 Today we're going to be unboxing five different versions of the Air Jordan 4 Black Cements. We'll be taking a look at this year's 2024 retro, the 2019 retro which has been a fan favorite. Gotta love that Nike Air, the 2012 retro, the 2008 CDP retro, and the first ever retro from 1999. Now unfortunately I don't have the OG in my collection but that's okay. We got a bunch of good images online so we'll be showing you guys some of those comparisons as well and we can't forget about the golf spikes from 2021. Oh yeah and if you didn't know by now, my name is DJ. And this is the DNA Show. Now before we break down all the styles, cuts, and materials of these shoes, you know we gotta go over the history first. Back in 1989, Michael Jordan introduced another new model to the NBA and that was the Air Jordan 4. The shoe retailed at $110 and it came out in four original colorways, the fire red fours, the military blue fours, the white cement fours, and the black cement fours. But before we go too deep into the Air Jordan 4, we gotta talk about the Air Jordan 3. In 1987-88, Tinker Halffield came on the scene as the new designer for Brand Jordan. During this time, MJ was kinda on the fence if he wanted to stay with Nike or not, saying that he wasn't too impressed with the Air Jordan 2s and when Tinker Halffield designed the Air Jordan 3, it changed the game forever. We all remember the iconic memories of him jumping from the free throw line in the white cement threes or even shoes being displayed in classic commercials like the ones we saw with Spike Lee. So I'm sure you're wondering why are we talking so much about the threes when this video is about the four. As you can see right here, with the two shoes side by side, they look very similar. It's just more of an upgraded version. You have additions of the mesh on the side, the new material uppers, the back tab similarities with the extensions, and as you can see right here, the midsole side profile similarities as well. Michael Jordan brought out the black cement Air Jordan 4s during the All-Star Game and he was definitely turning heads in that time. And then later in the season, we saw him wearing those same shoes in game five of the first round of the NBA playoffs, and in that game, that's when he made the shot. He was turned down by a point. There was one possession left. They had an inbound pass and you know the ball was going to Michael Jordan. He pulled up around the free throw line, made the shot and everybody went crazy. So I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that kind of cemented that shoe in history. You get it? Now following the release in 89, 10 years later, we saw the Air Jordan 4 hit the streets again, but this time they did it with a twist. The black cement Air Jordan 4s came out and the white cement Air Jordan 4s came out. But we also saw the Columbia and the Oreo Air Jordan 4s as well. And just a side note from my old heads out there, y'all remember the bling bling 4s? Those things were nice. I wish my pair didn't crumble. But one thing a lot of people noticed during that time, the jump man on the back tab. There was no longer Nike air on them. For those that don't know, on September 9th, 1997, Nike and Jordan Brand announced that the original brand Jordan was now becoming Jordan Brand. And what exactly did that mean? Jordan Brand was becoming its own entity within the company, which was causing more ownership. And I'm telling you right now, that was one of the most iconic moves for sneaker history. And because of that, we might have never seen collaborations, player exclusives, new colorways, packages. There were so many things that came after that announcement just within the first five to 10 years. And I bring all that up so you guys understand the significance around the 1999 pair and all the things that were happening during that time. And why the Nike era was so cherished on a sneaker like this. So what we're going to do now is run through all the details of the new modern day retro 2024 version reimagined Air Jordan 4 black cement bread, whatever you like to call it. And we're going to take these and compare them with the different areas over the years and work our way all the way back to the 1999 pair. So you guys can see the differences between these when it comes to cuts, materials and how these are compared to the original pair from 1989. So over here we have the reimagined 2024 version. And over here we have the 2019 retro with the Nike era on the back. And this one in particular is a lot of people's favorites. Looking at the lid of the box, you can see everything is flipped. Everything is opposite. So you got black on the bottom, cement print on the top, cement on the bottom, black on the top. And then the same thing right here, your logos, everything is pretty much identical red, jump man, white flight. Now one big switch up that I did like when it comes to the reimagined is they actually added the Nike air on the front of the lid and on the back of the lid. And if you look at these, even though they had Nike air on the back tabs, they still had the jump man with the air branding on the lid. Now looking at the size tag, this one reads Air Jordan 4 retro black, fire red, cement gray retail was $200. Now looking at the 2024 retro, same thing here Air Jordan 4 retro, black, fire red, cement gray. And the retail on these is supposed to be $215. So the retail price is basically doubled from the