 Today I'm going to be explaining all the different types of Air Jordan 4s. Not just colorways, but the types. For example, you got Flynit, you got Fusion, you got OGs, you got Retros, you got New Cuts, you got SBs. I'm going to break it all down for you. There's almost 20 different types of Air Jordan 4s, and probably about 100 different colorways. So recently I showed my 2006 Air Jordan 4 military blues, and everybody thought the shoe was fake because the nets are vertical. There have been a ton of new sneakerheads coming into the game glorifying the Black Cat Air Jordan 4s. And as you can see on these, the nets are actually diagonal. So every time when I post something about an older pair of Jordan 4s, all I see in the comment section is, those are reps, those shoes are fake, oh bro, you got scammed. Nah bro, I didn't get scammed, the shoes aren't fake, there's just differences between different eras and models of Jordan 4s. Oh yeah, and if you didn't know by now, my name is DJ, and this is the DNA Show. So what we're going to do is start with the original Air Jordan 4 from 1989, and then we're going to go over all the Air Jordan 4s that came out after that every year from then to now. Back in 1989, the original Air Jordan 4 came out, and we saw four different colorways, the military blue, the white cement, the black cement, and the fire red. And still to this day, those four colorways might be some of the most iconic Air Jordan 4s to ever hit the streets. Even more important than the Kaws 4s or the Dormbecker 4s or other great collaborations, these shoes are nice, but it wouldn't be anything if it wasn't for the OG 4s. So after that, there was a 10 year period where we didn't see any more Air Jordan 4s come out, and then we finally saw a retro of the Jordan 4, and that came out in 1999. Now I don't have the original pair in my collection, but with all the images that we will be popping up in these videos, you will see that there are some similarities, but definitely some differences as well when it comes to the OG and the first set of retros. But one thing that everybody loved about the 99 pair as well, the styles cut to materials were great, but it had the Nike air on the back just like the OG. Now alongside with the white cements and the black cements coming out again, we also saw retro plus colorways like the Oreos and the Columbia's. Jordan brand had recently just became its own entity a few years before, so they started to release sneakers with the Jumpman logo on the back end compared to the Nike air and used their own branding. This has always been a love hate debate for sneaker heads for many years now, but personally I like it because it does help separate and identify a OG colorway compared to a retro colorway that's a little bit different than what we originally saw. Now in 2004, we saw a big switch up when it came to the shape of Air Jordan 4s, and we saw a lot slimmer cut of the sneaker. So if you look at this image right here of a 99 pair compared to a 2004 pair, you can see that the shape is a lot more sleek around the toe, and they made the shoe a lot slimmer throughout the entire foot. We also saw a transition in the netting. This is where you see the net on the side of the foot. Now it's vertical on the shoe compared to the diagonal nets that we saw in the previous releases. Now I'm sure all my OG heads out there remember the Cool Grape 4s that was an amazing release and one of the sneakers that I used to have in my collection and loved wearing. Luckily they came out with a retro because the shoe started to crumble, which we'll talk about in a second. But shoes that are that old when it comes to Jordan 4s, they just have a tough time lasting for 20 plus years. Prime example, if you look at my 1999 Air Jordan 4s, I still decided to keep these in my collections, but these things are definitely not wearable. Now following the 2004 era, we had the 2005 era, which changed a lot of things in the game. Honestly is one of the major routes to all the madness now when it comes to these crazy expensive prices for Air Jordan 4 samples. Jordan Brandon undefeated did a collaboration, and this actually was the first ever collaboration for Jordan 4s, and I think still to this day might be one of the greatest collaborations of all time. On June 23rd, 2005, they did a release of 72 pairs of the undefeated Jordan 4s, and these things cracked the internet even though the internet wasn't a huge thing back then. Trust me, everybody was talking about these in the shoe game at the time. And honestly, I can say more of a mythical thing in the streets, but either way, like I said, this still had to be one of the greatest collaborations of all time because this shoe has definitely done a lot for the sneaker culture, and the price reflects that. If you're looking to buy a