Kanye West, Drake, Eminem, Rihanna and Natasha Bedingfield make appearances on MC’s debut LP.
By Mawuse Ziegbe

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Young Money spitter Nicki Minaj has already revealed that her hotly-anticipated debut, Pink Friday, will feature a collabo with hip-hop heavyweight Eminem, as well as contributions from her colorful alter egos. However, the album’s recently unveiled track list shows that the “Right Thru Me” hitmaker has corralled an A-list roster of features for her major-label maiden voyage.

“Blazin,” a collaboration with “genius” MC Kanye West, appears on the track list for the deluxe version of Friday, which hit iTunes Saturday. Rihanna, who teamed up with Minaj for the Loud collaboration “Raining Men,” returns the favor on the track “Fly.” The will.i.am-assisted single “Check It Out” and “Moment 4 Life,” featuring Minaj’s labelmate and ex-Twitter husband Drake, also appear on the album. Perhaps one of the more surprising guests is British songstress Natasha Bedingfield, who lends her skills to “Last Chance.”

Minaj, who gave MTV News a preview of the album’s vibe with a freestyle during “RapFix Live” last week, has built her mainstream career by consistently knocking out powerhouse features for everyone from Trey Songz to Diddy. Even though she’s ready to run the game with her solo work, the breakout femcee has maintained she’s down to work with anyone who can contribute to an inventive collabo. While entertaining the idea of jumping on a track with fellow music original Lady Gaga, Minaj insisted she wouldn’t pass up a partnership with potential.

“I’m inspired by her creativity,” Minaj said during her recent “RapFix Live” interview. “The women in the game, I never say I would never work with them because, in fact, if there’s an opportunity for me to work with them, and it’s a way that we can kill the game and do something crazy, why would I turn that down?”

Here’s the track list for Pink Friday, which is slated to hit stores November 22.

1. I’m The Best
2. Roman’s Revenge (featuring Eminem)
3. Did It On ‘Em
4. Right Thru Me
5. Fly (featuring Rihanna)
6. Save Me
7. Moment 4 Life (featuring Drake)
8. Check It Out (featuring will.i.am)
9. Blazin (featuring Kanye West)
10. Here I Am
11. Dear Old Nicki
12. Your Love
13. Last Chance (featuring Natasha Bedingfield)
14. Super Bass
15. Blow Ya Mind
16. Muny
17. Girls Fall Like Dominoes [Bonus Track]

What song you looking forward to hearing from Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday? Let us know in the comments!

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Lea Michele dons Brit’s naughty schoolgirl look for a faithful cover of the 1998 hit.
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It was the song that launched the career of one of the most beloved, albeit troubled, pop stars of the past decade. Its iconic video spawned a modern-day “Lolita” and earned the title of #1 first favorite video on “TRL.” So, of course, Britney Spears’ 1998 smash “… Baby One More Time” was an obvious choice for Tuesday night’s episode of “Glee.”

While general-anesthesia-induced hallucinations had another Brittany (Heather Morris) tackling “Me Against the Music” and “I’m a Slave 4 U,” star Lea Michele took on the timelessly catchy “…Baby One More Time.” As Michele mimicked Spears’ naughty schoolgirl look, the instantly recognizable opening notes pounded on the piano (though the “Glee” version had a slight change of key). With her throaty “Oh bay-buh, bay-buh,” Michele effortlessly channeled the song (surprisingly enough, she sounded downright restrained) that made the former “Mickey Mouse Club” member a superstar.

It’s fitting that “Glee” paid homage to the song that is but a few weeks away from celebrating its 12th anniversary. (Go on and take a moment to absorb that information.) “… Baby One More Time,” the first single of Spears’ debut album of the same name, was released in the United States in late October 1998.

Of course, it could have all sounded very different if writer Max Martin had followed through with his original plan to have R&B heavyweights TLC sing the track. The song was also originally titled “Hit Me Baby One More Time” but was changed due to concerns about it being misinterpreted.

