January 8th, 2009
Will Jay-Z Make Bifocals Hot In The Streets?
“You Can Learn How To Dress Just By Checkin My Fresh”- Jay-Z
Jay-Z played a big role in Jerseys become mainstream and then people putting the athletic gear in the closet for button up shirts. So do you see this trend poppin off? Check below for Lebron James rocking the look.
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January 8th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
he got Lebron James rocking those bifocals
but i doubt dudes on the street will start rockin em this aint the 80’s baby!
inmystateofmind.com
January 8th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HELLL NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
January 8th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Again another dumb trend attributed to this guy…not only was Kanye rockin’ em before him but so were a whole host of other people so Realtalk don’t say it was his…even Travey from Gym Class was doin this when they first came out…Kanye made polos hot in the hood so why not say him? Makes no sense
January 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
… Maybe.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
deff hov always makes the trends
January 8th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Jay-Z got money power respect, but he aint gettin me to cosign on this buffoonery.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS AN EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 8th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
sorry hov
but no
January 8th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
it fits him kind of, i think lebron just like camel dick in his ass caz he look like a fuckin clown
January 8th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
How are those bifocals? They’re called plastic frames.
Either way, it’s a trend, it will pass, and the world will keep turning. It’s not that serious folks.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Realtalkny, it wasn’t even Hov that made official jerseys pop. It was Fabolous. Get it correct next time.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
the bifocal makes Hov look like he 50yrs old……Who told him he looks “cool” with them shitz on…LOL LOL
And Lebron is another dumb azz…….he rocking them with an outfit does not go with that type of trend….the bifocals are an accessory to your clothes not the other way around…LOL LOL
Jay Z took JazO’s swagger
Jay Z took Biggie’s rhymes
Jay Z took Kanye’s style
Jay Z did not make Jersy’s popular…..it was already in the hood….pleeeeeeeeeeeassse!!!
And and I keep going…..the quote should have said…
“You Can Learn How To Dress Just By Checkin how I take Others Fresh”- Jay-Z
January 8th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Lol@Butter ..Jay’s One Of My Favorites And All But Hell Nah, Who Wants To Walk Around With Some Big Ass Glasses On Especially When You Don’t Need Them In The First Place ….Cosign,Likeabite …I First Seen Kanye Roc’n Em .But It Doesn’t Matter Who Started It First..The Whole Wearing Big Glasses/Shades Trend Is Lame.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
“It’s not that serious folks.”
No one said it was serious.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
If you have to make a thread about it, I have to disagree.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
ps…back in the day we called those welfare glasses…lol
January 8th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Jay-Z got the jerseys from Big Boi from Outkast…and Fabolous took it to the next level!
January 8th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
@latin…
Your heart must pump hatred for this man, and its not even funny its actually sad. Simple question and you go on rant…smh…at these dudes who act like they know these rappers personally, harboring hurt feelings and hatred towards them.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Pharrell was rocking them, kanye, travis, I mean its a brittish thing to me, niggas at vcu been on them not my thing personally
January 8th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Im a big jay-z fan i dont copy his style. A few years ago i was @ the mall. I stopped looked around i notice alot of dudes rockin button ups and jeans and fitted caps lol. Bleek is jay-z homeboy you dont see him copying his dress code.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
i laugh to see jay-z without beyonce , he’d have totally different image
January 8th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
kanye was rockin them before jay..get it right
January 8th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
“kanye was rockin them before jay..get it right”
Where do I say Jay-Z was the first to rock them?
January 8th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
NIGGA HOV NICE WIT THE SWAG BUT HE CANT SEE MY NIGGA LOSO.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
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NOTE: VIDEO WILL MAKE YOU MAD
on these glasses, i think if more A-listers start wearing these, then it could come back…
January 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
well dude are wearing skin tight jeans and lip rings so who knows
January 8th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
to the first commenter, this might just be back to the 80’s baby cause we still got 80’s babies. people already went back to wearin tight ass jeans and loud colors. at least this trend is like the “gazelles” I’d rather do this shit and rock an addidas suit with it. yall callin Jay on some urkel shit. why don’t yall google DMC from Run DMC.
that mothafucka had a dope projection when Run DMC first came out. nerd shit or gay shit. which do you choose?
