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You either got ’em or you tight! The 10 hardest kicks to cop in 2017

There comes a time in every sneakerhead’s life where you wake up on release day with that overwhelming feeling.

You look to your collection and go to retrieve the cause of that feeling. You grab it with both hands and breathe… do you feel that big fella? It’s a feeling we all dread … Issa L.

Don’t check your snap cause you know your mans copped and then you wouldn’t just have an L on your plate but an additional serving of salt.

Don’t tap your pockets cause the resale money won’t be there, don’t even walk past the mirror dawgs cause Khaled going be there to let you know you played yourself B.

The L, once just the 12th letter of the alphabet, has taken on a new meaning in today’s culture. A loss, a failure, a relationship with Blac Chyna, and other personal defeats, have become synonymous with an “L.”

In the sneaker culture you take “L’s” when you wake up on any hyped release date and try to cop online, when you didn’t know about the app, when you get cart robbed on yeezysupply, when you are a victim to reseller and their loop gang, and the worst of all, when you tried to cop from Kith.

However, no matter the cause of the “L” it’s still an L and we must hold it.

Now, to all my readers who’ve experienced that feeling cut the Jay-Z album for a min put on some Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth and let’s reminisce.

These are the top 10 hardest cops of 2017:

10. Royal 1’s (if you ain’t get this you lazy fam because there was an abundance)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWOCjIlntTb/


9. Adidas Futurecraft 4D

4D Printed sneaker… SO dope!!!😵😲🔥🙌 #Adidias #AdidasFuturecraft4D

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8. Air More Uptempos “Suptempo”

🎊🎊2️⃣🎊🎊 No. 2 Supreme Uptempo (📸 via @sivanuj)

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7. CDG Nike Air Vapormax

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLLhMEpjFzf/


6. Air Jordan x Air Max ATMOS Pack

AIR MAX x JORDAN #atmospack 🔥 @jumpman23 @nike #teamnike #cookinsoulshoegame

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5. VLONE AF1’S

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTEfM1dj9gk/


4. OG Yeezy 350 “Zebra”


3. White HyperAdapts

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNn8dowl_Xn/


2. Air Jordan 4 Retro “KAWS” (hurts to even type it fam)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BR3qLd7lVlu/


1. PSNY x Jordan 12’s

https://www.instagram.com/p/BV5O_STnTOH/