Why Timberland Boots Defined East Coast Hip Hop
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- čas přidán 8. 10. 2022
- There is nothing more New York than a pair of Timberland Boots. This iconic piece of footwear has been woven into our society thanks to East Coast hip hop. In this video we take a look at the history of Timberland Boots, talk about some of its most memorable moments and explain why it defined East Coast Hip Hop. Enjoy!
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Correction: FUBU stands for “For Us By Us”
Great video!🙏
@@TheDannyvieira thank you man
BUFU Buy Us Fuqq You! lol
I was just about to correct him myself. Are they trying to change it to make it more inclusive and woke?
Dudes in nyc started wearing timbs in the early 80s
You can absolutely, 100% talk about Timbs without mentioning DJ Khaled.
LMAO
😂😂😂😂
But 1 you definately should Talk about is DMX….
YOU WASN'T BORN
@@jamalvines2133 Wha?
It's crazy to think about how much personality hip hop had back in the 90s. You could instantly recognize a rapper's area just from the way they dressed, or a kid from another city based on that too, hell even the words they used were also different. Nowadays it's all mixed up and uhhhh there are still sooome differences but nothing crazy anymore.
Imagine an east coast guy in timbs and carhatts meeting a west coast guy in nikes and long socks back then.
I was born in 89 and all of my childhood memories are of seeing everybody back in the early to mid 90s wearing the white Nike Cortez’s and the timbalands😂 I used to love those Nike Cortez shoes
The Timberland standard construction boot in the wheat with the black leather upper is the most perfectly designed boot made. It’s the universal ascetic of “boot”. I buy a pair, wear it till they start looking rough, make them my work boots and then buy a new pair for weekends. Same cycle 20 years
Makes me proud to be a Timbs owner.
Glad you enjoyed the video dude
All them weird colors n designs are a no go. Trust me only the regular constructs, black leather n suede, brown leather n suede, 🤔 n leather wheat. Same for the field boots
They aren’t good boots
@@uptownbladebrown nah kinda miss the beef N brocs lol
@@nonyobussiness3440 nah fam they heat
Timberland was uniform for most of east coast rapper's in the 90's! It's fresh but has rugged look.. Dope video
Yessir! East coast love
@@NachoAverageFinds facts...I like there boat shoes
@@beachcity562 yea, it was a staple on the east coast like chucks were on the west coast back then
@@rosizzle6498 facts..
EARLY 80s
STARTED BY THE D.C GO GO CULTURE
Red Man ain’t Wu-Tang and it’s "For Us, By Us"
Ah Damn my bad on the Fubu error
He’s WuTang , they claim him as WuTang. He’s not the original member but they call him the unofficial member
@@jwood8769 method man brought redman to tag along the clan like after their run was over in rap though (Post ODB)..
Yea i was thinking the same thing about Fubu but I figured maybe i been wrong all these years cuz really For U By Us sounds just as good as For Us By Us
@@NachoAverageFinds ain't not thing bruh everyone makes mistakes..i appreciate the videos..for real
No mention of 2pac wearing /running in Super Tims in the movie Juice??? That was iconic. He helped put Super Tims on the map.
The 40 belows
No...no he really didn't....
NO THEY WERE POPULAR LIKE 6 YEARS BEFORE HE WORE THEM
@@marxman300 THE REAL FASHION GODS CALLED THEM SUPER TIMBS
internet kid
@@tamarastone141 HE DIDN'T BUT DI YOU REALLY KNOW
Pac didn't bring Timbs to the West, it wasnt like he wore Chucks and Dickie suits. He was Eastcoast raised, and had a thorough NY swagger about him. He had a mix of Bay and NY. But in any case, it wasn't like he had Westcoast guys adopting Timbs all of a sudden.
Do you know that 100%
@@AlmightyEvil1 I do.
Thank goodness.
TIMBS IS A D.C THING
GET IT RIGHT
@@jamalvines2133 OKAY....TELL THAT TO NY NIKKAS.....in any case. I said Pac was Eastcoast raised (NY and Bmore).
I'm really into boots right now more than sneakers. Timbs, Dr. Martens, red wing. And now you released this video. You guys really feed me. Thanks bro for the great video
Got another Boot style video coming soon bro. Thank you!
@@NachoAverageFinds always waiting for your new video my brother. You guys awesome 🤘
Yea I can confirm that Timberland was a big thing in the mid 90's in Europe. The brand is still popular here and stands for great quality and craftsmanship. Dope vid like always 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you Maxey boy
WRONG 80s
@@jamalvines2133 lol
"Great quality and craftsmanship" 🤣🤣🤣 thanks I needed that. Maybe for posing in rap videos and walking down the block for liquor. For doing things that actual boots are made for? Not hardly. Hell, had this new guy on our crew (civil construction) a while back, showed up with a brand new pair of that trash the first day. By the third week, the leather on the heel and toe-bend had started to wear & crack, and he said the insole had flattened like a pancake.
