Kanye West: King of the Sunken Place, "Watch the Throne"

[frshstunna]

Yea dudes still listen to and support ppl that say/do questionable stuff bout black folks and say “they there for the guests” or “they got some good points sometimes” but want other ppl to care

 

[Kinfolk]

I was waiting for it to come to this.

"Let's attack people that wear Kanye West shoes and not let up until they take them off!"

What is this going to accomplish?

 

[Sumrndmdude!]

If people put as much effort into studying finance, law, and the sciences as they do reading up on Jewish conspiracies, Kanye would most likely have a lawyer who looks like him jerking him on a contract.

 

[dblplay1212]

Yea the cats complaining bout Jews either wanna deflect from Kanye or had a gripe which they using all this mess to get takes off …Cuz nobody, especially if you black should be shocked or mad how any of this is playing out…You must be living under or dumb as a rock if you think ppl care and will do anything bout anybody but their own

Why tf would you think “slavery was a choice” and all the other stuff would move the needle for Jewish or other white folks? It’s been no evidence or history to expect that or anything close to equal treatment for issues not related to them …Let Kanye dig his grave, he wildin out and facing consequences that’s it

Right or wrong, Kanye being black is why his slavery comments didn't move the needle much. If a white guy said that, he would have caught a lot of ****. Likewise, if a Jewish guy had made the recent comments that Kanye has, it wouldn't have been a huge issue. It's when one race/religion starts talking about another that things get heated.

Unless you're someone like Tucker Carlson that just uses a gigantic dog whistle nightly to skate around and "just ask questions."

 

[southernhospita]

Kanye should have gotten the Terry Crews treatment from the black community a long time ago
But folks pulled out that “oh he’s bipolar” or my favorite “oh he just misses his mom “ blanket to cover the dumpster fire

 

[monstar]

Kanye saying slavery was a choice got me all the way out.

No company wanted to check him or end a deal. Calling out the president didnt hurt him either yet this Is what got all the sponsors out of here.

Not surprised at all. That should have been the reaction when he made that comment and wore those shirts

 

[rioibrs]

 

[computersputin]

This subject really gave people an excuse to expose a lot of their bull**** views.

Even spilled over to other threads not involving Ye. Dudes even in the Umar thread complaining about bans and being silenced no NT.

It has been peak goofy season

If it's going down in NT, imagine what kinda dialogue is going on in communities that are echo chambers for conspiracies/views likes these, that have no filters, regulations, or pushback.

 

[6pac]

They've said, ''people weren't rockin adidas before Ye.'' I came with evidence to debunk that argument, but according to them those pictures & shoes don't count cause that's old. The same could be said about Michael Jordan's stuff. Just like people still rock the AJ1's or any other classic Jordan model, there's also people that still rock the Gazelle's, Samba's, Stan Smith's, Shelltoes, etc. but to them that's irrelevant, the double standards, smh.

Adidas will be just fine with or without Ye!

People been rocking J’s for 40 years though thru all generations since. The people you posted in those pics were the last generation to give a damn about some Shelltoes or Top Tens fr

Adidas will likely be fine as the #2 they were before Ye until New Balance catches up by the end of The 2020’s but Lmaoo at pretending they had any models that buzz wise competed with J’s or even some of the Brons / Foams / Kobe’s for that matter. You’re posting pics from the first Bush presidency my guy.

Dudes gonna start posting pics of Air Monarchs from 30 years ago or Blazers from the 70’s to say Tinker wasn’t important to Nike?

 

[6pac]

do you think adidas made the confirmed app for the stan smiths classics?

lmao like what are these ****** talking about

 

[rioibrs]

People been rocking J’s for 40 years though thru all generations since. The people you posted in those pics were the last generation to give a damn about some Shelltoes or Top Tens fr

Adidas will likely be fine as the #2 they were before Ye until New Balance catches up by the end of The 2020’s but Lmaoo at pretending they had any models that buzz wise competed with J’s or even some of the Brons / Foams / Kobe’s for that matter. You’re posting pics from the first Bush presidency my guy.

Dudes gonna start posting pics of Air Monarchs from 30 years ago or Blazers from the 70’s to say Tinker wasn’t important to Nike?

