Jay-Z vs. Dr. Dre, Headphones Edition

August 29, 2008 in Accessories

Its commonplace, almost expected, for musical icons and HipHop stars to make the foray into the fashion industry. But Jay-Z and Dr. Dre could spark a new East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry with an unexpected brand extension… headphones.

According to several reports, FCC documents show that on August 12th Motorola submitted an application for approval of new headphones with codename JayZ. Take a look for yourself…

They’re bluetooth enabled and support multi-tasking. So, you could be bumping the latest post retirement Jay-Z album, get a phone call, transfer the call to your headphones and when you end the call simply revert the headphones back to music listening. These are only in FCC land for now and it will take some time before these are on the retail shelves.

Meanwhile, Dr. Dre’s headphones serve a completely different purpose and are already available for sale. They’re called The Beats by Dr. Dre and cost $350 for the headphones themselves, a carrying case, cable for connection to your phone and undeniably sleek sexiness:

The audio quality isn’t groundbreaking but very solid. They only work with a pair of AAA batteries and the noise canceling capabilities are pretty kick butt… tune out the world why you tune in to your tones. And did we mention these things look bad ass?

[Via Crave, Twice]

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