Exclusively available on HTC smartphones, Beats Audio provides authentic, studio-quality sound that delivers the spirit of the original recording.

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Over the past few years, Sean Paul has been using the popular Apple product as a sort of melodic sketchpad, tapping out beats while traveling on planes, trains and automobiles and later refining them in the studio.

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That changed on Tuesday, when I was invited to be one of about twenty five people in-studio to watch Weezer perform a short set as part of the HP Live Beats Audio series.

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