If you haven't seen what Dr. Dre has been up to, take a look at his latest products at http://beatsbydre.com. And no, the products are not cheap. But apparently worth every cent.

Pretty fancy, right? A producer in the hip hop community who pretty much needs no introduction is going the path of technology in order make up for the delays of his upcoming project, Detox. Or with the help of, Jimmy Iovine (president of Interscope Records), he is taking a new market that has been explored but not at this level. But wait, there is more. Check out what else Dr. Dre is doing:

Now, its getting serious. I have to thank Full Sail for providing me with a Macbook Pro but I cannot get over the crazy specs on this limited edition laptop HP created (http://www.shopping.hp.com/go/beats). Designed with Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's vision, they pretty much created a laptop that can handle multimedia capablities. In particular, its for audio production. The laptop and the headphones both have been out since last year with the price on the products dropping as the product gets more popular.

I might be a little late on posting this but the point of this is to see what is the new trend of the music industry. Will everyone come out with their very own pair of headphones? Lady Gaga apparently did (http://beatsbydre.com/products/Products.aspx?pid=B5596) and oddly enough, it is connection with Dr. Dre's new franchise. Diddy, owner of the successful Bad Boy Entertainment record label, was also convinced (http://www.beatsbydre.com/products/Products.aspx?pid=B5624). Looks like the attachment of a product will be one of the saving graces in the music industry. Well, at least thats what it appears to be on the major labels. Hopefully, the independent industry can experience the same kind of oppurtunities.