You might have seen this new adidas ad featuring D. Rose during last night's game. It's simple but effective. I like how they make quick cuts between game highlights and D. Rose walking through the city of Chicago. The beat is from Big Sean's "I Do It" and really pulls it all together. Dope!
Ah! Now it all makes sense. I was wondering why I couldn't find out how to visit the ShoeZeum. Now I know the opportunity wasn't available. Now the owner is offering up a tour of this masterpiece through an auction on eBay. I know I said I would pay a decent amount to see this place but I'm not paying $200+ which is what the current bid is. I'm all set with that.
I think this guy is missing out on a huge opportunity to make money off of sneakerheads though. If he opened it up like a real museum, he could charge about $20 a head and make some nice money. We will have to wait and see if he ever does that. I'll just stick to watching the videos for now.
Click here and here to check out my previous posts on the Shoezeum with some more vids. Check out eBay for the auction.
Snoop has been in full force promoting the new Blast by Colt 45 drink. If you haven't heard, it's basically a Four Loko rip off except without the caffeine. Even though it might not be as big of a viral hit because it doesn't fuck you up as much as Four Loko, I'm sure it will find some success because of their association with Snoop.
The video above is a behind the scenes look at the Blast photo shoot featuring the fine asses of Estevan Oriol and Rosa Acosta. Below is a somewhat related video of Snoop at an event that looks like it's promoting a little bit of everything. He got his own custom shoe from adidas with a matching Dogg House shoe box, and he also performed in front of a few lucky people who were drinking Colt 45 products.
Yes, you heard me right. The soundtrack to this new adidas commercial featuring Dwight Howard is from the one and only Donald Glover from Community. WTF?!?! I had to double check that to make sure it was right. I had no idea he rhymed. And his shit is actually decent! Who knew.
I guess he actually has a decent little following going for himself too. He goes by the name Childish Gambino which he came up with using a Wu Tang Clan name generator. Wow. That's pretty random and kind of awesome. This is on par with finding out that one of your best friends from college or work is actually a twin. It just freaks you out. Considering I was a fan of Glover's work on Community, this completely caught me off guard. I have to admit he's got a decent flow too. He's rapping about some crazy weird shit but I actually like it. At least he's being himself and doing something different.
Here is the full video for "Freaks & Geeks". It's simple but kind of cool.
Shout out to Shabooty.com for putting me on to this.
I've been feeling this new adidas commercial for awhile now. It's just a smooth and simple commercial that highlights all of their Royal shoes and apparel but it also has a dope soundtrack with a song called "Gone" by Donnis. I didn't know about him before but I'll definitely be looking for his shit from now on. That's a catchy ass song.
Here's the official video for "Gone" which is also pretty cool.
I had no idea what was going on with this new Foot Locker Reindeer commercial the first time I saw it last night during the Cavs/Heat game but I thought it was cool since it was sneaker related. I didn't catch on to the fact that the kid was holding Santa's Reindeer hostage until he received all of the kicks he wanted from Santa using a ransom note. Well played! I don't know how I missed that the first time.
The other Foot Locker ad with Santa was a little more straightforward. I love that he is huffing the new sneaker smell from a pair of Reebok Zig Tech's and gets caught by the kid who is more concerned about the shoes than seeing Santa. It's also nice to see commercials actually using Christmas and it's symbols again. I was getting really sick of that generic Happy Holidays shit.
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Here's a quick clip of Dwight Howard making of fun of Stan Van Gundy and talking about his new shoe from adidas "The Beast". I'm never usually a fan of big man shoes but these are looking pretty solid. These aren't too crazy looking and they look real solid for anyone with weak ankles. I could definitely see myself rockin' a pair of these for the new old man hoops league. I'd probably go with the all black joints first but even the White/Black and Blue home colorway is solid.
The adidas TS Beast drops on 11/12 at retailers nationwide for $100.
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I think this new adidas commercial is kind of dumb but I find myself liking it more every time I see it. I have no idea why and I'm probably dumber for watching it but what can you do. I guess that's what they call effective advertising these days.
The Adizero Rose kicks do look pretty legit though. I'd defintiely ball in these all day.
This isn't the best sneaker ad I've ever seen but you never see many on TV these days so I thought it was worth a post. Plus it features my boy B.o.B. and his track "Magic" which is kind of cool.
