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What's the best way to re-enter the music game after a three-year hiatus? Release a song about the slang word for "strawberry," obviously.  Lil Mama is back with "Scrawberry," and even though the song's meaning isn't exactly apparent, it's kind of addictive.

While she doesn't exactly describe what this mystery berry is, Lil Mama's colorful "Scrawberry" video does a great job of reintroducing herself to the hip-hop game. The song samples Special Ed's classic 1989 record "I Got It Made" and features a multiple-wig-donning Lil Mama and her entourage of Harajuku girls dancing around to the beat. Think Nicki Minaj's wigs plus Gwen Stefani's Harajuku friends jamming to an MC Lyte-inspired track. So basically if my dream closet had a soundtrack, it'd be this song on repeat.

Lil Mama's "Scrawberry" is extremely catchy, with lyrics that are so WTF that the song's sure to sneak into your head. "That's Scrawberry milk pink.../And my dashboard clean/And my trunk don't stank." Um, thanks? Hey, weirdo lyrics worked for Kelis (no one brings milkshakes to yards), and we're still waiting on Fergie to let us in on what it means to be "Fergalicious." Get that scrawberry paper, Lil Mama. Or something.

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1.) Justin Bieber was in a minor fender bender, BUT EVERYTHING IS OK, GUYS! This is why we wear our seat belts, kids! Justin's OK, but his Ferrari needs some fixing. (Hollywood Life)

2.) After winning a VMA for Best Hip-Hop Video, Nicki Minaj is ready to get back to work, and even talks about a new album with yet another alter ego. Maybe her alternate personality will wear just jeans and tees? (Entertainment Weekly)

3.) Speaking of multiple personalities, Lady Gaga, er, um, Jo Calderone, had a photo shoot with infamous photog, Terry Richardson. Dude (lady?) is looking hot. (MTV Style)

4.) Leona Lewis' official video for "Collide" has surfaced. If this is what a British invasion would look like, we surrender. (Pop Dust)

5.) If YouTube-ing "firecrackers to the crotch" is your cup of tea (and how could it not be?), then Rob Dyrdek's new show, "Ridiculousness," will be your new BFF. (MTV Remote Control)

6.) It's time to head back to school! "Glee" addicts can get their fix with recently released behind-the-scenes and promo videos for season three. (Idolator)

7.) David Guetta's collabo-packed album, Nothing But the Beat, dropped yesterday. The French DJ talks about the new record and a similarly named documentary he's featured in. (Arjan Writes)

9.) The "Dancing With The Stars" lineup has been officially announced. With names like Rob Kardashian and Ricki Lake, there's some major competition. But we're placing our bets on "The Hills'" Kristen Cavallari! (MTV News)

9.) Lil' Mama's back! The lip gloss-popping rapper's break offered her time to discover a new sound and a few new shades of lipstick. (That Grape Juice)

10.) While our dream of getting an invite to Beyoncé's baby shower may never come true, we can still devote our time making predictions about Bey's and Jay-Z's baby. (Funny Or Die)

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Ah, the battle between West Coast and East Coast -- a classic war that continues to wage on. It's crystal clear what team our boy Snoop Dogg is on, considering his public admiration for the West Coast and his recent cameo in Katy Perry's "California Gurls." Lil Mama on the other hand, who has roots in New York, has yet to have an East Coast anthem hit. But we're thinking that her latest release, an old-school vibed record blatantly titled "NY NY LA LA," may solidify her status as an East Coast crusader.

As you might have imagined, the beat for this record is -- how do we say it -- duuuuurrrty. It features a rambunctious and somewhat hostile Mama rhyming, "L-I-L M-A-M-A / New York, New York, LA, LA." While the hook isn't necessarily complicated, it clearly outlines the overarching battle theme for listeners.

Snoop's verse is as laid-back and as chill as you'd expect from the pimp cup holding man himself. Interestingly enough, though, "NY NY LA LA" finds Snoop cheating on the West Coast (just a little) as he raps, "In the Big Apple, so I'm bout to check out The Knicks." We'll gladly take his courtside seats, Lakers.