NB isn't even close to #2 . won't happen in our lifetime. heck, even skechers would get closer to that than NB.

 

[noshoegame]

but Lmaoo at pretending they had any models that buzz wise competed with J’s or even some of the Brons / Foams / Kobe’s for that matter.

These kids will just never understand that the "buzz" they think is so important is such a small aspect of these brands overall business.

With out this so called buzz Adidas has numerous models that outsell Kobe, LeBron and Foams.

 

[6pac]

These kids will just never understand that the "buzz" they think is so important is such a small aspect of these brands overall business.

You can still be profitable with shoes that only casuals care about but not having a “cool factor” to your brand is why the separation is so firm between #1 and #2 with Nike and adidas. The 90’s-2010’s basketball run and Jordan Brand solidified Nike as the cool brand (which trickles down to more generic models) meanwhile Adidas is about to get lapped by New Balance probably within the next ten/twenty years because New Balance understands rn how to create/brings silhouettes to the forefront that people like. Adidas was doing random bull **** like Pink and Teal Superstars with Pharrell before Kanye so obviously they want in on that too but just don’t know how to do it.

 

[6pac]

NB isn't even close to #2 . won't happen in our lifetime. heck, even skechers would get closer to that than NB.

I mean they have decades of a head start in athletics if I’m not mistaken, I didn’t even know New Balance made non dad/trail shoes until a few years ago

 

[Sumrndmdude!]

New balance is bringing "new silhouettes" to the forefront? Lol

 

[Sumrndmdude!]

One can argue the nmd and ultraboosts pushed things forward for adidas than nike, not discounting Kanyes contribution.

Didn't adidas poach like 5 key nike designersarount 2012-2013, then theybjust started churning out bangers.

 

[RustyShackleford]

As someone that lived in the DMV for a while, and has been wearing NB for over two decades, it is kinda funny watching their rise and people just starting to rock them and act like it is the new hotness.

Yeezy was huge for Adidas but they were already committed to making investments to compete more with Nike before they landed Ye.

 

[6pac]

New balance is bringing "new silhouettes" to the forefront? Lol

You added the “new” but they got people to care about the 550’s out of nowhere

Same could arguably be said for those dad shoe looking joints being “hyped” now. For the longest ****** in the DMV were the only ones jacking those 996 or whatever type shoes.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I posted this in an NBA thread, the DMV's love for NBs runs deep...

Brah when I moved to the states that was the first piece of footwear Maryland dudes told me to cop.

The grey 992s had the streets going brazy back in the day. I remember before the Sports Authority in Greenbelt, MD closed, the store only had two employees working, a manager and cashier. They were sending them no new Nikes but were still sending them New Balances, stock from the store was being moved elsewhere so it was mostly empty otherwise.

A goon went up in there looking to buy a pair, got into it with manager, and knocked the manager clean out. When everyone in the store peeped what happen, everyone just went straight for the 992s. Just grabbed them, and bounced. People that were in other stores heard what happen and came through to pick the store clean. Dozens of pairs gone in minutes.

-Grey New Balances, Black Foam Pros, and Black Nike Boots, the DMV and B.More holy trinity of footwear back in the day.

This happened in like 2005-2006

 

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[Sumrndmdude!]

You added the “new” but they got people to care about the 550’s out of nowhere

Same could arguably be said for those dad shoe looking joints being “hyped” now. For the longest ****** in the DMV were the only ones jacking those 996 or whatever type shoes.

Oh, so you nean new balance got some street hype of issuing an old silhouette?

I wonder what brands have done that before.

Im saying that as someone with 10 pairs in the closet by the way lol

Man hype isbalways gonna be there, asics was hotbfor a few summers, ewings were back like cooked crack. Lets not think that whats currently hype on the gram will dictate the future of these companies.

Adidas should be good lol.

 

[Sumrndmdude!]

I posted this in an NBA thread, the DMV's love for NBs runs deep...


This happened in like 2005-2006

New balance and foams.

DMV cultural influence>>>kanye

 

[tr1ll]

Wild idea but….what if Adidas came out with something new?

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[noshoegame]

Wild idea but….what if Adidas came out with something new?

Well if you listen to the kids in the Yeezy thread Kanye has either worn or designed everything Adidas that anyone has ever wanted.