 Today, we're gonna be going over 10 different sneakers that have come out in 2022 so far that I think should be represented on some type of list. We're currently halfway through the year and typically we make these videos at the end of the year, but I kinda wanted to make this video to give you guys an update just how the sneaker game is going, what shoes have come out and what type of trends are happening right now in the market. And if you guys didn't know by now, my name is DJ and this is The DNA Show. On this channel, I love talking about sneakers, giving you guys breakdowns and reviews and especially update videos 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 this list is in no particular order, but I'm gonna go over 10 different sneakers and I have a couple honorable mentions at the very end of the video. So let's go ahead and get started with the first sneaker. And that is the Louis Vuitton Off-White Sotheby's Auction Nike Air Force One. And honestly, we can mention any of the shoes from that collection, but I know for a fact, a lot of people are calling the number one sneaker of the year, the pair from the Sotheby's Auction. And I think in my personal opinion, it's not fair to put that sneaker on the list simply because it's almost like a PE or a sample. So you don't typically put that in the general public releases of the year type of thing. And that's just kind of how I feel. When a sneaker is valued at over $100,000, it just doesn't make sense to allow that still be in the same category as a shoe that actually does come out to the public and people actually have a chance to get the sneaker. So for me, I feel like it's kind of not fair, but I know at the end of the year, when you see the big blogs and all the articles and all that stuff, they're gonna say that's the sneaker of the year, that's the holy girl shoe of the year. And it does make sense on that aspect of just overall sneakers. But I think when it comes to obtainable sneakers, I don't think that one should be on the list, but we gotta mention it anyways. So we'll just omit that one and now we'll get to the first one on my list. And that is the Nike Dunk Lo Bart Simpson. I personally think this colorway is extremely fire. And when I think about Dunk Lo's, when it comes to SB's, I feel like this is definitely one of the most talked about Nike SB Dunk Lo's of this year when it comes to releases. A lot of people are asking, do you have that shoe or I love that sneaker or talking about it a lot? So I feel like that alone, I don't know if you wanna call it a hype beast or whatever because I actually do like the shoe. But I feel like just overall general consensus of the community and the public and what people like, I can tell that not only me, but a lot of other people like that sneaker as well. So I feel like it's definitely worthy of being on this list. Next up, we have the Air Jordan 2 Union. Now we can go with the gray or the tan pair. Some people go back and forth determining which pair they like the most. And I have a review for these on the channel if you wanna check that out as well. Me personally, I like the gray pair a little bit more and it's cool cause they're a little bit cheaper. But I feel like it's only right to just put both on there. And there's actually a couple of different packs or whatever you wanna call them that have come out this year that I think a lot of people kind of gravitated to. And then they kind of selected the ones that they wanted or maybe have just said, hey, you know what? I wanna complete the whole set. Let me get all two or three or four of those from the set, whatever it may be. So you'll see some of the other ones pop up on this list as well. Next up, we have the Kobe Mamba Sita and I know everybody understands everything about this shoe. I don't think I need to do any explaining when it comes to the sneaker. And I actually still need those in my collection. I wasn't able to grab them for retail and I just don't see myself spending retail on that shoe in particular simply because of we know why the hype is there for that reason. So it's kind of just like that gray area for me. So hopefully I can find a pair on a trade or something like that. Maybe Adam's for my collection by the end of the year. I would love to have the Mamba Sita size 13 by the way if you guys are, you know, if anybody's trying to hook your boy up, let me know. But besides that, yes, I think the shoe is extremely fire. It's very simple, very clean, symbolizes a lot. And I think when it comes to Nike basketball in particular, I would say that's definitely one of or probably the best release so far in 2022. Next up on the list, we have a shoe that I'm not sure everybody is gonna put it on their top 10, but I think personally, me, I love the shoe and that's why I'm making the list, right? I'm the one that's making the list. At the end of the day, I think it's super clean and that is the Rebellionaire Air Jordan 1. I think this could easily be one of those $1,000 sneakers and I understand it's falling short, but a lot of the sneakers currently in the game are kind of falling short. And I think there's a lot of sneakers that you can get like the green bean fives or something like that. The midnight sixes, oh my bad, that's an honorable mention, we'll talk about that later. But there's definitely a lot of good sneakers that are out there right now that have come out that have really dope materials or really dope concepts or clean color ways or something that's just a little bit different. So I'm excited about a lot of the releases. I know it's not the best year with all these crazy super, super dope releases, but there are definitely a lot of clean releases when it comes to this year as well. So the Rebellionaire has to go on my top 10. I don't know exactly where it would be placed on the list, but I just know I had to put it on the list somewhere. Next up, I was thinking about Jordan 4s and I know this is a year of Air Jordan 4s. We have seen a lot of colorways drop. All right you guys, half time disclaimer. I made a big mistake. I don't know how I did this. I forgot to put the Amaminier Air Jordan 2 on the list. That shoe is extremely fire. The reason why is because I haven't picked them up yet. I gotta go grab them still. So they're not in my physical presence right now and it made me forget about the shoe, but Amaminier Air Jordan 2, definitely on my