Sneaker of the Year 2019 | ComplexCon(versations)

The return of the quintessential ComplexCon panel features Joe La Puma, DJ Clark Kent, Lil Yachty, Sean Wotherspoon and Aleali May debating the top ten sneakers of 2019.
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[@Complex]

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[@ao1920]

I am sad to tell you but this is not the real life where black people are hated upon on a daily basis.

[@mauricionavarro4544]

How did y’all not include at least one cast member of full size run

[@incognegro5192]

Mauricio Navarro very dry panel this year

[@charliebriz1]

Shoulda had dad

[@ajantsmith6139]

Welty!

[@isadachopper9674]

Could’ve replaced any of these people for somebody in the cast of FSR

[@Eddprzz]

Because fsr niggas too real for this goofy shit

[@briansouza6652]

“I don’t want big re-sale numbers, I want big wear numbers.” Much respect for this! Wish more collab sneakers were this way.

[@morningwood1981]

Kent is a respectable sneakerhead but his sense of fashion is stuck back in '03

[@chrisantonuccio]

K-Y-ANCHETA he got that boomer outfit 🤣😂

[@drparham]

He wasn't even that fly back then

[@incognegro5192]

We can say he’s into sneakers not fashion at all lmao

[@pjeezymane]

Well he did admit he’s old multiple time

[@sharkteam1663]

His outfits bring his sneakers down.... like , yeah , ur kicks r cool but give them to someone who knows what to do with them...

[@seize3]

Sean Wotherspoon - "That's fire"

[@noiisserpmii]

God i cant stand anyone who says “thats fire, its fire, so fire” so corny like majority of this community.

[@luvbreeezy]

liттlelosiто cool.

[@Vscounter]

Also on " I gotta cop those"

[@alejandroserrano7755]

He is very dumb dumb

[@noaheroglu6132]

liттlelosiто ok boomer

[@bakerjaht]

Joe: "next on the list we have replica Hitler boots" Sean Wotherspoon: "oh yeah those are fire"

[@scudmaster31]

Margiela GATs are fire though

[@pirisandman9796]

lmaoo

[@camraneycomedy]

lmfao

[@camraneycomedy]

and the model: ihihihihihihihahhaihihihiih

[@Americansikkunt]

Connor Shhh..If the PC Culture SJWs realize Margiela GATs are germs army-inspired, they’ll label them a white supremacist symbol.

[@mrjonahwhite]

I feel like Sean has a completely different style from the rest of the panel, he just kinda nods and says everything is fire, but he doesn’t wear like any of these

[@incognegro5192]

Jonah White he didn’t think the adapt bbs were fire

[@klegend1298]

Meanwhile I'm tryna figure out where he got the shirts

[@notdave17]

Jonah White I watched this extremely stoned and I hyper focused on Sean because he was bothering me. He very much comes across as a “yes man” and the “I can’t pick a fav” because he couldn’t possibly disagree with anyone. It’s wicked corny.

[@mitchellf.6106]

@@klegend1298 Chinatown Market Flannel (custom with Round Two) + Public Enemy T-Shirt

[@AlaskanOilExchange]

@@notdave17 all of the shoes were all nike, 1 nb and a yeezy lol sean wears different stuff. the awake asics he mentioned are better than a lot of these featured. its all just hype shit

[@pinkgungopew5247]

Be honest, if Kent wasn’t here it wouldn’t be as interesting

[@notdave17]

PINK GUN GO PEW facts

[@johnpcurtiss]

JLP could have done this whole thing with just Yachty and Kent, then just had the other two do a reaction video.

[@alejandroserrano7755]

Facts

[@scudmaster31]

Lol that's why he was there

[@kokolatte825]

@@johnpcurtiss lol. I liked the white guy because his style was different from Kent, but the girl could've sat in the audience. As a woman myself, she added nothing.

