Astor Chambers' Game-Changing Work With Pharrell, Nike, and Adidas | The Complex Sneakers Podcast
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- The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week they’re joined by Astor Chambers, a sneaker marketer and brand builder who’s been in the industry for decades at brands like Nike, Adidas, and Billionaire Boys Club. Astor traces his long history in the industry, from first connecting with Nike as a high school student to hooking up rappers like Fabolous and Jadakiss with free shoes to working on Beyoncé’s Adidas line. Also, the cohosts pontificate on the big bubble Air Max 1 ‘86 and finally dish on the ComplexCon sneaker of the year panel.
EPISODE CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - 20:05: Intro, Big Bubble Air Max 1 ’86, JLP’s Sneaker Purchase Fail, Seth Rollins Wears Big Red Boots
20:06 - 35:42: Astor Chambers Joins, What’s on Feet?, Astor’s Start in the Footwear Industry
35:43 - 52:49: Nike’s Early Brand Ambassador Partnerships, How Astor Developed Industry Relationships , The Birth of “Influencers”
52:50 - 1:09:06: Astor’s Journey as Brand Director for Billionaire Boys Club, Astor’s Return to Nike
1:09:07 - 1:34:00: The Birth of 21 Mercer, Astor’s Transition to Adidas, Complexcon Sneaker of the Year Panel
SOLE COLLECTOR APP SKU'S:
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Nike Air Force 1 Low '07 "White": 315122 111
Reebok Ice Cream Low "Beeper": 10138102
Gucci x Adidas Gazelle "GG Monogram": 707850 uwv20 7162
Air Jordan 8 "Bugs Bunny": 130169 100
Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 Low "Red": 1a9v white red
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What was your first sneaker purchase of 2023?
Reimagined 3 on shock drop yesterday LETS GO!!!!!!
Salomon XT-4 Tie Dye. I'm late but I had my eye on it and was able to get them just under retail. Patience
Grabbed my son the AJ1 True Blues
New: AJ1 85 “Blk/White”
Old: Air Zoom Talaria 16 for $40!!!
Ebay dunks!
Thee best interview yall ever done, Astor's stories about his journey are so inspiring for young black business people
They barely had to ask questions too. He came READY. What a guest! Wow
Im white it was inspiring too
Facts
@@damienjeremyweir4543 Correct any one can be inspired to be the best version of themselves, The who purpose to have guess is to inspire people from all walks of life, We don't know what others are going through within the 🌍, Much continued success Damien👍🏾🙏🏾🙂
Whats his skin color got to do with anything?
You guys really went above and beyond with this episode. Thank you for informing the culture always and especially for this one. This episode is like a documentary!
This is shining example of when the podcast is at its best - a truly iconic guest and incredible stories about defining moments of our culture.
Much appreciation to Astor for his authenticity and to the hosts for just letting Astor run 🏃🏾♂️with these stories!
One of my favorite podcast guests EVER. Need a part 2 of this for sure
Totally agree, I know astor he's always been a class act, Very professional 🙂🙏🏾👍🏾
When I worked for Foot Locker in 97 Astor was my Ekin for my store 42nd & Time Square, Those was amazing times, This is why I do what I do for Jordan brand this is priceless with out loving customers you have nothing, Astor is the truth!!!! JD🙏🏾👍🏾🙂
This is the best sneaker interview I have heard. This guy is an awesome storyteller. He knows the cool parts of his stories and highlights them.
Astor Chambers has some great blast from the past stories, was awesome having him on. Awesome episode!
Y’all killed it with this interview. Bravo Complex, bravo.
This has to be a top 5 episodes y’all ever had
Best interview yet his journey was amazing!!!
Put this episode in the podcast Hall of Fame. Astor Chambers made a hour feel like 10 minutes. Definitely will be checking his podcast out!
Amazing guest and conversation. Those are some of the most inspiring stories on this channel.
This was unreal! The best episode by far and not close. Astor is a special
His his attitude is gratitude professionalism and humbled spirit is inspiring
This was dope episode! Amber is one of the pioneer for this culture that most of us love and he’s a great story teller 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
One of the best episodes! Astor is such a great guy! 🙏🏽
Great Ep Astor killed it
This for me is the best Complex interview by far. You guys did a fantastic job with this one!!! Keep em coming!!
This is one of the best episodes
Great interview. Always enjoy having these episodes with such knowledgeable and experienced guests
This episode had me hooked !! Such a guest
Folding like envelopes under pressure - dropping Raekwon bars. You guys are the best, thats why I watch lol
JLP not knowing how to buy Reeboks off the internet is the sneaker world’s George H. W. Bush not knowing how much a gallon of milk costs. Love you Joe! 🤣
What a guest, what a guy! I’ve never seen the team so quite and listen like all us viewers! Top episode
@@krusperrichard 😂😂😂
I usually enjoy the episodes with no guests the best, but the guests so far this year have all been fantastic
This was the most valuable guest you've had on the pod in a while, I aspire to work as a successful brand marketer just like Astor
You can do it, Claim it 🙂👍🏾
Need Astor back, definitely top3 podcast episodes
Man that was such a great episode
This was good stuff! Awesome guest. Astor came through.
Only a few things bring people together and the love for sneakers are definitely one of them.. enjoy the shoe talk and the story behind them
One of the best, if not the best Episode on the podcast. Astor's Journey, the stories & the info 💯🏆
The best interview I’ve seen. The stories, the background, the context. Perfection
Wow. Some amazing nuggets in there. Great work guys
The best episode yet ! I could listen to Astor talk forever, so inspirational.