pair of undefeated 4s, you're gonna be spending anywhere from $30,000 to $40,000 for a single pair of these shoes. What? Now I know that price is crazy, but there's another shoe that came out around the same time, and it actually didn't really release. It was more a friends and family type thing. The Encore M&M Air Jordan 4s, the blue joints, oh my gosh, again, another grail. This was like the first ever collaboration with an artist, and everybody was going crazy about this shoe, trying to figure out how to get their hands on it. And at the time, $5,000 to $8,000 for that pair of shoes was crazy, just way expensive at the time. But again, you look at current market, $30,000 to $40,000 for those as well. I'm out, man, I'm on the street. Now following that in 2006, we had the LS series hit the streets. We saw this in other models as well, but for the Jordan 4s, one of the most iconic ones that everybody wants to see retro, the Myst Air Jordan 4s. Now as you can see looking at these compared to the Cool Grave 4s, they definitely hold a very similar in shape and style when it comes to the overall look of these two shoes. But for those that don't know, LS is actually lifestyle. So Jordan brand wanted to create a lifestyle brand out of their sneakers as well, using the same retros, but allowing you to incorporate it into your everyday life and wearing it with outfits, compared to just on the basketball court, creating it off the basketball court environment as well. And I'm telling you right now, the early 2000s was definitely an era where you saw a lot of people wearing Jays just in their normal everyday life. Now to go alongside with the Myst Air Jordan 4s, we had another crazy banger that I wanna see hit the streets again, and that is the Sand Air Jordan 4s. Now I don't know, you gotta correct me if I'm wrong, but it based off of my memory during that era, I'm pretty sure that was one of the first women's Air Jordan 4s to ever hit the streets. So in 2006, not only was Jordan brand trying to attract a different audience with people wearing sneakers off the court, they were also tapping into the women's releases as well, and introducing that on the Air Jordan 4 with special unique colorways. Now 2008 rolls around and the CDP packs were hot, we all remember the 4s that came out in that drop. Yeah, my pair's a little bit cooked. I used to rock these a lot back in the day. But not only do we remember the era of the CDP packs, we had the Jordan 4 fusions that came out as well. They did a collaboration with Nike Air Force One on multiple different models, but one of them happened to be the Air Jordan 4 and the Fusion Air Force One. Drop a comment down below and let me know if you had some fusions in your collections before. I ain't gonna lie, I had some fusions, it wasn't the 4s, but I definitely had a couple fusions. You remember the ice blue 12s? Those used to go crazy, I don't know, I used to like those. So a few years go by and people are kind of starting to put the Jordan 4 down to the side a little bit because the Jordan 11s are coming out with new releases every holiday and it's starting to attract a lot of attention and kind of deterring people a little bit. But in 2012, we saw the retro of the black cement Air Jordan 4 also known to the newer era sneaker heads as the bread Air Jordan 4 release again. But this time, like we saw in the 2008, these also had the jump man on the back compared to the Nike Air. This was something that a lot of sneaker heads weren't really a fan of, but at the same time, they all knew for a fact, they were still gonna buy the shoe. So in this 2012 retro, we saw the same vertical nets like we have been seeing over the past, you know, eight years so far, but one thing that happened was they actually changed the shape of the shoe. So yes, these do still have that slimmer look to it. If you put them side by side with the older retro, you can definitely tell the difference between the two. And another fan favorite sneaker that retro in 2012, the Thunder Air Jordan 4s, which we plan on seeing coming out again soon and everybody's looking forward to that. So I wanted to re-mention that because the new thunders that are coming out will actually be the third total pair. We had the OG, the retro in 2012, and now 2023. So in 2015, there was definitely another great addition to the fleet of Air Jordan 4s, but we gotta take it back a little bit because I forgot to mention something, soul swaps. Like I said earlier, the 1999 or even OG Air Jordan retros in general, but the 1999 Air Jordan 4 in particular, it started to crumble on people as it got closer to 2010, 2012, 2008, 2005. Some people, they just didn't know how to store the sneakers. There wasn't as much education out there. And because of that, the foam started to fall apart and the shoe started to