Went and got himself a pair of Red Wings like an actual tradesman. Two years later? He still wears em. They're fine. "Tims" are overpriced fashion wear for guys that take their car to a shop when the tire pressure gets low.
Hell, I got a pair of my pops old RW from fifty years ago, that he alternated with another pair for 5 decades. I still wear them to work. That's called "Great Quality and Craftsmanship."
@@phoenixaries3147 I'm glad you were able to laugh. I laughed too when I read your comparison with RW. It's like comparing a Mercedes to a Chevy, but if it makes you happy...lol
Still rocking Timbs since the mid 90's....
EARLY 90s BUT WAS OUT 1980
My guy
I got my first pair from Modells in the 1989
I was 11
your a legend 4 making this video! real hip hop history
Keep up the great work boys 🙏
I'm from the west (not Cali, but Colorado). I'm a boot collector and I've had times since the 90s. It's great for the woods and outdoor activity that can weather the elements.
I recently bought a pair of classic suedes, but in 8 inch. These boots are iconic.
Much respect Nacho .. pretty good video coming from a guy from Cali
#bronx entered the chat 💬
Tims & Air forces is the iconic footwear of NYC 🗽
They slowly coming back again in hip hop fashion in these last few years. Im for it too.
They never went anywhere.
Lugz on the other hand you will
Get clowned for wearing those.
Thanks man, long awaited video .
Hope it was worth the wait my guy
I missed y’all posting, keep the art coming
Thanks so much Jason
Great content, as usual !
Thanks Steven!
Had a pair in middle school outgrew the size and couldn’t afford another pair for a long time. Now in my late 20s I ordered another pair. I can’t wait.
Winter classics round here
Great history video as always!
Appreciate you Dylan the New Balance King 👑
NAW HE WAS THERE OR KNOW THE REAL HISTORY. AND WHY HE CALL YOU THE NEW BALANCE KING. WHERE I FROM AGAIN
dope video man, i love wear this style of boot in winter
Thanks Luis! It's a great choice for winter man
@@NachoAverageFinds its very cool
Every time I hear, “one love” by nas and “shook one’s” and “survival of the fittest” by mobb deep, I can just see someone walking down the street in a pair of timbs.
Me too 😂😂
Facts
Put on a black hoodie with ur timbs and then listen to those tracks
Timbs are like AF1 in the sense they only look good if they're new esp. the wheat joints.
good info!
💪
Another fire video 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you brodie
another great video! loved the grinch bit
Thanks Cameron!
In the 90s south we all wore the Timberland Euro hiker. I still own a pair. I had a pair of the "peanut butters" too but I never liked them as much
I remember when my mother bought a pair of timberland boots for my father birthday back in 1975 he was an ironworker. I was like 7 or 8yr old when he opened the box we both were wow and our eyes got big and pop out of our heads. When he put them on he looked up and walked around with a koolaid smile on his face and hug and kiss my mother and said thank you. I'm from Roxbury Boston and Timberlands were made in south Boston and Massachusetts was known for alot shoes company.
Same 'hood, shout out Walnut Av.
The corporate office was in N.H.
Also New Balance in Brighton,
Converse in Malden,
Spot Built / Saucony in Cambridge,
Reebok in Canton (from N.H.).
@@dollabill39 ok, yeah I remember spot built. I used to rock them when I played with the Roxbury Raiders football team back in the day. I don't know if you remember stride rite on Harrison Harrison Avenue it's now the Boston water and sewer headquarters.
How cool it must be to come from the same hood as one of the greatest R&B group of all time...
@@junior2404 you mean Ralph Ronnie Bobby Ricky and Mike the New Edition. Mike and ronnie and i are cool, Bobby and I clear the air at his mother funeral. Also the home of Louis farrakhan and Malcolm X I meet farrakhan once or twice never meet malcolm. I used to run though mark Wahlberg back in the days it's all good now with us and his brothers.
Long post, but this is my personal journey with boots.
