 Today we're taking a look at the UNC College Air Jordan 4 PE. We're going to be going through all the ins and outs of this shoe so you guys can have a better understanding as to why this sneaker is worth $7,000. Oh yeah, and if you didn't know by now, my name is DJ and this is the DNA show. Before we start breaking down the shoe and going over the styles, cuts and materials, you know we got to talk about the history first. Michael Jordan went to UNC, he won a championship and then went on to the NBA and obviously did a bunch of tremendous things. And at the beginning of his young career as a Chicago Bull, he actually went back to an alumni game and Nike made him a special pair of Jordan 2s and his college colors. This was slated to be the first ever UNC Jordan PE. And then nearly 20 years later, we saw PEs integrated into the college shoe game as well when it comes to Jordans. And to my memory, I think it was the Jordan 13s. No, no, no. I'm not talking about the low tops. Everybody knows about those. We're talking about the high tops, bruh. If you don't remember that era, trust me when I tell you, this was a legendary time. And I know this video is about UNC, but we cannot forget to mention the J-Hawk Air Jordan 13s. Perfection. But anyways, back on topic, about 8 to 10 years later after the Jordan 13s, we saw the Air Jordan 4s. No, no, no. I'm not talking about those. I'm talking about the original UNC Air Jordan 4 PE. That's better, right there. Now that shoe, oh my gosh. Let's just, again, talk about the era. If you guys don't know, during this time, 2013, 2014, we saw Oregon Ducks. They were killing it with the PEs and they started to integrate other colleges into the PE rotation. So what did they do? They gave UNC a pair, the blue suede, the Argyle print throughout the shoe, amazing sneaker. And then they gave Georgetown that same treatment on their pair. Again, another amazing shoe. We saw the Duck Man 4s and then we saw kind of like a mixed use version because the schools had the same color. They had a Cal Jordan 4 and a Marquette Jordan 4, but it was essentially like the same shoe. Now during this time, these five Air Jordan 4s were the top dogs in the game. Everybody wanted to have them in their collection. Yeah, they were going for a few thousand dollars at the time and now look at them. They're like twenty, thirty thousand dollar shoes. So after we saw that original UNC Air Jordan 4 PE, to me, one of the greatest UNC PEs of all time. Later in the 2018-19 season, we saw the UNC 4 PE come back to life and that was in this version right here. This time around, there were a ton of new sneaker heads coming into the game. Everybody's starting to get interested into PEs and next thing you know, we got a lot of people going after the shoes because what? There were more schools that had Jordan 4 PEs. You have Marquette, Florida, Oklahoma, Georgetown, Michigan and UNC. I've done a full review on that set on this channel before. So if you guys want to check that out, make sure you guys watch that after this video is over. But basically, these Jordan 4 started to set the new tone when it comes to college PEs. A few years before that, we saw the low-top twos, the 29s, the low-top thirteens. A bunch of different iterations that people just didn't show too much interest in. Even though I did, again, everybody follows the hype with the better models. I understand that. And because of that, after this year with the 4s, we then began to see a bunch of new models hit the market that everybody wanted over the past five years. And then now in current time, we still got the low-top Air Jordan 1 that just came out this year. And I'm very interested to see what model they do next year. My guess? The Jordan 7. Now that you guys know a little bit more about the history of the shoe, let's go ahead and take it to the studio. So what we're going to do first is break down this entire sneaker, showing you guys all the details, the ins and outs, the shapes, the custom materials, the color blocking, the patterns, you name it, everything that goes along with it. And then we're going to be comparing it against the UNC Air Jordan 4 General Release. And then I'll let you guys kind of make your mind up, which ones you guys like more. So starting with the bottom, you have your classic Air Jordan 4 outsole, hair and bone traction on the back end and around the front end. Now, typically they kind of do like a triple pattern color on here. You have like something here, different color jump man, different pods, different things. They just went all over translucent ice blue. And honestly, we've seen this on the other College 4 PEs as well. But because it's the UNC pair, it just goes perfect with them. Now, going up to the midsole right here, you have a blue section at the front end with a navy speckle. And then on the back end, you have a two tone midsole, blue on the top, white on the bottom with a navy speckle all throughout. Now, looking inside of the air unit right here, you have a navy air unit matching that same color speckle. Now, going to the top of the shoe, the entire upper is covered in suede and it's all premium feels really, really nice. And you got that UNC blue with the UNC stitch all throughout the sneaker as well. Now, looking at the mesh right here in the nets, you have UNC blue mesh with the UNC nets and then on the arms right here on the side of the foot and the eye holes at the front end right here with that little lace lock area. That's all going to be translucent and you're going to have two different colors on that. You're going to have the navy and the UNC blue speckle all throughout. Now, looking at the tongue, same thing here. You got the UNC mesh in the back end and then the UNC nets above that. And these come standard with a pair of UNC wax laces and they have an additional pair of all white wax laces as well. When it comes to the PEs, you always know they're going to come correct whether it's hang tags or laces or whatever it may be. They always like to add the little trimmings. Speaking of that, you have another hang tag right here and that's going to be in your translucent plastic, classic to the Air Jordan 4 and then it's going to have the UNC color with the translucent jump man and the error logo