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Lil Mama is a busy lil' lady! In addition to performing her judging duties on "America's Best Dance Crew," she's also been in the studio working hard on new material. On her latest song, "On & On & On," she displays the same playfulness with language that made her first big single, "Lipgloss," a hit, while simultaneously stepping up the intensity to something a bit more grown-up and aggressive.

"I met a lot of girls tryna stop my flow/Met a lot of girls tryna stop my dough/Stop my flow, no you can't do" she raps, and then proceeds to do many dazzling verbal tricks to prove her point. In the great hip-hop tradition proving one's dominance via complex bragging, Lil Mama spares no bravado to spare, positioning herself in the hall of fame of rap greats by singing Biggie's hook and replacing his name with her own. Yes, Lil Mama went there.

In addition to the song, Mama filmed a cute making-of featurette, which shows her alternately strumming an acoustic guitar and recording with laser-like focus.

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+ Instead of just owning up to the fact that her goose is cooked (not in Tamar's opinion, mind you) Mariah Carey did a little Twitter damage control following her performance at the Michael Jackson memorial service yesterday at L.A.'s Staples Center, saying she was just too overcome with emotion to give a perfect performance. However, longtime collaborator Trey Lorenz was pitch-perfect and sounded pretty much exactly the same as he did on Mariah's original MTV Unplugged version of "I'll Be There". (MTV News)

+ Season-ticket holder to Crazytown Lil Mama likened Michael Jackson's passing to the death of THE Jesus Christ. (Rap-Up)

+ Long-forgotten rapper Mase has been inspired by who else to make a comeback? None other than Michael Jackson/Jesus Christ. UGH. Jesus Christ! (Perez Hilton)

+ Sam Lutfi, Britney Spears' former best buddie/pal/stalker/drug crusher-upper/phonewire cutter is like the STD bronchitis you just can't kick. He's now filed papers in court saying that BritBrit has made him fear for his life. He's even naming some character witnesses, including Brit's former paparazzi squeeze Adnan Ghalib. Vat a mess... (TMZ)

+ In other douchebag news, Chris "Plea Bargain" Brown was not only seen kickin' it to Kanye's ex, Amber Rose at Diddy's annual White Party, but he also wore a beautiful, custom-crafted $300,000 diamond pendant that said "OOPS." Has this kid's parole started yet?? (Cele|bitchy)

+ Green Day is cashing in on their piece of music game "Rock Band," having just added three songs to the game's catalog. (MTV News)

+ And all this time I thought Raven Simone was just big-boned! SHE WAS PREGNANT?! At least for nine months of the last seven years. (Global Grind)

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Last night at the MTV Movie Awards, Miley Cyrus hit the red carpet in a dusty rose/ cream-colored Moschino Cheap & Chic cocktail dress with an open back and ruffle detail and a folded envelope neck. Shoes: Christian Louboutin -- her first time in Louboutins on the red carpet!

Now, while the Movie Awards are known as being a totally anything-goes event (right, Lil Mama?), Miley opted for a totally sophisticated style. The only hint of fun, "So what, I'm still a rock star"/ Whitesnake Miley was a few chain bracelets, her super smokey eyes, and her cool turquoise polish.

Watch Miley on the red carpet with Christian Siriano -- who called her one of his best-dressed of the night! -- and share your opinion on Miley's MTV Movie Awards glam style: super chic, or too tame?

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Yes, that's Lil Mama, and no, sadly, this photo wasn't taken at Heidi Klum's annual Halloween party. Lil Mama actually arrived at the 2007 VMAs dressed like she'd just crawled out of the womb. And as if purple satin and puffy babydoll sleeves weren't criminal enough, Lil Mams had the gall to top it off with a matching bonnet and bejeweled passy. Classy! We get it, we get it. You're the voice of the young people. And the voice of the sippy cup set too, apparently. Except we can't really understand what the hell you're saying because you've got a DAMNED PACIFIER IN YOUR MOUTH, which makes us wonder if you were wearing a diaper under there too.

Thankfully Lil Mama's grown up and glossed up a bit in the past year on America's Best Dance Crew and hopefully will restrict he whole voice-of-the-young-people thing to metaphor.

