• Jim Jones Disses Kanye and the Air Yeezy

Jim Jones spoke to Complex magazine about sneakers and how they were so influential to his life  growing up. He mentioned everything from the Adidas Shell-toe to Nike Cortez to the Puma Clyde. At about the 2:30 mark in the video, he says, “There’s a lot of cornballs with their own sneaker that I would never ever wear…” and at the very end he states, ” I have more than a hundred pairs of sneakers, but I didn’t wanna have nothing to do with those,” as the interviewer holds up a pair of the net/net (tan) Nike Air Yeezy. Not everyone believes the Air Yeezy looks good and Jimmy is entitled to his own opinion, but from Jim Jones’ hustler mentality, he should give Kanye credit for being the first non-athlete to hook up with Nike to do a sneaker.

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• The Best Sneakers of 2009

Complex magazine will be releasing a top 10 list each day of the week, centered around fashion, music, movies, and video games, to commemorate the best releases during the first half of 2009. They started it off today, Monday, with The 10 Best Sneaker Drops of 2009 (so far) and Kanye West’s collaboration with Nike, the Air Yeezy, is appropriately ranked as the #1 sneaker release during the first half of 2009. Other sneakers included the Supra TK Society and the Air Jordan V Toro Bravo Pack.

Complete list of The 10 Best Sneaker Drops of 2009 (so far).

Source: Complex

• Net/Net Nike Air Yeezy on NDC

The net/net (tan) Nike Air Yeezy released on NDC (Nike “Dot” Com) at approximately 10:30 PM PST (I received my order confirmation through e-mail at 10:33 PM PST) on Monday, June 8th. The speculation behind the release of the Air Yeezy on NDC  included all sorts of rumors that included the sneaker’s release date/time, availability, and URL link. However, sticking with the pattern of the NDC release for the first two Air Yeezys, the tan pair also dropped at a completely random time, which is normal for a sneaker labeled as a quickstrike release. This NDC release officially marks the end of the collaboration between Kanye West and Nike. Air Yeezy 2? Let’s hope so.

• Niketown SF Air Yeezy Raffle Outcome

Yours truly, John, the creator of DressLikeKanyeWest.com entered the raffle at Niketown San Fracnisco this past Saturday, June 6th, and came out as 1 of 28 lucky winners to claim the net/net (tan) Nike Air Yeezy.  The line wrapped around the block and was easily 120 people deep. The line consisted of people of all walks of life and even a man in a suit who arrived 2 minutes before the raffle was scheduled to begin won a pair (and soon sold it for a ridiculous amount of money). Overall, the raffle was very well planned and executed and after speaking to one of the employees, expect this same system to be implemented more in the future. Thank you Niketown. Thank you Lucky #732.

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• Tan Air Yeezy June 6, 2009 Release

Just a reminder that the 3rd and final Nike Air Yeezy will be released tomorrow, Saturday, June 6, 2009. The tan Air Yeezy is arguably the less-hyped sneaker of the trilogy, but don’t count on that to deter sneakerheads from your local retail spot. Good luck to all.