OG to current time. Now lifting off the lid of the box right here on the new retro, we have the all over cement print paper. And then we got the shoe. Oh, we got the shoe. Now Jordan brand was definitely checking a lot of boxes when it comes to these right here, adding the hang tag and all that. But I'm telling you one thing I wish they had, the retro card. If they had this, oh my gosh. It would set these things over the top, but we'll talk about that a little bit later. Now opening up the 2019 pair right here, taking off the lid, same thing, you got the red on the inside. Now this one actually has the black plastic paper. And then you got the shoe. Oh, you got the shoe. So as you can see right here, side by side, color blocking looks the same. But I'm telling you right now, there's a lot of differences. So we're going to start with the bottom of the shoe and work our way up. And then we'll kind of repeat that cycle as we go through different comparisons from different era. Now looking at the outside right here, you can see standard Air Jordan 4 bottom. And this is another feature that we first saw on the Air Jordan 4. And that was the hair and bone traction that Tinker decided to add to the bottom of the shoe. So these essentially come with three different colors on the bottom. You have red on the front and back in and then the red with your Nike branding. You have white with the center on the midfoot and then the ball of the foot and the front in. And then your gray all throughout the center of the foot as well. Now the rubber wraps up to the side of the foot as you can see right here, which was that difference that we saw between the Air Jordan 3s. And it also goes up around the front and around the toe. And that's going to be featured in that same cement gray color as the outsole with the gray stitch around the toe. Now when it comes to the paint job on these, you got black paint on the front end and there's going to be a two tone top and bottom half different colors kind of that ying ying vibe. You got black on the top end, white on the bottom end. And then you have a white air unit here on the 2024 pair and a white air unit here on the 2019 pair. So overall for the outsole and the midsole, everything is pretty much looking the same on that aspect. Now when it comes to the upper, there are a lot of differences between these shoes. So let's go ahead and get into it. Obviously first one, I don't know if it's elephant in the room or not, but you can tell you got two completely different materials on the shoes. Now the original Air Jordan 4 from 1989, those came with a Durabuck material on the upper. We were so used to seeing leather on the uppers when it comes to the ones, twos and threes. So this was definitely a huge switch up for the brand and the presentation of the shoe, saying that the fire red, the white cements, and the militaries were all leather on the upper. And later on throughout the years as we saw more retros and iterations moving towards sustainability, we then started to see a synthetic new buck being featured on the upper on the Air Jordan retros. And now in 2024, this is the first ever black cement for releasing with a leather on the upper and the reimagined version. Now when it comes to the cuts on these two shoes, you can clearly see a difference and this will be the same similarity through all the pairs with the new buck on the upper and that's because the material is just simply different. This one has more of a rough edge finish on the leather and then obviously it's thicker and there's a lot of different variables on that as well. So you'll definitely see that consistency throughout the comparisons later in the video so hopefully we don't need to bring that one up as much. Now when it comes to the actual shape of the shoe and how they cut the shoe and made the different shapes of the shoe, you can see these two shoes have a huge difference on that aspect. The front of the toe on the 2024 retro is a lot slimmer and honestly very similar to the SB Air Jordan 4 that came out last year. This is something that people love now in current time but it's also slowly getting away from the original from 1989. Now going to the shape of the retro from 2019, this one's a lot more boxy and square on the front end and everybody in current time is looking for that OG style and OG cut so if anything no matter what this one still is a better version when it comes to the shape giving us that OG vibe. Now looking at the mesh and the nets on the side and the front end of the shoe around the toe you can see there's a slight difference when it comes to the overall shade and definitely the mesh behind the nets and then also the spacing giving you kind of a bigger net hole on the 2024 retro. These come standard with a pair of all black flat laces no additional laces but you do have hang tags obviously this one is flipped orange like your classic OG's and then black giving you that more reimagined version. Now on the tongue of these two shoes when you put them side by side honestly these patches look damn near the same like there's really not that much of a difference. I feel like the reimagined the red is just a little bit deeper on the reimagined compared to the 2019 but besides that everything pretty much looks identical there. Now going to the actual tongue right here you have a tumbled leather tongue and then the leather is actually folded over to the back end and from