In typical DJ Khaled fashion, the entertainer dialed his promotion of the shoes up to 1,000, wearing them courtside with a matching foot pillow at a Miami Heat game and flying via private jet to personally give pairs away across continents.
It created a more streamlined, modern, and wearable silhouette. Rather than simply being a flip of new colorways, the project took things a step further and actually reworked one of the Air Jordan 5’s signature features by removing the molded padding from the collar. The DJ Khaled x Air Jordan 5 was created in four different variations: two friends and family and two general releases.
Mike DeStefanoĭJ Khaled’s brazen personal style and eternal optimism came to life in sneaker form in 2022 with his first Air Jordan collaboration to hit retail. A lot of releases these days rely on a big name collaborator to get everyone’s attention. For others, there’s just something about that shiny patent leather shroud.
Longtime Jordan fans will love it because it feels like something he would have laced up with the Chicago Bulls (and also sort of looks like the Oklahoma Sooners PE from 2018) despite being brand-new. This year’s “Cherry” 11 may not have excited people the same way an original color scheme like the “Concord” or “Playoff” would have, but the non-OG white and red makeup still had no issues selling out on drop day. Sure, over a million pairs of them are released each time now, but they still have been largely limited to an annual event on the calendar every December. But unlike the other pairs mentioned that seem to release in dozens of colorways every year as their popularity grows, the Air Jordan 11 has always been treated a bit differently. Plenty of people even call it the best sneaker that Michael Jordan ever played in. It holds the same fan-favorite status as other Air Jordans like the 1, 3, and 4. The Air Jordan 11 is an interesting sneaker. Travis is going to have to switch it up every now and then to keep the formula fresh, and this is a step in the right direction. It’s understandable that these aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but that doesn’t make them a bad shoe. Reverse Swoosh and heel bee emblem aside, it almost blends in-something that can’t be said about other Cactus Jack shoes that scream “collab.” By omitting the pre-yellowed midsoles and cream colors that have become commonplace on his line and beyond, it’s sort of like the anti-hype Travis shoe. With its black suede upper and white contrast stitching, this Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Low could pass as a Vans shoe from a distance. Whether you chalk it up to Cactus Jack fatigue or the colorway just not being the most exciting, these didn’t quite connect the way Travis Scott collabs usually do. It’s rare that a Travis Scott sneaker is widely panned after leaking, but that’s what happened with the “Black/Phantom” Air Jordan 1 Low. It was the perfect antidote for those who love the Air Jordan 1 but have been less than enthused with some of the makeups lately, save for the Lost and Found. Back then the Hoyas and Patrick Ewing were wearing the Terminator, a shoe that also made a comeback this year in the school’s colorway, but this Air Jordan 1 looks like something they would have hit the hardwood with. It was never an original version of the sneaker back in 1985, but it looks like it could have been. One of these examples is the Georgetown colorway from earlier this year. There’s clearly a market for those shoes (although I’m not in that bucket), but the brand is still creating Air Jordan 1s that also elicit the original feeling of the shoe, too, way before it took over TikTok. The brand has pretty much rinsed the silhouette over the past few years, creating meaningless colorway after colorway. Unless you’re a person who gets excited for another Air Jordan 1. In today’s day and age, it’s tough to get excited over another Air Jordan 1.
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