A Guide To Wale's Lyrical Sneaker References

Wale spits it like he lives it.

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*Maybach Music Sound Drop* Our man Olubowale — better known as Wale — has been on the scene four years strong now. Even though his name was often confused with a Pixar character and marine mammal, there's been no confusion that since day one he has been the music world's resident sneaker champ. He might not have the same kind of clout as Kanye thanks to the Air Yeezy and LV collabs (Wale does have him beat 89-79 on Klout though — more tweets Yeezy?) but he is known for having one of the most diversified sneaker collections and some exclusives that even have Phil Knight talking about "how you got them?" To honor Wale's latest album, which had impressive first week sales of 163,000+ and hit number two in the nation —thanks for the awesome Christmas album Bieber — Complex dug through Wale's two solo albums, the MMG album, and some of his miscellaneous mixtapes to put you on to A Guide To Wale's Lyrical Sneaker References

1WaleDance

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Nike Air CB4

2NikeBoots

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Nike Air Max Goadome Boot

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Nike Air Max Goadome Boot & Timberland 6" Premium Boot

4Light

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Fila & Reebok

5PimpHard

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Nike SBs

6Warwick

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Nike Air More Uptempo "Olympics"

7Chillin

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Air Jordan IX

8WolrdTour

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Unreleased Nikes

Song: "World Tour"

Album: Attention Deficit

Year: 2009

Wale: "With a beach like an HBO feature at night/A quarter-pound of sand in my un-released Nikes, Bitch say I'm hot, smoking on by the night"

Complex says: When it comes to the sneaker game if you can stunt, go 'head and stunt. Ask DJ Clark Kent — he'll tell you that when it comes to unreleased drops and exclusives Wale can stunt.


9TVintheRadio

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Nike Air Max Goadome Boot & Timberland 6" Premium Boot

Song: "TV in the Radio"

Album: Attention Deficit

Year: 2009

Wale: "Wale, I kick it, I kick it like Olindo/I wear my Nike boots in Gucci/I don't wear no Timbo/I kick it any tempo"

Complex says: Wale has made it clear in a few songs he doesn't mess with the classic Timberland 6" premium boot that gets mad love from most rappers on the East Coast. After the success on "Nike Boots," 'Le had to remind us where his loyalty remained. Nike, pay him. The real thought is how pumped was kicker Olindo Mare when he found out he was cemented into hip-hop history?


10Talk2Me

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Air Jordan VIII

11BlkYellow

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Air Jordan IV "Thunder"

12FittedCap

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Air Jordan XI "Concord, Nike SBs, Nike Hyperstrikes, Nike Air Foamposite Pro "Pine Green", Nike LeBron 8 V2 "Entourage", Air Jordan V "Laneys", Air Jordan IX, Nike Blazers, & Air Jordan IV "Laser"

 

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Air Jordan VI

14Bait

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New Balance

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Air Jordan VI

Song: "Pick..Six"

Album: The Eleven One Eleven Theory

Year: 2011

Wale: "Nice nigga outfit clashing/Ignorant denim no wonder I got mad kicks/This pair of sixes is paranormal that rare shit/I'm Air Jordan you Ron Harper just fitting in"

Complex says: Wale has been spotted a few times rocking the "Olympic" VIs which would be one of the rarest VI releases to date. Dude might be mad though with a rumored re-release for the fall of 2012.


16Globe

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Air Jordan IV "Lightning"

17Tats

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New Balance 3M

18DoubleM

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Nike Air Foamposite

19Legend

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Air Jordan IV "Mars"

20Slight

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Nike Air Trainer SC