Justin Timberlake Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex

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all right you got lunch tomorrow at

12:00 uh-huh uh we have to do another

shoot over there in West Hollywood okay

uh then you got sneaker shopping

tonight I got sneakers shopping

tonight how could I

forget let's

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hello Joe we doing the show yeah let's

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what's up everybody it's Joe from

complex we're in La at Flight Club with

the Grammy and Emmy awardwinning Justin

Timberly how you doing I'm great going

to do some sneaker shopping tonight

going to see what he's feeling what he's

not and then hopefully he's going to buy

some sneakers let's do it man let's

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go when this happens that means Joe's

ready to get that yeah yeah this is this

is Joe's I'm ready move talk about

it before we get to Jordan the shoes I

want to talk about Jordan the person and

you looking up to him what was it like

you know seeing him playing in the ogs

and like before even like you got to

design the player gosh yeah I have

posters of MJ on my walls growing up in

Tennessee and and not having access to

sneakers as much as you know a huge

metropolitan area right you know I would

have to say find a way to save up okay

to go to Foot Locker to wait in line and

I used to every year I would I started

cutting grass okay on on my street with

everybody so I could try to you know

save money up 10 bucks a lawn and I

would I would try to save up and save up

to go wait in line at Foot Locker and

I'll never forget when the the black and

around Olive nines maybe yeah yeah yeah

when they came out like we all wanted

those so good such an underrated pair

underrated pair well and also growing up

in a rural area it was a sneaker you

could wear and not feel so bad if it got

well it kind of looks like a Timberland

that's why totally and and I love those

yeah totally which when they winterized

that shoe I was like what took them so

long who who just thought of this right

before we're going to talk a lot of

Jordans but I really like early 2000s

cuz you were Weare ing kind of like Cool

Air Maxes you were really in like your

Air Max bag air max 98 oh yeah what

about like that Air Max era what do you

remember about that well it's kind of

ironic that the two sneakers that had

the most effect on me when I first saw

them were the threes okay and Air Max

yeah and same bubble almost and so to

find out that the same guy yes was

behind was the genius behind yeah your

boy now yeah well yeah yeah I have a

story yeah but yeah I went through a big

Air Max phase just because like super

comfortable shoe yeah um I have big

arches in my feet okay so I would wear

them on stage when I could because they

were they just supported my feet and

when they used to you know when they

first sold them they came with the

little the little wedge yep I remember

all this the arch W it was a styrofoam

it was blue and pink like that was going

to really save the arch you just threw

them out you threw them out with like

the gel that you can't eat the little

things that are pois I I I would spend

so much time trying to put them the

right way in the yeah so another moment

Big Pop Culture moment big Music Moment

do you know the significance of these do

you remember oh God think about

it where did I wear these byebye bye

video matching think the whole crew

matched that's right whole crew indiglow

14s 2000 they came out you matched them

up yeah and that's why in sync is the

greatest boy band of all time look there

we go there we go but like was Jordan

brand seating you guys or were you going

out or do you remember complex rated

like the best moments in music videos

and that made it oh wow it's definitely

like a sneaker culture moment this is a

deep cut this is like a bide on a Stevie

Wonder Al you know what I mean like gosh

you're right and we all had them very

good to dance and good com shoot and

then another thing I like back in the

day celebrity games charity games you

always brought it you always brought you

always brought it and it was like you

were wearing like early 2000 basketball

shoes that like Dirk nitzky was wearing

right right so like and true blue 3es

what about those games that you remember

like I'm definitely going to wear dope

sneakers yeah yeah well also too I was a

big Penny fan okay Memphis right big

Penny Hardway fan getting the deposits

were were like a big deal too okay but I

never I don't think I ever was I could I

could ever find the blue and black was

always the white oral yeah the original

I think I was just at that time I was

mixing it up and wearing just like

anything that caught my eye got it were

boxes coming in at that point uh no not

as much not as much not even for the

videos you think costume designer or

yeah my my yeah maybe okay yeah like if

there was a stylist or something we were

able to get what had just come out at

the time okay but um yeah yeah I I not

the plug that I have now okay

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okay we want to talk Legends Of Summer

