Adidas Customs in Honor of A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest came out with its third album, “Midnight Marauders,” in 1993 to great acclaim by the group’s fans. One of the album’s fans decided to produce a pair of custom Adidas using the colorful design aesthetic from “Midnight Marauders.” The cover featured a cover of a generic human figure painted in red, black and green with the group’s members in the background.

These colors are transferred accurately to the pair of Adidas shown in this post. The streams of red, green and black were added carefully to keep the shoe true to its inspiration. Fresh and Fly Customz also added yellow borders to the Adidas tri-stripes which reflects the yellow border around the character on the album cover.

I like that Fresh and Fly Customz left the shell toe, laces and tongue plain white. The overwhelming color combination added to these iconic elements of the shoe would have made for an unattractive custom sneaker. The brief areas of white contrast well with the colorful paint as well as the faux-bling Adidas piece attached to the eyelets.

Tags: Adidas, Custom Sneakers