Back in the days, there was a certain style of dress. One of the major pieces we used to always rock was Puma. There were other sneakers but the focus was the Suede, and if you didn’t have that look you weren’t representing.

Back then it was about looking good. When the Electric Boogie guys used to break, I was in Beat Street at the time, so when I seem ‘em dancing and my boy Wade was dancing he had on the Pumas, you know what I’m saying? It was intense. Puma was one of the best sneakers to dance in too. It felt right for the foot. I remember the way you had to lace them…it was crazy. You could wear ‘em when you were going out or you could wear them just to play ball.

The Puma was always a fly sneaker, man. You had to have a pair of Pumas. If you didn’t, you better not come around here. Brooklyn loved the Puma. Harlem and The Bronx loved the Puma. The Puma was running things.
- Doug E Fresh

Published on Mar 30, 2010 Filed under: Hip Hop