 Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Black Military Air Jordan 4. There has definitely been a lot of anticipation behind this sneaker over the past couple months, and I'm definitely excited to crack these things open and give you guys a look. And if you didn't know by now, my name is DJ, and this is the DNA Show. On this channel, I love breaking down shoes, giving you guys in-depth reviews, and especially giving you comparisons on sneakers like this when it comes to the Military Blue Air Jordan 4. So if you haven't already, consider hitting that subscribe button and joining the fam. We're very close to a million subscribers, and you could be the next one to help get us there. So with all that being said, let's go ahead and crack this box open and see what these shoes are really talking about. Starting with the box, as you can see right here, you have an all-over cement print on this shoe. This is kind of more similar to the Tope Haze Air Jordan 4 and how they went to the presentation on that box, but this is more of the black and white vibe. You got your flight right here with the all-white text and a red jump man on the top of the lid. This is a hinge lid, and then on the side tag, it reads Air Jordan 4 Retro White Black Neutral Gray, size 13, just for me. And retail on these is said to be $200. Now flip and open the lid of the box. You got your all-over cement print paper like we typically get. And then you got the shoe. Oh, you got the shoe. Okay, first impressions of this sneaker. Bruh. These are about to be a problem. Now, before I dive too deep into the styles, cuts and materials of this sneaker, we got to talk about the history first. This shoe is considered to be the military black Air Jordan 4 and the reason why it got its name is because we have the military blue Air Jordan 4, which is an original colorway from 1989. We then saw a retro in 2006, which is the model that I will be using in today's comparison, just showing you the differences between the color blocking and the schemes of the shoe because there's definitely a lot of differences when it comes to the overall shape, but we'll talk about that a little bit later in the video as well. There was also a retro in 2012 and both of those sneakers featured a jump man on the back of the shoes and that's what we kind of got in the modern times when it came to the retros of the Air Jordan 4, but because that was an OG sneaker, a lot of the sneaker heads now are anticipating seeing the Nike Air on the back of the shoe. We've heard talks of the military blue releasing with the Nike Air on the back end over the past couple years, still yet to hear a fully confirmed date, but I know for a fact once we do get that confirmation, everybody's going to be going after those and I think that's partially why it drives a lot of height behind this shoe. Again, there's going to be other factors as to why this shoe is going to have value to it, which we'll talk about a little bit later in the video as well, but either way, these kind of derive from that and that's how we got this shoe right here. So let's break down the styles, cut some materials, talk about the shape of the shoe, then I'll show you the differences between the colors and then we'll get into numbers and opinions of what everybody else think about the shoe and all the other future predictions as well. Starting with the bottom of the foot, you have your classic Air Jordan 4 outsole, you got the jump man right here on the midfoot, a black panel here in the pod, you got gray on the front and back end and then white throughout the center of the foot. Now going up to the midsole, you got kind of a white pod rubber area around the toe and the side of the foot, gray around the front and back end where you have your stars and then on the phylon midsole area, you have a black and white tone right here, splitting that in half with the white air unit and then on the inside of the foot, it goes all the way throughout as well with the black and the white just below that. Now taking it to the upper, oh the upper. I'm telling you right now, just based off the feel of these materials, the suede and the leather on the top end of the shoe, the sock liner, these things right here, oh yeah, they came correct. You got a gray suede wrapping around the front end in the mudguard area and then a premium white leather just above that on the front and side end and back end of the shoe and I'm telling you again man, as I feel these materials, these are like, oh my gosh, these are just way better than the fire red fours that recently came out and the shape is similar to the fire red fours or the lightning fours or all the other fours that we've been seeing with this old school, you know, OG cut style, new retro version type thing. So I think they're onto a really good thing so far based off of what I'm seeing, just off of materials and shape of the shoe. Yeah, like I said, Jordan brand, you guys are onto something right here. Now looking at the nets and mesh on the tongue and the side of the foot, you have an all black mesh with a white net and that's going to be the same thing on the tongue. And going up to the top of the tongue, you have a premium white leather folded over with a black kind of satin material on the back end of the tongue and then on the front side, you got kind of like a silverish tone Air Jordan 4 patch on here and then a black jump man with more of a silverish gray flight just below that. Now like I was saying earlier, going to the back end of the shoe, we have a jump man on here. This isn't an OG colorway, so I can understand why these have a jump man, but I could definitely see these looking really dope with the Nike Air as well. But one thing that I can say is typically when we get retro like this, it makes sense to why we got the jump man. And I know the military blue did have the jump man as well, but that's something that we're highly anticipating seeing the Nike Air. So it could have gone either way, but with the jump man on the back, I'm not mad at this. I definitely think it's a nice clean hit because either way this shoe right here is going to be you could just wear these with anything. That's all I'm saying. It's Jordan four Jordan fours are popping right now, especially people love rocking them. I've always loved rocking Jordan fours. They always look dope. And this colorway is basically like undefeated, bro. Like