Here's the official description from the video's YouTube page:
The adidas Originals MEGA Diner is officially open and ready for biznazz. We've taken two of our house specialties, the Torsion and Softcell, and supersized them, never skimping on style, to make for a massive, mouth watering moment in footwear. Get in line with Paul Iacono for your own tasty MEGA Special, served up fresh by B.o.B. behind the grill. Enter the MEGA Diner online and our smokin' hot waitress will take your order, leaving it to B.o.B. to deliver a custom MEGA Special personalized for you and your friends. It's the biggest, baddest, freshest thing we got. Get it while it's hot!
Check out more at: http://www.adidas.com/MEGAdiner
I would highly recommend checking out the Diner because the waitress has some serious B.o.B.'s (Bombs over Baghdad) herself...
Solemart Paris went down a few weeks ago but I just stumbled across this video the other day. There is some dude babbling in French around the 1 minute mark that you may want to skip past but other than that the video is solid.
There are some serious throwback joints in this collection of kicks that bring me back to the good old days like the Ewings (brand name and Adidas version), Dikembe Mutombo's signature Adidas, various Reebok Pumps including cross trainers, tennis and basketball versions, Nike Air Flight Lites and of course some of the original Air Jordans.
My favorite of the whole bunch might be the David Robinson Nike Air Force 180 Pump joints that show up around the 3:45 mark. They look absurd now because they are the size of a military boot and super clunky but back in the day these were some of the hottest basketball shoes you could buy. I remember when I saw them for the first time on the feet of my best friend's older brother and I almost lost my mind. They were so fresh!
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I'm not a big soccer guy but I have to admit that I do get into the World Cup. I used to play soccer as a youngin' so I can respect the sport a little bit and I at least know when it's being played at a high level. I'm certainly not going to follow all of those European leagues or even MLS but I have no problem paying attention for a few weeks every 4 summers.
Adidas put together a cool little video to get everyone fired up for the World Cup in which they remix the classic bar scene from Star Wars by adding in some celebrities and soccer stars from today. Here's the summary from YouTube with a list of all the special guests. There's definitely some randoms in there:
"adidas Originals invites you to join David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel, DJ Neil Armstrong and some of your dear, old friends for an intergalactic 2010 FIFA World Cup™ viewing party that you'll never forget."
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St. Patrick's Day always brings a ton of fresh green colorways and this year is no exception. Adidas is always a big participant in the custom holiday joints and they bring some heat with the adidas TS Supernatural Commander St. Patricks Day kicks.
Kendrick Perkins and Kevin Garnett were spotted wearing these on Monday vs. the Pistons to go along with the St. Patrick's Day special uniforms that they wear all week long. They will be wearing them again tonight when they play the Knicks at home.
Adidas also dropped a St. Patrick's Day colorway of the TS Supernatural Creator. I'd assume a few of the Knicks might be rocking these as well as some other Adidas athletes across the league like Derick Rose on the Bulls. I think the green kicks with shamrocks should only be worn by the Celtics but what can you do...
Check for more pics after the jump.
The Celtics already sported their special green St. Patrick's Day uniforms on Monday against the Pistons so we got a nice look at all of their special green and gold kicks too. There were some really nice colorways in the bunch but I think Ray Allen's were the craziest. I would expect to see the same lineup of kicks on Wednesday night vs. the Knicks but I have a feeling Allen might have another trick up his sleeve. He always has the best Air Jordan PE's and he might be saving some special heat for St. Patrick's Day.
Ray Allen in the white/metallic gold colorway of the Jordan Hallowed Ground
Michael Finley in the Air Jordan XI 25th Anniversary
More Pics after the Jump.
Snoop was all over NYC on February 4th to help introduce the new Adidas Originals Star Wars Collection. I might have to pick up a few of these kicks since I'm a big Star Wars fan but I'm not going to hold my breath since it seems like they are already impossible to get. Star Wards nerds and sneakerheads tend to overlap quite a bit so this is like the perfect storm for Adidas. I'm surprised they didn't think of this earlier.
Don't ask my why but this video kind of reminds me of when Snoop crushed the buildings in the "New York, New York" video. That is definitely an underrated classic!
Anyway, here's a look at some of my favorite kicks from the Adidas Star Wars Collection. You can check out all of the options at StarWars.com.
More Pics after the jump.
There were a lot of cool looking Christmas colorways on the sneakers of NBA players this year since there were 5 different games to choose from but I was most interested in the Celtics kicks. They already have the green in their uniforms and it makes the most sense for them to wear the Christmas colors.
Here's a quick look at what the players were wearing on their feet on Christmas Day:
Kevin Garnett in the Adidas TS Commander LT
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