the front side this is what I always talk about how you can see OG's you should never be able to see the red from the front. This is very similar to the OG but the thing that they did mess up on is the actual tongue it's more like the SB tongue and not the OG which this one is and it's more slim like the OG tongue it just doesn't have that same finish on the front end of the shoe around the top of the tongue here you can actually see the red from that front area which really it should be folded back a little bit behind it and sticking up and if you look at the OG's you can actually see it's kind of like pointy a little bit as well. I talked about this before in the review the leather makes the shoe look a little bit more puffy a little bit more bubbly because this new buck is you know more sleek and it's kind of making things blend together a little bit but overall the 2024 retro definitely has a higher stance and cut on it and that's again something similar to the original from 1989. Now when it comes to the inside on the collar you have all gray here everything similar there and then inside of there you have an all red sock liner with the black Nike air and that's going to be the same thing here on this retro because what you got the Nike on the bottom the Nike on the back which means you have Nike on the inside. Side note they got the polyurethane insoles these things are way more comfortable great addition Jordan brand. Now when it comes to the two back tabs on these sneakers and saying that they've been retroed about five years apart there's going to be a lot of similarities when it comes to the shape the color and how they overall fit on the shoe and these look very very similar as well but going back to the actual shape of the sneaker just below that on the 24 retro there's a bigger curve on the heel giving you that round shape and that's again similar to the OG you guys will definitely see what I'm talking about when we start comparing the other retros and how they shaped the back end of the shoe because it became really flat over the year so that's a pretty solid look of the two shoes side by side and how they compare against each other let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section when it comes to these in particular and I had to see what everybody else thinks because honestly I've been having a hard time figuring out which one I like the most so let me know which one you guys like but again if you guys haven't already make sure you follow me on IG I post a poll there and then I share all the results here on the channel 39% of the people chose the 2024 retro and 61% of the people chose the 2019 do you think those poll results were pretty accurate let me know down below in the comment section let's take it to the next shoe all right right here we have the 2012 retro vividly remember these times this was crazy he's actually went to outlets and they were sitting for a while at outlets and I remember copying multiple pairs of these like rockin' them over the years I got a beater pair somewhere I'll show you guys but either way the box right here similar to that OG vibe you got the cement on the bottom same thing black lid red white flight everything the same there and then you got the jump man instead of the Nike air and then these ones actually had a red tag and it says Air Jordan for retro black cement gray fire red same thing right there but a retail on them was 160 bucks so from 2012 to 2019 the retail went from 160 dollars to 200 dollars that's a pretty big jump if you ask me now lift and open the lid of the box right here you have your all-black paper and then you got the shoe oh you got the shoe so I want to compare the 2012 retro to the 2019 retro because obviously the materials are similar but there were a lot of switch ups on these two because you had Jordan branding and you had Nike branding which changes things and then the cut because again remember the 2019 retro was a part of the remastered series and the 2012 retro was just a retro also take note during this time in 2012 this was like the slow fall off of Jordan brand and we saw Yeezy and other brands starting to come into play and even Nike basketball was starting to take over looking at the bottom of the two shoes again everything identical here for the most part but again like I said big switch up you have the Nike branding on this one because again Nike air and then a jump man here because this was a retro without the Nike air brand now looking at the midsoles on these two shoes everything does look very similar but if you look at the 2012 retro you can see the black paint is actually more of like a matte finish compared to a satin kind of glossier finish on the 2019 retro now the overall shape of these two shoes is kind of similar and it's actually interesting because I feel like the 2012 is a little bit more sleek in the toe compared to the 2019 it became a little bit more boxy and started to turn up a little bit on the front end of the shoe but when you look at the actual materials on these two shoes the 2012 feels a lot more like a suede version compared to the 2019 feeling more like a new buck version another thing to notice on these two shoes is going to be the net and it's not just like the color or the shape or anything it's actually the positioning of the shoe during this time in the late 2000s early 2010 era the nets on the Air Jordan 4 started to go a lot more vertical on