Stalley's Top 25 Sneakers of All-Time

Born in Massillon, Ohio, Stalley (@stalley) is the latest MC to join Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. His Lincoln Way Nights: Intelligent Trunk Music gets official release on 11.1.11, freshly remastered by Young Guru and Tony Dawsey.

Stalley's sneaker fetish is born from years of high-level basketball competition (including a stint at LIU-Brooklyn). Understandably, then, he's got love for '90s hardwood kicks. Classics are favored, but there are also a few surprises sprinkled in among his favorite sneakers. Click through the gallery for Stalley's Top 25 Sneakers of All Time.

Stalley: "A drug dealer bought me a pair of these when I was in the 10th grade. He's mentioned in my song 'Shop.' Wanted me to be fresh for school. Love the AM1 to this day."

Stalley: "I wore these in the video for my song 'Sounds of Silence.' An often underappreciated shoe from the '90s."

Stalley: "We use to call those dope mans."

Stalley: "I wish I had these in every colorway."

Stalley: "Only the OG Webber versions. I bought them like three times."

Stalley: "I love the toebox and looking down at this shoe."

Stalley: "330. LeBron and I are from the same area."

Stalley: "Why not? This shoe is dope."

Stalley: "The Fab 5 made these the shoe to have, period."

Stalley: "Strictly performance only, but a dope shoe."

Stalley: "The African colors were the best and adidas makes some of the most comfortable performance sneakers."

Stalley: "The ultimate in ankle protection."

Stalley: "Only shoe that looked right with a zipper on it and they were great to play ball in."

Stalley: "I remember seeing St. John's wear these as their team shoe and running out and buying them to play at the parks in the summer. Rocked, of course, with my Jumpman shorts."

Stalley: "Tim Duncan and David Robinson are two guys I loved to watch growing up. This shoe was just flat-out amazing. I associate it with Duncan and Robinson always."

Stalley: "The best Uptempo ever made."

Stalley: "Had these playing high school ball. Super light and just a sleek, dope shoe."

Stalley: "First turf shoe with a strap and that people actually wore on off the field and on the streets as an everyday sneaker."

Stalley: "The colorway to me was just so amazing, how the blue seemed to fade almost like a sunset. KG was the man when these first dropped."

Stalley: "My older cousin had these and used to think he was Jerry Rice. The ones he owned, they had a neon-yellow, full-length Air-Sole and yellow flex grooves on the outsole."

Stalley: "One of the sleekest shoes Nike ever made, the supportive jewel wing and shiny Swoosh was ace."

Stalley: "One of the most comfortable shoes ever and no matter the colorway they go with anything and can be worn for any occasion."

Stalley: "Royal and black, Looks amazing in any condition, whether deadstock or beat the fuck down. Wore these on the red carpet at this years BET AWARDS."

Stalley: "One of the most comfortable shoes I have ever put on. They look good with sweats, shorts or jeans."

Stalley: "The best-designed shoe of them all. Plus, they are comfortable. You can wear them with jeans, sweats, or shorts and it still works. It is the first Jordan to use the Jumpman logo and utilize a Visible Air unit in the heel. The elephant print incorporated on the upper is also amazing."