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+ Kanye West's forthcoming G.O.O.D. compilation's roster is growing. Pusha T, Frank Ocean and Jay Electronica are the latest additions to join Yeezy, Big Sean and Mannie Fresh in the studio. It's due out in the spring. (Billboard)

+ We already knew Beyoncé was a pretty fly momma, and now scientists have named one insect species after her. The bootylicious fly, Scaptia (Plinthina) Beyonceae, has a gold-toned bottom. 'Nuff said. (E!)

+ Jay-Z, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Vampire Weekend, Janelle Monáe and Adam Levine are apparently among Barack Obama's campaign wish list of celebrity endorsers. #rockthevote (MTV News)

+ Watch St. Vincent's performance from "Conan." She gave a nod to Elvis Costello's "Radio Radio," prior to launching into her own "Cheerleader." (Pitchfork)

+ Peep Adam Lambert on "Tonight Show With Jay Leno," where he premiered "Better Than I Know Myself" from his forthcoming album, Trespassing. (Neon Limelight)

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+ Justin Timberlake's grandmother, Sadie Bomar, confirms that he and Jessica Biel are engaged. "He called me on Christmas Day and told me he's engaged," she revealed. Congrats, and thanks for spilling the beans, Nana! (MTV News)

+ As we mentioned, Jason Derulo fractured his neck while rehearsing for his upcoming European tour. The injury led him to cancel those dates. "I'm praying for a speedy recovery in order to perform for you in the near future," he said in a statement. (E!)

+ Rick Ross' "Rich Forever" mixtape drops today, apparently at 3:05 p.m. It features collabs with Drake, Nas, Kelly Rowland, Diddy, Pharrell Williams, John Legend and more. Peep the official track list. (Rap-Up)

+ Jack White has paired with wide-ranging folks from Insane Clown Posse to Stephen Colbert. Next up for his Third Man Records 7-inch singles series is the 71-year-old icon Tom Jones. (Rolling Stone)

+ The Weeknd's mixtape trilogy -– "House of Balloons," "Thursday," "Echoes of Silence" -- were remixed, chopped and screwed by Slim K. Get 'em here. (Pitchfork)

+ East Coast, West Coast, no matter. From Notorious B.I.G. to Dr. Dre, when it comes to rappers they're unified in their love of spelling in songs, their names to be specific. Watch this "Rapper Spelling Bee" video for a rapper's ABCs refresher course. (Idolator)

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1.) If you've ever wondered how many facial expressions Nicki Minaj can pull off in 45 seconds, Britney Spears' Femme Fatale concert footage of the rapper dropping verses for the "Till The World Ends (Remix)" offers a thorough study. Fact: We lost count after the first few seconds. (Rap Radar)

2.) As if Jay-Z didn't have enough to be proud of this year (hello, new baby on the way!), the rapper was also recently named "Man of Year" by GQ Magazine. (Entertainment Weekly)

3.) We weren't sure if Nick Jonas was the kind of hubby that lifts a finger in the kitchen, but bro's gone schooled us with his mad culinary skills on TV -- dude's not just hot, he sizzles! (Just Jared Jr.)

4.) MTV's Posted artist Kelly Clarkson performed a duet with Carrie Underwood on Clarkson's "Unplugged" special -- or what we'd like to call "the ultimate 'American Idol' face-off!" JK! (PopCrush)

5.) Have 6K burning a hole in your pocket? How 'bout picking up replicas of both Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and "Thriller" leather jackets? Side note: If you're looking to get rid of giant amounts of money, we'd be willing to help. (MTV Style)

6.) Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber had their first "parenting" scare when their pup Baylor swallowed a few rocks. The pooch is A-OK, and now the threesome have happily continued with their most-adorbz-family-EVER reign. (CeleBuzz)

7.) Dudes may be growing some hairy 'staches in honor of "Movember," but Kelly Rowland's sporting a milk mustache in celebration of healthy kids. (That Grape Juice)

8.) The holiday season's already peeking its head out of drugstore aisles everywhere, and now stills from Mariah Carey and John Legend's new music video "When Christmas Comes" made just as early of an arrival. (TheYBF)

9.) Rihanna's been generously dropping new songs over the last few weeks, but girl gave fans the ultimate gift at her recent concert in London: a live, first-time performance of "We Found Love"! (MTV News)

10.) Justin Timberlake, James Franco, Ryan Gosling and Pharrell Williams have been named our generations' "Modern Day Renaissance Men." Who knew being so multitalented also included being so damn hot? (BuzzFeed)

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The Lonely Island are the hottest trio in tongue-in-cheek hip hop right now (sorry, Das Racist). And they still work at "Saturday Night Live," which is also not so bad. Not since they paired up with Justin Timberlake (for "D**k In A Box" and "Motherlover") and with Akon on "I Just Had Sex" has their collaboration with another artist been so funny. In fact, of all male singers to team up with The Lonely Island, would you have expected Michael Bolton, known for '80s blue-eyed-soul jams like "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You"?