those retros and a lot of people are happy to see that they brought the diagonal nets back on the remastered series and that's what we saw here on the 2019 version and you hear it all the time in the comment section with people that don't know much about sneakers oh your shoes are fake no it's different eras different generations different cuts so this is definitely a huge indicator on the era of the sneaker as well and then obviously there's going to be other variables as well but that's definitely something a lot of sneaker has noticed if you've been collecting for 10 plus years now when it comes to the arms of the shoe and the side piece here this was great but it's old so starting to yell a little bit so you're going to see that little sign of aging putting them side by side you can see they also had a switch up on here they took away a little piece to the Air Jordan 4 that everybody didn't really know that they love so much until it was gone if you look really close at the front end right here on the gray tabs you can see there's a small triangle on the 2019 retro and then you have nothing here on the sides when it comes to the 2012 version this was something that was done on previous retros before this version as well but I wanted to point that out for you because again if you're looking at things for why the shoe is fake or differences between shoes over the years that's another indicator as well now remember we talked about the nets getting bigger on the 2024 version look at the nets and how small and refined they are on the 2012 version compared to the 2019 version that alone is showing you a huge difference now look at the difference of the 2012 version next to the 2024 version huge difference now these again come standard with a pair of all black flat laces and when it comes to the tag on these it actually does look different the white text down below is similar but the actual jump man on the 2012 pair it looks kind of like pixelated and that's just based on what type of stitching pattern they decided to use and how it came out with the final product now again there's going to be some aging on the 2012 pair so it does look slightly faded but I think overall first came out I do remember it being just a little bit lighter and not as vibrant as these so you can see obviously they're different shade color but the overall shape of the tongues is pretty similar on that aspect now the color of these two shoes is going to be in that same standard gray and then on the sock liner on the 2012 retro you have an all-red sock liner with a white jump man we have jump man on the bottom jump man on the back so that means what we got to have jump man on the insole now speaking of the back tabs on these two shoes obviously yes you got Nike air you got jump man this one actually has a jump man with no air underneath it another difference if you look at the actual shape and cut of the shoe you can see it's higher on the 2019 retro when it comes to the actual material that goes up to the tab and it has a little bit more of a roundness to it so this one is like more of a slimmer condensed kind of compressed version compared to the 2019 version and this was something that we were happy about in this time because it was getting closer to that original cut and style that we had because if you guys remember you know 2006 789 all those times when we saw the mars black man fours and the military fours and the mist fours and all the different fours that were coming out during that time those things were like super flat super pancake down everything was condensed and really slim and don't get me wrong we all loved it during those moments but as we compare it over the years we're like hey low key i want the og cut and then the final thing to notice here as you can see hang tag is going to be different this is going to be translucent on the outside a thicker plastic obviously is yelling from time and then you have your jordan branding here and then the air underneath that i showed you guys this earlier when it comes to the net but obviously as you can see with the toe shape the shape of the shoe the profile shot the height of the materials that the obviously the materials the different branding hits the tongue the thickness there's a lot of differences when it comes to these two shoes to the untrained sneaker head either gonna be like oh that's the same shoe but to us we're gonna be like bro there's so many different things when it comes to these two shoes so hoping that helps you guys get a better look at these compared to the new version and then obviously the 2019 version and how they changed so many things just over the past you know 10 12 years oh yeah by the way the 2012 pair and the 2019 pair neither came with a retro card all i'm saying is if it's a og colorway at least bring the retro card back for the ogs like or like give us a new designers and i don't know but it's got to be 1 through 23 i don't want to be like 1 through 38 and all the mixture numbers that that that wouldn't be good that wouldn't be just one through 23 give us a new version of the retro card come on jordan brand i know you see this all right right here we have half of the cdp pack the other half is already taken off but this pack is the countdown pack if you look on the box right here this is the side of the forest box but you got one through three four da da da another side one through 23 well 22 it was a super dope