WEBVTT - Legit Check 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:03.160 What's going on? Guys. I'm Easy Busta and this is 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:07.200 Legit Check, the best number one sneaker in streitwear podcast 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:11.440 in the world, self proclaimed by the way, Chais and 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:15.640 blazoneder are are gonna be my co hosts. They were, 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:19.759 I guess they were both kind of guests, so you know, 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:21.200 now they're gonna be the co host and we have 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.919 a very special guest. Andre, do you want to introduce 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:27.640 yourself or Dre as you like to call yourself? What's 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:32.440 up every Oh my god, what's up? Everybody? So embarrassing? Bro? 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:37.440 I know, wasn't it like backflips right now? I'm Andre 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:41.839 uh Croatian style, owner of Project Blitz. If you've ever 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.920 entertained the idea of checking not, if you haven't checked 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.159 out Project blitz dot com, you should definitely check it out. 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:52.639 Shameless plug Dre. Dre is a really good friend of mine. Uh, 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.960 I'd say his family and one of the o G 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:58.480 s in the sneaker game, like if not the o 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:02.760 G like the he's your plugs plug. You know, he's 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:06.279 like that guy. So he's the man, the myth legend himself. 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:08.000 He's here in the flesh. If you guys, haven't heard 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:11.800 of him. He's at Croatian Style on Instagram. He is 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:16.759 the founder and owner of Project Blitz, and it's pretty 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:19.120 freaking awesome. Dude, Free, I can't believe you just said that. 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:21.320 I might as well have said I might. I haven't 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:26.240 said I might as well have said flipping dude. So, um, 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:28.800 we have some questions for you, Dre. I definitely have 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:30.839 a few. I'm sure that they probably have some questions 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.720 for you as well. But um, you guys are definitely 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:35.560 gonna check them out, first of all on Instagram and 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:38.800 all that. They have a YouTube channel now right, Project Blitz. Yeah, 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.880 we started it up. Um, obviously it's just a little beginning, 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:43.960 like a little intro, and then we're gonna turn it 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.520 up and you know, modify it and everything is a 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.600 little bit of a test phase, but you know it 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.200 looks a little nice. It's playing with it, trying to 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:54.760 like open up into that space. And here we are 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:58.360 with you guys, the leaders the you know, the leaders 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.680 of the new school right here. I mean a rap 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:02.720 reference to for those who don't know who that who 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:08.320 that is. But you know, damn your old Dre is 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:10.079 a really good friend. I'm definitely gonna take a few 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.600 jabs at him throughout the show. I don't actually hate him, 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.480 and I'm not a dick, I swear, But so let's 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:17.919 let's just start from the beginning. Like, I know your story. 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.240 You have one of the most crazy stories I've ever 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.760 heard out of any sneaker head. And it's very admirable 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.320 how you've gotten to this point. And your warehouse is unbelievable. 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.519 I know Chais and Blazon Area both have been there. 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.760 It's absolutely incredible. So kind of tell us how how 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:38.000 it all started, like what, like, you know, from your 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.079 parents house and all that, Like, how how did it 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:45.200 all start? Okay? So, um, yeah, I just woke up 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.400 one day and my dad gave me like two million 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.520 dollars and I went around and just bought all those 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:51.720 shoes and I was an instant collector and reseller and 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.120 one All right, we're done here, kidding. No, I mean 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.240 I wish that was the case. I mean, Daddy's well, 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:00.320 that's more of the case these days. There it's like 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.360 a lot of ability for that to take place. But 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:06.720 it's actually a long story, and we're gonna try to 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:10.519 summarize it and make it, um, you know, interesting and 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.280 well said in in a few minutes that we have 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.160 to say it. But basically, I was kind of stumbled 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.640 upon everything selling sneakers in Japan back in the infancy 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.639 of the whole game about like I don't know, eighteen 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:29.440 years ago, roughly, um and uh John Carlo was born. Yes, yeah, 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:33.440 I know, crazy right. I'll just keep this like really 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.840 clean this card. Let's say a funny, funny joke, but 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:41.760 we'll leave it at that. Um. Yeah, So I just 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:47.480 say it and then cut it just in case we'll 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.400 take shots next time. I'll just do it like a 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.520 no holds barred session or something. So no, I mean 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.640 it just kind of like stumbled upon me. Just probably 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.960 more so like everyone here, a lot of people in 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:59.880 the space that get everything kind of like stumbled upon. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.440 I'm like, you know, if they're enjoying something, being part 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.320 of something, like I was always wearing sneakers growing up 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.680 in uh in l A, like one of the the 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:11.480 urban suburbs of of l A. I mean it was 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:16.320 in the Hawthorne, California, and um and you still live there, yeah, 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.680 still down to sub Bay. So like everybody, uh, you know, 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.080 I was wearing sneakers and all that wasn't. It wasn't 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:25.200 like this whole streetwear game like it was now. Like 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.040 back then it was kind of like you know whatever 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:31.560 the jumpsuits and and like T shirts and stuff that, 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.360 you know, whatever was out there in the nineties, right, 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.520 and so um, but we always it was about the sneakers. 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.440 That was like the biggest deal, right. So it would 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.960 be like Dion's Jordan's you know, watching Jordan play, watching 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:48.040 Dion play, watching bo Jackson like that. Andre Agassi was 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:51.400 my favorite, like tennis player to same name whatever, and 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.680 then you know all these people have loo Conic. Yeah 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:58.839 it's funny, right, So iconic sneakers that that, um, you 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:03.919 know still transcend after retroing like a few times already 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.480 each model and there's still relevant to this day. I mean, 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:09.359 those are the stories that you know, we need a 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.359 kind of carry over because it's not about what the 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:16.840 shoes going for, it's like what it represented absolutely you 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.320 know you So anyways, going off on a tangent a 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:23.320 little bit, but um, you know, I started uh selling 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:27.080 sneakers of Japan, had stuff on eBay in the beginning, 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:30.400 and got contacted all these people in Japan, started going 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:35.679 out there, Um, started getting contacted by stylists and whatnot 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:39.640 and delivering sneakers and Supreme and stuff like that to 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:47.279 um like artists, hotels and whatnot. So um, I kind 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:51.120 of kept everything very underground, like social media didn't exist. 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.240 Everything was word of mouth, just phone numbers and contacts 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.200 and nobody really knew your face and was social media 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.279 came out, I was like, Okay, everything I to do 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.480 is very political and you couldn't really put your face 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:05.080 out there just kind of like you. But I couldn't 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:08.920 walk around with a mask. I'd never take it off, right, No, No, 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.960 I've been wearing this for three years exactly right. But 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:13.920 if I you know, if I if I rolled it up, 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:15.720 if you know what I mean, Like, there just wasn't 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.360 anything that you could You couldn't put your face to it. 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:20.800 But at the time I didn't even want to. And 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.240 it was only until recently people were like, hey, you know, 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:25.680 you should put yourself out there because of your brand 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:27.560 and people kind of need to see what you do 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.560 because kind of amazing the situations and whatnot. I said, okay, 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:34.880 we'll figure that out when it comes but um yeah, 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:38.840 and then I started blitz, uh say it's in uh 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:43.080 six six years ago, and um, you know, this is 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:45.920 like the next stage. And this was actually like putting 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.000 everything out there, my whole collection. It was like four 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.720 thousand pairs, plus I stockpiled like ten thousand pairs at 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.240 the time, just waiting for the day, Like am I 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:55.840 going to open up a store? Am I just gonna 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.520 dump it all at like Flight, who I knew like 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:01.000 the owner a long time ago. I was gonna just 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.040 you know, maybe have an exit strategy, just dump it 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:08.360 all and go into like the nightclub entertainment industry or 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.840 something like that. But then I said, you know what, 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.080 I'm gonna stay with it because I always love sneakers 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.920 since I was a kid, like wearing van checkered vans. 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:20.520 The Jordan's whatever was coming out, and I said, okay, 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:22.400 let me just let me just hit it. And that's 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:26.360 what blitz meant. It was like you know, unknown attack, 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:30.120 like in uh playing football, like you have a blitz 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:33.000 right on the quarterback. No one knows who's blitzing, but 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:34.280 you know, this is what we're gonna do. We're just 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.520 gonna hit it. And everything was just gonna come out 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:40.600 like harder and harder and harder. So um, that's who 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.480 we are and that's where we are today. And I've 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.240 just kind of been evolving it um on the like 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:50.680 micro level, but now I'm just gonna really change the 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.080 whole scope of the way it's running, the way we 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.040 we get product, and the way we work on everything. 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:58.560 But it's never been a consignment store. I've owned the 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.040 entire product or the company his own entire product, and 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:04.920 we've always sourced it direct as direct as possible as 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.600 you can. But I think we'll be opening that up soon. 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.040 So and to be that that kind of wishes to 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:11.480 kind of be a part of the Blitz thing and 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:12.800 you kind of want to work with us and sell 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.320 with us and whatnot. We're going to figure out like 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.520 some new strategies so to include more people to be 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:22.560 more interactive with with Blitz of course, and Dre is 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:26.560 very humble by the way, Like um, the people who 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.360 stopped by the warehouse are just incredible. You know, You've 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.959 had like Drake, Travis Scott and I've I've been in 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:34.720 the warehouse and Travis pulled up what it was at 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.200 three times in one week and I was there all 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:40.640 three times. Yeah, Yeah, that was that was that was crazy. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.280 It's like what you know, and like, yeah, yesterday we met, 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.440 we hung out with check West. Really cool. Yeah, Shack 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:50.000 Jesus came through and like all these basketball players and 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:54.960 super high profile celebrities. And you might think, like why Blitz, 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:56.960 Why did they come to Blitz? You know, is it 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.800 because of the inventory? Is it because of you? As 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:03.600 it because of the connections, because your inventory is absolutely incredible. 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:06.280 There's stuff there that I've never seen ever in my life. 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.800 And I'm sure that Kaiser, you know, John Carlo can 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:12.320 vouch for me when I say that. And I bought 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:15.120 my my grails from Blitz. I bought the Red Octobers. 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:16.599 It's like my favorite tree of all time. That was 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.400 like a big thing to me. And I bought like 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:19.959 a few other pairs of trees that meant a lot 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:23.040 to me as well. So like, why do you think that, 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.959 uh so many people are drawn towards Blitz. Yeah, I 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.520 mean one thing, like, uh, look, you can put all 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:31.120 the money in the world in a website. You can 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:33.280 put all the money in the world in in an app, 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:34.680 you can put all the money in the world in 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:38.360 a brand. There's two things that you need, right, So 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.440 a store you need product. If you have the most 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:44.760 amazing amount of the most amazing product, you're gonna have 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:46.920 people coming to It's like, if you build it, they 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:49.559 will come, but you have to have the things inside 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.880 of it to attract them as well, right, And I 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:56.960 think it's kind of that's somewhat like the original reason. 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:59.000 Like people always say, like, oh man, you gotta go 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.560 check it out. But one of the things that I 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:03.760 will like definitely pat myself on the back FO is 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:05.840 like everyone says, yo, but that dude's a great guy. 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:08.400 That's like you know, it's like, you know, that's a 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.679 good dude. That's something you're you're a part of when 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:13.400 you go in and it's like you're going with me 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:15.640 to a party or something and you know, buying drinks 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:20.720 and whatnot. Like you know, it's just it's something about 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.720 like always just being authentic and always being like open 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:27.240 and good with everybody. And you know, unfortunately you become 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.480 a target by other people, um, always trying to like 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.400 bash you or sabotage you or whatever at one point. Um. 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:38.760 But you know, the I don't know it, dude. It's 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.200 probably like a culmination of things. It's like having the 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:45.120 product there, having that energy and and um, you know, 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:48.000 and people knowing that, look, they're not they're not getting 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.800 somebody that's just trying to befriend them because of who 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:52.280 they are. Like I've been around this stuff for a 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.560 long time. And you know, obviously you guys know in 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:59.240 the whole social media world, Um, you know, you get 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.439 a lot of people that are just out there like, 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.360 oh man, this guy's coming in, like yo, that you 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.880 gotta shower him with a ton of free stuff. And 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:10.280 it's like do they know likes Yeah, it's like, yo, 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:12.320 you're you're just someone that's just trying to like be 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.120 from me and get something on me. Like how do 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.600 you even ask? Dad? I wasn't asking people for picks 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.880 or nothing. It's like when they when they're like when 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:20.959 it came up and then you know, it was mentioned 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.160 and we did it and it was made it organic 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.560 and like authentic and real and it wasn't like forced, 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.240 you know what I mean. Like all you guys have 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.600 all come in and been so authentic and real and 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:34.880 I'm like so down with you guys, and you know, 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.920 whatever you ever want to do, I'm so down with it, 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:42.240 you know what I mean, absolutely, you know what I 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.520 mean so it's uh, I mean in that sense, like 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.360 you always someone does something for you, you reciprocate, So 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:53.640 I think, you know, that's just it. It's just about 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.760 good energy. You know, good people can see through bullshit 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.600 like you can see through a smiling face is like one, two, three, four, 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.439 five times. And then you know the promises and things 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.400 like I've I've dealt with that. So I just told 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:08.600 myself never to be that guy like these other other 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.040 situations and other stories or whatever whoever they do. But 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:16.120 I'm always trying to do something ahead but keep it real. 