I’ve always liked boots more than sneakers since I was like 5, and this brand always holds a special place in my heart and on my feet. 😎
Even if most kids, myself included, didn’t know of or have the money saved up to buy a pair, the yellow work boot design was and still is very popular regardless of brand, and it’s how I met one of my lifelong friends! I remember trying on my first ever pair of yellow boots from K-Mart, the brand was Northwest Territory (not the original but I liked them because they looked similar to what I saw other boys wearing at school). I remember trying them on and feeling like a big strong man, like an action movie star lol. I loved them so much I wore them home, yep, I was a boot boy. One day I noticed the friend I mentioned had on similar-looking yellow boots to mine (same brand, just the outsole was different) and clicked from there lol, like we even picked days we’d wear them together to show our friendship. Eventually I outgrew them, but still wanted another pair like that.
Around 9 I got a pair of Hush Puppies that looked like the Euro Hikers (still didn’t know the actual Timberland brand or products yet) and were very comfy too.
My attention turned to the actual brand in 6th Grade seeing them on another boy’s feet. I was mesmerized. It made me both excited and jealous because they looked better and more tough than the department store stuff I was used to, and I begged my parents and my older brother for a pair of my own, they were that cool to me. My first pair of Timberlands were some brown hiking boots from my godfather when I was 12. If anyone reading this massive wall of txt remembers, that’s when the Campsite Chukkas were popular in their multiple color combinations. Lots of boys had them. Then I finally got my Campsites from my folks when I was 15 as an early Christmas present. I wore those ALL THE TIME, made ‘em creased even. 😂😂😂
But I had been craving the butters since 11 but wasn’t able to buy or save for them because money was tight. Couple years later my best friend gave me his butters (slightly oversized but still rocked ‘em, creased them into Mickey Mouse shoes 😅 not my proudest moment). In college I bought a cheap pair on eBay but got rid of them not long after because I figured out they were fake. I put my dream on the back burner to focus on my education. Fast forward to age 25…Got the Butters both original and basic on my first full-time job, a custom pair from the much better pre-COVID Timberland Website boot customizer and most recently the Supers that had a brief drop last year, and as of a couple weeks ago the 50th Anniversary boots in blue with matching hoodie. Proud owner!! 😎 I’m 34 now, but my inner kid is always happy when I slip these on.
InThe late 70’s PRE TIMBS the boots were called LIL ABNERS worn by the characters(Abbiington boot co) Also worn by the characters in the Daily news comic Lil Amber too
I remember rocking many pairs these after DMs back in the early 90s until probably early 2000s 😅
Out in the rainy streets in Seattle in the 90's, Tims would have been a good choice but we opted for Chucks and Cortez with soggy feet.. unless u had shell toes in the rotation.
This reminds me of a episode on boondocks 😭 Riley was ballin in some timbs
Old Head going hard in the paint with timbs. 🤣🔥
In jersey, I fell in love with timbs since 5th grade. Love my timbs
Shout out to Jersey!
Me too,shout out out to jersey and Brooklyn
Fills up my heart to see the PANINARI, is a big subculture in Italy
The greatest boot of all time IMO. I have 7 pairs of wheats, 2 black, 1 grey champion pair and 1 pair of wheat timb chukkas. Enough to legitimately last a lifetime as my first oldest pair has lasted me 10 years of abuse and still get beaten on if it snows or rains. Look great both beaten and fresh!
That's impressive man!
I’ve been buying Timbs since I was 16 years old and now I’m currently in my 40’s still sporting Timb’s.
You never tried other brands though. Timbs are overrated.
Tim’s have absolutely 0 longevity or comfort. 1 stain and they’re done son. I can’t deny the boot is iconic but that’s where it ends. Them shits ain’t worth a damn in snow or hiking terrain either. JS
@@AlmightyEvil1 those iconic timbs are just city boots mostly wear by high schoolers. They are only fashion boots just for show. I wouldnt even trust them for my garden yard work. I will never replace my Danner boots with this garbage.
i hopped in timbs once in my life and i was barely trying and was making every shot and i drove in for a layup stepping on everybody toes
"i like black timbs and black hoodies" - biggie
🙌🙌🙌
Hey Brian have you guys ever thought about doing a video on the sports brand starter? I see them on all this vintage stuff and I feel like it would go hand in hand with the 80s and 90s focused videos you guys do. Yeah there are a couple vids here and there about the brand but you know we need to hear them from you guys!! Y’all would actually make an interesting video about it unlike these other cats.
Actually that's a great suggestion. I would love to do a video about Starter. I'ma jot that down! Thanks Darien
Yes Zir!!! Similar to the love affair involving Clarks boots / shoes and Reggae.
