Nicki Minaj's Much-Anticipated 'Pink Friday' Leaks

Nicki Minaj's debut album Pink Friday, which hits stores Monday, leaked late Tuesday night. Retailers expect the album, which features cameos from Kanye West, Drake, Rihanna and Eminem, to be one of the fall's biggest.

In addition to the previously released "Roman's Revenge," "Your Love" and "Right Thru Me," the leak lifts the curtain on "Fly," on which Rihanna handles the hook, and the boastful "Blazin'," a collaboration with West that flips a sample from Simple Minds' 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)." (Watch the video for "Blazin'" below.)

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"Tap yo neighbor and say #itsPinkFridayHoe," Minaj tweeted late Tuesday in what could be seen as a message that she was aware of the leak. (Friday was, after all, three days away at that point, and the album's release date six.)

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Pink Friday is the first official LP from the 25-year-old Queens MC, who released a slew of mixtapes before signing with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment in August 2009. She's also appeared on singles by Usher, Mariah Carey and West.

"I'm trying to make music for the masses," Minaj told Rolling Stone while working on the album. "This is my chance to bring everyone into my party."

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Song Stories

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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