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.640 Yeah that man, I agree with you. I think I 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.320 think your energy is very positive. I think pretty much 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.560 everyone who I've introduced to you, or like every time 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.480 I've introduced you to someone else, they've always be like, Wow, 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.040 what a great dude, Like regardless of all the stuff 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:33.480 that you have, they're like, what a great guy, great energy, positive, 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.840 And like that's why I always want to bring those 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:38.600 types of people around you, you know what I mean. 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:41.040 So we're all and like that's why, you know, like 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.000 I brought John Carlo and Kaist has been there and 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:44.520 like you want to come back, and we did those 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.200 videos and all that stuff. Just because like it's just 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.559 good energy and I think it's really important. So shout 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:51.880 out to you. That's like awesome, but cool, thanks. I mean, look, 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.600 I'm not naive either, right, Like there's a lot of 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:57.120 ship heads out there, of course you guys experienced, like 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.960 tons of them too, and and whatever, right, opportunists and 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.760 this and that. Sometimes some people conform. They're like, you 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:05.440 know what, I used to be that way, but let me. 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:07.560 I want to change. I want to be good. I'm 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.000 always some people like, look, dude, it's gonna come to 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:11.400 you're gonna get it. Go out and be a go 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.720 get like, go and get it, but don't lose yourself 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.160 in the same time, like and don't be a piece 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.679 of shit about it. And there's tons of them out there, 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:22.400 so don't take my kindness for weakness. Like if you 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.400 if I see you act like a like a fool 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:27.160 and fuck it. You know, I'm not even gonna like 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.040 deal with them in in the end, but cut it out, 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.920 you know what I mean. Well, yeah, but you know obviously, 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.880 like look, you guys are FAMI, have a good time 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:38.559 party whatever, do the do the whole thing, do biz 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:44.439 check out amazing stuff, win together, right, So Um, well 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:48.040 that's amazing, bro, that's amazing, Like like it's it's like 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.240 a mutual respect and love in the air, you know 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.880 what I mean, like like in positive it's all positive. 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:59.000 I remember, um, when you guys first launched the website, right, 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.000 it was like come me soon, right, it was coming soon, 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.080 and I forgot what me and my boys like me 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:05.600 and my boys back home in the Bay. It was 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.640 like Project Blitz is finally launching a website. Like all 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:11.560 the blogs posted about it, and we're like because this 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.400 was like there wasn't really anywhere to buy shoes online 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.640 except like flight club and a few other places, so 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:19.480 we were like looking forward to it. Yeah, sneak News. Yeah, 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.440 it was actually a shout out to sneak News so 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:25.080 for being the first to uh to actually put out 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:26.400 there and no one really wanted to touch it was 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.720 very like political, yeah, because it's nobody was like, oh 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.200 man is it's like you're going to be upset with 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.800 us because we're doing content with them, But they actually 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.480 went out and posted that. So yeah, so that's that's 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.120 how I heard about it. And then and then when 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.600 I moved to l A, like, um, I had a 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.200 few friends that had went into the warehouse, like I 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.240 think Mike the Compass and then like Jacob Starr and 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:49.720 they're like, yo, you gotta check it out. Like I 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.400 don't know him. I always felt like it was like 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.080 an elite club of people that could go in there. 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:58.440 And then randomly on we're walking in Coachella and then 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.120 me and you just bumped into each other it and 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:01.560 I just look at you, and you look at me 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.760 and you're like take my number. They're like all right. 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:06.600 And then the next later that next day, um, after 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:08.640 like the calmness of Coach Ell, he's like, Yo, come 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.120 to the warehouse, let's let's work, let's do some stuff. 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.080 And it was just like right up there, like it 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.080 was felt like we knew each other for years. So yeah, 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:18.600 that was sick. That's just the organic exactly. The thing 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:21.320 was just right there, like right there. There was an 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:26.920 artist section too. Yeah, what a flex, big flex. I'm 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:28.320 I'm out here. I'm not I was in like the 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:31.800 porta potty while these guys were in the artist section. 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:36.080 You definitely were there, just I would. I didn't even 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.000 go to Coach l so I can't even say anything, 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.840 but yeah, that's awesome. Yeah, don't worry. We'll take you 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.200 around there. We'll give a little tour. Okay, let's next year. 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:46.960 This year, let's do let's go see Tam and Paula. 