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Vick Almighty ensures Ice Cube has another good day with this exclusive custom of Devin Booker’s Nike Book 1 “Haven.” Taking inspiration from Ice Cube’s legendary black-and-white look — most famously worn in the movie Friday with his classic Nike Air Force 1 Low — Vick crafted a sneaker that’s a perfect West Coast tribute.
The Footprint Center, home to the Phoenix Suns and Mercury, hosted the ‘Nightmare on Cube Street’ tour, featuring Ice Cube, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and other old-school hip-hop icons. To celebrate the occasion, Vick Almighty was tapped to create this custom for Ice Cube, combining his Almighty skills with Devin Booker’s signature shoe for a one-of-a-kind creation.
Vick deconstructed two pairs of Nike Book 1 “Haven” sneakers, using the midsole of one pair and the upper of the other to embody Cube’s unmistakable black-and-white aesthetic. With the help of Jordan Diab, D-Nice Customs, and Christian Hernandez, the pair featured key design elements such as ‘Ice Cube’ embroidered on the tongues, paisley print-lined tongues and insoles, ‘WESTSIDE’ lettering on the patent leather pull tabs, and a premium white lambskin Swoosh with a satin outline. The custom also features black pebbled leather to give the sneaker a sleek and timeless look.
But no custom is complete without the right finishing touch. Vick dyed the outsoles to a rich black finish and relied on Reshoevn8r’s Medium Brush to remove any excess dye, ensuring a smooth and polished look for Cube’s West Coast homage.
This custom proves once again that the West Coast is the best coast. Which hip-hop legend should Vick create a custom sneaker for next? Let us know in the comments below. And don’t forget, you can save 20% on all Reshoevn8r products with code ‘IceCube’ at checkout.
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It's a fopr print Center yo Victor my Mano how you doing Today doing good man how are you doing I'm good I'm good listen we got ice cube Coming this weekend we' love to gift him A pair of custom books think you could Do something for me by Friday yeah I think I could do that What's up guys I got two pairs of the Haven book ones the footprint Center Just called they need a custom for Ice Cube Boy didn't you hear what just said He's coming into to Phoenix in a few Days they want to give them something Dope that's where I come in I'm going to Do something simple and clean but it's Going to take a lot of work to get it to That point before we get going I got a Special promo code that's only good for This video use promo code Ice Cube to Save 20% off your next order everything On the website 20% off that includes our Brand new rejuvenator and oxylean foam Cleaner now let's get Started I got two pairs of the Havens Ultimately I'm just making one custom One of the pairs I'm going to salvage The uppers the second pair I'm going to Salvage the souls you'll see what I'm Talking about in just a bit for now I'm Going to pull out the laces and soes and Pop out the stitching from the toe [Music] Caps the first P I'm going to work on is

Removing the uppers from the soles in This case I'm not trying to cause any Damage to the midle or the sole the Uppers I don't care for however there is Some parts that I want to save for a Future project such as the tongue the Back strap and that's kind of it once Those parts are off the sneaker I'm Going to pour some acetone inside the Sneaker put some heat in it to remove The Upper I'm done with the first pair we Destroyed the uppers but the minil and SS are fully intact we'll come back to These later next for the second pair I'm Going to remove the uppers from the Soles for this process I am going to be Destroying the mols it's just how it Goes I'm going to be using a flathead Heat gun and some blue tape I'm just Going to carefully go all around the Sole until the sole is fully off this Process is timec consuming and I got to Be very careful with the black newbu Uppers it's very delicate I'm done with this tool I got the entire Mino fully opened up on both sneakers Now to finish the job I'm going to peel Back the sole grab a sharp blade and Start peeling it off I'm do this from The inside all around until the sole is Fully off just got to be very careful This thing is super Sharp Soes are off now we still need to remove

The remaining foam material on the Bottom I'm going to start by going from The inside of the shoe cutting out the Lasting board and we'll go from there So far so good but we're not done with The blade while I'm at it I'm going to Take out the tongue and the back strap Both of those parts are getting replaced With new parts so I'm just going to Remove them to get them out the Way all right finally got it to this Point next step is to remove all the old Glue and the old foam for this I'm going To be using a sharp blade once again and Do some skying basically I just got to Shave off all that oil material all Around both sneakers the only area I'm Not really worried about is this little Piece right here cuz this panel will be [Music] Replaced 3 and 1 half hours later skying Is complete I got it at a good place I'm Able to remove the sock liner as well as You can see I'm able to pop it Off real quick the way I remov the sock Liner the heel counter is still on there It's glued on I'm not going to mess with That too much at the moment on the Inside top collar area there's three Layers of foam I removed two of them one Of them is still glued on I'm going Leave it there at the moment as well one Thing I want to touch on when it comes To these Buck ones a lot of people go up

