 Today we're going to be taking a look at the highly anticipated Air Jordan 2 J Balvin. And I made sure that I pulled out my J Balvin ones for you guys for a couple comparisons as well because there's actually a lot of similarities. I know it may not seem like it, but there are. And if you didn't know by now, my name is DJ and this is The DNA Show. On this channel I love talking about sneakers and especially giving you guys dope reviews like this. So if you haven't already, consider subscribing and joining the fam. We're on the road to a million subscribers and you could be the next one to get us there. So let's go ahead and get started with this box first. As you can see right here, this is a very interesting box, but the overall basic function of the box is similar to the OG Air Jordan 2 box from way back in the day with the wings on the side. Except for it just has a different print so it doesn't look like it, but that still has that same configuration and that's a nice little touch that I really like giving homage to the OG Air Jordan 2 and the box that that came in. Now on the other aspects when it comes to the coloring and the design patterns that we see on top of the box, you're going to have this all over pink tone and this is actually going to be a brain print that you see right here and then you have your green lightning bolts on both sides right here. On the back end of the box right here, not too much going on and then on the front end right here you got your Air Jordan branding and I call this kind of that chicken scratch when it comes to it, just kind of scribbled on right there, a nice little touch. And then going to the size tag, it reads Air Jordan 2 Retro SP Selentime Blue Multi-Color Size 13 just for me and retail 300 bucks and don't worry, we'll talk about the retail price a little bit later in the video and why we justified or may not or whatever it may be, we'll get into that in a bit. Now let's try to open this box. Lifting up the lid right here, you have your all over print with the clouds, the J Balvin smiley face with the lightning bolts and your Air Jordan Jump Man logo as well, filling back that you got your white paper and then you got the shoe. Oh you got the shoe. Okay, first impressions of this sneaker. Yeah man, they did a solid job, I ain't going to lie, the materials, the mixtures, the colors, everything like that. Minutes to see how these go when it comes to the glow in the dark aspect with the outsole and everything, but overall definitely a nice shoe and a good collaboration. Now before we get to breaking down all the styles, cuts, materials and details of this sneaker, we got to talk about the history first. For those that don't know, J Balvin is a famous reggaeton artist and I'm telling you right now, he had an opportunity of a lifetime and the crazy thing how this all came about is he ended up sitting in a meeting one time with Jordan, he was at a dinner or something like that. Next thing you know, they were vibing and he was literally just talking with MJ and then he was like, you know what, we need to make a shoe. Next thing you know, he was closing a call and now he's got collaborations on the line and now he's an official Jordan brand artist, which is crazy. So for his first collaboration, we saw the J Balvin Air Jordan ones. There was definitely a lot of hype behind this sneaker and then next thing you know, the prices started to slowly go down and they started to settle. People were like, oh, this is easily going to be over a thousand dollars shoe and then the price kind of went down, went down, went down. Now it's kind of like five, six hundred bucks, which is again, still a lot of money for a pair of shoes. Don't get me wrong, but I think the hype kind of died a little bit simply because of the functionality of the shoe. It's kind of hard to wear with a lot of different things, which makes me very interested when it comes to this pair in particular, because I think a lot more people just might like these, even though it's a Jordan two, but the colorway makes it a little bit easier to rock. We'll get into that later in the video as well. So this pair came out a couple years ago and obviously has a wild print, materials, textures, all those different things. But as you can see, it has the same kind of vibes with the smiley face and the lightning bolts on the eyes and the rainbow print all throughout the upper, also kind of giving you that thermal print as well. And we're definitely going to see some of those similar design aspects integrated here on the Air Jordan two. So let's go ahead and start breaking this one down. Starting with the bottom of the shoe. You have your classic Air Jordan two out. So right right here on the back end with the Nike branding. And then this area is more of a translucent blue, but one cool aspect that I'm not sure everybody knows about. I think they do this whole blue area actually glows in the dark. Hopefully that V-roll gives you guys a good example of what it looks like. But I think that's a very dope touch anytime we have the opportunity to have a glow in the dark outsole or other additions to the shoes, whether it may be hang tags or laces or you name it, all the little trinkets that come along with it, sneaker heads typically