This is one of the best episodes! Please bring Astor back for a second part!
Top 5 episode hands down!!! Easily could've been a pt.2 or 3 hour long show with no bore. I'm tuning in to the new podcast for sure. Thanks guys
Episode was so good I feel like Nike is going to have complex take it down
The AirMax BIG bubble... been wanting this for YEARS!!!
Absolute best guest that’s been on the pod. Astor a real triple OG
awesome episode! please bring him back for a part 2
Apart from this being another great episode with an amazing guest. I am surprised they haven’t brought up Ronnie opening 2 new Kith stores and releasing his 99th & 100th Asics pairs.
Yes Kith has a lot of storytelling remember him way before Atrium and David Z 🙂👍🏾
Just wow, downright amazing guest & episode! :)
Best guest so far! I re-wached the whole thing direcly after first finish!
I can listen to this kind of history all day long🫡🥂
This episode was so good that I had to watch it again straightaway. I need a part 2 asap!!
I’ve only gotten into sneakers within the past decade, so I wasn’t familiar with who Astor is. I love these guests and their stories of getting into the industry and the history of some of the most prominent sneaker projects.
Knew Astor since my late 90s footlocker to Niketown days. Bro was the original this ain’t out yet kid with the kicks and my inspiration and catalyst to starting my career at Nike at the time. Had a couple of opportunities with applying for the EKIN role only to be bested by someone like Astor, with more experience, it only inspired me more to pursue my passion and dreams. This was an excellent interview and Astor is what true storytelling is about.
this was the best sneakers podcast to date for me, top tier work and amazing to listen to
I fall asleep watching movies but not an hour and half of sneaker podcast 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼
Dunne trying to crowbar the Jada laugh in there was the lowlight of the ep 😂😂😂. 🔥 vid as always. Great guest‼️‼️‼️
FOR SURE one of the greatest episodes of the podcast guys. Deep, beautiful stories from Astor! What a great guy.
He's the 🐐 for sure! Best sneaker interview!
fashion being a wake-up call to nike is absolutely insane
This is an interview for the culture. THE VERY BEST EPISODE FOR SURE!!!. Well done to the guest and his amazing Journey. Know he definitely has a lot more to share, a Part 2 in the future would be very amazing. Well done Complex Team on this one
By far the best content on this podcast series. What a phenomenal speaker and storyteller.
What a great story teller ! I truly enjoyed this video . Thank you for taking it back and reminding me/us of a good time in the sneaker time.
Easily the best show you guys have done to date…. We need more of these legendary stories told by legends of the game!!
Awesome interview. Unreal story. Very inspiring
Him dismissing sharifs laugh is classic 😂
Great episode! Was happy to see the guys didn’t cut him off as much with questions and let him really share the stories 🙏🏽
Amazing, amazing content. Love the stories, inspiring insights from Astor. Definitely a need for another session and I am already looking forward to it!
Astor has some of the best sneaker stories, I was so hyped and invested the whole time. One of, if not the best episodes ever 🙏🐐
JLP has single handedly made me want CDG 180’s and he continually brings them out tempting me more and more to spend money I don’t have
What an amazing interview Astor killed share a lot great memories we never knew about 🙌❤️
Phenomenal episode
This one was sooooo good.. fascinating. I could have listened for hours !
This needs to be at million views at the very least.
Man this is easily in the running for your alls best episode ever. So many great & inspiring stories. Astor seems like such a solid dude. I rarely ever even leave comments on the episodes but this one was really like that lol 🤞🏽
I’ve never seen a notable person with my first name, Astor. This is so dope to see
Yea this was definitely a great interview.. so much info and great info. One of the best!! It’s was Wednesdays Jordans dropped .. not Saturdays . They changed to say because we was going to mall before school or skipping school. Yea he’s right about back then wasn’t nobody getting early at all you would see either from commercial or All-star game or eastbay. I would ask the store can I see the Catolog from Nike they had and it showed the shoes coming. 🙌🏽🙌🏽
The life stories always have me so intrigued !
Kick game properrrrr !
Such an amazing journey, and of course the people he’s met along the way !
Beyond amazing conversation
This was such a beautiful episode guys !
This was the best interview!
incredible ep’.. hopefully I remember to check his pod
love this podcast keep up the amazing work guys🙏🏽
For all you so called experts regarding sneaker culture, thank The Culture…..what a time to work for the Swoosh. Certain people were stars amongst their peers. One of the architects of Influencer Marketing….cheers Mr Chambers!
Coolest episode of the podcast!
What a great episode, wow so much information.
This podcast was incredible.
The best episode 🔥🔥🔥
This was THE ONE… good stuff fellas!!!
Astor is an inspiration, the story is great.
Facts. There were a few stories of what Astor's was. One was that it was a sneaker store, another was there was a connect in the Astor's Place barbershop HAHA
Wow this was a inspiring episode 🤝🏾
best episode this season
Great guest, keep ‘em coming
You out Nardward them all in this episode. Well done
Amazing episode.
Need a part 2!✊🏼💯
My favorite episode, props
Incredible episode!
Extremely intelligent guy I watched the whole entire episode great job
Great podcast episode ✊🏽🫡
Another great interview
I totally agree with Dunne on Air Max 1 “Big Bubble”. I was super excited about it until I saw the images, and tbh the shape of them has totally threw me off. Definitely not copping them now.
This episode is🔥🔥
I'm waiting for Khaled to man up and run the Hot Ones gauntlet if he's at Complex again. 🙃
Such an elegant, intelligent dude man awesome interview
This dude is awesome.
Mr. Chambers spitting bars