A half a size or a full size up just Because they run pretty small there's Two reasons for that one of them being The toe box is pretty narrow and what I Just mentioned there's three layers of Foam so it really scoots your foot up It's a comfortable sneaker but if you Plan on buying them go half a size or a Full size up so at the moment I got the Internals fully out the next step is More deconstruction I got to remove the Stitching from right here right Here all around right here more right Here and these two lines basically I'm Just trying to remove this back panel Right here so we can replace it with two Brand new panels I just got to be very Careful and not cut onto the areas that I don't want to replace D All right so a quick update on where I'm At on Friday evening I left off Deconstructing one of the shoes I got it At a good place I still need to do the Second shoe it's Sunday today so I came In a couple hours ago right now it's 9:00 p.m. I finished deconstructing the Other shoe I cleaned up all the loose Threads it's at a really good place These shoes got to be turned in by Thursday there's not much time left all I can do now is get some Rest all right guys so a lot has changed In Sunday night it's now Tuesday morning

Around 5:00 a.m. and Miguel and I are Headed to the airport during the Deconstruction of this project my good Friend Jordan deab has been working on Some new panels for me that he was going To overnight so I could finish his Custom by Friday for ice cubes concert The problem is I've been having terrible Luck with overnight shipping and I can't Risk them not arriving in time or Getting lost so I'm flying straight to Jordan right now to pick up the parts Myself then coming directly back to make Sure I finish a shoe in Time life is good right now while Everybody's at the office me and Miguel Are about to eat some good breakfast It's 9:30 we're waiting for our bacon And eggs we got Scooby-Doo playing in The background we still have some time To kill Jordan is going to be at a Doctor's appointment so till then we got To figure out something to do since we Have some downtime we decided to hit up One of my favorite Stinger stores down Here Urban Necessities every time I'm in Vegas I love checking out what they've Got if you're local or visiting Vegas Definitely check them out one of the Dopest shoes it breaks my heart every Single time I sold my pair for 400 bucks Nowadays they go for like four or five Times that I'm going to get it one day Though I'm going get him

Back what's up man man all dude long Time to see I know man it's been a while It's about time you come back to the Crib dude T looks amazing man thank you I appreciate it how flight it was easy Man like last than an hour from Phoenix You know last time we drove over here This time we a flight way easier bro but Was always I brought you some work I Don't mind that I and my goal is to make Sure that you guys get back home at a Decent hour unlike last time I know you Guys had a a late Drive let's just put It that way yeah he's the best man great Friend him every single time so as we Talked on the phone dude talked about The project and stuff you already Knocked it out for me that looks Freaking sick some looking at it over Here the materials the colors let me get The camera a little bit of a sneak peek So we made our Nike book one quarter Panels here with a white lamb skin Swoosh and that nice uh what would you Call that a satin outline satin stiff Outline yeah very Factory looking we're Replacing these Panels with the one short is just made Bingo that's impressive right there I Mean it's nice too doing stuff that you Don't see very often either like you Never really see custom books a because They're so new but also they're a pain To to Deon I told you this you got to

Take two pairs of shoes apart to make One you can't Salvage the souls if You're trying to take off the uppers and Vice versa you can't Salvage the uppers You're trying to take out the so these Are two different pairs of Havens Exactly kind of annoying but all right Enough chitchat we're on a time crunch So let's get to work we have a few hours Before our fight leaves so while I'm Here Jordan is going to help me keep Moving by making the tongues for this Project while he's getting the work done I'm going to talk to you about my Concept for this custom when it comes to Ice Cube you really only see in we two Colors and that's black and white since The footprint Center wanted the project To be on a pair of books I figured it' Be the perfect opportunity to take Inspiration from the classic black and White Air Force Ones that he wears in The movie Friday Damn with all that being said getting The new black and white panels was Easier said than done I couldn't just Paint over the original swo which is why I reached out to Jordan in the first Place luckily we had worked together on A book one project recently so Jordan Had all the patterns ready to go now Going back to the design for this custom Jordan helped create the new tongues That would feature an embroidered Ice

Cube logo and be lined with a bendan a Print before wrapping it up he did me a Huge solid by reattaching the new panels Big thanks to Jordan he always comes Through Jordan you're the best bro dude Of course thanks again for uh tapping me In on this I'm glad to be a part of it I'm super excited to see how they turn Out dude the than is here you got me in A good place you made the parts did a Lot of work for me you're the best bro I Got to get home and finish these off Let's get you to the airport you're the Best it's been a long day of traveling We're right back where we started it's 9:30 right now when we first got here it Was 5:30 I just want to say Jordan DF is A great friend he really came through on This project same thing with Miguel we Were out there all day in Vegas shooting Stuff hanging out it's been a great day All that's has to do is to pack it up go Home be right back in a few hours to Finish up this book project let's go get Some rest back to work I got some good Night sleep I'm going to take a break From the uppers and work on on the Insoles Jordan did a great job with These tongues we got the ice cube right On the front and on the back we got some Nice paisy print I'm going to use the Exact same material we use for the Tongues onto the insoles first I'm going To iron on some adhesive onto the