Don't Throw yeah well I'm going to catch

you could throw Legends Of Summer these

are two yes yeah so this wrapped up yeah

one two three yeah yeah so we did we did

an all red one we also did one was like

this I don't even know how to describe

it we called them the Dorothy they look

like the the red slippers you know it

literally like somebody littered them

you know what I mean and um and yeah I

really wanted I mean the three has

always been one of my favorite shoes and

the two to me has always been the most

underrated that's what a lot of people

say of Jordans that's just my personal

opinion and so the color of this shoe is

actually the uh exact same color of the

stage Jay and I have put together for of

the summer so when I wore it on the

stage it actually like almost

camouflaged itself makes sense and um if

you kind of look down on the bottom it's

got a reference to suit and Thai which

which was a song at that time suit and

Tai and holy grail and yeah I wanted all

different materials on all the pieces of

architecture of the shoe so and the

shoes you know we couldn't even Source

them you had to bring them you had to

bring them well yeah as you I said you

have them our friend mayor who had the

ones he hooked up the the two-color one

but you bought them from home because

these stores which has virtually every

sneaker doesn't even have them but you

also said you don't even have that many

pairs they're going for like $20,000

what happened to all your pairs I know

well a lot of my boys a lot of my

friends we had same same size okay so

when when uh you know Jordan brand made

me my sort of stash yeah of of them I

just wanted to share with all of my

friends and I think I literally only

have one pair of the all red ones wow at

home got to keep those I know I will it

will

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yeah all good Joe I'm good you're living