I'm 52. Born and raised in NYC. I've been wearing Timberlands since the early 80's from Frankel's in Sunset Park Brooklyn
I was born in DC in 1971 & grew up in the DMV & spent a good amount of time in Baltimore & Tim’s have been worn around here for as long as I can remember….dudes also to rock a Tim shoe back in the day….in the 80’s in Baltimore they rocked the Herman Survivor boots…..y’all stay safe 🖤🥶
IT WAS A D.C THING PERIOD
I'd love to see an episode on Clarks Wallabees in the future
deadass i have two pairs of timbs.. one wheat and one black. Love em
You CAN mention timberland without DJ KHALED
Have always wanted to have some Timberlands but never had enough money.... I grew up in Cali and was either wearing chucks or Cortez played ball and my first pair of basketball sneakers were Shaq shoes from Walmart then as a freshman had And 1 slip on.... but now I have a couple pair of Air Max 95s and want to continue my sneaker collection
FUBU stands for: For Us By Us, not For You By Us.
We wore the boots in the 80's because we were out in the elements handling our business. Just as we wore gortex jackets. Thats how leather bombers and Goose coats got popular. They were necessities that became fashion for people who wanted to look like they were " out side".
This guy talking in the video doesn't know sht about NYC.
We wear those Boots for Work. Its a Work-Boot.
that is how the dudes in detroit started wearing carhartts.
Make this money by any means! This fool has no idea what he’s talking about! Talks about Wutang and shoes Redman. The inaccuracies are endless!
Not a timbs guy personally, but I respect the heritage and history. Missed your videos guys! Hope you’re doing well
Appreciate that Alexandru!!
Bro shut up, what a corny comment,
I feel you, Tim’s are a great thing to have on your feet in the east coast. During the winter time, the west coast is basically about their chuck Taylors to go with the khaki pants and the.flannel shirts, and, of course, most people south of the Mason-Dixon line wear white tube, socks, along with the sandals or as they call them, the slides along with a wife beater
I got my first pair of Tim's at 16 in New York and now I'm 40 and still rockin' these beautiful boots,TIMBERLANDS FOREVER!!!🥾🥾
Since y’all did boots would you maybe consider doing a Docs video? They have cultural ties to Northern English city culture
Absolutely man!
Docs got co-opted by preppies a couple decades ago, and I think they are an overpriced relic as a result. Strictly kid stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I owned a pair I bought in England in 84, that are long gone. They were better then.
I remember owning my first pair of Timbs because my pops was from the Bronx.
WHAT YEAR HE HAD THEM
I got mines from Modells on Fordham Rd back in 89
My ppl always making shit fly
📠
great video
Love the iron symbol
Gotta do one on Wallabees. Still rockin’m since 97’ 😉
Absolutely
Now that right there is classic! New Gen don't know about that
Dont forget about the timbs they wore in the hit em up music video!
Just bought a Timberland 6” Premium boots and was wondering if it is included in sneaker culture. Your video convinces me my kicks are a dope pickup and a great addition to my modest collection.
Vivek, massive pick up man! One of the most iconic pieces of footwear ever. Appreciate you tuning in brother
More or less, every shoe is in the culture 🤷♂️
What color of timbs you get?
@@rosizzle6498 Black ones
@@vivekvenugopalan8202 cool, i still got my suede chocolate brown ones from last year 🟫
Origins go back Epmd, Naughty By Nature & Das Efx stayed wearing Timbs especially 40 belows. Even the album cover for Bell Biv Devoe Poison in 1990 Mike Bivins has a pair of Timbs on.
Gonna be stationed in San Diego, not sure if I should still bring my Timbs.
VASQUE in BIG L's bedroom, and DANNER worn by Prince Po in the snow. For me, these are the boots that represent the 90s.
Fave pairs of TIMBS I ever had. All Black suede and all red suede that I bedazzled w red gems myself. Got too small eventually sold em made a good couple hundred. TIMBS are my fave shoe to fight in lol ion don’t that no more but when I had to baby them Timberlands strengthen your ankle and pack a hard kick. I’ve changed now tho and yes I’m a northerner
I get the feeling you're undefeated when fighting in Timbs haha
Very curious what type of adhesive did you use,, I wonder what the manufacturer use.
I'm currently looking for the 40 and below due to bishop in juice
Can you do a video on Westcoast fashion when it comes to sneakers, next please 🙏
He has plenty..
West coast bay area 💯
East coast fashion > West Coast fashion
My boy Ralph Lauren is from The Bronx
They sell them in the penitentury from Union Supply. Thats where I got mine
I remember when i was a kid(next month ill be 40 yo) .. And i was listening to hip-hop.. Mostly East Coast and i wanted my own pair of timbs so badly... But it was a Poland i was a poor kid and original timbs was enormuosly expensive and rare for that time...That was i freaky Times 😅
Brother got one in 1979 from USA...from dad...they are tough to wear...and he gave them away
When you see a pair of Timbs in the NBA Dunk contest -> 😮😮 🔥
Lord Finesse and the DITC Crew are the first i ever saw wearing Timbs ( chukkas) with shorts in the summer around 1990/ 91 in the Bronx..Before them all ppl wore boots in the winter and NEVER with shorts.They changed the style and everyone else followed.