In Spears’ capable 16-year-old pigtails, the single went on to sell over 9 million copies, garnered Spears her first Grammy nomination (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, which she lost to Sarah McLachlan for “I Will Remember You”) and reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The rest of the album featured other Spears hits, including “(You Drive Me) Crazy” and “Sometimes,” but neither of those songs left quite the same impact.

Spears told Blender — which placed the track at the #9 spot on its list of “The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born” — that the song wasn’t an easy undertaking for her at first (of course, neither was the immense fame that followed). Spears revealed, “I didn’t do well at all the first day in the studio. I was just too nervous. So I went out that night and had some fun. The next day I was completely relaxed and nailed it. You gotta be relaxed singing ‘… Baby One More Time.’ ”

Spears looked more than at ease during awards show appearances that followed, namely the 1999 VMAs, in which the leather-clad pop princess took the stage alongside her tourmates ‘NSYNC for a “… Baby One More Time”/ “Tearin’ Up My Heart” showstopper.

Of course, long before the folks at “Glee” took “… Baby One More Time” out for a spin, countless other musicians had already had at it. From punk rock (Simple Plan) to acoustic (Travis), Spears’ song has been refashioned (albeit, sometimes ironically) in many genres. Take, for instance, Bowling for Soup’s cover of the ditty, which wound up on Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies. And even Jamie Lee Curtis and Chad Michael Murray took a crack at it in the 2003 film “Freaky Friday.”

What did you think of the “Glee” covers of Britney’s songs? Share your reviews in the comments.

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‘Found footage is a fairly important part of it,’ Oren Peli tells MTV News of first two films.
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After driving a movie that made more than $40 million its first weekend, the demon will rise again. Make no mistake about it: A sequel to “Paranormal Activity 2″ will happen, and filmmakers already know where to take the story.

As director Tod Williams told us, he and the rest of the “PA” crew came up with a slew of ideas about the direction “PA 3″ should take. But at this point, according to “PA” creator Oren Peli, no threequel discussions have taken place with Paramount.

“There haven’t been any talks that I’ve been involved in,” he told MTV News on Wednesday. “It’s only been a couple of days since the weekend. I’m sure people are talking about it and thinking about it. There are probably going to be some discussions.”

Peli said that, if “PA 3″ is made, there’s little chance he’ll jump back into the director’s chair. “For now I’m happy with my role as a producer,” he said.

As a producer, though, he was intimately involved with the creation of “PA 2,” and he told us that whatever happens in “PA 3,” the movie needs to stay true to its roots of being found-footage-based and taking place in a regular family’s house.

“I think found footage is a fairly important part of it in the way it presents the movie in very authentic footage, so it doesn’t feel like a movie,” he said. “And I think the other thing is what happens in your own home at night while you’re asleep and you’re vulnerable and there’s an unseen force. You don’t know what it is, you don’t know how to protect yourself from it.”

Check out everything we’ve got on “Paranormal Activity 2.”

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After driving a movie that made more than $40 million its first weekend, the demon will rise again. Make no mistake about it: A sequel to “Paranormal Activity 2″ will happen, and filmmakers already know where to take the story.

As director Tod Williams told us, he and the rest of the “PA” crew came up with a slew of ideas about the direction “PA 3″ should take. But at this point, according to “PA” creator Oren Peli, no threequel discussions have taken place with Paramount.

“There haven’t been any talks that I’ve been involved in,” he told MTV News on Wednesday. “It’s only been a couple of days since the weekend. I’m sure people are talking about it and thinking about it. There are probably going to be some discussions.”

Peli said that, if “PA 3″ is made, there’s little chance he’ll jump back into the director’s chair. “For now I’m happy with my role as a producer,” he said.

As a producer, though, he was intimately involved with the creation of “PA 2,” and he told us that whatever happens in “PA 3,” the movie needs to stay true to its roots of being found-footage-based and taking place in a regular family’s house.

“I think found footage is a fairly important part of it in the way it presents the movie in very authentic footage, so it doesn’t feel like a movie,” he said. “And I think the other thing is what happens in your own home at night while you’re asleep and you’re vulnerable and there’s an unseen force. You don’t know what it is, you don’t know how to protect yourself from it.”

Check out everything we’ve got on “Paranormal Activity 2.”

For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

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