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NICKI MINAJ "Pink Friday" (Cash Money, 3 stars)

Establishing herself as the go-to female guest rapper, with scene-stealing verses on songs by Usher, Ludacris, Trey Songz, Christina Aguilera, and, most recently and impressively, Kanye West's "Monster," cartoonishly costumed, Trinidadian-American emcee Nicki Minaj has appeared on 15 - 15! - cuts that have reached the Billboard Top 100 in the last year.

It's easier, however, to drop in and steal the show than it is to sustain a personal vision that's about more than how awesome you are.

Minaj has plenty of moves. She sings serviceably on the choruses of several of the softer, less compelling "Pink Friday" tunes, and she has an army of alter egos at her disposal. Among them is the attack dog Roman Zolanski, into whose persona she steps on "Roman's Revenge." That's a vicious back-and-forth with Eminem in which she takes a familiar Slim Shady tactic: picking on somebody not really equipped to fight back, in this case her former idol, Lil' Kim. "Pink Friday" is a bit of an all-over-the-place mess, but with assistance from Rihanna, Drake, and will.i.am, it still offers a selection of profane pleasures to pick and choose from.