WRONG WRING WRONG
TIMBS WAS POPULAR IN D.C SINCE HIP HOP STARTED. BUT EVERYONE EVERY WHERE STARTED WEARING THEM IN THE SUMMER 90-91. I BET YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHO WAS THE FIRST THE MENTION TIMBS ON A RECORD
Just got done wearing the Butter's this morning
Perfect weather from some Timbs
I remember having Timbs when I was a kid, could've sworn they were dark/navy blue. I probably wouldn't rock them now because I've just started getting in to sneakers again tough and I just couldn't wear boots for fashion, not my style.
5:05 timberland x supreme new collab is coool
Where i live, Timberland doesnt sell their products, so i bought a similar boot and called it a day
Man that's NYC's way, always has been. Its always Timbs all season for ass kickin reasons up here.
Hell yeah, and you need that premium 6 inch boot timbs and that yankee hat with da flat brim. Also it's cold asf in new york winter so with timbs you get good traction from any black ice on the streets and snow.
Big ups to the homies in NY!!
it's BRICK outside!
Don't forget The south pole,or the ICE POLE for The broke ones
Everyone likes the iconic light brown (butter) color timbs but I'll always love the dark brown (hershey chocolates) classic 6 inch timbs as my fav color in them 🤎
Can't forget the all black joints too
@@NachoAverageFinds right! Especially in leather...do you have a fav color for timbs?
Everybody and there
Brother had wheat timbs
In Virginia
Buffalo check flannel, Dickies 🔨 loop jeans and wheat timbs ; Classic combo 😎
Redman wasn't with Wu-Tang in the 1990s. He collaborate with EPMD, spin-off group Def Squad, K-Solo, and with one Wu-Tang member Method Man. However, wasn't a member of the group.
Started in the late 88 89 in the DMV IT WAS SUPER TIMS FIRST THEN THE WHEAT TIMS
No, try the late 70's in the DMV. We used to call them Hustla Boots!
@@user-yv8pl9tt7z II was 2 then O.G. 🤣 DMV 💪🏿4LIFE
LOL@@sidneyashford1977
This is bussin
Appreciate you
I’m from the East Coast and wearing timbs in Los Angeles make me feel great
Timbs all seasons for ass kicking reasons.
🫡🫡🫡🫡
Alot of 90s heads in the comments 💯🗽🥾
I remember when the 2 choices were Timberland or Herman Survivors
The white man shoes got popularized by Rappers in the late 90’s
I remember every kid wanted a pair of these in the mid 90s, they were terrible shoes for kids though... so hard to keep clean. Still, MTV had them on daily and that was enough :)
Their flagship store was in New Hampshire. Then down to Washington DC where did you get you info??
I’m from south Texas, and now live in south florida, at my job we get free red wing boots every year, I told the person about how I have 4 pairs of timbs and she said she’s been working for red wings boots for 20 years and timbs use cheap quality suade and scraps put together, I can honestly say red wings are more comfortable and better for work , I still wear timbs though
I come from the time of the cassette 😎.
Old school rappers ❤️ timberland boots 🤔.
😀 GZA, the genius, knock, ghostface killah, method man, and Tupac.
Greetings From Morocco 🇲🇦
The Grinch would definitely wear those boots, fo sho...🤘🏼💯✔️
In the south we wore Nikes, we had to run from the police a lot.
Which era is this ?
5.24 I'm not sure if anyone knows but the color way kinda reminds me of the bottle Buchanan? 😂
I remember in early 2000s or late 90s I saw in some skate videos a part where a guy (I don't remember, but I'll go with Stevie Williams) absolutely shredds famous Brooklin Banks on skateboard while wearing Timbs! It was ubeliavable back in a day!
If someone remember that part or skater or video, please let me know. I cannot find it anywere....
haha yeah if it was anyone it prolly was stevie
zoo york mixtape.. kyle james not stevie. there is a photo from the 90's of stevie doing a trick in air max 95's though.
Dead ass, this was a nice video.
Appreciate you Samson
Yeah the boots were and they still iconic,
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN W
HAT HAPPENED WITH THE HQ? unfortunately we can't say the same about the trainers with boots-look ( crumble outsole, disansable glued parts...)