Audiophile Calls Beats By Dre Headphones “Extraordinarily Bad”

It’s f*ck wit Dre Day over at The NY Times which published an article yesterday ripping the legendary producer’s best-selling Beats By Dre headphones.

If you’re a black male, you probably own one of these sleek $300 headphones just because you will buy anything a celebrity endorses.

According to a music expert interviewed by The NY Times, the sexy headphones produce way too much bass, which distorts the music, and besides that, they suck.

“In terms of sound performance, they are among the worst you can buy,” says Tyll Hertsens, editor in chief of InnerFidelity.com, a site for audiophiles. “They are absolutely, extraordinarily bad.” Source

The Times article goes on to say that back in the day, manufacturers such as Bose “marketed high-priced audio equipment by emphasizing technical merits like frequency response, optimum impedance, ambient noise attenuation and so on.”

Nowadays a dude riding the bus doesn’t care about the sound quality of the headphones, as long as the big booty chick sitting one seat over sees him wearing the trendy headsets.

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Celebs Out & About: Nicki Minaj, Karl Lagerfeld

Cartoon rapper Nicki Minaj continues to build her bubble gum brand by teaming with Casio to roll out the company’s new Tryx camera in Times Square and at Best Buy in NYC yesterday. Nicki, 28, wore her trademark bouffant afro puff wig and a skin tight body suit over her industrial size butt pads.

The flip video camera is neon pink and features a hollow flip handle that you can hang on your wrist. Nicki will be honored as NARM’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2011 NARM Awards dinner in LA in May. Don’t ever think mediocracy isn’t rewarded.

Aging fashionista Karl Lagerfeld, 77, unveiled his new designs for Diet Coke bottles yesterday. The pink and black Diet Coke bottles are the 2nd collection bearing Karl’s name. The new Diet Coke Karl bottles go on sale soon.

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Celebs Out & About: Monica, Nelly, Serena Williams, T.O.

Musicians Monica, Nelly and tennis superstar Serena Williams were among the many celebs to walk the green carpet at the 1st Annual Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, CA yesterday.

At 36, rapper Nelly is too old to keep dressing like a school boy. When will our men grow up and assume their positions in the community as mature role models to our youth? Well, at least his pants aren’t sagging.

Singer/songwriter Ne-Yo was spotted leaving his NY hotel yesterday looking grown man fresh in a lambskin biker jacket with shearling collar.

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How To Snag a True Baller

This past weekend I ran into so many ballers in Atlanta. I guess I just happened to be in the right places at the right times.

A few of the ballers I can’t even name because they roll so quietly in the ATL. You would never know these men were ballin’ unless you saw them step out of their Bentley’s or Phantoms — or unless you have a good eye for fine timepieces.

One of the men — who happens to be a friend of mine — knows that I love fine watches. So he brought out his impressive collection of timepieces. I marveled at the APs (Audemars Piguet) and Hublot’s he had in just one case of his large collection (pictured at right).

AP and Hublot are the favored watches of many wealthy stars such as T.I., Jay Z and LeBron James, among others. My friend’s watch collection also contains several pieces from the Aximum line, which is owned by every celebrity and ball player in the world! His collection ranges from $50,000 to well over $200,000 for just one timepiece!

You might recognize his Aximum King Pro (pictured up top) as the same timepiece that Big Poppa purchased for Kim Zolciak on Real Housewives of Atlanta (Kim’s watch is rose gold). The Aximum showroom is tucked away in a quiet neighborhood in Buckhead. You need an appointment just to view their timepieces.

Visit the Aximum website here.

Apart from the cars he drives, you would never know he had a million dollar watch collection just by looking at him. His clothing is nondescript (Polo button downs, t-shirts, jeans and white sneakers) — and he moves without an entourage.

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Kim Kardashian has her own blow up doll; could Beyonce’s be next?

According to X17online, a company called Pipedream has fulfilled every clueless man’s wet dream by manufacturing a blow-up doll in the likeness of Socialite and reality TV personality Kim Kardashian.

The doll is called “Kinky Kim Filthy Love Doll” — but before you think that Kim K would actually co-sign a more plastic version of herself: the model on the box is not Kim.

But she does bear a striking resemblance to the botoxed beauty eating a burger with sauce dripping down her chin. The cover pic is reminiscent of Kim Kardashian eating a sexy salad in her infamous 2009 Carl Jr. commercial.

Therein lies the problem: Carl Jr. didn’t give Pipedream permission to use their commercial concept — or their salad — on the box. The company is considered its legal options.

Meanwhile, if you think the front of the box is scandalous, here’s what’s on the back of the box.

“Meet Kinky Kim, the busty bubble-butt bimbo who’s had more dark meat in her than a bucket of fried chicken! No one really knows what she’s famous for—except cellulite and her insatiable appetite for filthy sex! This dirty lil’ diva wants you to stick it in her face and get it all over the place.”

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Celebs Out & About: Dwyane Wade, Gabby Union, Seal, Halle Berry, Malik Yoba

Is musician Seal gaining weight or does he need to fire his stylist? The singer was spotted while he shopped at Samy’s camera store in LA yesterday.

I know you don’t care, but industry steering wheel Gabrielle Union and her boyfriend Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat NBA team were seen strolling in Miami recently.
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I don’t know how Dwyane squeezes his tall frame into his tiny Ferrari.

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Celebs Out & About: Beyonce, Jay Z, Halle Berry, Kanye West, Solange

Aging rapper Jay Z and his wife Beyonce Knowles were seen leaving club Avenue in their Jeep 4×4 that Jeep probably begged them to drive to boost sales. The couple had just attended the 1 year Anniversary of the club in New York City.

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