Rihanna Grows Up On New Album!

VIA NYD:

Rihanna’s growing up, and she’s invited the big boys to play on her new album.

Among the heavy hitters slated to lend their voices to the new disc are Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Soulja Boy, Perez Hilton reports, citing sources at Def Jam records.

Not sharing the spotlight with any lady friends, huh RiRi?

The same whisperers at Def Jam say that the album will crossover into rock and pop and overall present a more mature Rihanna than fans have enjoyed in the past, according to Hilton.

The album will also feature duets, one of which was supposed to be sung with Chris Brown before the altercation that landed the former lovebirds on front pages for months. (On June 22, Brown pleaded guilty to hitting her after a pre-Grammy’s party in February.)

There is no word on who she’ll be performing the duets with instead.

The name of the album is going to be kept a secret until the “last moment,” said the insiders quoted, but it will “mark the spirits forever.”

Pretty strong stuff from a songbird who’s yet to see 22, but has clearly lived a lot already.