top 10. And when it comes to, yeah, just, oh my gosh. I can't believe I didn't put that on there. I'm gonna pick that shoe up actually very soon too. So I'll be giving you guys a full review of that sneaker as soon as I get them. Sorry about that. Let's just go ahead and get back to the video. We plan on more coming out and we know there's a lot of hype behind it. When we see spikes in the prices and the resale, even during the price is kind of declining. There's some Jordan 4s that I think are just kind of overpriced right now. And as some people are saying, it's a good deal. So I mean, you know, we could take it both ways. But at the end of the day, there have been some good Jordan 4 releases. And I think there are a couple in particular that really stood out. And the one that really stood out the most to me when it came to quality based off the pairs that I saw because we all know there's quality control issues with all retros and all the stuff I get that. But I think this shoe in particular, the Black Military Air Jordan 4, I think they did a really good job on materials. I love the shoe. Again, very versatile. You can rock it with a lot of things. It has some nostalgia behind the blue militaries. I know it doesn't have the Nike ear on it. If the shoe had the Nike ear on it, it would be a whole nother level of a banger. But at the end of the day, I feel like execution was really good. I feel like this is a shoe that a lot of people want to double up on. Definitely well deserving of being on this top 10 lift. Now, before we take it to the next shoe, I know we got some new subscribers here. I wanted to let you guys know we have the full DNA fam community as well. So if you want to hop in and be a part of the community, learn about sneakers, talk kicks, catch up with me, do live streams, different stuff like that. Plus the full VIP mastermind that teaches you everything about shoes that you need to know. It's all going to be inside of the community. So if you want to be involved, if you want to get joined in, I'll have the link for you guys down below in the description. And I'll also pin it for you in the comment section as well. And I love talking about kicks with everybody inside the community. So I'll see you inside. Now let's take it to the next shoe. We have the Air Max One Concepts Pack. Now, this one in particular, I like the heavy colorway the most. But I think everybody was very selective and they chose what they liked. And some people, again, wanted to complete the entire set. I think if I could only get one, I got the one that I wanted to get. So I was definitely a happy camper. But I know when I think about Air Max Ones, everybody talks about the Travis Scott's and different stuff like that. I think, me personally, I know the Air Max Days dropped as well and those were very clean. They did a really good job on materials. But I think personally, the Concepts Pack was the best Air Max One to release this year so far. Again, it's all opinion based. You can like what you want to like. I can like what I want to like. This is my top 10 list. If you've got a problem with it, make your own top 10 list on your YouTube channel or drop a comment down below. I'm just talking kicks. There's no right or wrong answer. That's the best thing about sneakers. We all get to love what we want to love. Let me know what you guys think about those down below in the comment section. I was just rocking a pair a few weeks ago. I was loving them. I got a lot of compliments rocking the shoe. Something different, something that stands out. Definitely dope with the materials and the mixtures of everything like that. So I like them and I think it's well worthy of being on the top 10 so far in 2022. Next up on the list, we have the Nike Lebron 9. I know, right? Lebrons. I know you guys are gonna be like, there's no way that I was gonna be on the top 10 list. Me personally, I think the Big Bangs, for me, were great. I was loving the retro, how they did when it came to execution and making it look like the older pair and the fact that we were able to get another chance to grab this pair, our fresh and up pair, seeing the glow in the dark and all the stuff. I love all the elements of the Big Bangs. I was very, very happy about that and I feel like some people maybe even have forgot about it. I know they went way under the radar and the resale price wasn't crazy on the shoe but that doesn't matter all the time. We don't have to always worry about the resale value to say it's the top 10 sneaker because this isn't most valuable list. This is just dope shoes. What are the top 10 most dope shoes? What are sneakers that we like? What are sneakers that we appreciate the most? So for me, I appreciate them. I like them, I love them. I think the Big Bangs are super dope and I don't know if you can see them but they're on the wall back there somewhere. I love that shoe. We got a couple more sneakers to go on the list and I'm excited to talk about these as well. Again, there's no specific placement on this list. I just kind of wanted to sit down, talk some kicks and do a little bit of update midway through the year. So next up on the list is one of my personal favorite releases of this year because you know I love Air Jordan 6s and I know it's not the Midnights because they did really good on those and I feel like a lot of people slept on them but the UNC Air Jordan 6, oh my gosh, I love that shoe. I feel like the color blocking is undefeated. If you do this color blocking with any type of color on the Air Jordan 6 you can do red, green, blue, purple, turquoise, you name it, it's always gonna look dope. I wish they would have switched the back tab and actually put the UNC logo in on there but I know they can't because of branding issues and different stuff like that with the colleges which was cool because I did end up getting the UNC College PE as well this year and that'll be on my top 10 pickup video at the end of the year but at the end of the day, yes, the UNC Air Jordan 6, the GR version, extremely fire, I love them. I think that is definitely one of the top releases of this year so far and my opinion, again, this is all in my opinion but yes, I love that shoe. I love 6s, bro, it's a bias, it's not fair. I get it, I get it, I'm being biased. Another sneaker that I'm extremely biased on and really happy to have added it to my collection is the Air Jordan 185 