MTV.com To Post Song Lyrics, Live Performances and Video Premieres All Week Long During ‘Spankin’ New Music Week’ On ‘TRL’ Beginning November 26th at 3:30pm ET/PT

Having trouble remembering the lyrics to your fave new song? Well get ready it’s all about the lyrics on MTV during “Spankin’ New Lyrics Week” Monday, November 26th thru Thursday, November 29th. Hosted by MTV VJ Damien Fahey “Spankin’ New Lyrics Week” will introduce fans to new music from their favorite artists performing their hit songs live on “TRL” which airs all week at 3:30pm-4:30pm ET/PT.

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These days people just assume that you need a number one single to have a number one album. But look at what’s really happening. Soulja Boy sold almost 4 million singles and only 300,000 albums! We let the consumer have too much of what they want, too soon, and we hurt ourselves. Back in the day when people were excited about a record coming out we’d put out a single to get the ball going and if we sold a lot of singles that was an indication we’d sell a lot of albums. But we’d cut the single off a few weeks before the album came out to get people to wait and let the excitement build. When I put out Kris Kross we did that. We sold two million singles, then we stopped. Eventually we sold eight million albums!

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He just cracked,” one attendee tells PEOPLE, “He was at the end of his concert and had just started to dedicate the song and then he just lost it completely.” “He said the word, ‘Mother’ and just couldn’t go any further,” Le Parisien journalist Meddy Magloire said. “A back-up singer, the DJ and a guitar player came over to console him. It looked like he might collapse. He just couldn’t continue. He just stood there in a spotlight, crying while the band continued playing.”

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Damn I think it’s too early to be performing, take some time off, your career won’t be going anywhere. Good to hear that he came back out and performed Stronger according to Jn below.

Rapper Mos Def is working on his debut release for indie label Downtown Recordings, after his major-label swan song died a quick death last year. According to Downtown head Josh Deutsch, Kanye West will produce some tracks on the as-yet-untitled record.

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Mos Def last album, “True Magic,” didn’t move over 100k units and was released with no cover art or substantial marketing campaign. 2007 seemed like a quiet year for Mos Def in terms of entertainment, but he was highly vocal with political issues.

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Not a good look to be on the radio drunk, Saigon explains the situation below.

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Fat Joe ft. J. Holiday - I Won’t Tell

Fat Joe ft. Lil Wayne - Crack House

Imperial Records and Terror Squad Entertainment are releasing Fat Joe’s first official single, “I Won’t Tell (featuring J. Holiday)”.  The song is already exploding at radio stations around the country and rapidly heading to the #1 spot on the charts!  The street single, “The Crackhouse (featuring Lil’ Wayne)” was serviced to radio only a few weeks ago and is also getting tons of love and mix show airplay, early supporters are saying it’s sure to be the next hustler’s anthem.  

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