As 2009 comes to a close, Complex will be releasing a series of lists recapping the year's best, from albums to girls. To kick things off, we put together a celebrity panel of sneaker heads to help us determine the best kicks of 2009. We recruited Matt Halfhill (Nicekicks.com), DJ Clark Kent (God's favorite DJ and sneaker connoisseur), Mayor (AF1 king), Wil Whitney (Founder of Nom de Guerre and Nike 21 Mercer Head Coach), and Chris Vidal (ALIFE manager), along with Complex sneaker experts Bradley Carbone and Joe La Puma. Nothing's getting by this team.
Before we drop the panel's official top 10, we're giving each of our trusted contributors the chance to tell you about their personal favorites. Today we're taking a look at NYC sneaker kingpin, Mayor's Top Ten Sneakers of 2009...
#10: Nike Hypermax NFW "Tennis Ball"
MAYOR SAYS: "The buzz that was created around the shoe was phenomenal. The tennis ball aspect was great. The fact that everybody went crazy for that colorway and the other ones stood on the shelves is what made me pick this one. You can get the other ones in outlets now, but the use of the tennis ball was unique, and it created a nice little hype. It's one of the few times I chose a shoe over hype."
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eboc December 16th, 2009 at 06:27 PM
Mr Cartoon made the list
Gamora December 16th, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Do people seriously still wear Air Force Ones?
MaxPatta December 17th, 2009 at 10:42 AM
yessir people still wear Air Force 1 Stop the hating please wear your flip flops and shut up and let people wear whatever they want you ain't paying for it anyway
CRACK TS December 17th, 2009 at 05:42 PM
You can tell fat boy has no sense of style. He just cops what ever clark, allday and safe say hot. There was maybe 2 pair of kicks in that pile that are heat. Mayor you a lame. You wanna be like the original af1 king from the boogie down!
CRACK TS December 17th, 2009 at 05:43 PM
Chris 10 pairs where the best out of everyone's so far.
max December 18th, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Got no idea about anything he's talking about in explaining himself.
datRueASIAN December 19th, 2009 at 04:45 PM
This is an amazing list. I'm liking the Nike Air Force Ones x CLOT.
B-Boy December 21st, 2009 at 08:50 PM
im still mad i passed/missed out on the pearls
to you hoes ass niggas December 24th, 2009 at 12:23 AM
this is the worst list damn these some ugly ass shoes
the save ferris fund December 31st, 2009 at 10:51 PM
this is a pretty good list i would change the order but still a good list