Georgetown. I think this shoe is extremely clean. You can rock this at any time of the year. Dress it up, dress it down, quality materials, cuts, everything, giving you that OG vibe with the nostalgic hang tags and everything like that, especially knowing that we got the OG style, Chicago ones that's supposed to be coming out this year with their only reminisce with all that extra stuff but either way, I think all the 85 cut Air Jordan ones are a must have. I think you have to have all of them in the collection. Again, personal opinion, I wanna have all of them in my collection so every time I see a new one coming out, I gotta catch them all, no Pokemon. Next up on the list, we have the Joe Fresh Goods New Balance 9060. Now me personally, I know y'all know I'm a huge Nike and Jordan type of guy but I feel like when I saw the New Balances and I saw this one in particular because there has definitely been a rise of other brands making their own name in the scene, especially with Puma and we've seen Lamello Ball and all his dope sneakers because he could easily be on the top 10 of the list as well. I mean, we're talking about the Rick and Mortys and stuff like that. Like there's a lot of cool shoes that have come out this year so far. After I started thinking about it, I know it was kinda at the beginning of the video saying, well, you know, there's been some decent stuff coming out, there's actually been some solid stuff. So when it comes to the Joe Fresh Goods in particular, I feel like they did a really good job on this shoe and I feel like the quality, when it comes to New Balance, always, I feel like it's really, really nice and I like the shoe, I think they did a really good job. They're definitely deserving to be on this top 10 list. Now I know I got another one on here, I'm kinda disorganized cause I wrote a list out but then I felt like it was in the wrong order because it was like Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan. So I was trying to like jumble it all up. Now I gotta make sure I got everything from the list. So the last one, are we missing one? Where we at, where we at, where we at? Oh, there we go, okay. The Union Dunk Pack. I think that pack extremely dope. I personally like the Union Dunk Pack more. Originally I was thinking like, oh, I like the Union Two's more than the Dunk's but I think I really do like the Union Dunk Pack more than the Union Two's and I think the Pistachio Colorway in particular, that's the one that I have. Again, similar situation with the Air Max's. I was like, do I wanna get the Heavy Colorway or do I wanna just get all of them or what do I wanna do? And I was like, let me just get the one that I really love the most out of the entire pack. So for me, I got the Pistachio Colorway, I really like those. I think they look super clean. I'm not sure if I'm gonna distress the shoe and take all the little mesh and all the stuff off of there. Let me know what you guys did with those as well. Is that kind of a sneaker that's like, Loki, I need to grab two pairs. And I even hear different resellers talking about, oh yeah, these are gonna go up in value so you need to sit on them and all this stuff. So I don't know, I'm hearing both sides of the spectrum. At the end of the day, if you like the shoe, grab it for the collection. That's the type of thing I did. So I got the shoe in my collection. I will wear the shoe. I don't know exactly when because I'm not too big of a fan of like rocking everything right when it comes out because then everybody else is walking around wearing the same exact shoes. And I know people say, well, you can still stand up but we're in different alleys. Let me just do it how I do it. I like to wait. I like to be patient. I like to stay year, two year, three years, sometimes even five years behind and then pull them shoes out and be super fresh, super clean and people reminiscing like, damn, I wish I wouldn't beat my parents. That's just kind of how I rock when it goes to me rocking my kicks and bringing my stuff into rotation depending on the sneakers and stuff because obviously we know we can't wear every single shoes in one single day and all that stuff. So again, that's a whole nother topic. Now, I think that was the entire list. Let's go ahead and go through the honorable mentions real quick to finish this video off strong because we have some good honorable mentions. You got the Red Thunder Air Jordan 4. That's a good shoe right there. You got the Playoff 12. That's a really good shoe right there. You got the Travis Scott Air Max 1 pack. Really good shoe right there. I think those are some of the good three honorable mentions. I'm trying to look around to see whatever I saw picked up I know. Honestly, the Heritage ones, I think those were really good. The Brotherhood ones, they did a really good job on the materials on those as well. Highly slept on shoe. Very undervalued in my opinion. I think there was some solid sneakers that came out this year. Not too many so far that have been like, oh wow, I have to have this. This is the greatest drop of the year type thing. I think over the past three years, they just been building up this monster and then now we're getting to the point where it's like that bubble is starting to burst. And don't get me wrong. Like I said, there's good shoes dropping. At the same time, there's good shoes dropping. But when you think year over year, over the past three to five years, maybe this isn't one of those top years of the past three to five years. I don't know, we shall see. At the end of the year, there's gonna be more stuff to come. Collaborations, holidays, the Chicago ones. We got the Chicago twos. We got the Fire Red Threes. We got a lot of stuff anticipated to come out this year as well. So I'm excited to see all that stuff. I'm excited to grab more sneakers for the collection. I'm excited to show you guys my top 10 pickups of the year. And most of the shoes that I mentioned aren't even in my top 10 pickups of the year so far. Like I didn't pick up some crazy stuff. I'm excited to show you guys lots of samples, lots of PEs. That's my type of game as well. So if you wanna see any other videos like this, let me know down below in the comment section. I'll see you on another one. Yo, if you enjoyed this video and wanna 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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