Rihanna New Album Release Soon!? Beyonce Collaboration Beef Over, Kanye West '1988' Surprise

Despite constant delays, rumors now suggest that Rihanna will release her new album in just a few days! And apparently, it's totally worth the wait...

According to the infamous gossip webloid MediaTakeOut.com, Rih and Def Jam wanted to surprise anxious members of #TeamNavy with a surprise debut this weekend. And here are some "insider" details...

The "FourFiveSeconds" beauty did complete an entire record ealier this year, but trashed the whole thing. She wanted something fresh. So, the label called Kanye West for some help. An alleged MTO snitch explains:

"Yeezy was brought in basically to make sure that the album would work."

So over the past month, the 27-year-old Barbadian beauty basically locked herself up in the studio (well, besides spending some time with new rumored boyfriend, Travis Scott).

Anyway, the final compilation's now done, and Roc Nation ultimately signed-off on everything last week. And as if the hip-hop rivalry couldn't get anymore intense, the report suggests that "just like Beyonce did last November, Rihanna and Def Jam plan to 'secretly' relase the album this weekend."

How exciting! Twitter fans can't really wait anymore:

@KareemFenty: "I want my girlie @rihanna to release her album. Who else is with me on this?"

@_OfficialParis_: "When is Rihanna's album gonna drop? Summer is almost over! :(."

@MADBLACKTHOT: "Whenever you release your album in 2066 please don't surprise drop it bc I want to keep the few hairs left on my head @rihanna."

@TheARTprint: "Wtf is Rihanna doing. The biggest stars in pop music are all either starting or almost finishing their album... rn is the time to release #R8!"

@HolyJaxon: "Kurt Cobain is releasing a solo album and hes been dead for 20 years yet rihanna hasnt released R8."

@taayanthony: "tired of waiting for this damn album @rihanna."

@Boom_likean808: "Rihanna is really doing what Beyonce did with her last album. Release a couple random videos and singles disappear and keep quiet."

@_Reezus____: "Rihanna so bad her fans don't even care she hasn't given them an album in years."

@tmiaIex: "I still have high hopes Rihanna is going to give us the best album of her career." 

@mrLdavis: "Never thought in a million years I would be yearning for a Rihanna album."

Thankfully, the source also says that "this album will make Rihanna the number one artist in the world. Bigger than Taylor Swift or Beyonce." Oh, and it's allegedly entitled 1988 (not R8 as initially suggested).

So let's see what happens! Interestingly enough, RiRi will supposedly debut her first collaboration with Jay-Z's wife. Nicki Minaj, HOV, and West will also be featured on the record. Stay tuned as more detail develop over the weekend. Sound-off in the comments section below!