{"id":912279,"date":"2019-08-29T18:28:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T22:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=912279"},"modified":"2022-09-18T09:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T14:19:52","slug":"air-jordan-4-fusion-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/air-jordan-4-fusion-history\/","title":{"rendered":"This Fusion Air Jordan Released 10 Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10 years ago today, an incredibly polarizing pair released: the <strong>Air Jordan 4 Fusion Black\/Red<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Reviving the &#8217;89 classic with the sole of the &#8217;82 classic, some could claim it stole the soul of both.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_912286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-912286\" style=\"width: 866px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2019\/08\/air-jordan-4-fusion-black-red-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-912286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2019\/08\/air-jordan-4-fusion-black-red-1.png 866w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2019\/08\/air-jordan-4-fusion-black-red-1-325x270.png 325w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2019\/08\/air-jordan-4-fusion-black-red-1-601x500.png 601w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2019\/08\/air-jordan-4-fusion-black-red-1-768x639.png 768w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2019\/08\/air-jordan-4-fusion-black-red-1-720x599.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-912286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo via GOAT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For others? Truly a certified banger that was easier to wear than a pair of Jordans and fresher than your everyday Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways taking the signature strength from both parties, aesthetically the Air Jordan 4 Fusion was a more pleasing marriage than say takes on the 3, 5 or 13.<\/p>\n<p>Still, not everyone was convinced with Fusion 4s being the butt of jokes before memes were made.<\/p>\n<p>One has to wonder though, if retro Jordans were panned in &#8217;94 before being beloved a decade and a half later, could Fusion Jordans see the same fate? In an era where nostalgia and irony interplay more than ever, this could certainly happen.<\/p>\n<p>However, before we got a re-retro of the Air Jordan 4 Black\/Red with Nike Air we got a pair with a Nike Air Force 1 sole. That happened to be ten years ago today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 years ago today, an incredibly polarizing pair released: the Air Jordan 4 Fusion Black\/Red. 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