MikeGusto
11-13-2006, 03:24 PM
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Full interview at: http://www.formatmag.com/features/raekwon/
Excerpts:
Format: Instead of being this redundant artist that comes out with the same thing all the time.
Raekwon: Yeah, it’s like where I’m from you wear the same pair of sneakers and [if] everybody got them on somebody is going to shoot to the next pair. It’s just out of respect, it’s like alright we know that’s the shoe but now it’s time to move on to the next shoe you know what I mean? It just seems like some people don’t want it to go down like that, they just want that Uptown and I ain’t going to lie, I love AF1s, but every now and then I see something that attracts me…if it looks hot it looks hot!
Format: On the track “Sneakers” you said you’re an Adidas freak, are Adidas still the shoe that you rock?
Raekwon: You know what son, it’s ill that you just said Adidas just now my dude, because I’m sittin right here at the table with a brand new pair of black shell toe Adidas right here in my face, that’s ill you said that.
Format: Other than Adidas, what other sneakers attract your eye?
Raekwon: I have an eye for all types of stuff. My sneakers go from Adidas all the way to Louis Voutton, Gucci sneakers, Prada. Whatever I feel looks good on me and like I said, I’m a big sneaker fan but for the most part I’ll always love the Uptowns, that’s always going to be one of my selections. At the same time there is other shit that a kid wants to look at too, because I’m tired of looking at the same shoe all the time.
Format: Have you ever put a pair or kicks on ice?
Raekwon: Nah, when I was younger I may have done that, but everybody–actually, I got a pair of sneakers right now that I didn’t rock yet and the kicks is made out of tennis ball fur so its like I’m just trying to make sure I rock the right outfit, they were a gift to me from this group called Alife. Just imagine a sneaker made out a tennis ball.
Format: Right now, how many sneakers do you own?
Raekwon: I can’t even count, I may go through 600 pair of Uptowns a year. You know how we love sneakers. Sneakers is part of your forte of the person you are. People probably don’t look at it like that, but when you come from the block you know your sneakers are important. When people see good sneakers on your feet they know you’re alright and you’re up to par.
Format: What are the first pair of sneakers that you copped and decided to keep clean?
Raekwon: The first pair I got that I really appreciated was when AF1s’ started changing the colors and they had the straps on them. Like the green and white pair when they first came out and I used to love them shoes, because I used to rock them with Coca-Cola shirts. You know the Coca-Cola had the green and white, blue and white, and red and white, and it was like the Uptown Airs were made for those types of shirts. Like those rugby shirts you know what I mean? I really tried to hold on to my green pair, because I had the olive green.
Format Issue 3, the sneakers issue:
http://formatmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/format_issue3_tableofcontents.jpg (http://www.formatmag.com)
Full interview at: http://www.formatmag.com/features/raekwon/
Excerpts:
Format: Instead of being this redundant artist that comes out with the same thing all the time.
Raekwon: Yeah, it’s like where I’m from you wear the same pair of sneakers and [if] everybody got them on somebody is going to shoot to the next pair. It’s just out of respect, it’s like alright we know that’s the shoe but now it’s time to move on to the next shoe you know what I mean? It just seems like some people don’t want it to go down like that, they just want that Uptown and I ain’t going to lie, I love AF1s, but every now and then I see something that attracts me…if it looks hot it looks hot!
Format: On the track “Sneakers” you said you’re an Adidas freak, are Adidas still the shoe that you rock?
Raekwon: You know what son, it’s ill that you just said Adidas just now my dude, because I’m sittin right here at the table with a brand new pair of black shell toe Adidas right here in my face, that’s ill you said that.
Format: Other than Adidas, what other sneakers attract your eye?
Raekwon: I have an eye for all types of stuff. My sneakers go from Adidas all the way to Louis Voutton, Gucci sneakers, Prada. Whatever I feel looks good on me and like I said, I’m a big sneaker fan but for the most part I’ll always love the Uptowns, that’s always going to be one of my selections. At the same time there is other shit that a kid wants to look at too, because I’m tired of looking at the same shoe all the time.
Format: Have you ever put a pair or kicks on ice?
Raekwon: Nah, when I was younger I may have done that, but everybody–actually, I got a pair of sneakers right now that I didn’t rock yet and the kicks is made out of tennis ball fur so its like I’m just trying to make sure I rock the right outfit, they were a gift to me from this group called Alife. Just imagine a sneaker made out a tennis ball.
Format: Right now, how many sneakers do you own?
Raekwon: I can’t even count, I may go through 600 pair of Uptowns a year. You know how we love sneakers. Sneakers is part of your forte of the person you are. People probably don’t look at it like that, but when you come from the block you know your sneakers are important. When people see good sneakers on your feet they know you’re alright and you’re up to par.
Format: What are the first pair of sneakers that you copped and decided to keep clean?
Raekwon: The first pair I got that I really appreciated was when AF1s’ started changing the colors and they had the straps on them. Like the green and white pair when they first came out and I used to love them shoes, because I used to rock them with Coca-Cola shirts. You know the Coca-Cola had the green and white, blue and white, and red and white, and it was like the Uptown Airs were made for those types of shirts. Like those rugby shirts you know what I mean? I really tried to hold on to my green pair, because I had the olive green.
Format Issue 3, the sneakers issue:
http://formatmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/format_issue3_tableofcontents.jpg (http://www.formatmag.com)