like those things. Now working our way up the foot, you have an all white Air Jordan two midsole and then onto the upper, all the upper. There's definitely a lot of materials on here. You got satins and new bucks and rip stops and plastics and you name it. There's a bunch of different mixtures of materials, but I think they did so good when it comes to putting this shoe together. So let's start with the back end first. As you can see right here, you have your classic Air Jordan two plastic wrap around around the heel area, and then you've got your little ridges right here. And behind that, you're going to have that cloud print that goes throughout. And then you have that same smiley face with the lightning bolt eyes. The eyes on this one are pink on the right foot, pink on the left foot. And just above that, you're going to have a new book tab with the white Nike branding printed on there. And then going to the side of the foot, this is where we have that ripstop material. So for some of those that don't know or may not be too familiar. If you ever remember that off white Air Jordan five, I think that's the best example because a lot of people have seen that model and understand that material. It's going to be similar as that when it comes to the ripstop material. So you're going to have that same vibe right here on the back end. And then you have a rainbow stitch that goes all throughout that with a little bit of a puff behind each area of the shoe, giving it a little bit more texture as you touch the shoe and see the shoe from that visual aspect as well. Now going to the mudguard in the vamp area around the front end of the foot. You're going to have that new book all wrapped around there with that same rainbow stitch as you can see on the front end right here. Both sides with the detail shots look really, really nice. I think they did a good job. These come equipped with a pair of white laces. And on the tip, you have pink right here. And then you have more of a mint green and then that similar blue to the upper right here. Now on the mint green pair, you have a pink tip. And then on the blue pair, you have green tips on those. Now working our way up the tongue, this is one of the pieces that a lot of people love about this sneaker. Yes, it may be corny. Yes, we may see this on sneakers at Payless or Skechers, whatever it may be. But at the end of the day, when you ever have a light up aspect on a shoe, you can't be mad at it because it's a nice cool addition to the sneaker. Now there are a couple problems with that. We'll get into that in a second. Now on the tongue area, you have a white air Jordan wings logo with the rubber and just behind that, you're going to actually have a light that pops up behind it in a green color. And then on the back end of the tongue, you'll be able to see what I'm talking about right here. It's got a lightning bolt and then you have like a charging symbol just below that. So you push on that and then that will turn on the light. And then as you can see right here, the light is going. Now if you push it again, it'll kind of strobe in and out, fade in and out. And then if you push it one more time, the light will actually turn off. So there's essentially like two settings and then the third button is just turning it off. So that'll kind of give you a good look at it. And I'll show you guys some B roll clips as well. So you understand what I'm talking about. But that's very dope. But the problem is there's no like way to access the battery or the light or anything like that. So say you have the sneaker in your collection 10 years from now and you may have worn the shoes and then you thought, oh, they'll be good. You know, the batteries still work, et cetera. And then it doesn't work. Now the light is not going to work X amount of time from now. So it's kind of hard to say like, all right, I'm paying $300 retail for a pair of shoes, yet there has a light in all the cool aspects. That's great, but I can't even like charge the shoes or even find a way to replace the light. If I wanted to, because there's no way to like slip into the insert of the tongue or anything like that. So for a sneaker head, that's something that sucks because you're like, bro, I literally got the shoes. This is great. It has all the cool stuff, but I can't even change the light or fix it or switch the battery out years from now. Because what happens if you wear the shoes and you're out and about and you're having a good time and you forget to turn the light off. And the next thing you know, the battery is just like dead forever. Like what do you do? You understand? So I think enjoy it while you have it. Yes, that's a great thing. But good luck to all of those. I'm interested to see years from now whose pair is still able to light up and how they were able to do that if they had to un-stitch the tongue and re-put it back in and all that. I don't know. We'll see what happens in the future. Again, I'm rambling off about that, but it does kind of suck because that's something that you know, we would want to have saying that we had to pay the extra money to get that other aspect to the shoe. So anyways, back to what I was talking about, the sock liner. So behind the shoe and the sock liner area, you're gonna