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You know you work for a dope blog when they can arrange for the winners of the 2011 American Music Awards' New Artist Of The Year to casually stop by for a quickie acoustic performance. #Ballerstatus

Hot Chelle Rae has certifiably exploded onto the pop music mainstream scene this year, and on the heels of their big AMA win -- not to mention recent "Today" and "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" appearances, the band still managed to find the time to pop by Buzzworthy for an acoustic performance of their New Boyz-assisted club-banger, "I Like It Like That," off their Whatever album.

Wearing subtly yet expertly coordinated black, gray and white outfits, Hot Chelle Rae had just stools, their voices (en POINT!), two guitars, nary an ampere of electricity, and a cajón (that's the official name for that percussion box -- aren't we fancy that we know that and that we have one?). And while the New Boyz weren't present, Hot Chelle Rae more than made up for it with their tight harmonies, expert timing (hellllooooo, musicianship) and extremely savory looks. Catch them on their upcoming "Beautiful Freaks" tour before it sells out.

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Hot Chelle Rae shot to fame after like, the entire country went nuts for their song "Tonight Tonight." And, judging by the dope new video for their single "I Like It Like That," it looks like these boys are gonna win the fame game after all.

"I Like It Like That" features New Boyz and is a perfect example of a tour video at its finest: We've got behind-the-scenes footage of candid band antics, we've got the obligatory chilling-in-the-tour-bus-while-drinking-a-brewski scene, and most important, we've got shots of band member Ian Keaggy shooting a rubber band into the camera. Typical dudes.

New Boyz pop up next and they take things out of the tour bus and on to a hill with a pretty view to rap their verse (?). But what would a tour video be without crazy-ass shots of HCR's audience going NUTS while they perform? We see Hot Chelle Rae-crazed girls jumping up and down while simultaneously filming the entire show on their phones. The boys rock out on stage and casually head bang while the audience sings along to every word. Oh, and did we mention there's crowd surfing? These boys are cute, can sing and know how to successfully throw their bodies onto a crowd of dancing people. Hot Chelle Rae, can we date?

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After providing us the perfect summer soundtrack with their last single "Tonight Tonight," Hot Chelle Rae is back, and it sounds like they didn't get the memo about the changing seasons. With rappers New Boyz, HCR's new tune "I Like It Like That" features the same summer, sugary-pop goodness of "Tonight Tonight," but this time with a bit more bravado.

Hot Chelle Rae's "I Like It Like That" is a polished, hook-laden, synthy pop-rock record about some of our favorite things: chilling out, driving and the many perks of summer (i.e. very little clothing). "I like it like that/Hey, windows down chillin' with the radio on/I like it like that/Damn, sun's so hot make the girls take it off/I like it like that." Then New Boyz drop their verse, and they praise such classic rager activities as beer pong and losing iPhones. Don't judge us if we tell you that hits a little close to home.

Hot Chelle Rae's "I Like It Like That" would have been a perfect accompaniment to the middle-of-summer heat, but let's just act like fall's not coming and keep this track on repeat anyway. Stave off those winter coats for as long as possible!

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California hip-hop duo New Boyz have a brutally honest message to the ladies: You look better in the dark. The group teamed up with Chris Brown to record "Better With the Lights Off," the third single from their recently released second album Too Cool to Care, and we've got the exclusive video below!

Directed by Brown's longtime director Colin Tilley ("Next to You," "Look at Me Now"), the video, shot in L.A.'s historic Echo Park, takes a fluorescent look at Los Angeles, bathing the boyz in one giant black light. Right from the 1980s-inspired title fonts, the video mirrors the song's playful, tongue-in-cheek feel. If the location looks familiar, you probably saw it last year on OK Go's time-warping video for "End Love." Hey, we just answered the "What do New Boyz and OK Go have in common?" question nobody asked.

The track, produced by The Cataracs, has already generated a bit of controversy with New Boyz member Legacy's line, "Every guy wants to know how it is/To clap off the lights and turn Khloé to Kim." Ouch. Though as he told MTV News last month, "Khloé is a beautiful girl... All I'm saying is, with that line, was you can get any type of girl, and when you clap off the lights, let your imagination run free and you can turn her into anybody you want." Nice save, man.

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Last time we checked in with MTV Posted duo New Boyz, they were rolling around on scooters and discussing the intricacies of their hit song "Backseat." This time, we got the guys proving their masculinity and running out of hotels with less-than-optimal hygiene.

In the first video, Legacy and Ben J engage in a fierce battle of strength. Legacy goes the easy route, cranking out numerous chin-ups before ceding to his partner. We're giving the win to Ben J, though, for one-upping his partner and doing the more difficult pull-ups. Either way, there is much mocking of strength all around.