[@GarrettBoyd1030]

Why is Seans face so damn hairy and go up to his eyes 😂

[@joelthomas4255]

Yachty and dj clark Kent's side arguments had me weak

[@tiatheceo]

Joel Thomas 😂😂😂

[@sonic354]

They might need a sneaker show Young vs OG

[@d.felixphoto2260]

He doesn't really know sneakers on a deep level. Clark brings everything back to reality. Lol

[@kokolatte825]

@@d.felixphoto2260 I really enjoyed Yachty's episode of FSR because you can tell he loves kicks but when I watched his shoe closet episode you can tell he just likes "heat" or whatever. Don't get me wrong, he seems to have a passion but at the same time he's someone who thinks "limited" or how much money he spent on it is what makes the shoe. I'm just not into that.

[@d.felixphoto2260]

@@kokolatte825 understood and pretty much how I felt as well. Nothing wrong with it.

[@dylanstewart4696]

I think Sean should say fire a few more times he’s barely said it

[@charliebriz1]

😂😂😂😂

[@DisManGotKix]

Dislike yeezys bcuz of too much color ways. Goes crazy over a baby blue AF1 lol

[@arthursoto4285]

Truuu

[@noiisserpmii]

Anyone who says they overdo the Yeezys but fiend over AJ1s is a clown. Yes the yeezy is done way too much in such a short span but the 1s been around for 35yrs (2020) so ur accustomed to it. Yes wearing yeezys isnt as “cool” as it once was but yeah it is a “icon in the making” but its gotta sit on the sidelines for a few years & come back strong & back to somewhat limited.

[@DisManGotKix]

liттlelosiто they do that much color ways bcuz not everyone likes the same tone or color.I may like a darker grey over regular grey etc.Idk why they want people to like a certain pair not go out and buy all the pairs

[@SageStill]

He was trying to say that shoe is trash in nicest way possible

[@alejandroserrano7755]

I still understand him tho. Yeezy have been over produced. They still fire but everybody has em to the point of some people not wanting them

[@yungcee321]

Everybody's complaining how many times they said "FIRE" meanwhile I'm just happy they didnt say "big drip" even once.

[@krod91100]

Yeah. This panel had no personality. If it wasn't for Kent then the whole panel would have just been like, "Yeah I like those", "Those are fire". This whole video was flat

[@tomlee6062]

everyone in the show: shdneudhdnskaqowidj joe la puma: lets move on

[@aman27asad]

Imagine a show with Lil yacthy , dj clark and joe budden 😂

[@abathinglilgoat340]

Omg ItsAman - Their going to murder him 😂

[@aman27asad]

@@abathinglilgoat340 ong 💀

[@saintofrain]

Omg ItsAman yikes

[@ashtonparker3820]

omg that would be 🔥

[@ImDougDimmadome]

Dj Clark “I have to remind you that I’m old” Kent

[@cayden1031]

“Kanye’s black I’m black I love it”

[@5518sw]

Why does Clark Kent seem like he always has an attitude?

[@PrinceLevii]

Right? He’s a fucking diva I swear

[@Chibason]

He believes he's #1 in the game

[@immortalhahn]

Word. I've always felt this. Even when he was on FSR I couldn't stand it. Trying to always hype himself up and he the centre of attention.

[@djsaine98]

STAK frfr

[@Pooter2323]

Sneaker boomer

[@jaredw610]

19:29 "ummmmm you said that's easy😬" I LUV HER🤣

[@mgignacio9169]

lil yatchy being slapped on a face left and right by dj clark kent after saying he hates the yeezy 350 😆😆🤣🤣🤣

[@azanhasanov666]

tell me whyy the fuck lil yachty is here....

[@ImDougDimmadome]

Mubz Boobz Money can buy you the way into being a sneakerhead

[@azanhasanov666]

tru dawg....

[@SteveBwondering]

Mubz Boobz bruhhhh factssss

[@deltaecho2883]

MG Ignacio cause yachty a alpha he was letting that old head Dominate him... he had a good point I don’t think he hates the shoe, he hates how he sees them often and people would gravitate towards the hype, imagine in 1982 when the AF1 came out and every single person had them at one point it starts getting annoying, not annoying that you hate the shoe, annoying that are so heavily produced (in a good way) and people just buy it to stay cool and have no individuality

[@Yeehawpurple]

“I’m different” -kent🤪

[@orlanduswhite7131]

Wale bring back wale!

