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Jay-Z's Motorola Bluetooth Headphones Start East Coast/West Coast Rapper Headphone War
Posted by Jason Chen at 6:20 AM on August 20, 2008
Jay-Z's upcoming Bluetooth headphones don't look nearly as good as Dr. Dre's noise cancelling version, but their mere existence sparks a new East Coast/West Coast gadget war. We can't tell which we would prefer without looking at them, but Jay's model has the benefit of being smaller and wireless Bluetooth enabled, which is totally different from noise cancelling ones you use when you're on a train or plane. Our prediction is that Diddy will come out with a pair of in-ear buds sometime within the next six months. [FCC via Crave via Engadget]
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adamnfish
Posted August 21, 2008 1:19 AM
Slayer will be bringing out their 'skull induction' model later in the year...
redkamel
Posted 7:14 AM 20/8/08
I think we got it EF, dont worry. I think you didnt get the reply.
redkamel
Rolamoto
Posted 7:06 AM 20/8/08
It would be much more funny if the headphone company Jays was the one to release these
Rolamoto
El Frijole
Posted 6:55 AM 20/8/08
@Dunny0, Team T/A: In case you didn't get my sarcasm, here it is spelled out in terms you can understand: Only a douchebag would buy an iPhone or these lame ass headphones.
-EF
El Frijole
WolfDemon
Posted 6:53 AM 20/8/08
What gets me is that people will actually buy this crap just because they have a label on it. There are much better things out there...
WolfDemon
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Posted 6:50 AM 20/8/08
That would explain the shooting in the portable audio section of J&R.
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
GDUB
Posted 6:44 AM 20/8/08
Jigga please.
GDUB
RE-L
Posted 6:41 AM 20/8/08
Diddy will sample these together with Dr. Dre's and make more money than both of them by exploiting their ideas.
RE-L
PsychoticLad
Posted 6:41 AM 20/8/08
Question is, who's idea will Diddy steal. Plus I don't think he has time due to the Burger King commercials he's working on. Seems he craves those whoppers pretty late.
PsychoticLad
Xavoc
Posted 6:33 AM 20/8/08
@dwight-schrute: No, that's 50 Cent after NAS releases his version.
Xavoc
dwight-schrute
Posted 6:33 AM 20/8/08
Actually, I'm pretty sure Diddy will see which ones sell the best, make the same thing, sell a few thousand less than the original, and claim victory.
dwight-schrute
Rabid Penguin
Posted 6:33 AM 20/8/08
Let's just hope that R. Kelly doesn't start marketing tiny in-ear gadgets.
Rabid Penguin
Dunny0, Team T/A
Posted 6:31 AM 20/8/08
@El Frijole: Except for the small fact that the iPhone doesn't do music over bluetooth.
Dunny0, Team T/A
Xavoc
Posted 6:30 AM 20/8/08
While Dr. Dre's headphones are designed to be used as a grapnel for scaling buildings, Jay Z's are designed to be used as a bolo for entangling the police/some fool's legs when they try to step incorrectly.
Xavoc
BloggyMcBlogBlog
Posted 6:26 AM 20/8/08
It's been said that the Biggie/Tupac fued was started over Biggie going over Tupac's minutes on his Motorola StarTAC.
BloggyMcBlogBlog
El Frijole
Posted 6:25 AM 20/8/08
Perfect for the iPhone user.
-EF
El Frijole
jspec1594
Posted 6:22 AM 20/8/08
i agree that these dont look nearly as nice but from trying the dr. dre headphones yesterday they aren't worth the high price tag
jspec1594
chizelord
Posted 7:38 AM 20/8/08
@RoboChop: LMAO
thats it
chizelord
RoboChop
Posted 7:31 AM 20/8/08
These look as shitty as Jay Z's ability to rhyme.
RoboChop
mullingitover
Posted 7:59 AM 20/8/08
@El Frijole: lol the iphone is retarded and doesn't work with bluetooth headphones. iFail.
mullingitover
castrol
Posted 8:45 AM 20/8/08
oh, forgot an o
Loose
castrol
castrol
Posted 8:45 AM 20/8/08
Those don't look like they will give good sound quality as they will be to lose on the ears.
Snoop Dog down here in the LBC, inspired by his protégé Dr.Dre, is coming out with some O.G. gangsta-lean head sets that make all your music sound immaculate ,... on weed!
'West-Side!' (pop!, pop!...pop!!)
castrol
Weihovah
Posted 8:39 AM 20/8/08
monster's gonna sue jay z next
Weihovah
Luizzle
Posted 9:27 AM 20/8/08
The iPhone is not Hip Hop. It's too cute. And it doesn't hold powerpoint presentations..
Luizzle
jayhawk11
Posted 9:52 AM 20/8/08
@Rabid Penguin: R. Kelly's "gadgets" typically aren't used "in-ear", per se. Though he does encourage their use with the 13 to 18 year old demographic.
jayhawk11