The next video proves that having monstrous hit songs and a worldwide tour won't prevent the travails of travel. Check the video below for a snapshot of what is presumably the Boyz' daily routine: wake up, pack, check out of hotel, hop in a van and head off to the next city. Here, we catch the guys in Chicago, though it really could be Anycity, U.S.A.

We also catch Legacy in mid-crisis mode. What do you do if you're late for checkout and run out of toothpaste before brushing your teeth? If you're Legacy, you apparently just gurgle with tap water. Luckily, one of the group's entourage has the next best alternative: gum. We'll give Legacy's song a little credit, though. With enough chewing gum, a girl will never tell the difference between that and an actual teeth-brushing.

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Last week, we brought you footage from MTV Posted duo New Boyz, who headed down to Australia and sacrificed the contents of their stomachs for a good show. (Literally, they barfed.) This week, New Boyz are stateside and, as you'll see in the below videos, they're rolling up on scooters and are also ready and able to explain the deep philosophical and metaphorical subtext of their hit song "Backseat" to a local radio station.

That giant La Vela billboard tells us this scooter video was taken in Panama City Beach, Florida, that club-friendly Spring Break city that's the perfect backdrop for New Boyz' party-centric brand of hip-hop. And no matter how famous you are, it's probably impossible to grow weary of seeing your face lit up on a giant video billboard while driving around on scooters and cursing.

In the second video, New Boyz hit up a radio station to discuss "Backseat," the second single from their upcoming second album, Too Cool to Care. "It's just an anthem for kicking it in the backseat," says Legacy, before revealing that the duo had to tone down the song and change the original title from "Do It In the Backseat." Thankfully, good taste prevailed. We can only assume "it" meant board games and license plate poker.

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Two years ago, everybody and their moms were dancing to California hip-hop duo New Boyz' viral smash "You're A Jerk." Now, with the upcoming release of their second album, Too Cool To Care, the boyz are our MTV Posted artist, proving that they're far more than mere one-hit wonders.

The official video for "You're A Jerk" has nearly 50 million views on YouTube, but that's old news. Now, Ben J and Legacy have returned and, as you'll see in the below videos, they've lost approximately zero of their swagger.

In New Boyz's MTV Posted videos, Legacy and Ben J check in from their tour stop in Sydney, Australia -- spoiler: There's some barfing in a waste basket. Plus, watch their "Backseat" video, featuring Dev. And check up on New Boyz all this month at Posted.MTV.com.

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We've been fans of New Boyz for a while now, since we noticed them way back in 2009, when their single, "You're A Jerk," made it onto the Billboard charts, introducing both their SoCal hip-hop style and "jerkin'" dance craze into the mainstream. And today we're cutting the giant red bow off the video for their new single, "Backseat." It features The Cataracs and electro-pop princess Dev, who sings both "Booty Bounce" and the hook on Far East Movement's "Like A G6."

In the "Backseat" video, teenage wunderkinds Earl "Ben J" Benjamin and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas lean back on some hot wheels (is that a DeLorean???) and attempt to lean into some hot chicks as they act roughly twice their age, dropping references to the VIP section and... getting with hot girls.

Whether or not the New Boyz are able to drive said luxury cars remains to be seen. Maybe that's why they're so hyper-focused on the "backseat." Nevertheless, we're totally cool with test-driving that Benz with suicide doors. And no matter what goes in the backseat, promise us that you'll keep your eyes on the road, Boyz.

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Los Angeles teen phenoms Ben J. and Legacy, who make up the hip-hop duo New Boyz, are pretty Internet savvy dudes. Just check out their web-friendly hit "Dot Com." So it almost seems out of character to not see them in some form of streaming media...even a GIF, right? But here they are, in stunning color, in this new collection of MTV.com photos.

Gregg Delman's shots certainly capture the youthful vigor of the group. On tracks like "Tie Me Dowm," and "You're A Jerk," New Boyz perfectly convey the care-free joy of being a teen; a sense one certainly gets from these shots.

Check out more photos, as well as New Boyz's "Dot Com" video and "Break My Bank" below.

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After announcing their net swag surfing skills on their last video, "Dot Com," the New Boyz return with "Tie Me Down."

With a little bit of the love of Ray J., the New Boyz engage in a bit of social networking weird science, conjuring up friends and more-than-just friends with a click of a button (much like LMFAO did in their "La La La" video). Hot girls jumping though some kind of Matrix-style portal to hang out with you on your drab couch? There's an app for that. With technology like this at their fingertips, you can't possibly expect these either of these dudes to be one-woman kind of men... hence the song title.

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