Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, and Ke$ha lead off a huge music Monday: What albums are you buying?

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After months of ever-quotable interviews, ballerina adorned performances, defiant rap verses, and some hilarious tweets, the day has finally come. Kanye West's highly anticipated My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is out today! The grade A album delivers on all fronts, with rhymes that are both brash and heartfelt and maximalist beats rich with strings, horns, and bass. In a year that's seen stellar hip-hop albums from Eminem, Rick Ross, and Drake, this one reigns supreme.

Also out today is feisty newcomer Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. Her debut set, boasting her soft rap ballads "Right Thru Me" and "Your Love," also features appearances from Kanye West, Drake, and Eminem. And after scoring several No. 1 songs at the top of the year, Ke$ha's Cannibal EP with eight new songs hit stores as well. Its lead single "We R Who We R" topped Billboard's hot 100 chart a few weeks back.

The loaded Monday continues with The Rolling Stones releasing their The Rolling Stones 1964-1969 box set, R&B titan Ne-Yo letting Libra Scale loose and Justin Bieber going simple, releasing his My Worlds Acoustic. So this question is simple: What albums are you buying this week? Let us know.

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