January 8th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
some of yall sound like jayz haters. yes kanye had’em first, yes fab was rockin jersey’s heavy b4 jayz also. (even tho big boi and snoop dogg were the jersey dudes)
jayz made it pop. anybody can do it first, but when jayz gets his hands on it, the streets follow suit. jay had them dumb shits on at the biggie movie premier last night
if niggas start wearing these glasses which i’m sure they will, then u cant deny hov and his influence. who thought he could get dumb youngins on the corner to wear button up shirts?
i cant wait till jim jones starts wearing them.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Never!! What the Fuck??
Lebron…. Noooooooooooo homie nooooooo!!!
If I see 50(any GUnit member), Lil Wayne, Eminem, Common or any Wu-Tang wearing them I swear i’ll stop listening to hip hop. I’ll delete every hip hop song from my i-pod.
I’m warning you Jay.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
BIRTH CONTROL GLASSES
January 8th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
lol @ this entire post
January 8th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
first off, these are not bifocal’s. bi meaning 2, have 2 focal points (distance and near)
anyways these kind of frames are coming back into style. These have been ‘in’ in europe for a couple years now, and just like many other trends it will make its way to mainstream north america. the retro vintage look is a good look, and will never go out
January 8th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Niggas been rockin these shits. i first seen cats in amsterdam rockin them. i seen a few cats in london on em to.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Bifocals have that little piece of extra glass in the middle. mostly used for reading. these are not bifocals
January 8th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
It’s funny how this post has more comment then the Obama post i didn’t know that bloggers would care more about another man wearin Bifocal then the economy. I mean there alot of thought that can be put into that Obama post but bloggers rather not smh that Obama post has more things that can talked about and commented then this. It’s not like we are talkin about shoes or and nice watch or a nice care nah this type is about bifocals and it gets 33 comments….smh
January 8th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
ahh out o all the garbage he thinked he looked cool in over the years this is by far the best, i rock a lil vintage too sometimes. i wish i could go back to 16, 17 centuries the times of kings and queens, just to see how the world was with my own eyes. people want to see new tech and fashion and allo that not saying that i dont too but… you know before i went to high school my bus driver said theres only a few important things in life pussy, food, health and sleep everything else has to go back to that, but…. at the end of the day anything and everything you aspire to be or get should make you happy. oh well…
January 8th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
to those who said faboulous and outkast did the jersey thing before jay-z must not know. jay-z did the jersey thing way before faboulous was even out back in the hard knock life tour days when he used to wear a jersey to match every state that he was in at the time. but on another note these glasses is dumb as hell some one needs to slap em off his face and tell em to snap out of it and get back to the freshness that we all know hov to present. jay-z my #1 nigga but i cant get down with this
January 8th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Even if Kanye was rocking them before Hov…no one really paid him any mind until Jay-Z wore them…is like…when everyone was sorta wearing button ups…but once ‘what more can I say” came out…it was like a co sign….Jay-Z always makes trends…always been a trend setter…since the ice berg and versace days…
January 8th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
by the way…Jay-Z was rocking jerseys before outkast….check out the video “I can’t get with that”..1994….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu4UG8uLHZ8
January 8th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
time and time again realtalk says some out of pocket shit
jay-z was wearing jerseys
but fabolous brought them bitches in style
after the hollda back youngin video and the shit with nate dogg
EVERYBODY was rocking jerseys
get ur facts str8 my dude
u slippin
January 8th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
YUP just look at the fashion trends now a days. Just look at how many the dudes wearing colorful ass the skinny jeans. I’m sure some bifocals will have a place.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Not my style. I’m not like Jay, I don’t need to swagger jack a nigga to be fresh.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
It’s not about who did it “first”. Being a trend setter don’t mean you have to be the first one to rock something. However it’s YOU who take it to the next level and make it cool and popular.