[@antoniocollie865]

Trinidad James would’ve been better here

[@tia6986]

Antonio Collie agree he set the tone with his style, bc they fasho clowned him but now dress just like him‼️

[@henrymccaddin4629]

dj clark kent blew yachtys spot up lmfao

[@shecops985]

This panel has no chemistry at all!

[@marcusmattox4775]

This is the best panel I’ve ever watched I’d honestly sit here and watch the whole thing again.

[@gavi5723]

Bodega 997s should def be on there 🔥

[@ivanmartoni9801]

44 ballin hell yeah. Sneaker of the year to me.

[@Queenofsole100]

Facts!

[@luislimon1641]

Some kids don’t even know Kanye they just know his shoe

[@KennyBFilms]

Luis Limon forreall I’m said that. When Kent mentioned that ye was every 13 year old’s hero I was like wtf, if anything he’s the older generation’s hero young kids wear yeezys but the don’t gaf about ye himself.

[@Complex]

What do you think the sneaker of the year was?

[@hunterrobinson8973]

Complex trav Jordan 1 high

[@azog9733]

Complex sacai

[@valiantflame1178]

Sacai waffles easy.

[@rmz6947]

LD WAFFLE SACAI OG

[@ThaTGanGTV]

Travis aj6

[@samochodyrestauracje]

Yachty doesnt seem like the biggest sneakerhead as he brags

[@samochodyrestauracje]

Julian Ray Buying a lot of shoes doesn’t make you a true sneakerhead

[@friend4665]

Mikołaj it’s not how many he buy it’s his collection and how woke he is on og sneakers

[@samochodyrestauracje]

Friend I mean I know that but judging by this video he doesn’t keep track of many non-hyped releases. Like he didn’t know about the aime leon diore new balance or bb reacts. Come on these are not some obscure brand sneakers. These are both quite big shoes

[@friend4665]

Mikołaj true I feel you

[@ajantsmith6139]

He owns alot of sneakers, but tbh he doesn't have the knowledge the OGs like Clark Kent have but he has a shit ton of money.

[@rustyd3817]

“I don’t want big resell numbers I want big wear numbers!”

[@thakid691]

“They ain’t got no damn laces” 😂😭

[@FaithFallRepentGraceRepeat]

I can’t BELIEVE you guys slept on the Nike Air Force Max (Punch/Volt/Green) color way. 😤

[@johnpcurtiss]

Travis Scott 1s: I have a *backward* *swoosh* , y'all! JLP (pinches fingers in the air): "it's the subtle details that he changed."

[@indiee4971]

Couldn't ask for a better cast. This cast was perfect

[@justinmbuyamba1498]

More pictures should have been included of each shoe that people were referencing.

[@carmona1of1]

Justin Mbuyamba facts

[@arodriguez8762]

11:10 these shoes look okay but now I'm more into comfort e.g. Air Max bubbles or Boost

[@QuachHoang13]

Miss last year's ComplexConversation. Man that was toooo goood

[@gotbigdreams.5257]

"whacc ass nike" i would barefoot - yachty 2019

[@jacobboyce5180]

dj clark doesn’t have the hard r pass for “sneaker” so he just says “sneaka”

[@ranajitchoudhury3189]

Yatchy had one of the best sentences on the retouch angle many have taken

[@bigmikesneaks7867]

What an awesome conversation!

[@donovankollmar1461]

Was waiting on this, but wish some of the panel from last year would have returned, and to have a bigger size panel

[@lgsteelo2142]

Yellow Fear of God. END OF DEBATE! FIGHT ME!👊🏾💥

[@incognegro5192]

Lg Steelo hasn’t fully dropped has it?

[@jodyshirley4703]

The fear of gods are trash 🗑️🗑️🗑️

[@XObimmer]

I love the undercover daybreaks I wear them every week

[@sahilbhoria9746]

man dj clark kent and lil yachty are sucha good combo. Please put them together in more videos

[@neckbone4941]

THE BEST PART OF THE VIDEO IS WHEN THEY PUT UP DJ KENTS SHOE NEXT TO THE SKY BLUE ONES. PRO TIP GOING FORWARD, Show the photos of the shoes that they are actually bringing up and chatting about to help move the audience and viewers. 🤷‍♂️

[@Dill_doh]

Have any of u ppls tried to drive manual transmission while wearing vapormax ?