Material afterwards I'll iron it on to The insoles then with the post- machine Go all around the edges to lock it in Place [Music] [Music] [Music] The adhesive is on the now to make sure It doesn't come off I'm going to go all Around the insole with the puler machine To lock it in place with some Stitching and are good to go let's get Back to the uppers first I'm going to go In with some glue lay it down on the Inside let it cure and then I'll stick Everything together so everything lines Up nicely but before I do that the Orange eyelids right now are getting in The way it's clashing with the white I'm Going to grab some pliers and strip them Off I you plan on replacing these [Music] Stitching is all done on The Vamps now I'm going to do the same thing up here On both Sides uppers are good to go for Now let's dye these SS now got the tank Of water ready to go it's nice and hot I Got five bottles of black red dye I'm Going to pour it inside give it a good Mix put the soles inside for a few hours Right now the SES are blue I'm hoping to Get them to a nice black Tint all right let's put the SES inside

In order for them to not float I'm going To put them inside with The Rock in the Meantime let's get back to the uppers Off camera last night I added these White metal eyelids these look really Good it's the perfect size this next Detail is my favorite element from Customs and the book ones in general and That's a backstrap hey the original ones Says chapter 1 and on the opposite side 96 Booker's birth year and on the inside We got a few Loops that represent pages From a book super sick now I do have a Few shout outs to make first one my boy Jordan diab he hooked me up with some White pan leather the second shout out Is for D ni's Customs for directly Printing on the white pan leather and The third The Talented Christian who Designed these right here on the side to Replace a chapter one we got Westside That's a no-brainer same font from Westside connction ction and to replace The 96 we got the West Side hand super Clean I even made some extras just to Have in the Personal Collection I even Did all the heavy work off camera this Is basically what it looks like really Easy to get it to this point I basically Got the white P Leather got the original Loops glued it inside got it shut down And basically got it to this point I Also laid down some more glue on the Back area and on the back of the shoe

It's ready to be stuck together I'm Going to heat it up make sure it's lined Up properly go to the Post bed to lock It [Music] In now this part's a little tricky in Order to fit the upper onto this posted I have to smash in the back [Music] Area all right guys it's been exactly 4 Hours I'm kind of scared when I put the Sols in there originally the water was Boiling hot I hope the sols didn't warp Let's see what they look Like yo this is perfect way better than I expected exactly what I hope for it's Pitch black I'm impressed all right There's a lot of leftover Dy we got to Go to the sink I got a beat medium Bristle brush to scrub off all the dye Afterwards it's with the trash [Music] Can I'm in a really good place right now We're almost done but it's getting late I got to have these shoes done by Tomorrow all that's really left to do is To lay down a bunch of glue and put all The stuff back together got to lay down Glue on the tongues on the uppers to Attach them I also got to lay down Glue On The Soles for the uppers same thing Right here all around this area area I Also got a lay down glue on the inside Of the sock laner and the heel counter

To lock that in place once the glue is Fully cured I'm going to come back Tomorrow morning attach everything and Wrap up this Project it's Friday morning I'm super Tired but I'm excited to wrap up this Project the glue is all done curing in Just a moment I'll start sticking Everything together but before I take on That big task I'm going to get back to The insoles originally I thought these Were done but it's missing one final Detail right in this area so last night I busted out the laptop and the cricket Machine and printed out some vinyl I got Ice Cube's favorite lyric of all time Right here this looks sick with some Nice font I got it on both insoles I'm Going to iron it On back to the uppers at the moment There's no padding on the inside I got The original one right here I'm going to Slide it inside make sure it's perfectly Placed then with the heel counter I'm Going to make sure it's perfectly in Place so I can heat it up and lock it In before I can put the soles onto the Uppers there's one more part and that's The tongues I already got the glue Applied on both parts I'm going to heat It up stick it together one more time Make sure they're even on both sides Then with the post bed lock it In final step and this one's a big one

We got to attach the uppers onto the Soles glue's been applied it's all cured Let's stick it together I'm going to Start with the toe box jump to the back And then do the Sides glad I got that out the way that Was a little tricky but it came out good Last step is to lay down our brand new Lasting boards I'm going to put it Inside the shoe heat it up and that'll Do the Job I was just about to laas up the shoe But I almost forgot I got to stitch up The toe cab got my black thread for the Outside and some white thread for the Inside let's Stitch It Up There's nothing like putting the laces Inside a shoe after a weekl long project Let's lace them Up all right guys that's going to bring Us to an end on these Devon Booker Chapter ones for the man himself Ice Cube so many things could have gone Wrong with this project from the very Beginning starting with deconstructing The uppers from the soles that was a Tedious process I could have easily Ruined the uppers same thing with the Missiles and the SS by putting them in That boiling water I could have warped Them luckily it all worked out same Thing with flying over to Vegas to meet Up with Jordan that went super smooth as Far as the shoe goes I'm really really

Really happy with how they turned out And I'm really happy that it's finally Done as you guys can see ice cube Absolutely loved them footprint Center Was completely stoked all I need is a Thumbs up from Devon Booker you can use Promo code ice crebe to save 20% off Your next order from rejuvenator but This promo code is only good for 24 Hours I'm tired of you guys I need a Wrap up this project this is Vic Almighty I'll catch you guys next Monday See you guys