crumble. Next thing you know, people started replacing the soles in the mid soles on the shoes and calling it soul swaps. I vividly remember that era of like the 2006 to 2010 time when everybody was doing soul swaps and they were trying to find donor sneakers to relive the OG vibes to have that Nike era on the back of their sneakers and all those different moments. Me personally, I wasn't too into it. I was just like, if I can find a wearable pair type situation or if I got mine and they're not wearable, I think it's kind of cool for nostalgia. But either way, we had to mention soul swaps because I don't know if it all started with Air Jordan 4s, but I definitely remember a lot of people doing it specifically on Air Jordan 4s and then obviously threes and fives in different models like that. But at the same time, the Jordan 4 in particular, like I said, definitely heavily soul swapped from 2006 to 2012. Okay, so back to 2015. This is where the LS series came back to life, but it was kind of interesting because they call it the LS, but originally it was a Retro Plus and they had a little plus sign on the shoe box as literally said Retro Plus, but then now it's the LS series, but it's the same shoe. The Columbia's and Orioles came out again as Retros, but they decided to brand it a little bit different and call them legend blues compared to Columbia's like the OGs used to call it, but it was damn near the same exact shoe. And then the Orioles, the materials weren't as nice as the OG version, but everybody still loved them at the same time. And I still be rocking my pair. I got rid of my OGs, they weren't wearable anymore, so I'm still a happy camper either way. Like I said earlier, it definitely does make things a little bit harder if you wanna be an Air Jordan 4 collector because these shoes do fall apart 10, 15 years, they start to fall apart. You gotta make sure that you take proper care of the sneakers and all those different things, which I have a video about. We'll talk about that later. But either way, I just wanted to note that for you guys because I used to have a lot of great Jordan 4s. I had to get rid of them because they're just no longer wearable. Now also in 2015, not only did we see the LS series come back to life in a different way, we also saw a cleat and spike version of the Air Jordan 4 hit the streets at a retail option. There was both a rubber cleat and a baseball spike that hit the streets. I got the red rubber cleats. I don't know where they're at. They're somewhere in the room, but either way, I still have those. I never really wore them. I just kind of got them just because it was like retail wasn't that high. I think it was like 130 bucks or something like that. Nothing crazy. And then at the same time, it was like dope to see that they brought this out as a spike. Now, if you look at these compared to other retros, you can definitely see obviously the bottom is different, but the overall upper and the shape, the materials, a lot more different compared to the normal basketball shoe version. Now, following those releases, we saw the 2016 drops and those were hidden for crazy retail price points of $400. This was called the premium pack of the Air Jordan 4s. We saw different leather styles, cuts and materials when it came to these models. Every single one of these drops was really high quality. Now, I can't move on to the next year without mentioning this. The slanted nets were introduced. As you can see right here, this is the white cement Air Jordan 4 and it had the Nike Air on the back. In 2016, sneaker heads went crazy because we had the OG color with the Nike Air and everybody loved it. And because of that, sneakers like this hold a crazy value. Next thing you know, they're worth $700, $800, $900. So not only did we get that Nike Air reintroduced, we also got the slanted nets, bringing back that OG vibe like we originally saw back in the day. So now in 2017, 18 and 19, this was a very spooky time. Now I'm sure you're probably wondering why am I saying that? Because the game really started to change. We saw wall burgers, M&Ms, undefeated, both being re-retro'd, Travis Scott, purple, brown, all the different stuff. Sneaker heads were starting to really fall in love with the Jordan 4s again. And the samples and PEs is what really drove the hype and the demand behind this, which didn't cause people to want the GRs because that was what they could afford and actually obtain, which we'll talk about a little bit later, but during that time, it was crazy to say the least. We also had options of collaborations like Leave Eyes or like the Drake Raptor 4s that were actually available to the consumers and definitely drew a high demand behind those as well. They sold out instantly. The price immediately shot up and kept going up over time, especially