[@ballislife06]

Put some respect on the adapts. Trendsetters don’t support innovation. It’s one of the best sneakers to drop this year

[@MrJazzCigar]

so fun to watch

[@michaeldaly9473]

I loved little yaughty and Sean witherspoons input using only the phrases, yes no those are fire and I love those. Like, super insightful

[@DavidAMoore-ux7nc]

At some point Sean’s beard is going to engulf the rest of his face. Teen wolf looking a**....🐺

[@Recquixitshanghai]

Wolferspoon

[@parker3242]

ok david A. moore

[@jakobmiikaelkaljurand2263]

Someone should tell Sean what a barber is

[@DavidAMoore-ux7nc]

I’m Joe La Puma’s age. Respect your elders bit*h...

[@DavidAMoore-ux7nc]

Anthony Salerno your mom doesn’t seem to mind.

[@Kelvin2315]

Take a shot every time they say “that’s fire”

[@MHWarrior12]

i loved this

[@RG-FNR]

Sean's beard is soooooo CRAZY. This guy's face is just ALL hair lmao. Shout out to everyone on this talk though! Keep doing your thing.

[@nylon...]

So why aren’t the fear of god 1s on the list??? Really baited me with Jerry in the intro smh

[@kami9094]

Absence 2018 is when most released

[@nylon...]

Chr1st1an K Na only the black pair did, the bones were early this year same with the others

[@RanmyakuJouten]

I'm guessing it's because the model of the FOG 1's released in 2018, even though only the black ones released in 2018. They probably decided to hold that against it. And even though the Raids are cool af, it's not Sneaker of the year Material. The FOG 1's def should have been on this list though 100%

[@mjgreg731]

Panel was weak. Needs a member of Full Size Run. Matt Welty, Brendan Dunne, Dad, come on the show. Where’s Don C and Wale? Josh Luber? Marcus Jordan? Justin Timberlake? Jason Sidekis? Need people who have interview experience and are great for tv.

[@sharkteam1663]

mjgreg731 true

[@dylanaiello2542]

In all my years of youtube, this is the first video I've watched that's over 20 minutes

[@omarsalimabdulaziz8183]

Love when dj clark kent and lil yatcty talk about sneakers.

[@hiepnguyen-si2ny]

aleali may is making those jordan 14s look so seductive, imma bout to cop

[@sharkteam1663]

hiep nguyen she killed them, right?

[@billsfn28]

is joe trying to rap in the intro? he sounds like hes trying to rhyme or something

[@tom9582]

Last year’s top 10 convo had so much more energy

[@chrisgarcia4538]

Y'all should make a top 10 sneakers of the decade

[@eamdynasty]

This has got to be the worst panel to date. The vibes were all off. And apparently every shoe is fire. Lets retire that usage going into 2020.

[@JesseFosterGaming]

facts

[@franciscoascencio8161]

Seriously

[@karimmarrujo8335]

A lot of good shoes missing, FOGs, Travis 6s, Infrared 6s smh

[@jce1417]

Facts, dk how they put the Nicekicks UB and the Adapt BB over any of those really. Really weak Sneaker of the Year list.

[@aquas9056]

Fire 🔥

[@CarlJohnsonjr]

“I love the Fish net” lmao

[@thiccorquit]

DJ Clark Kent on that Big Pretentious Energy

[@azog9733]

Amazing year in sneakers

[@JoeKyser]

Before I even watch my number one pick is Trophy Room 5, kudos to Marcus.

[@abhishekxavierfrancis5298]

2:22 "The Dame" meme moment 😂😂

[@michaelanderson3601]

Man I know creators like to wear different stuff but damn she has ski goggles on

[@thakid691]

Michael Anderson 😂😂😂

[@Zukadomis]

Thought it was Taboo from Black Eyed Peas

[@maygodbewithyou172]

Dj Clark Kent Look Like Ye & Mal From JoeBuddenPod Combined

[@quanzaebakari2161]

I've been watching this on rewind, this year in sneakers was motivational I'm glad that the Breads made it up there and the Jordan 1's I feel like this year had a lot of women sneakers.