just below that. Now, looking at the tongue of the shoe right here, you have a UNC patch with the actual North Carolina UNC branding right here in the center of the tongue and that's going to be in navy and it's going to have a black border around that logo. And then below that, you have your classic Air Jordan 4 branding with the white flight right here. Now, on the top of the tongue right here, you have a UNC suede and then on the back end, you have a navy colored material as well. And then instead of having the Air Jordan branding right there, you actually have the football branding. Now, on the left foot, it says UNC and on the right foot, it says football depending on the PE from where it was made, whether it was a football team, the basketball team, different things like that, it might say different things. Now, when it comes to the sock liner on here, you're going to have all UNC blue throughout that and on the right foot, you're going to have a jump man in all black and then on the left foot on the hill, you're going to have the UNC logo in all black as well. Right here, you have an all UNC blue tab and then you have your navy speckled throughout that with the navy jump man in the center of the hill. Now, would it have looked doper if they would have done a UNC logo or a Nike Air branding? I think yes, but I get it during the whole time when they were creating this and they did the whole set. I understand that plus the original samples that came before this version right here, they actually had logos and branding on the outsole and beneath the insole, which is a whole nother topic. I might have seen a couple different versions of some shoes like this before, but we'll talk about that in another video. So overall, as you can see, similar to all the other college four PEs decked out in the school color, I love how they went with the UNC blue. I think it's a really, really clean shoe and overall I'm excited to finally add these to the collection because y'all know I got the UNC threes with the UNC logo on the tongue and I ended up getting the ones as well, which is a crazy shoe and y'all know I had to get the sixes because I love me some sixes. So now when it comes to the comparison of these two sneakers right here, there are a lot of differences between the two shoes. You got the GR and you got the PE version. Obviously the price is way different, but the actual shoes are really, really different as well. So let's start with the bottoms that kind of work our way up. Looking out the outsole as you can see right here, translucent and then like I said, triple three, four colors right here. You got the gray, the black, the white, the blue and then go into the midsole. Same thing is going to be right here. You can see similar when it comes to the color blocking, but different when it comes to the actual colors and then this actually has a gray unit that matches with the paint on the midsole on here. Kind of more like a white cement for compared to like, this one has just kind of got its own thing going. Translucent arms different right there as well and then the same thing with that. Now looking at the suede, you can see a hundred percent drastic difference on this right here. The suede on the PE is just, I mean, way better. This feels a little bit rougher. Some people might say it's nice, but I'm telling you if you put these two side by side, it's just, it's just nicer. Now another thing to notice as well, when you put these two shoes side by side, I'm not sure if you guys have seen or not, but this is where they started to create the retros, you know, with the new modern day OG cut from the 89 Air Jordan 4 from back in the day. So as we've seen Jordan 4's retro over the past few years, we've been seeing this treatment. But when it comes to the UNC PE, these actually came way before the GR did and this was during the era of a different mold, a different cut, a different style. And if you look at the tongues, you can see there's definitely a huge difference how if you look at the profile of the tongue like this, you can see the Navy on the back of it. And then on here, there's definitely none of that. And obviously this is like a whole different shade. Honestly, it looks even more black than Navy. I feel like this is actually black compared to this one being that Navy. And then on the patch on the tongue here, you got the team issued equipment kind of thing, like we've seen back in the day on the jerseys and the shorts and stuff, hang tag. Did these ones come with a hang tag? I don't remember if they, I don't think these came with a hang tag. Am I tripping? Now, don't get me wrong. Some people, they like this version more completely get hit. I like both. I'm not gonna, like if I can only pick one, I would have a hard time picking one. I feel like just because of materials and presentation and how the shoe is put together quality-wise, I'm going with the PE. And typically it's like that with a lot of PE's. But if I were to go color blocking and everything, I feel like because this looks like a white cement floor, that's what's throwing me off because it's like it's not a white cement floor. You're taking like a OG colorway and adding something to it to make it something. So that's why I'm kind of like, eh, you know, it's not an every type thing. And I think that's what would make me gravitate to this, especially with the icy outflow and everything. Looking at the heel on the back end compared to the GR to the PE, different color tabs, the jump man's a different color, even the shape and the cut around the suede and how high it is on the GR compared to the PE. A lot of little differences and then obviously color blocking is a big thing when it comes to these two shoes. So that's an in-depth look at the Air Jordan 4 UNCPE. If you guys want to see any other reviews like this when it comes to PE's, I have a fully dedicated playlist. I got all the other UNCPE's plus a bunch of other college stuff and samples and different things. It's all in the playlist for you guys. So if you want to check that out, I'll have some links for you guys at the end of this video as well. I hope you guys enjoyed this. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button. 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