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The Listener’s Experience: It’s the New Digital World Order…Are Physical Records Now Obsolete?? [editorial]

Searching for acceptable gifts for the ever so deserving family this holiday season, led me straight into a few of the better known music-related establishments…and as much as I hate to admit it, it had been awhile since I had browsed through actual copies of newly released
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‘And The Winner Is…’; MuzikGem.com’s Top Picks for 2012 Grammy Awards [editorial]

It is no easy task delegating winners in this year’s whirlwind of music genius and innovation. The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will continue to push the envelope alongside pop culture’s reigning artists on February 12, 2012. The nominees and winners give us all a glimpse into where
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Judging a “book” by its cover: Do’s & Dont’s for your cover band [editorial]

No matter how many times you’ve heard a horrible version of “Brown Eyed Girl” being covered, you’ve got to admit, that song alone has the ability to bring unity to an entire bar full of mismatched, awkwardly standing, barely on their first drink, crowds. Whether they’re playing
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54th Annual Grammy Nominations

The nominees are in and I must say there are a few things that did impressed us here at MuzikGem.com: Skrillex Yup, he got 5 nominations!!! Wow! Now I won’t give him all of the awards he was nominated for but “New Artist of the Year” we’ll give him that.
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Heavy D dead at 44 [news]

We are sorry to tell everyone that Heavy D a.k.a. Dwight Arrington Myers, was rushed to an L.A. hospital around noon today where he was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1 PM. He was 44 years old. TMZ said that apparently a 911 call was placed from Heavy D’s Beverly Hills
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Top 100 Muzik Gems from the year 2000 [#100-76]

With the year 2011 in it’s final months, here at MuzikGem, we’ve come to realization that we’re already in the second decade of the new Millenium…and my oh my, time has definitely flown. Being that we are about everything music, we’ve decided to give
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MuzikGem partners with Pulse Magazine [news]

Tampa, FL(MuzikGem.com) September 03, 2011 Though the concept of MuzikGem.com is still just shy of being a year old, we’ve definitely experienced a lot…from being invited to cover Lady Gaga’s “Monster Ball” Tour, to interviewing MTV Music’s #1 band,
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R.E.D > W.T.T?? [debate]

So I was just going about my normal rounds throughout God’s gift, that we call the internet…when this tweet caught my eye o_O imma have to listen to this. RT @sigD: After a few spins, I’ve arrived at the the opinion that the R.E.D. Album > Watch The Throne
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Ke$ha – Glitter – Hangover + Camera = Super Pretty (pics)

Sooo we just came across these photos that Kesha, MuzikGem’s favorite waste-case crush, took earlier this week with famed celebrity photographer, Terry Richardson. Known for his more risque shots, like his GQ shoot with cast members of GLEE, or the Katy Perry Rolling Stone
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Roc Nation causes Industry Controversy Over Exclusive Retail Release

Well it seems like this album, “Watch The Throne” has alot of info to keep up with! There was “Otis” that they dropped on Hot 97 and it was a madd dash for people trying to get their hands on it and now we have some info on their album’s release and
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