[@ateballandmjg]

Fire fire fire fire fire

[@givenrox]

You can imagine, all aleali may saw is just RED

[@sachinmadaan2165]

:D Best comment in here

[@luishuncho2054]

Sean and that one girl think every shoe is good I honestly didn’t hear a thorough explanation yachts and Kent made this good

[@omar7132]

Whoever yacty agent or manager is the GOAT no reason at all why he should have been booked for this panel dood is still only popular for his music damn near 4 years ago

[@kingslayer0313]

Dj Clark Kent is built like a 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88

[@SIZLL]

Sean is like that old guy who still thinks hes in highschool

[@kungfusteeze]

Let the dude feel young, long as he dont hurt somebody.

[@richierich896]

Clark Kent seems so uncomfortable with these noobs lmfao

[@rafaelnaxi2133]

Facts bro. I thought I was the only one who noticed this. But mad obvious - Kent a true OG in the game. The only one that should be called OG within this panel. I respect and love his sense in sneakers.

[@SwagSoldier206]

Rafael Naxi I mean he’s the only one over 30 on the panel

[@travisl1759]

He may be the OG but let the young ****** take over

[@onnjahh]

"I'll just apologize" "Ight then!"

[@bamsinatra4048]

I really enjoyed ‘this video it is a true appreciation of sneakers I’m like DJ Klerk Kent I’m not a sneaker head I just really love shoes!

[@micklimis]

Everytime someone says "fire" take a shot

[@d.felixphoto2260]

Drunk in the first 4 min

[@LuisSilva-qi7sm]

end up in the hospital real quick.

[@sbaby-nv1dd]

Clark Kent seems like an impossible dude to get along with 😭

[@jaylonroberts5464]

DJ Clark Kent and Yachty made this!!! Old school vs new school! I absolutely love this

[@arodriguez8762]

The yeezy are icon shoes next to the air force ones, AJ1, Air Maxes and so on...

[@abathinglilgoat340]

Yachty just got Joe Buddened again 😭😭😭

[@Brandonforever21608]

Lmaoo seriously

[@subscribe4good]

I love these panels because they save me so much money by discouraging me to buy any of this "fire" shit

[@MrReddevil18]

Should do a top 10 of decade

[@victorthando331]

That Clark guy is the type to wanna argue with everyone about everything over nothing... every time

[@SCRandall]

I don't understand why people seem to love the Sacai waffles so much. They just seem like just an awkward shoe, both to look at and to wear. Most of the colorways look good, but I'm not a fan of the doubling up that much.

[@incognegro5192]

Stewart Randall we love them because they look good. You don’t because you don’t like them

[@latrellwhite6215]

Yea I'm sorry those sacais are kinda trash and those vapormaxes are as well

[@Chibason]

They're new and different...kinda odd at first glance but definitely unique

[@MrTyrine]

There are so many shoes missing.. a lot of these shoes weren’t top 10 worthy

Awesome

[@messymakaveli9098]

this is going to be just ten hypebeast shoes

[@BradPittStains]

Agree with Clark, this year was a let down. Top 10 was very weak

[@abovetheclout]

The sneaker game is all about hype. Not what actually looks good.

[@ohmangoddamn1986]

i dont get why ppl say this. cause its really not true lol. we've seen massive grs that arent remake sell out immediately just based on how they look

[@abovetheclout]

OhMan Goddamn give me an example.

[@ohmangoddamn1986]

AboveTheClout the turbo greens earlier this year were massively dropped and sold out instantly. Meanwhile those phantom 1s that dropped not soon after were sitting in outlets

[@abovetheclout]

OhMan Goddamn bad example bro lol. Turbo greens are clearly a better looking shoe. I’m talkin every Yeezy selling out regardless if they are actually appealing.

[@noskpain2792]

@@abovetheclout Turbo were GRs and sold out

[@flyhysteria]

crisp forces are absolutely the shoe of the year, if not the decade.

[@Kodanz456]

Need to include a sneaker youtuber like Seth Fowler or TwoJs in the panel