him...hell he sponsored by all the major corporations out! Apple,coke(sprite),Nike hell ain't no way that kind of backing losing ever! Cause Drake really had no ammo that's why he used all the memes behind him only thing he really could say was about Meeks relationship meek had all the ammo but he wasted it

Even with all that...I didn't see a huge marketing scheme to go at Meek.

Drake just made a heartful song expressing disbelief about his round loose lips, Meek didn't reply but clowned which forced Drake to prepare a diss track.
 
Man just think if Drake is made radio friendly...that shit would reach folks...that hook is catchy
 
Man just think if Drake is made radio friendly...that shit would reach folks...that hook is catchy

Had to go to downtown bk and red hook almost all the cars white girl baby BMW windows open smiling at me playing unedited drake back to back

a few minutes later brother in a drop top same song

near ikea middle aged Woman car full of kids song playing...

Say what u want drake dropped a diss record NOT for the streets but for his pockets. AND STILL Got THE streets.

Respect.
 
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