concept 2008 oh my gosh i remember this time so vividly i used to have every single pack every single model but then i got rid of the 19s because i have the og still so i was like not really needing to keep both is the jordan 19s but either way when it comes to this this was another version of the bread or the black cement air Jordan force and honestly kind of like the introduction to the bread force the black cement force from 99 which will get into in a bit those were still the black cement force and these came out and then we saw like you know bread 11's those came out the same year and we saw other shoes and it became like this bread thing so i remember hearing that like growing up because i never called bread 11's bread 11's always called them like playoff 11's when i was a little kid and stuff so interesting times different things were shifting in the culture the Jordan 4 was coming back hot we saw a lot of cool models and retros the years before that so everybody was really hyping this stuff up and honestly i was definitely on that train as well loving this shoe flying the lid back right here you have an all-white paper and embossed into the paper you actually have all the jordan retros into there so hopefully you guys can see that with the details this was a really dope touch something that we had all loved at the time and then flipping that back you got the shoe oh you got the shoe and before i forget the retail on this package was three hundred and ten dollars so split the pack down half but typically the worst half of the pack people like value that as less so people would always say like it was like 200 bucks for one and 110 for the other you name it whatever but either way that's what it was so besides the fact that this sneaker is cooked i'm still going to talk about it because again these were a staple back in 2008 looking at the outsoles everything is identical here minus the dirt you got the same thing red gray and white but one thing that was different on these compared to this retro the stars i vividly remember during this time the stars were there obviously you can see there's wear but just looking at the stars in this area of the shoe they're not as like prominent they don't stick out as much they weren't so defined and then when you look at the stars on the retro from 2012 very very aggressive they stick out they're out there they have a lot more texture to the shoe this was something that i definitely noticed during that time it's something that was similar and that definitely made me think about it the 24 retro the stars are aggressive and then the 2019 retro the stars are aggressive so i don't know exactly what the stars look like on the 89 pair but what i can say is there's a lot of similarities between 24 19 and 2012 we'll get into the 1999 pair in a second so looking at the midsole right here everything's going to be the same you got your black paint here and then your two tone on the back half black on the top white on the bottom with your white air unit and then going to the upper if you look at the net in particular you can see these definitely have a lot of similarities but the overall material on these two shoes very very different the 2008 pair has more of that new buck feel to it a lot thinner or more refined and that's going to be similar to the 2019 pair the 2012 pair is pretty much like an outlier when it comes to the materials on the different shoes over the years and then obviously the reimagine with the leather look at the gray tab right here on the sides if you notice there's actually no triangle here in that area and then another thing to pay attention to as well the tabs are actually made out of different materials this one's more of a harder plastic on the 2008 pair on the front end of the toe and it's not really losing its color but if you look at the back end it's more of a rubber like material similar to the arms on the side of the foot and it's starting to age over time and turn yellow now these normally come with a pair of all black flat laces but they were switched out with some sp laces besides that looking at the tongue and the branding on here that's going to be very similar to the 2012 pair when it comes to like I said that pixelated look and how they decided to stitch it and I think one thing I can say is they've definitely improved the jump man over the years because you guys all remember during that time the Jordan 3's and the Jordan 5's and stuff like that what did they have the butt crack everybody remembers the butt crack on the Jordans and now they're starting to refine that and improve on the stitching and giving you a better looking logo when it comes to presentation on all the new retro models now looking at the tongue and the cut of these two shoes you can see very similar as well you can see the actual red from the front the red line right here that's going to be the same thing on all these retro style cuts and then on the back end you got that air Jordan branding white tab black text and then on the sock liner it actually has an embroidered patch inside of here and it says 1985 and then it says 2008 and it says 23 in between that with a red jump man and this is going to be on both of the insoles so all the cdp pack sneakers that came in that pack had these insoles and again this was another little iconic touch to the shoe and a nice timestamp for collectors now going to the back of these two shoes as you can see