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Over the years i’ve met alot of different Sneaker Heads… Whether I was on Melrose slangin my mixtapes, Waiting in Line at a Jordan Release Date, Shopping in a Random Skate Shop, Selling or Trading with somebody from Craigslist or ISS, Old School Nike Talk members or just cruising around rockin some heat! But everybody shares the same LOVE for SNEAKERS! Word to the Homie Trev, who i met back when i was pushin my mixtape. Dude was a straight up AIR MAX animal… Him and his crew spend their days hunting down old mom and pop shops to dig through old inventory to find old ass Air Max’s… hahahaa! But he’s been a solid connect and homie for ever now! When ever i need a sneaker i let him know and he always comes through… Never Fails…

Thats whats dope about meeting other Shoe Lovers. If you need a shoe you can always hit up somebody and they can pick you up a pair thats only being released in their area and vice versa… Favor for a Favor! or if you gotta work, hit up somebody going to pick up that shoe and throw them some cheese to cop you a pair also! but you always gotta return that favor! its only right!

My friend and Owner of Jazzy Cupcakes… Ayleen got one of the meanest collections i know! Her Closet is shittin on most dudes closets… im talkin 3’s and 4’s that you WISH you had! every 11 that dropped OG and Retro! Her Grandma rocks a pair of OG Infared 6’s… Yeah! her closet is THAT serious!

Now as i got older my closet started to fill up. When i moved out of my parents house i had stacks on top of stacks of shoe boxes… Closet was full, my whole wall was full (Floor to Roof) under my bed was full… It was like a episode from Hoarders… LOL but it wasnt trash it was towers of shoe boxes. So i decided to Donate the ones i didnt wear no more and all the beaters and just move all the heat to my new spot. I ended up donating 86 pairs to Soles4Souls… Old Jordans, Puma Clydes, Shell toes, Air Force 1 Mids and Lows, Vans…. (some of the shoes i gave away i wish i still kept.. but its cool) I still ended up bring 3 truck loads of shoes to my new spot. But now i had shelves to stack them in, a Bigger Closet and my SB addiction was at an all time HIGH! LOL im buying doubles of Quickstrikes, one to rock and one to sell/trade/keep on ice! everything dropping im buying! lol

The homie Bob the Barber is fresh out the Military.. Choppin wigs at a local barber shop. He’s always been a sneaker dude also! He was workin at Foot Action when i was at Lady Footlocker… Rockin J’s and shit! I started gettin faded up by him and always talked sneakers… Come to find out, he was gettin down with SB’s too. So now every weekend we’re hittin different spots to cop shoes! and we’re wreckin shit! im talkin trunk loads every weekend! LOL His closet is ill too… Pink Boxes, Silver Boxes, Black Boxes, Gold, Blue… He holds heat too… Word to the HYPELESS SB CREEPS **Side Note: Bob killed the DunkxChange in LA this year rockin the Barcelona Kobe’s** So now my collection is gettin deep again, we’re coppin shit every weekend! shoe boxes every where.

Time to clean out my closet AGAIN! I donate and Sell alot more kicks this time around! But now im more into QUALITY over QUANTITY! I used to want a billion shoes… hahaha but i’d rather have 100 EXCLUSIVE Pairs over 400 Random Pairs… Coppin everything that dropped isnt cuttin it for me no more. I had sneakers in my closet that i bought 3 years ago that still havent seen the pavement! thats cool and all but chances are i might not even rock’em.. hahahaa! i was just buying to buy’em! hahahahahaa! its like that some times!

When SB dropped the Gold Boxes things were still dope! i was coppin doubles cuz shit was exclusive still… Some people were on SB’s but NOT everybody… and Then SB dropped the Blue Boxes.. and things went a little weird! some Dunk Lows didnt have Puffy Tongues, ALL of a Sudden EVERYBODY wanted SB’s, There was ALOT of GR Dunks and Blazers, The Concepts on some of the Quickstrikes were lame and seemed forced! So i kind of fell back and decided to hunt down older SB’s.. Dont get me wrong tho… The Skunks and Larry Perkins were Clever! Gucci’s were Over Hyped! hahahaa But thats just me! i was starting to look for older pairs i thrashed or sold or traded that i wanted back from the Pink and Silver Box years. The SOLE SEARCHER in me still wants to hunt sneakers but the new shit thats dropping is either overly Hyped or just WACK!

To Be Continued….