But, that leaves room for someone else to take home an unofficial Moonman for worst-dressed celeb at this year's VMAs. Who do you think will show up to the 2008 VMAs in an outfit that, well, totally sucks?

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If week one of FNMTV was all about Pete Wentz and videos, then week two was all about Pete Wentz, videos AND LIL WAYNE, who nearly blew out all the electricity in the greater Los Angeles area with his explosive, awe-inspiring rendition of "A Milli," which he performed nearly minutes after it was announced that his new album sold a million copies its first week out. Nice timing, baby!

We'd have Wayne back for if we could, but he's gotta get back to the studio to exercise some more of that lyrical genius. So, on tomorrow night's installment of FNMTV -- tune in Friday, June 27, at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- you'll see live performances by Rihanna and Maroon 5, plus guest appearances and video premieres, including:

T.I. - "No Matter What"
No Age - "Eraser"
Day26 - "Since You've Been Gone"

+ After the jump — highlights from last week’s show.

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Tags Boys Like Girls, Celebrity, Day 26, Day26, Duffy, FNMTV, Lil Mama, Lil Wayne, Maroon 5, Music, No Age, Pete Wentz, Rihanna, Shawty Lo, T.I., TV Shows, Videos

Last week, Buzzworthy reporter Tricia Romano went backstage at FNMTV and pulled back the curtain to show you the nuts, bolts and Fall Out Boys of MTV's new video show. This week, she went back to scope out even more FN secrets.

Check out more behind-the-scenes coverage and photos of this week's episode of FNMTV, including interviews with Pete Wentz and musical guest Duffy. Plus, see what really goes on in hair and makeup, and peek into Lil Wayne's sound check!

Week two of FNMTV is in full effect, and if last week -- with Panic at the Disco’s headlining performance -- was all about the rock, this week belongs to hip-hop. Lil Wayne, Lil Mama, and Shawty Lo top the second installment of MTV's return to form — a video show (!!!!) — while '60s chanteuse Duffy, indie upstarts Vampire Weekend and power-pop favorites Boys Like Girls round out the lineup.

This week the atmosphere on set is decidedly more relaxed. Up in the skybox, It-girl Katy Perry trades banter with MTV lads James Montgomery and Tim Kash, while down on the ground, the rehearsal goes smoothly.

Instead of playing the videos all the way through, the clips are simply blocked out, which means that, sadly, we missed a sneak preview of most of the videos because theywentbyreallyreallyreallyfast. (We’re also sad that there's no Snoop Dogg segment, because Snoop ups the awesome ante on everything.)

But, the relaxed atmosphere gave Pete and the staff a little breathing room and some much-needed time to stand around and joke (or ride bikes, in Pete's case). We used the downtime to catch up with Pete and see how he felt about his FNMTV debut.

“It went pretty good," Pete said."Better than expected. I didn’t screw up super bad,” he said, sheepishly.

Interviewing artists has presented Pete with some situations we've been in ourselves. Like the part where he had to ask someone he knows in "real life" some gossipy questions; in this case it was the Pussycat Dolls, whom he asked about that Britney Spears cameo that disappeared from their new video.

"I know the Pussycat Dolls, so it was hard to go there on the Britney Spears question. I didn’t really want to,” he says. Awkward!

(More with Pete Wentz at FNMTV after the jump.)

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We weren't lying. On last week's inaugural episode of FNMTV, we brought in Pete Wentz, and we brought back music videos -- real, actual, full-length ones and even some classics too from before you were born. Plus: lots of really enthusiastic audience members, special effects that stopped just short of pyrotechnics and Cirque du Soleil illusionists, and real actual DISCUSSION about videos. People. Talking about videos. After the videos aired. On television. on MUSIC television.

But in case you're not the type to dwell in the past, tomorrow night's show -- tune in Friday, June 20 at 8pm ET/PT -- features performances by Duffy and Lil Wayne, plus guest appearances and video premieres from...

Vampire Weekend - "Oxford Comma"
Boys Like Girls - "Thunder"
Lil Mama featuring T-Pain - "What It Is (Strike A Pose)"
Shawty Lo - "Foolish" (remix)

+ After the jump -- highlights from last week's show.

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