Marques Brownlee Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex

[Music] [Applause] [Music] what up everybody it's Joe from complex we're in New York City a city and goods with tech expert marques Brownlee sad to be here gonna do some sneaker shopping today gonna see what he's feeling what he's not and then hopefully he's gonna buy some sneakers definitely let's go [Music] marques saw a video and you said you're not a big sneaker head per se but that your cousins yeah our sneaker heads yeah did they make you aware of this world coming up well them a little bit they're both younger than me but they're both Hooper's so they they're a poor super into shoes also some of the guys at the studio bigger sneaker heads and I I wouldn't call myself super into that world yet but as far as these first few years of experimenting with it I'm finding a lot of stuff I like one thing about you you were a lot of Jordan ones you came Jordan one psg that's absolutely true for someone so tech forward I thought maybe some more technology runners what is it about the Jordan ones I mean its facility is obviously timeless I'm sure you could ask thousand people they don't look great a lot of people's favorites but they also are kind of like that launching point so like I got into a lot of ones and one of my first favorite pairs of shoes is ones but then after that you sort of find variations of it you find later Jordans maybe other Nikes from other athletes that kind of fit in line with that so this is just kind of like the the launching point for me I guess and you have a bunch of these like we said you're wearing the PS G's I noticed the Couture ones you've been wearing a lot you don't yeah look at or what I love these I have a funny story about these I call these a gaff tape ones okay I have other black ones like the PS cheese looks like you just put a red piece of tape around yo colloquially known at our video studio as gaff tape ones shooting a YouTube original series where we happen to have an experiment with dry ice okay then I had to have closed toed shoes I wore these jordan says you know have little little perforations on the top so they needed to like cover my toes just to make sure I didn't get any dry ice yeah liquid nitrogen in them so they put some gaff tape on the top of the shoes so I have a picture of the gaff tape gaff tape one Wow we need that I'm big manatees marques you were part of two big sneaker launches yes the Kobe 11 you got to interview him it was for this shoe yeah different colorway but what what did you take from him in terms of how involved he is in the design aspect and things like that part of the reason I can get so into shoes is because of specific footwear for athletes that's designed a certain way and I was actually surprised when he was talking to me about the shoe how involved he is in making a shoe that's both like custom for him and it sort of represents parts of his career and things like that and the tech in it you know what he's a professional interviewee so he is really good at making me look like a good interviewer this is one of the first interviews I ever did but I mean he could talk about the shoe and basketball all day that was a that was pretty special for me the other launch you were a part of Steph Curry five-step very fast I asked you to come in they did kind of like a Steve Jobs Apple type of cake ball yeah how did that come about that was his team reaching out they wanted to do again focus on the tech in the shoe and I figured what better way than to have sort of a additional character that was sort of tech focused I played myself in a commercial basically and we're here to talk to talk about what was in the shoe which is pretty funny I met Steph afterwards this was also right before he won a chip so this is like I feel like I've either good luck or you get a rich they give you a ring I didn't get a ring for my partner commercial which is kind of a bummer that I know I still feel like I contribute a little bit marques when it comes to reviewing tech you're held with the highest regard on YouTube I was wondering you know we have people like Nightwing and Jacque Slade who do unboxings and reviews sneakers what advice could you give to a young creator who was trying to get into the unboxing and review space on YouTube so your voice matters obviously you want to not try to copy something that already exists I love a job by the way I've met a couple times right guys but you want to have your own unique perspective and that might sound super obvious but if you just kind of copy what already exists in this sneaker world there's so many different things to choose from and there's no reason to watch what you're making because it already exists so you come with their own voice your own perspective maybe if you're in a cinematography your own camera tricks things like that but at the end of the day there's a million shoes to choose from so you'll find something cool and it's all about being discerning really letting them know and Hans Hans and honest yeah yeah there's got to be stuff you don't like then that kind of falls in line with all the rest of stuff you can like seven out of ten shoes and you can make those seven videos but if there's those last three that you're like I really wish these were different I wish there was something better about these give that feedback that's actually usually just as valuable 2016 you're one of the first people to review the air mags trip the reissue you like them as a prop foot as a wearable sneaker not your first recommendation and out they're heavy I mean you kind of look to sneakers to being a little mix of practicality functionality and design they nail the design it looks dope but there's like batteries and motors and things in it that you just can't really wear them every day and then you know we saw this year the Nike adapt breeze which the basketball on court shoe we saw a Kyle Kuzma wear them nice and Tatum what do you think the steps that they're making with every iteration to improve the tech well it's impressive that they're actually wearing them on the court now so like two generations in they still are working I'm sure on things like shrinking the amount of batteries you need shrinking the size of the motors and mostly the weight because we talk to any athlete the weight of the shoe is important you just read it and like ounces on you know already how it's gonna feel on your foot yeah but yeah the the fact that the tech has gotten this good this fast is a testament to how hard they're actually working on it's not just marketing anymore another type of technology I wanted to talk about adidas is doing 4d printing with the future Kraft this sole have you got a chance to experience these yet no so they're calling a 40 yeah 40 printing even though there's 3d printing you know it's it's a thing they like to you know again toss up the marketing and sort of play out the tech aspect a little bit and the way that it's actually made is better as far as making them cheaper and making them on a mass production scale it looks pretty dope you're not gonna lie but I haven't gotten Stefan them yet and see what I actually feel like brands always say it's always starts with the athlete or who we start with function over how it looks what do you think right now is kind of winning the tech game when it comes to major sneaker brands good question I mean I'm so focused on the cleats when it comes to like the the lightweight and the performance of it and every year since I have to buy them every year Nike is is still evolving their cleats and a lot of it if I'm wearing soccer cleats is about the foot touch on the ball we're not doing that as much when we're running around throwing the disc right but I still do feel the difference in the cleats hope when they get a little more durable but they are getting more light and more sturdy so that's good well we talked about everything now is the easy part get the browser shelves see what you're gonna take home I'm ready let's do it [Music] I was talking about a little bit splash of color before and I think in this colorway this little double that will totally look I like these a lot and check these out so these I've always kind of liked and I've had my eye on for a bit being a red and black fan human race shoutout to John from TLV he put me on these while ago the off-white to Chicago if there's a good time to get these is probably right now so I'll add these two cards what size same size so 12 and 1/2 okay this guy right here full little two-tone dual color look I think that's it for today alright Marcos your total for today is 9700 $14.90 yeah I think I'm done for a while after this one [Music] you don't appreciate it enjoy it out go on take that pretty thing [Music] so marques came through got some great pickups thanks so much for taking the time thanks for hosting you know where to find them YouTube don't buy any tech without this guy [Music] you

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Length: 8min 53sec (533 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 05 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/DtPMSc]

Both pairs being Jordan 1, the price difference between the PSGs Marques was wearing and the Off Whites he bought really blows my mind. Good picks though

[u/KaBAMza23]

he got some great pick ups

[u/mrandr01d]

It's absolutely insane to me that someone would spend 4k on a pair of shoes.

[u/Zentom-]

Ohho shoot. I was waiting for this!

[u/memelordluc]

YES !

[u/Karu-kun]

I was REALLY hoping he'd cop the Red Octobers

[u/ExtremeDot8]

He straight up got robbed.

[u/Likeneverseenbefore]

Can somebody explain me why is there so much difference in the price ?

[u/AryannSharrma]

Absolutely Sick Video ⭐❤️