on the edge man I haven't dropped I

don't think I ever dropped one wow I'm

going to drop the next one you just

that's like he hasn't miss a free throw

all night yeah CL

exactly we got to talk the Super Bowl

moment okay you debut these and this

pair is really special this is cuz these

right are but little different in the

details you if you notice these you get

the you get the Nike yes and this was

you know obviously if you know you know

it's you know if you know you know this

was the original design for the three

and that Tinker you know said you know

the jump man logo is big enough to live

on its own and we should take the Nike

Swoosh off which I'm sure was very

controversial right conversation at the

time I I would not want to be in that

board meeting exactly but so we talked

about like what if we brought the

original design back for the Super Bowl

performance and I I said I'm good with

that as long as cuz it's the 3M but I

said but as long as it's the same color

as long as it's white cuz I wanted it to

be a detail and not like an overbearing

thing because that's how Tinker saw it

got it right these are special because I

think they only made three pair of them

one for them to keep one for me to rock

and then one for me to stock so this is

the stock one and and the difference is

you get the date in the Super Bowl that

they were at and then they drop under 5

minutes they sell out what was it like

to see it s I mean you you were busy

obviously but

no Reggie Reggie from from Jordan hits

me and said the sneaker sold out and I

was like what he goes they sold out in 5

minutes I was like wait I was on stage

for 12 here we go you know what I mean

so like the sneakers sold out quicker

then I could actually get back off the

stage and so yeah it was it was an it

was a cool moment and and even at that

time you know we were working on the man

of the woods kind of I call the Boot

three that's what I call it

right right yeah that so so it was funny

because two or three days before I

performed at the Superbowl I had a

meeting with with Mike a conference

meeting what was that like uh it was

great you know he said he really loved

what we were going for it cuz my my

thing with the man of the wood shoe was

I wanted it to feel like a boot I wanted

it to feel like that n little like a

winter Bo you know and um I was always

into the wallabies okay you know like I

was I was like how do we do like a

reference to the WABE so that's why we

did the leather laces okay you know and

obviously it came with the orange pop

that you could do as well but I just

wanted to have that sort of like boot

feel to it and the body of the of the

shoe lends itself to that anyway yeah

but these are called the these are

called the higher hes which is a song

off that album and you know had a ET in

there and then you know on the inside

it's one Sho says is cruel and then the

other one says Fame is a lie love that

and also I want to talk about one night

in Beverly

Hills uh Barney okay that relates to

this a little bit okay is this a

reference yes yes

wow this is a reference and I see it and

I love it because it when you think of

like what goes into these designs you

think of mood boards and stuff like this

but a Sakai jacket at Barney's in

Beverly I had found this Sakai amazing

you know winter coat and I just love the

colors of it and I was like this feels

like the color palette to my my album

yeah and so yeah that was the coat that

inspired the shoe and I love it cuz

there's a little yellow on the hood and

there's even yellow in the eyelids yep

love that there's the there's orange

detail yellow yeah you got it man love

that going back just for a second to the

Super Bowl ones though you said you have

one to the the ones with the date one to

stock one for them one to rock but you

were locked in but the C wait it's such

a sneaker head thing but I know I know

the that's why that's why I brought

those actually I thought maybe those but

those aren't the on right cuz no those

have zero creases okay the big I brought

that one big sneaker head thing but

listen you got the Super Bowl

performance that was a big conundrum for

me because I was like do I break these

in you know what I mean cuz I'm like am

I going to come off limping you know

what I mean or like am I going to have

like the worst Tow Jam ever you went for

function I went well but only because I

had two hair okay you know what I mean

it's crazy cuz oh yeah you'll take an

Instagram photo and you're not like

tying your shoe all the comments are wow

the crease the crease the crease but

that's a major I feel like I do have to

defend myself right now there go there

was one for work and then there was one

that I was going to keep and uh another

thing yeah that was yeah that was funny

aggressive priest but you had another

one on Deck Tinker half field this five

this we you know it's good that we're

ending here in this section cuz you said

that this was the first one the kid

cutting the grass you think this was one

of the first ones okay the first pair of

Jordans that I ever had I didn't buy

them they were they were given to me

okay and they were the fives with the

number on the heel okay this shoe there

was a girl that lived in The Cove of the

street that I lived in and she was like

2 years older than me I was in sixth

grade she was in eighth grade and she

was the captain of our basketball team

at our school and could who like wow for

real and I had the biggest crush on her

especially when I found out she had a

pair of Jordans she wore these Jordans

to play and so she literally gave me the

Sho what a story

off her feet that was the beginning of

story me collecting Jordans you had a

crush on her did you get the girl no

just the shoes the shoes okay okay I'm

doing all

right exactly last thing I want to talk

about another special project I think

very close to your heart Big Creek Golf

Club oh yes the first golf outing that

you played with your dad yes and then

you got a special makeup three pairs for

a tournament and now that golf Club

doesn't exist anymore no no it's it's a

completely different well so my my

history with that golf club was public

course and my stepdad really loved Golf

and he kind of like birthed my my love

for I I was I was very like I was very

clear with him that I was like no I'm a

Hooper I don't play golf and so big

Creek Golf Club it was funny like as I

got older I found out that they were

going to shut the place down and kind of

turn it into

Condominiums and so we actually went in

and saved the golf club we bought it

okay and we turned it into

Miramichi uh which means a place of

happy Retreat all right right now I

ended up selling it since then because I

don't get to spend that much time in

them anymore that so that shoe is a

really really special shoe there's not

there's it was three different ones

right 11 like a airx one and then like

kind of like a typical golf shoe Yes Man

Joe you really are good at your job

thank you man this is a big one you know

this is a big one you know this is a big

one for us I appreciate it man yes Joe

has Joe has been after me for how many

years a a long six seven years yeah yeah

yeah so finally made it happens

absolutely but it's exciting because I'm

working on some stuff right now okay

with them just on the golf Side Golf is

popping for them right now you see

Jordan getting involved as well yeah so

I'm I don't want to say too much but

there's some classic um there's some

classic sneaker bodies that I'm I'm

pushing to get okay on the golf course

spiked up and everything

nice listen week of your album thanks so

much for taking the time talked about

everything now as the easy part browse

the shelves see what you're going to

take home I think you might get some uh

shoes for the fam yeah yeah I'm try to

get some some some sneakers for uh for

my two sons let's do it

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so how can I help you out today all

right man I'm definitely going to get

some stuff for me mhm but let's start

with the kids first let's do Grinch and

reverse I definitely got the Grinch and

reverse Grinch for you okay this is a

special moment my my oldest son's uhoh

first threes so maybe we just do simple

the reimagine of course course

definitely got that for him let's do

matching so let's yeah let's do a real

matching for me got you yeah perfect and

then my younger one this he's like very

colorful colorful Vib so maybe the

Powerpuff but maybe if you have him in

like blue I definitely have the blue one

for him I definitely grab that for him

okay now to me okay I got to do the born

and raised oh big dogs got to do those

so it looks like you looked at

everything over here yeah yeah yeah I

think it's time to go to the big boy

section big boy section this let's do

it I I got to do the lobsters but I want

to do the orange O classic got to do

that okay I got the Carolina yeah off

whites in the Air Force but I think I

got to do the lemonade lemonade all FS

can't go wrong with those okay got you I

don't see them

here and you know it's a unicorn pair

that I never really got a chance to

purchase you got the Red October I do

have the Octobers 10 and A2 yes sir just

for

you all right I'll take all

right find everything we need tonight

Justin uh I found everything I need and

more so yeah definitely looks like you

did some jamming yeah I didn't mean to

it happens you got me all right let's

get your total ready for you all

right did I buy that many I I think so

so your total tonight we're looking at

22,4 with

14 do I need to take out a loan or I

think you got it I got it okay it'll be

right there for

you and we are good you want some help

back there man want help no not really I

was just offering you're just offering

being a nice guy about

it all

right

go you are all set my guy all right

thank you so much thank you guys for

me I got more than what I needed thank

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so Justin came through told some great

stories got some new sneakers thanks so

much for taking the time long time in

the making yes sir W it was fun thank

you thanks so much make sure you check

out the new album everything I thought

it was out this week thanks again this

week let's

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