tell me what you couldn't wear this way. You know what I'm saying? Like this literally goes with everything. So that aspect alone just makes the shoe even better. And I don't think too many people are going to be worried about the jump man on the back with the Nike Air, whether vice versa if they got it or not. So matching the black plastic tab on the back end, you got black eyelids right here on the front, on the top and the bottom. And then again, like I said earlier, you got kind of a black satin material with your Air Jordan branding stitched behind the tongue upside down like classic. And then you got like a silver kind of lining when it comes to the sock liner. And this right here, the material, this is very, very nice. This feels like a lot better than you typically get on your normal Air Jordan four. So with that, again, this is going to feel really nice on foot. I already know how it feels with those materials in the sock and everything. Just makes it like a really smooth fit. Definitely very comfortable. Now going to the insole, you got an all black insole with the white jump man. And these come standard with a pair of white laces. Now I would kind of appreciate it if we had like a hang tag or something like that. And I have low key, these might look good with black laces, but the white is definitely clean on here. So I'm not mad at it. But again, you know, for 200 bucks, I know sometimes they do like to throw extra things in there, whether it may be a hang tag or some extra laces or something like that. So it would have been nice to get it. But again, I can't complain. I still like to shoot and at the end of the day, I mean, these things are going to be hitting way more than $200 at the retail price. So I don't think too many people are going to be mad about that one either. Now, when it comes to comparing these two side by side with the military blues and the military blacks, everything is essentially identical when it comes to that. Now the leather that you have on here or the materials with the, this is kind of even more like a new buck style compared to like a suede when it comes to the 2006 pair. But overall, when it comes to the color blocking of these two shoes, they are very, very close. Very, very similar. The military blue has a black font when it comes to the flight logo compared to the gray font on here. But I can understand why because they did a black jump in and they didn't want them to kind of match and blend together. So I kind of get that when it comes to the coloring. But besides that, essentially everything is the same. And I think they did a really good job replicating the idea of the military blue colorway and giving us another iteration in the all black. Now, this shoe in particular, when it comes to the Air Jordan 4 is easily a copy and paste type sneaker. So you could take these, all the black hits on this shoe or all the blue hits on this shoe, whatever you want to call it. And you can literally make a purple version, a green version, a yellow version, you know what I'm saying? It's so easy to make just the alternate version of these, a red version, you name it, all these different versions. So to me, when I think about that, I'm like, this is a shoe that could potentially lead to future releases that we may see down the line where it's like, oh, damn, they just released another one, another one, another one. And now you got like this whole military pack that have come out over the years or something. So I wouldn't be opposed to that. Let me know what you guys think down below. Imagine there was like a green version, a yellow version, a red version, a blue, you know what I'm saying? I feel like that'd be pretty dope. I don't know, maybe I'm tripping. Let me know what y'all think. Speaking of that, before we talk about numbers and I give you guys my opinions and everything, we got to still carry on with you guys' opinions. So if you haven't already, make sure you follow me on IG so you can participate in the polls and see all the results here on the channel. Basically what I asked the people, simple question, is the shoe fire or is the shoe trash? This is what they said. As you can see right here, pretty unanimous decision. Already knew everybody was going to like this shoe. It makes complete sense. And obviously there's going to be a couple of people that don't like it or might be trolling. But at the end of the day, a lot of people are going to like this shoe. And that's what kind of leads me to the next topic, which is the value and the pricing and everything like that because like I said earlier, retail on this shoe is 200 bucks and these things are already selling for over that. Obviously the shoe hasn't came out yet. So there's always like that high price and then it kind of simmers down a little bit. But I don't think these are going to simmer down that much. I think they're going to hit for, you know, maybe just above $300 somewhere around there. And then next thing you know, a couple of years later, this is going to be potentially like that black cat situation. Like, oh, remember black cat four is nobody really wanted those. Why is that shoe $700? This could be that situation in my eyes, in my opinion. Once people get this shoe in hand and touch it and feel the materials and realize how universal this sneaker is, they're going to be like, bro, I need two pairs, minimum, got to have them. Like for me, same situation. I need to maybe even three pairs of this shoe because I could easily see myself rocking these now, years from now, and I can already imagine what the prices are going to be like. For some reason, I feel like this is going to be like a five or $700 shoe down the line and it's got to be no debate. Everybody's going to be willing to pay those prices because it's just, it's a great shoe. Like I understand why it's a nice shoe, very universal. And obviously I'm gassing this thing up because I just, yeah, there's nothing to really hate about this shoe. Like they did a really good job. So as you guys can see, I really love the sneaker. I'm excited to see what you guys think down below in the comment section. Yo, if you enjoyed this video and want to grow your collection or make extra money on the side, I built a VIP mastermind that will teach you everything that I've learned about growing my sneaker collection over the past 15 years. 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