The Best Sneakers of 2024 | Complex Con(versations)

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

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🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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What are the best sneakers of 2024? Which pairs will we remember the most that set the tone in sneakers over the last 12 months? Is the Adidas AE 1 really that good? What about Wu-Tang Dunks? Did Jae Tips make a top-10 sneaker of the year? The Complex Sneakers Show co-hosts got into these questions at the annual ComplexCon Sneaker of the Year panel last month with guests Lil Yachty and PJ Tucker. As is customary, we’re uploading the full conversation as a recap here. It starts with a tribute to DJ Clark Kent, who the panel will be named for going forward, features that infamous Yachty moment over the Concrete Boys Air Force 1s, and eventually settles on a pretty unanimous choice for sneaker of the year. Follow along with the picks, debate in the comments, and let us know how your choices differ.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, this is it, the moment you've all been waiting for.
0:13.0	The flagship complex con panel that takes the footwear conversation to the highest level.
0:19.0	Today we look back on the year in sneakers with the most
0:21.6	passionate outspoken sneaker heads in the space for the annual can't miss debate. It was a year
0:28.0	of stumbles from established brands, exciting projects from Challenger brands, and more diversity
0:33.3	than we've seen in a while. But there can only be a handful to take top billing.
0:39.4	Get ready to see the gloves come off as we rank the top 10 releases of the year.
0:44.2	This is Complex Conversations, Sneaker of the Year,
0:47.5	for the first time, hosted by the crew of the Complex Sneaker Show,
0:51.2	Joe Lepuma, Brendan Dunn, and Matt Welton.
1:06.4	Thank you. Sneaker Show, Joe Lopuma, Brendan Dunn, and Matt Welton. Little programming note, just to start, complex con, a little bit unpredictable.
1:12.0	Lil Yati should be here any minute.
1:15.0	We want to welcome someone who has a collection that past-present NBA players on and off the court
1:24.8	cannot touch.
1:26.7	The undisputed NBA sneaker king needs no
1:29.7	introduction mr. PJ Tucker also everyone may realize to my right I brought my
1:42.3	friends with me this year for the first time.
1:44.6	This is a live iteration of the Complex Sneakers Show.
1:48.5	They complained to me over the years, and now they're here.
1:51.5	And if they don't do a good job, it'll be the last year they're here.
1:54.7	Fair enough.
1:55.1	Well, before we get started, I wanted to take some time to acknowledge DJ Clark Ken, who passed away on October 24th.
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