There are quite a few trend setters out there and what all of them have in common is that they are inspired by different things wear it and makes it trendy. When it comes to hiphop fashion…In the hiphop community Jay and Kanye are trend setters. They are the ones that can make something like this be hot in the streets.
These big old glasses has been a hollywood trend for awhile now but no hoood dudes are going to rock it because some hollywood stars rock it, but Jay and Kanye can make them do it.
This is the latest hollywood look with those big old glasses
http://www.bastardly.com/2009-sarah-shahi-needs-to-hide-those-boobie-stretch-marks-0107?page=0,2
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc107/bastardlybutta/bastardly-photos/album89/sarah-shahi-01080902.jpg
January 8th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
@Cerebral Says
A’ight but Everything you wear you think it looks fresh. But why do you think it looks fresh? Because you’ve seen other people rocking it. Post a picture of yourself and I can easily point out who wore those outfits first and when it became popular.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
am i the only one who thinks this looks corny as fuck?
January 8th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
no doubt i feel u on the i cant get wit that video i remember that, but jayz jersey game wasnt poppin like big boi. big boi rocked a different exclusive type jersey everytime u seen him sorta the way andre 3000 wears some different weird shit everytime we see him. jay would rock a jersey once in a while. and that hard knock life tour he did do the jersey thing heavy, but u shoulda realized that fab was already out then, he was on that album.
but fab never made niggas start wearing jerseys, his joints was hot but he couldnt set the trend. jayz wore it then it took off. niggas in the hood always wore jerseys but when jayz did it, he had bitches wearing jersey dresses all kind of dumb shit. fab did it, but nobody followed
and snoop started the hockey jersey thing i think, big boi was bball, football, baseball, hockey shit i wouldnt be surprised if he wore a cricket jersey but his jersey game was untouchable
January 8th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
no you are not the only one. It does look corny as hell. but if you are as hot as that sarah shahi broad that been posted in here then it look hot but that because she is a hot woman lol
January 9th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Who fucking cares?
Everybody always tryin to run up on me
hollerin about word on the street is dis nigga said dis..
Man I don’t give a FUCK about what that nigga said man!
That’s what’s wrong with you niggaz, you niggaz is just like bitches
Hoe-ass niggaz, talk too motherfuckin much (speak)
Study your own, get your own — yahmsayin?
Be independent nigga
January 9th, 2009 at 12:12 am
NOOOOO
And you owe that trend officially to the young fashion forward fashionistas and fashionistos.
January 9th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Americans lack fashion sense. Jay and Kanye keep jacking London boy’s style . I rocked Skinny Jeans before K, I rocked Nerd Glasses (bifocals?) way before Jayz but as some one rightly said , he’s is a trend setter when the “streets” start rocking them. The “street” should be a term used for idiots waiting for someone to acknowledge what they intend on doing next. Bunch of weak idiots , who find it hard to accept a fashion or way of life till some random rapper start doing so. London Boy for Life , but you Americans got the prettiest bitches:)
January 9th, 2009 at 12:44 am
to dude ^ Jay, dog we rock fashions for purpose we don’t rockem for the sake of fashion to be “so called” I’m cool now. If it’s cold we rock new beanies, if we wearin glasses that’s cause our eyes hurt in the morning. if we wore baggy jeans, that’s cause we gotta hide the chrome under that baggy pocket. mothafucka you do it for fashion, we do it for relevance. that’s the fuckin difference. yeah Europe got the most sleek fashion, but we make it relevant to our situation. There’s a purpose. not cause where “trying to be cool” just like people like you. The “street” niggas gotta purpose to rock shit. like that glocc in them baggy ass jeans that the police can’t see.
“Don’t wear skinny jeans cause my knots don’t fit”
January 9th, 2009 at 1:25 am
I hate these little outfits. I can’t even find clothes that fit anymore cuz of all these metrosexuals. Ain’t no room for my nutz in those little ass jeans. Ed Hardy can ……!
