T-Pain reveals the man behind the mask on the cover of his fourth album rEVOLVEr. The Auto-Tune master shows his evolution with five different versions of himself wearing Hannibal Lecter-style getups. The long-delayed project, due December 6, features the singles “5 O’Clock” with Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen and the Chris Brown-assisted “Best Love Song.”

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Rihanna strikes a sassy pose on the close-up cover of her sixth album Talk That Talk. The pop vixen licks her lips as she grips her forehead on the attitude-oozing artwork for the standard edition, with the album’s title tatted on her arm. She also unveils a second black-and-white image for the deluxe, below, where smoke billows from her mouth as she gazes into the camera with piercing eyes.

The album, due November 21, features the single “We Found Love” produced by Calvin Harris. The Melina-directed video, which she considers her best yet, will premiere later this month. “Saw the first cut for #WFL video today! Aw man, brace ya’self! Made me tear up like a lil bitch!!!” tweeted RiRi.

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Rick Ross takes the wraps off the fold-out cover for his fifth album God Forgives, I Don’t, coming December 13. The project boasts the Just Blaze-produced single “I Love My Bitches” and “You the Boss” featuring Nicki Minaj, both available on iTunes now. The Teflon Don also hinted that we may hear a fourth installment in his “Maybach Music” series.

“My vision for this album is so clear, everything’s falling into place,” Rozay told Rolling Stone. “I’m excited to see the response to this album—I expect it to be bigger than my previous one.”

Wale looks to the sky on the illustrated cover of his sophomore album Ambition, due November 1. The project, his first on Maybach Music Group, features the J. Cole-assisted single “Bad Girls Club” and “Lotus Flower Bomb” featuring Miguel.

The D.C. rapper continues giving music to his fans with the release of “Tatts on My Arm” featuring his label boss Rick Ross. Listen below.

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Drake strikes gold on the opulent cover of his sophomore album Take Care, due October 24. Young Money’s Canadian superstar pensively sits at a table with a gold goblet, October’s Very Own owl, and candlestick. According to Drizzy, the album will be available in three versions—the standard, Birthday Edition, and Take Care OG Ron C Edition. Stevie Wonder, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, and The Weeknd are all expected to make appearances.

He included the following message with the artwork…

“Feels like it’s been so long. Is life moving so fast in this generation that when we desire something it begins to move in slow motion? Are we just used to getting what we want right away? Or do we require one another to feel right about all that is going on around us? Maybe our anticipation is justified by the fact that we genuinely cannot wait to share a moment again? Either way, your life and mine are scheduled to meet on October 24…I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

Leona Lewis has stars in her eyes on the striking cover of her third album Glassheart. The British beauty pierces the artwork with her green eyes and brown hair, donning a red sequined dress.

The “X Factor” champ has collaborated with a talented group of hitmakers including Chuck Harmony, Claude Kelly, Andrea Martin, Kevin Rudolf, and Avicii, whose beat she borrowed for the lead dance single “Collide.” The album arrives in the U.K. on November 28.

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J. Cole prepares to take his shot with the cover of his Roc Nation debut Cole World: The Sideline Story, arriving in stores on September 27. The North Carolina MC sits pensively in the locker room awaiting his moment in the spotlight in the photo by Leann Mueller.

He told Rap-Up TV how he came up with the title. “I actually wanted to do Cole World for the second album title, but by the time people started suggesting it, it just kinda went all the way out the window,” he explained. “When I came up with an album title that I actually liked, it was The Sideline Story. But it felt incomplete. I felt like, ‘Oh man, let’s make it a series and make Cole World the Star Wars [with sub-titles].’ Cole World is something that my fans recognize and they love and I love it too.”

Cole also previews new music from the album in a new webisode, part of his Any Given Sunday series.

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The-Dream goes back in time with the bronze cover of his free Internet LP Terius Nash Est. 1977. The biblical artwork borrows from Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Adam and Eve Panel depicting the stories of Adam and Eve, Jacob and Esau, and David and Goliath.

The 10-track download, which will precede the singer-songwriter’s fourth album The Love, IV: Diary of a Madman, will be available by the end of the month featuring the single “Form of Flattery.”

“[It's] very personal and to my fans!” tweeted Dream of the project.

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Jason Derulo makes Future History on the cover of his sophomore album, due September 27. Following the success of his dance floor hit “Don’t Wanna Go Home,” the 21-year-old singer is readying “It Girl” as his next single. A video has already been shot by director Colin Tilley.

“The new album is a bunch of reinventions,” Jason previously told Rap-Up TV. “I’ve experienced so much in these last two years. When I recorded my first record I was 19 years old and now I’m 21. This record is completely different from the last.”