Nike Air Jordan 4 Retro "White/Cement" - The Aftermath - NO BUYING/SELLING/TRADING

[Aquamanjay_]

I'm not sure @jaylaw15
, but for $220 plus tax, they **** well should. Hopefully, we get that toe box also....​

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is that pair Authentic?

 

[marztharealist]

is that pair Authentic?

I'm not sure, I found em searching on Google. Here's the link.

https://my.carousell.com/p/35901667

My deepest apologies if they're not authentic, like I said my lust for these are at maximum!

I'm fiendin' for some new pics!!!

 

[jc619er]

 
Had JB been an established brand back in the day, Tinker would have put the jumpman on the back in heartbeat.  The jumpman actually looks cleaner.  He's probably laughing at everyone these days, thinking that he either prefers the look, or even got shot down by the execs when he mocked up the 3 and 4 with jumpmans....!  10 years from now people will be begging for OG colorways with jumpmans, and customs will swap out the NA...

Is it possible to give an un-rep for this?

 

[jc619er]

And yes they should come with a hang tag as the OGs did back in the day.

 

[kintan]

With $220 they should have the OG smell that came out in 1989

 

[marztharealist]

Originally Posted by jc619er  ​

And yes they should come with a hang tag as the OGs did back in the day.​

^^^^^^​

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You're **** right @jc619er, it's the only way if they're goin' to call them the "Air Jordan 4 Retro OG". Plus all 4's since 2012 have come with a hang tag, I don't see a reason why these would be any different.​

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Two reps for you G.​

 

[pharaohsaint22]

A couple of my homeboys just went back and copped the 2012 version. IDK I think that the 2015's will be better. I hated how the 2012's had less cement speckles and a lighter grey tone on them

 

[pwguy]

 

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I'm not sure, I found em searching on Google. Here's the link.​

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https://my.carousell.com/p/35901667​

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My deepest apologies if they're not authentic, like I said my lust for these are at maximum!​

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I'm fiendin' for some new pics!!!​

Look fake to me.

 

[pharaohsaint22]

 
With $220 they should have the OG smell that came out in 1989

 That nostalgia smell. the smell of NY when buggin out got his 4's rolled over. Good times 

 

[souljaman22]

A couple of my homeboys just went back and copped the 2012 version. IDK I think that the 2015's will be better. I hated how the 2012's had less cement speckles and a lighter grey tone on them

2012s are dark as heck. These 15s are lighter

 

[pharaohsaint22]

2012s are dark as heck. These 15s are lighter

Lol yeah I meant to type darker but I heard someone say lighter on TV and ended up typing it. Preciate the correction

 

[marztharealist]

Originally Posted by killuminati  

With $220 they should have the OG smell that came out in 1989

True, but I'll be happy if they just have the fresh shoe smell of the 2015 "Oreo" 4's, or the "Black/Infrared 6's from last year... That shoe smell was truly delightful IMO...

 

[Aquamanjay_]

My aquas had no smell. That never happened before

 

[marztharealist]

My aquas had no smell. That never happened before

I know right, that was extremely odd. I heard some of the pairs had mold on the shoe trees also.

 

[pmpdaddyrobford]

My aquas had no smell. That never happened before

mine didn't either but I don't remember any of my 8s having it really

 

[chrisftdot]

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Here's an early pair/unauthorized/ fake/ or whatever you wanna call it.

 

[hot route]

LOL, same rumors, same type of topics. all the hand tag, and authenticity talk about the IG woeful got people unsettled.  no need to panic at all.

 

[bigsykedaddy]

 Probably not real (I think this dude deals with fakes) but none the less still a cool video to see (IMO)

 

[pmpdaddyrobford]

 Probably not real (I think this dude deals with fakes) but none the less still a cool video to see (IMO)

Yes he does, 100% sells fakes. I got like 10 testimonials on IG people getting fakes saved on my phone.

no way in hell dude gets shoes over jordan athletes and the like. 5 months before a release
he removed a video he had on his channel of a testimonial for gamma 12s that had PATENT LEATHER.

 

[trethousandgt]

Had JB been an established brand back in the day, Tinker would have put the jumpman on the back in heartbeat.  The jumpman actually looks cleaner.  He's probably laughing at everyone these days, thinking that he either prefers the look, or even got shot down by the execs when he mocked up the 3 and 4 with jumpmans....!  10 years from now people will be begging for OG colorways with jumpmans, and customs will swap out the NA...

Lol, they were designed as NIKE AIR Jordan's. The Nike Air branding on the heel was well thought out and a detail that was preferred by most. These logo's and fonts are important to the overall look of a shoe.

A great example of this is when Nike swapped out the flaming tennis ball for the most generic logo ever on the Tech III


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The Nike Air on the heel is much more proportionate to the overall design, the Jumpman logo on the heel makes them almost look like blanks

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I think Jordan Brand felt that MJ The player and his accomplishments are what mostly lead people to buy these and that the Nike Air branding wasn't that important when in reality it was mostly good design with the icing on the cake being that the greatest basketball player of all time wore them (my opinion of course)

 

[Aquamanjay_]

Lol, they were designed as NIKE AIR Jordan's. The Nike Air branding on the heel was well thought out and a detail that was preferred by most. These logo's and fonts are important to the overall look of a shoe.

A great example of this is when Nike swapped out the flaming tennis ball for the most generic logo ever on the Tech III


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The Nike Air on the heel is much more proportionate to the overall design, the Jumpman logo on the heel makes them almost look like blanks

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I think Jordan Brand felt that MJ The player and his accomplishments are what mostly lead people to buy these and that the Nike Air branding wasn't that important when in reality it was mostly good design with the icing on the cake being that the greatest basketball player of all time wore them (my opinion of course)

I agree 100%, for me being a younger cat who barely remembers the Nike air on retros from 2000, and then seeing the Jumpman a lot, I think the Nike Air looks a whole lot better aesthetically. And usually Nike air on a shoe had good quality and materials to match. As someone who paid attention to little details and appreciates aesthetics, the NIke Air looks WAYYY better.

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The Nike air looks better and fills the space on the heel. Tbh Nike air is hype for some, Nostalgia for others, and aesthetically pleasing for folks like me.

 

[tonytobacco]

The heel piece is literally shaped around that Nike Air on the back. If it were shaped around a Jumpman it would be different but it isn't and thats why Nike Air looks better, because its supposed to.

 

[pwguy]

 

[snapreme]

Yea, that's why the jumpman always looked off on the heel. Wasn't meant to be there in the first place.

 

[lamekilla]

Nike promised Michael Jordan his own brand which is why the NA progressively went away starting with the 6's having the NA on the back in the same color of the upper (sans the carmine 6's) 7's had no visible Nike logo except the the insole and kept on going...

I feel as though the Air Jordan's that had a visible Nike Air logo should always have it. It's not as if JB is it's own entity. JB will always be Nike, just their urban division lol...