have that satin material with the clouds, just like you see on the back end or on the heel or other aspects like you've seen on his merch and different things like that. And then on the insole right here, you're gonna have the clouds with the Air Jordan logo with that chicken scratch on the right foot and the same thing right here on the left foot. And those are gonna be all your main details and aspects of this shoe right here. I'm interested to see what you guys think down below in the comment section. This is gonna be one of the most hyped up, one of the most talked about, one of the most appreciated collaborations of this year. You know, you got Travis Scott and Off-White and other things like that. But I think when it comes to, you know, the Jordan collaborations, these are definitely gonna be top on a lot of people's lists. A lot of people are gonna like these. Let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section. I'm definitely very interested. And like always, I always do a poll on my Instagram so we can check out the results what everybody else is thinking as well. And then I'll post the results here on the channel. So if you haven't already, make sure you follow me on IG so that way you can participate in the polls and see all the results here on the channel. Ask the people a simple question. Is this shoe fire or is this shoe trash? This is what they said. 68% of the people said fire and 32% of the people said trash. And I think those results are a little bit lower than what I thought. I was thinking it was probably gonna be somewhere around 80, 20, maybe like 85, 15, I don't know. Let me know what you guys think if those results are good, accurate representation of, you know, what the whole community is thinking and how everybody else feels about the shoe. I get it. It's definitely still kind of a wild sneaker, but at the same time, pretty subtle. If you see it from far away, it just kind of looks like a light blue sneaker. And as you get closer to the shoe, you start to see and appreciate all the details and the other little nuances that come along with the shoe. So I don't know, there's a bunch of different ways to look at it. For me personally, I think this is a great shoe. I'm excited to have this shoe. I got these off of sneakers up. It took forever for my shoes to come in the mail. I don't know why it took so long, but either way, I ended up hitting on sneakers. I got them for retail at 300 bucks. And that's where we talked about the resale prices. So the sneaker is barely selling over that $300 price point. And I think it makes sense. Yes, the collaboration is dope and all those other things, but people had to pay $300 retail. Now, for Jordan 2, in my head, I would assume like 180 bucks, 200 bucks retail, that's cool. Now I get it, they add the other things. Okay, 225, 250, something like that. And I saw the 300, I was like, damn bro, that's kind of hot. So that kind of comes, I think into a lot of other sneaker heads mindset. And they're like, bro, do I even wanna buy this shoe? That's like paying a resale for the sneaker, but I'm buying it for retail. And then when you're trying to resale the sneaker, it's like, there's no way you're gonna just be able to upcharge Air Jordan 2, Air Jordan 2 for, you know, five, six, seven, 800, $900,000, right? So I completely understand that aspect. Again, yes, I get it if the shoe's gonna flip for a little bit more because, you know, you made it missed out and you gotta pay somebody else for helping out and getting the shoe and all those things. I understand all those things. But I think Jordan brand made a great decision because they sold out on the sneaker. They sold it at that resale price point, but they sold it for retail to the public. So they basically made that resale money that somebody else would have made if they were to buy the shoe for, you know, 225 and sell it for, you know, 325 or something like that. So I don't know. It's very interesting how it's being played. We're seeing retail price points go up on a lot of different sneakers. I mean, dunks, Nike, Air Force ones, you name it, like regular basic stuff is going up in price too. So it's interesting to see how everything is kind of playing out and unfolding with the game and all the other stuff. But either ways, we can talk about that in a whole nother video. Let me know what you guys think about these down below in the comment section. What do you guys plan to see from J- Oh man, what would a J Balvin Air Jordan 4 look like? We know the Jordan 4 model is hot right now. I wonder what model he would do next. Let me know what model you think he would do next down below in the comment section. He did the ones, he did the twos, maybe three is next up on the line. I don't know, we shall see. Let me know what y'all think. I'll see y'all in another one. I appreciate y'all for always tuning in. Oh yeah, and if you need the goddamn tees, those will be coming soon. 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I'm excited to see you guys on the inside. If you made it to the end of this video, drop a comment down below and let me know which sneaker would you pick? The Air Jordan 1 or the Air Jordan 2? I'm interested to see what y'all think. Low key, I think I might still go with it.