Perhaps that's why "Jack Sparrow," a song that is actually as good as it is hilarious, is such a naturally bonkers step in the right direction. Instead of asking a contemporary crooner like, say, John Legend or Robin Thicke, to lend his voice to a rap about V.I.P. rooms and bangin' and stuff, the boys got Michael Bolton to interrupt their song with choruses about Pirates Of The Caribbean, as well as other movies with which he's obsessed. Turns out Michael Bolton is a cinephile, and he also dresses in drag.

But dare we say that Michael Bolton has never sounded better? Like, we're going to buy a song with Michael Bolton featured on it, and it's not even 1993. Job well done, Lonely Island.

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+ Chris Brown has apologized for his angry behavior at "Good Morning America" earlier this week. The singer said he was "thrown off" when "GMA" host Robin Roberts began pressing him about his 2009 assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna. (Neon Limelight)

+ Gwen Stefani has donated $1 million to the Save the Children’s Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund. "I’ve been inspired by Japan for many years," Gwen said about her motivation to donate. Just one more reason why we love this lady. (TheFABlife)

+ Are you sitting down, Little Monsters? Lady Gaga is releasing a new version of "Born This Way" -- "Born This Way (The Country Road Version)" -- via Twitter tomorrow at midnight. Set those alarms! (ONTD)

+ After touring for his solo album Lazarus, Travie McCoy says he's ready to focus on Gym Class Heroes again. The band just wrapped a song with Maroon 5's Adam Levine that he describes in one word -- "amazing." (MTV News)

+ Hang in there, Pete Wentz fans. A Black Cards album is on the way. Pete said about a release date, "The more people express interest, the more it'll push the label." (Buzznet)

+ Turns out super talented + super talented = super, super talented. John Legend recorded an a cappella version of Buzzworthy fave Adele's hit "Rolling In The Deep," and we can't turn it off. (Rap-Up)

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We recently saw a little preview of the video for Kanye West's "Monster," featuring Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj, and we were all like "OMGWTF." Today, Rihanna tweeted a picture of herself on the set of Kanye's "All Of The Lights" video with director Hype Williams and it has us all "OMFG!!!" Cannot. Wait. For. This. Video.

If you'll recall, Kanye West's "All Of The Lights," from his latest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, features pretty much every person on the planet --Rihanna, Alicia Keys, John Legend, The-Dream, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John (on piano), Ryan Leslie, Charlie Wilson, Tony Williams and La Roux singer Elly Jackson. And seeing as though the video is being directed by Hype Williams, who's directed pretty much every hip-hop video on the planet, the expectations for this video are set really high. Like, Christmas-morning-when-you're-six-years-old high.

Rihanna tweeted with the picture, "Turn up the lights in here baby, EXTRA BRIGHT b----es!!!" Is that a little secret letting us in on what the video might entail? We can't really get a good look at the set or, more importantly, Rihanna's outfit for the video, but we're going to guess it might have something to do with...lights!! I know, we're smart like that.

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Most of the songs we've heard from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy have been collaborative tracks. The scary posse cut, "Monster," features Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross; the lean "So Appalled" features super producers RZA and Swizz Beatz; and most of the other tracks feature appearances from Charlie Wilson and The Clipse's Pusha T.

In terms of collaborations, the newly leaked "All Of The Lights" is a supersize one. According to MTV News, the track features--deep breath--Rihanna, Alicia Keys, John Legend, The-Dream, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John (on piano), Ryan Leslie, Charlie Wilson, Tony Williams and La Roux singer Elly Jackson.

It's kind of a dizzying situation: Rihanna handles the hook, much in the fashion of "Live Your Life." The song features some piano tinkling in the middle courtesy of Elton, a ragga-rap part by Fergie and a sort of second chorus by Alicia Keys.

For what it's worth, "All Of The Lights" is not an official G.O.O.D. Friday release from Kanye, but it's definitely worth your attention. It's is sort of like "Through The Wire," on steroids. It's beefed up, with swirling keyboards, horns and a military beat, while Kanye raps about Michael Jackson's death and going toward that light that meets you at the end. Stirring stuff!

Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is out Nov. 22.

+ Listen to Kanye West's "All Of The Lights," here WARNING: NSFW

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What, you were expecting her to go as a gargoyle or something? Come on! It's Kim Kardashian, you little ghouls. Of course Kim's going to take a beloved character from folklore and get a little freaky with it.

