LeBron to go Greek?
- Thread starter Fucky McFuckerson
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of course hip hop doesnt get all the credit. but if you dont think hip hop played a HUUUUGE part in the jordan legacy you got your brains fried or havent been around long enough. motherfuckers werent getting shot over bird and magic or grandmamas converse, or james worthys new balance, or ewings "ewings", or joe montanas l.a. gear lol. just like starter jackets. just like hennessy. just like a million other things you can name who owe a majority portion of their longterm mainstream success to hip hop. hip hop dictates trends and the like. if you think hip hop hasnt had a huge influence on shoe trends dating to the 80s you need to get up on game. run dmc had a shoe contract with adidas in the 80s. what other form of music can say that? to this day is there a genre of music outside of hiphop with endorsement deals with artists? shoe companies know where their money is made. lebron will never reach jordans status as far as shoe popularity. nobody will. thats like another league trying to come in and overthrow the nba or the nfl. it aint gonna happen. jordan built its legacy on rebellion much like jordan in his early years. were they hotter when they first dropped or when the nba banned them? and mike said fuck it and kept wearing them.
That's some serious cash to only be playing 30 games. If those billionaire brats are willing to dish it out, I don't see whats the problem going over there for 3 seasons come back and finish what he left off. And for them to willing to pay his taxes and give him the royalty treatment on top of that sounds like a sweet deal to me....
Macbeth shoes and Converse have all kinds of contracts with different punk/indie/alternative rock bands, as well as some tattoo artists. Then there are certain skate shoe companies that give bands their own designer shoes. So yes, there is a genre of music outside of hip hop with endorsement deals with artists.
I wasn't saying hip hop didn't have any influence on the trends of my generation, I was only trying to make the point that from your perspective Jordan's wouldn't be a big seller without hip hop. If I recall your words were something like "hip hop made jordans" and the point I made was this: even if hip hop weren't around, I feel Jordans would have been made by something or someone else... I dont know, maybe Michael Jordan?
that's like saying if all of Tennessee didn't eat sliced bread the whole idea of sliced bread would have vanished into the past.
I wasn't saying hip hop didn't have any influence on the trends of my generation, I was only trying to make the point that from your perspective Jordan's wouldn't be a big seller without hip hop. If I recall your words were something like "hip hop made jordans" and the point I made was this: even if hip hop weren't around, I feel Jordans would have been made by something or someone else... I dont know, maybe Michael Jordan?
that's like saying if all of Tennessee didn't eat sliced bread the whole idea of sliced bread would have vanished into the past.