January 9th, 2009 at 1:58 am
“Don’t wear skinny jeans cause my knots don’t fit” You dumb fuck , have you ever heard the word ” branding”. Jayz is a sales man, the nigger aint selling skinny jeans in his collection, guess what? He sensed mutherfuckers like you that follow all his dress style, even wear rocawear boxers will soon wana rock some levi jeans. He needs to keep his profits up. Quit that “glock” talk ,I don’t need no glock to make money, If jay can make almost a billion dollar without it, I can . Go impress the lil kids with the gun talk. Now vamoose son of a bitch.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:34 am
yeah i dont care who made it first.. but ummm yo jigga look like he fuckin the dude from office!
January 9th, 2009 at 2:36 am
HELL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JAY Z INVITED SWAGGER, ITS 2009 ITS ALL ABOUT YA PERSONA NOW
January 9th, 2009 at 3:03 am
Fabolous made jerseys popular… but jay z made button ups popular!
http://www.pmpworldwide.com/Sound-Depth
January 9th, 2009 at 3:51 am
Jay has a lot of swagger but he should put away this glasses and his longer hair.
It doesn’t fit, I have no idea who told him that look is popular.
@LatinKING Jay-z copied nobody, clothes are clothes, so don’t take that as copie shit or something like that.
January 9th, 2009 at 6:06 am
Clear Lenses yeah, only with a certain style of dressing. They give of a comfortable vibe!
January 9th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Never!! What the Fuck??
Lebron…. Noooooooooooo homie nooooooo!!!
If I see 50(any GUnit member), Lil Wayne, Eminem, Common or any Wu-Tang wearing them I swear i’ll stop listening to hip hop. I’ll delete every hip hop song from my i-pod.
I’m warning you Jay.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
common already wears them
January 9th, 2009 at 7:57 am
black people are still dealing with 2nd class issues….glasses and trends? The world is going to hell and you dumb ass n.s are talking about glasses. if shyt keeps going the way it is most of you n.s will not even have jobs to afford the stuff they keep making you dumb ass n’s wear.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:01 am
kanye,coomon and pharrell beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen wearing them shits
and for niggas that are fans of jay,common, kanye, and pharrell and are also a fan of fashion would rock these
January 9th, 2009 at 9:13 am
I like it, it reminds me of Cazals…..you youngins might not know about that but I am the same age as Jay and I know what it is….
January 9th, 2009 at 10:00 am
hell yeah i will catch on with the younger kids 13-18 just like that rock star tight shit and tight jeans whateva hip-hop artists like jayz are rocking will set off a trend
January 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
ofcourse u will c people wearing those… 95% of the people who live in America are followers
January 9th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
man hope he doesnt find out about contacts…google it
January 9th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
man i think those bifocols are cool…i would rock them…matter fact im in some need of jigga…i’d love me some jigga
January 10th, 2009 at 12:34 am
only serial killers, pedophiles, rapists, and psychopaths wear bifocals
January 10th, 2009 at 12:36 am
look at this nigga ricky gervais bumpin his head lol
January 13th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Damn latin King basically said it for me! Post #11
Sorry i’m not spellbound… dudes a swagger jacker other people come up with stuff that he does make bigger but why is that when the 1st people to do it have to have some sorta platform to get off on… p.s. whoever said Kanye did it 1st but jay made it pop provided my example for me!
January 15th, 2009 at 6:23 am
IT GOES 80′S OR SOME OTHER ERA>KANYE>JAY>THE YOUNG BLACK CHRONIES OF AMERICA
AND FUCK THOSE WHO ROCK SHIT BECAUSE A RAPPER. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A MANS BALLS LIKE THAT. QUOTING HIM LIKE HES SHAKESPEARE OR THE BIBLE
GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW DEPENDENT BLACKS ARE ON BEING COOL, GIVE UP THEIR LEFT NUT FOR IT
WE NEVER GO AROUND TUGGING BECKHAM OR JERKING BRAD PITT AT GUN POINT, WE ADMIRE THEM
BUT SERIOUSLY THAT MAN IS 40 YEARS OLD, WHO GIVES A FUCK, LET HIM WEAR THE GLASSES IN PEACE. GEEZ, BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR JAY Z, ITS LIKE A GIANT STROKEFEST