Here we have Kim Kardashian, arriving at Seal and Heidi Klum's annual Halloween party in New York City. In what is fast becoming an insane version of the Met Costume Institute Gala (the one hosted by Anna Wintour that brought out Katy Perry in a neon-lit dress), the Klum-Seal jam saw many a celeb dressed up to the nines.

John Legend and his girlfriend appeared as Anthony and Cleopatra (no, those aren't "Jersey Shore" characters), "Project Runway" winner Gretchen Jones dressed up as famous (and mysterious) aviator Amelia Earhart and the hosts...well, just look:

Speechless. Kim Kardashian certainly turned a lot of heads with her version of Little Red Riding Hood. She even brought along her own Big Bad Wolf in the form of Hollywood scene stalwart Jonathan Cheban. Never let it be said that Kim Kardashian doesn't come prepared.

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Kanye West, as you already no doubt have gathered from his lyrics, his tweets and his threads -- and as you can see from the above photo of with No Doubt singer and, for our purposes here, L.A.M.B. designer Gwen Stefani -- is nothing if not a dedicated follower of fashion. So it's no surprise that his latest G.O.O.D. Friday release (the producer/MC/provocateur's running free music series, released via Twitter every Friday) is named "Christian Dior Denim Flow" and features lyrical references to half a dozen supermodels.

Name-checking catwalk queens such as Esti Ginzburg, Selita Ebanks and Doutzen Kroes, Kanye takes us behind the velvet rope, into a V.I.P. world most will never experience--hanging out with Leo (one safely assumes this is Leo DiCaprio) and working out a "master plan."

Kanye's clearly using these songs as a kind of public workshop, trying out new sounds and new flows. "Christian Dior Denim Flow" is a rather dark track, with distorted vocals and a creeping beat, the exact opposite vibe that you'd expect on a song that espouses the glory of hanging with models.

'Yeezy is also using these tracks as a chance to collaborate with a variety of artists he respects, from Bon Iver to R&B legend Charlie Murphy. "Christian Dior Denim Flow" is no different, with guest appearances from R&B crooners John Legend and Ryan Leslie and verses from Pusha T of The Clipse (who has become a staple of Kanye's recent tracks), Lloyd Banks and Kid Cudi.

+ Listen to Kanye West's "Christian Dior Denim Flow."

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Dropping a song a week on Twitter isn't enough: We need a Kanye West album. Sure, "So Appalled," "Devil In A New Dress" and all the other G.O.O.D. Fridays tracks that Kanye has released to fans, via his blog and Twitter, have been awesome. But we want something to have and hold--a full set songs to devour and argue about. Well, apparently, we won't have to wait much longer, as Kanye is reportedly going to release his still-not-officially titled (though some think it will be called Dark Twisted Fantasy) album on Nov. 22.

Here are 5 things you need to know about one of the most anticipated albums of the year:

1. Kanye West's new album has literally been a year in the making.
Kanye West told XXL Magazine that he began work on his fifth solo album on Jan. 1, 2010. The possible album of the year could be a year in the making! (OK, maybe it's a little less than a year, but close.)

2. Kanye West's new album will see him cleaning out his closet.
So far, what we've heard from Kanye has been largely full of swagger and confidence. But one of the reasons Kanye West resonates with so many people is his vulnerability. Expect some songs on the new album to touch on the passing of his beloved mother, his breakup with Amber Rose and maybe even the 2009 MTV VMAs incident with Taylor Swift.

3. Kanye West's new album will see him make a return to his hip-hop roots.
After the goth-pop/hip-hop hybrid of 808s & Heartbreak, Kanye has promised a return to the old boom-bap, employing the talents of Golden Age producers like Pete Rock to help him craft a dusty hip-hop sound.

4. Kanye West's new album will feature a who's who of pop music talent.
From Rick Ross to Nicki Minaj to John Legend to Jay-Z to indie-rocker Bon Iver (who, according to an interview with Pitchfork, sang on upwards of 10 tracks), Kanye's new album will feature some dazzling collaborations.

5. Kanye West's new album will be an event.
Kanye West released "Power," his "comeback" single, in the spring. Since then it's been a steady succession of Twitter outbursts, officially leaked songs, a 2010 MTV VMAs appearance, random performances at Fashion Week and whatever else you can think of--all leading up to the release of this album. Drake has already called it "one of the best hip-hop albums of the last 10 years." Expect nothing short of a national holiday when this thing finally drops.

November can't get here soon enough! What are you hoping to hear on Kanye West's new album? Let us know in the comments!

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