the tabs look very similar and then the cuts of the materials down low there's a small gap in between right there when it comes to the midsole and then the tab you can see it's like not even thick as my finger right here but on the other ones it's a higher cut and it's got more of a roundness to it remember earlier in the video we talked about how the shoes a lot more flat and it doesn't bow on the back end of the shoe this is what i was talking about you see retros from generations like this and then when you put them next to the 2024 retro you can see a drastic difference when it comes to the cuts and overall height of the shoe as well have a replacement box but i wanted to keep that vibe of the og box so the og box did look like this i'll pop up a picture of it so you guys can see the similarities but this is actually a jordan 13 retro box the size tag was actually silver to match the box and that size tag read air jordan for retro black cement gray now these came out 1999 and what i saw online was these were retailing at $100 correct me if i'm wrong down below in the comment section because i didn't get my 1999 pair until like 2007 or eight i don't remember which year i got it but either way i had to work a trade for the shoe so i actually didn't buy them or pay retail whatever you want to call it but i don't remember the actual retail price so let me know down below i'm assuming it was anywhere from 100 to 120 dollars but again another price jump from 100 bucks in 1999 to 155 dollars in the pack in 2008 and obviously yes i understand what inflation is now let's open the little box you got your all-white paper and then go we got the retro car baby i still got the retro card i got a lot of these retro cars but i don't know about you but who remembers collecting all the retro i got a stack of retro cars over there you don't believe me this is just some of them bro hold on let's i'm telling you i'm telling you this was a good time you remember these retro cards i know you guys see them i know you remember this era oh my gosh this is a great time to be a collector peeling back the paper you got the shoe oh you got the shoe all right all right i'm sorry i gotta talk about the retro cars just a little bit more i don't know about you but if you were a collector during this time maybe i was only one but i'm sure i remember a lot of people that was around me in my circle the retro card it had the different models on here and had different colorways so each retro card didn't all feature the same colorways and as the shoes were coming out new models were coming out over the years as well so during this time 18s you see i'm saying and you would see different things with different shoes that were coming out but one thing that a lot of people did was they would scribble out or circle or x out or whatever you like to say the different numbers on the retro card and try to collect all the numbers being on the hunt for sneakers and meeting people and seeing who has it's like pokemon or whatever you want to say right it's the same concept like seeing your friends retro card and how many he didn't scratch stuff and the ones that you got and you guys are trading to help each other get shoes in each other's collections and everybody's showing love and people are taxing each other like i said this was a great time to be a collector all right all right i'm done with the retro card for now now when it comes to these 1999 i don't know where i should begin when it comes to the comparison so i'm going to pull out the 2019 pair and then i'm going to pull out the 2024 pair because those feature the nike year and we've seen a lot of differences between the retros with the jump man and don't worry at the end of the video i'll be showing you guys all the shoes side by side lined up but i think this one just kind of makes the most sense looking at the bottom nike branding all throughout you got your red on the front everything with the color blocking is similar just going to have a little bit of bleeding because of age and then like i was talking about earlier in the video these they've been around the block but the stars even on the front of the toe you can see it's not as aggressive and when i look at pictures of pairs from 1989 it looks like it's kind of hard to tell but it looks like it's not as aggressive when it comes to the stars as we see on the new modern-day retros so i like how they did that on the 99 pair keeping it similar to the og now when i'm looking at the midsoles on these sneakers again pretty similar on these two this one is obviously showing a lot of signs of age and the air unit is very fogged up but either way everything is pretty much similar to that aspect as well now when i'm looking at the uppers and the materials i think this is one piece that looks really really dope on the 1999 pair and it's the finish on the new buck in the cut you can see it kind of has like that white finish to it and it just looks like that because of time because of wear because of all these different elements and i remember when the 2019 pair came out a lot of people are actually customizing the shoe and adding that white line around the sneaker to kind of give it more of that vintage and that age look to the shoe and i think a lot of people did that because they like that rough edge finish and i think that's where they incorporated it in the 2024 retro and brought that vibe back even though it's on