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:48.680 How many of you guys actually know who Tam and 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:50.880 paul is? Raise of hands? Yeah, come on? Is that 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.920 like the Spanish band? There was like a Spanish band 0:15:53.920 --> 0:16:00.800 play their fire Australia. We got a little boy over here, 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.320 hey man? And what can I say? No, I'm just kidding. Yeah, 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:05.960 that was funny. Maybe that was supposed to be Kanye 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:07.720 West and then they had to change it. Yeah, that's 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:11.840 been funny. But I just want to say something real quick, dude, 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.040 go ahead about laz hand you have to hand. I 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.600 call him drunk Carla, Thank you very much. Now, Like 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:19.360 the first time that I met Dre, it was like 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.320 very quick. You know, I was going to the airport 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.440 and easy Bus was like, oh, you know, we're we're 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:25.520 going here, YadA, YadA, it's right next to the airport. 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:27.360 Just come stop by. So I did for a second. 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.640 It was really cool. And then just coming now, we 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:32.880 didn't even go inside. I just stopped by and said 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.920 what's up and met Dre and then um, Yester was 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:37.840 my first time going in the warehouse and the first 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.880 time I'm in the warehouse, check West is there, and 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:43.160 it was really cool to see that. And then afterwards, 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.240 you know, we were talking all that and you helped 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:49.680 me get like my favorite box logo in existence. And 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:51.960 it's pretty insane because I never thought I would have 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:53.560 the chance to own something like this, and you meet 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.560 the guy that's got it all and you know, being 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.680 a positive and great person to really helps because I 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:01.840 don't want to buy something from a schmuck. Yeah, you're 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:03.720 like an actually really cool dude, and I can't wait 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:06.280 to build, you know, more of a business relationship with you, 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:09.160 and I aspect. Thank you for everyone that melted heart 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.640 right now for everyone that's listening right now. Um, he's 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.720 wearing the white on purple box logo or the purple 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:18.280 on white, sorry, purple and white. And this is Mafia 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:23.040 Friends and Families, very very very controversial box logo because 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:26.640 of all the fake reprints, because of fakeness of them. 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:28.600 We'll get into that later. We'll get into that later, 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:32.919 but um, yeah, man, that was a very cool experience 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:35.239 for you. Huh, Well, like do you think that, well, 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.840 what do you think about just like the warehouse itself, 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.119 like all the inventory and like, well, when I first 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.680 went in, you said that it was only half, which 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:45.399 still kind of knocked my socks off. And then just 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.680 seeing the amount of like unreleased stuff and seeing me 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:52.480 of samples and just like I went into the vault room, 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.399 right and I'm looking at these pairs of sneakers and 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.679 I'm sitting here like I know these sneakers and I 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:58.479 know the names, like oh, these are the ray Alans, 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:01.400 these are the Whatevers and whatever is because I've seen 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.600 them on blogs. I've seen them like posted on pictures 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:07.080 and everything. And it's finally going to the place that 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:10.120 actually had it all in person, seeing that like one 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.840 of one rare stuff. It was really cool because I 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.040 would just grow up on the images. I never actually 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.639 got the physically holding or see it in person, like 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.720 the Encore Force, like the Blue Ones. I got to 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.320 see that as a person the first time ever. It 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:25.800 is awesome. So yeah, and then Dre has like a 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:33.480 size sixteen or something. It's huge, right, uhah, It's that's crazy. 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:35.960 He just made a face. He can't tell us more 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.960 about it, but that's okay. But yeah, like you know 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.200 something that you gotta keep a little course, of course, 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:43.640 can't carry everything out of course, of course if it's 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:45.600 you know, I don't even show my face, so I 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:49.760 shouldn't even be talking like for real. But do you 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:51.879 guys have any questions for Dre in particular that you 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.119 guys like, because I know you know Dre for a 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:57.639 while now and you just met him. Is there anything 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.240 that's like just burning that you just need to Yeah, 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:01.800 I kind of gotta bring questions since we were on 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.440 the topic just a second ago. For I bought this box, 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:06.040 I'll go from you. But if you were to pick 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:08.840 any box, I'll go in your personal collection. What would 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:11.439 be your favorite? I love that one too, really, I 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:14.200 love that one too, honestly, Like I didn't. I didn't 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.639 know if I was going to have the opportunity to 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:19.639 even get that. Like when I saw the first picks 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:24.399 of it, I hit every fucking contact I knew, like 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:28.000 there and outside and whatnot. I was like, it was 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:32.640 just impossible. Uh, And then I got the call and 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:36.280 I said absolutely, And then uh, I was like, go, 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.040 let's get it. And that's it. I can't really say 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:42.600 much more about it. And I got got it, like 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:45.879 a small box and kept it, kept it under wraps 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:50.040