saying now that Jordan 4s are potentially at the all-time high. For example, sneakers like the Drake 4s, those were a few hundred bucks, now they're like six, seven hundred dollars. Or if you look at the Leave Eyes Air Jordan 4s, five, six hundred bucks, now they're like nine hundred to a thousand dollars. And trust me, I could go case by case with so many different sneakers, but those are just a couple examples for you guys. Also, for those that didn't know, Jordan brand called these specific releases NRG Releases. They did this with other Jordan models as well, but NRG actually means energy. So what they try to do is do a special hyped up collab or some type of cool special colorway that has a more limited release. Call it an energy drop and that is something that creates energy around the brand, around the model and creates more relevancy in the sneaker community. So when you see NRG next to a sneaker like that, that's what it is based off of the branding and what it represents to the company and then what it did to the community as well and how they decided to title the shoe. Now next up in 2019, don't take this as any disrespect, this is just my opinion, but there was a huge flop. And that was the Air Jordan 4 Flyknit. Bro, come on, oh my gosh, I can't do it. I get it, they might be comfortable, but the neon colors, maybe if it was something a little bit more toned down, maybe we would have had a chance of me liking it, but either way, Jordan brand introduced the Flyknit series onto the Air Jordan 1. We saw that, it had a little bit of height, but those didn't really even sell out that well and then the Jordan, honestly, those sat on shelves after I think about it, but then the Jordan 4 also came into the scene and we saw different colorways on the Jordan 4s in the Flyknit series and honestly, yeah, that didn't do too well. So now 2020 rolls around and the pandemic comes and what happens? We have a huge, and I mean huge influx of sneakerheads coming into the game, sneakerheads, resellers, hypebeasts, you name it, all the different titles, everybody was just coming into the game trying to be into this stuff, be into this world. And during this time, we saw a new cut of the Air Jordan 4 get introduced, but it was actually like the OG style from 1989 and probably one of the best-created versions since the OG release and no better way to do it than with the FireRed Air Jordan 4s with the Nike on the back and the OG cut. They did an amazing job on this shoe when it comes to the style's cuts. Materials were solid and quality control. Some people had some issues on this shoe in particular. Also in 2020, we saw the Black Cat Air Jordan 4s come out. If you look at the previous OG, or I can't say OG, but first released from back in the day, compared to the new retro version now, you can see the cuts are completely different and the shape is way different when it comes to those two shoes. And it was actually kind of surprising because the Black Cats, they look, you didn't even sell out. Like not many people were going crazy for these at the time. People were being a little bit more cautious with their money and I understand that. But what's crazy to think now in 2023, this shoe is almost $1,000. People are going wild for this shoe. Times have definitely changed to say the least. Also I forgot to mention the nets on the OG cut aren't backed with an adhesive. So that means it's more true to the OG form. And this is honestly a really dope touch. So following that in 2021, we then saw the Jordan 4 golf spikes get introduced. And we saw honestly a lot of different Jordan models get introduced with golf spikes on the bottoms over the past few years. But the Jordan 4 in particular, people were super excited about it because they had OG colorways and then special colorways as well. And everybody loves rocking some OGs on and off the court. But now you can actually wear them on the golf course as well. Now during this time, there was a lot of fan favorites when it comes to some of the other releases that people saw like UNC's, PSGs, Lightning's or unions. Trust me, there's a lot of other great ones I got here in the room. But either way, what I'm saying is we have seen a lot of hype and demand over Jordan 4's and there have been a lot of dope colorways that have come out that people have really been gassing up as well. And one of the biggest roots that a lot of people think is to all this madness behind Jordan 4's is the Jordan ones, they were on top of the game. Everybody was loving them. They had their run and people started to try to look for a new model. And then people on TikTok, they started to post more and more and more about Jordan 4's. And then obviously Jordan brand was releasing some great colorways. So the mixture between all these different things, the promotion behind