leather but it gives you that that element of separation on the sneaker allowing you to see the different panels on the shoes saying that they're all black and especially would to be in that new bug vibe and it's just kind of like really blending together this helps separate the shoe and give it more character on these and definitely on the same thing on the 24 retro now these again come standard with a pair of flat black laces and and just looking from the profile shot if i lift the shoe up like this these two shoes up like that you can see that you can't see the red from the front right it's all going to be on the back side of the tongue now like i was talking about in comparison to the other tongues from 2008 and 2012 if you look at the jump man here it's a lot more kind of like i would say pixelated or whatever you want to say not as finely stitched and you could definitely see the difference here between the 2019 pair and the 99 or even the 24 pair and the 99 and then also another thing when it comes to the net on the side and the front end around the tongue it's going to be thicker and it's going to kind of have like like a gooey look to it right and i don't know if that's because of age but also at the same time it's a little bit more bold and rounded and if you notice on these ones they actually kind of have like these little nipples on them all throughout the nets and these one is more flat and it's kind of rounded and puffy and bubbly throughout those areas now looking at the back end of these shoes you can see you got your Nike or tabs everything is going to be very very similar but looking at this pair it's a lot more flat on the 1999 pair and i would say if you look at the side right there and then you see what i'm saying when i was talking about flat and how it kind of gets very very slim on that area and they brought the bubble back it's kind of extended on the back end of the shoe on the 2024 pair that side by side you can vividly see the difference between the overall shapes and the cuts and how they decided to put the tabs back on there and make it look like the og another thing i cannot forget to mention is going to be the gray tabs right here in the eye holes like I talked about 2008 and 2012 they didn't have those little triangles on the side now if you look at this pair it has that and that's what similar to the og in 1989 and they stayed consistent on all the retro pairs with the Nike air on the shoes so if you notice any of the pairs these three they all have that same consistency on them and then the pairs with the jump man's on them they actually don't have the triangles on them so again another little fun fact when it comes to just how they decided to create the shoes and create differences between the models over the years now i know that was definitely a lot to digest when it comes to this video and these comparisons and the different models and cuts and everything like that and trust me there were some things that were still left out we didn't even talk about the sock liners and what they used on the materials and how things change with the shape of midsole and outsole and all those different things but for the most part i think we covered a lot and i hope you guys enjoyed this now i did some poll results like you guys saw earlier in the video i compared each shoe against the new retro right here and honestly some of these results were pretty shocking when it comes to the 24 versus 2019 we had 39 percent on the 24 and 61 percent on the 2019 now when we go to the 2012 pair 35 percent to 65 percent on the new retro and i can understand why no Nike air switch up on materials makes sense now this one i'm interested there's a lot of sentimental value for the 2008 pair we had 36 percent for the 2008 cdp and we had 64 percent on the new retro and i understand the new 2024 retro is the hot thing on the market so i get that as well but i'm very interested to see how these compare to the 1999 pair because this is essentially like what people wanted as a remastered or a reimagined version 52 percent of the people chose the new retro and 48 percent of the people chose the old retro from 1999 i get it the shoes not wearable and all those things but there's no way i'm picking the new retro over the old retro so it's crazy to see after all these years from 1999 and all the retro iterations in between and then obviously the original from 1989 the tides have slowly changed over the years materials and cuts have changed over the years which makes me very interested to see what this shoe could potentially look like another 10 or 20 years from now so again i hope this video was helpful and if you guys enjoyed this make sure you guys hit that like button if you made it all the way to the end of this video drop a comment down below in the comment section saying hakuna matata it means no worries i would never let you down yo if you made it to the end of this video i want to take your collection to the next level i built a full community with private meetups with me and other members in the community as well so if you want to be a part of that and get early access or behind the scene looks on how i run my businesses this is definitely gonna be a place where i can help you scale your collection and potentially start investing in other things outside of sneakers like real estate so hit the link down below in the description and get signed up and i'll see you guys on the inside