TikTok, new sneakerheads coming into the game, trying to find the new latest, greatest trendy sneakers, what are they gonna do? They're gonna attach on to what everybody's talking about, the Air Jordan 4. So over the past two years, we have seen a crazy, and I mean crazy influx of more new sneakerheads, more new hype, and an even bigger demand behind the Air Jordan 4, potentially the biggest demand that we've ever seen behind the Air Jordan 4 in current time. So now in 2023, we have the Air Jordan 4 SB, those recently came out and they literally caused a ruckus. Everybody on the internet was going crazy. The camp outs were wild. As you see, all the stuff that's popped up on the news or the different things going on in each and every person city, there has been a crazy hype, crazy demand, not only because Jordan 4 had done their first ever collaboration with SBs, but SBs have been on fire and Jordan 4s are on fire. And because of that, it created the ultimate love child with an amazing colorway, a dope gun bottom, and everybody loves it. And now in current time, we have seen all these crazy styles, cuts, iterations, models, you name it. And the Jordan 4 game is at a space that I have never, ever, over all these years, seen it be at before. So before we end this video, we gotta talk about collaborations, PEs and different things like that as well because you know I love talking about those. And they had a huge impact on the Jordan 4 in particular. Like I showed you, we had different collaborations like Union, Koss, Amamanyar, Dormbecker, PSG, Travis Scott, OVO, and plenty more. So when it comes to the PEs, also known as Player Exclusives or Player Editions, we saw crazy things. Like I said, Travis Scott, Eminem, undefeated, different things like that. But the college series also started to get involved when it came to the 4s. So we saw a whole set of college series Air Jordan 4s from all the Jordan brand sponsored schools, which created a crazy demand. Next thing you know, all those shoes range from anywhere from $6,000 to $9,000. Some people are asking $10,000 plus depending on the size of the shoe. But which again was at the right place at the right time, which caused a crazy demand. And next thing you know, everybody loved the shoe and they start gassing it up. They could potentially be $20,000 shoes in the future. Who knows? We also have a huge set of amazing Jordan 4 samples that we have seen drop over the past 15 years now. And they're all ranging from $10,000 to $40,000. And there's some collectors in this world that only wanna collect Air Jordan 4s in particular that have been doing it for many years before the hype. But either way, the Jordan 4 has been one of the greatest collaborated models out of all the models. We've seen different PEs from Jordan 3s and 11s and 8s and different stuff like that. But for some reason, if you get an Air Jordan 4 collaboration, that's like the ultimate goal, the ultimate grill. And you definitely see that reflecting through the sample and PE community. So this video was filled with a ton of information. If you need to watch this back, please do. Share it to your friends as well. And I know there's a couple of things that got missed out on there when it comes to the design elements and some of the history and all those different things. So I'd love to hear you guys represent that down below in the comment section on all the things that you love to hear and all the things that may be some other cool fun facts that may not have got spoken about. But either way, I hope you guys enjoyed this. I hope this explained as much as possible. If you wanna see this on different models of sneakers or any other type of explained videos, let me know down below in the comment section and I'll make sure I give you guys a good breakdown. I would never let you down. Yo, before you go, I just launched my sneaker head Academy where we got everything on the inside. I teach you all the stuff that I learned over the past 15 years. When it comes to sneakers, scaling, real estate, you name it, we talk about all of it in there. And there's a eight week program plus a bunch of monthly giveaways. I give away shoes literally way too much, honestly. But either way, I'll see you guys on the inside. Hit the link down below in my description or pinned in the comment section for DJ sneaker head Academy and I'll see you guys over there. Listen my D.A. baby, the only choice I will. If you made it to the end of this video, let me know down below in the comment section. What are your top three? This is gonna be hard. Your top three Air Jordan 4 colorways of all time. Good luck on that one. I'd like to make what I'ma wear today. I would never let you down and send my DNA. The only choice I'd like to make what I'ma wear today. I was made for it. Listen to D.A. baby.