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Jim Jones Covers Our December/January Issue!

Ah, Jimmy Jones. You thought he was done after “Ballin’”? Think again. With a starring role in an off-Broadway play called The Hip-Hop Monologues and his latest single “Pop Champagne” terrorizing clubs around the nation, it’s official: Capo is back in a major way.

In early 2009, Jones will drop his fourth album (and first major label look) Prey IV Reign, as well as a fitness DVD, a Damon Dash produced documentary and a role in Starz drama Crash. By now, we’re sure you read the Daily News article about Dame Dash’s comments, but get ready for the full story. In our Jim Jones interview (with an assist from Dame), he speaks on Jay-Z, Cam’ron, Kanye, Max B, and of course the controversial T.I swag-check that we leaked weeks ago. Read The Full Cover Story Here before the issue hits stands on December 4. And below, we’ve posted two hilarious videos taken on the set of our shoot…

We Became Part Of The Entourage

There’s been tons of porn star cameos on Entourage, we compiled all of ‘em. [LINK]

We debuted our World Wide Wednesday column by featuring the hottest 9 Iranian women. [LINK]

Nigo spoke about his love life and Nike criticism. [LINK]

The minivan is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, we looked back at the auto’s greatest moments. [LINK]

And From The Complex Network:
Nah Right: Ludacris ft. Nas and Jay-Z “I do it for Hip-Hop”. [LINK]

Bastardly: We never get tired of Scarlett’s Twos. [LINK]

KicksOnFire: Air Jordan Ol’ School, style. [LINK]

Das Gamer: Check out Call of Duty, World At War. [LINK]

On Smash: Peep the Sony UX Micro PC. [LINK]

Nice Kicks: The Good, The Bad, The Fugly [LINK]

Marisa Miller Brings Us Over The Hump

Hands up! We got a new prez, and Marisa Miller underwear pics. Good day. [Bastardly]

Jay-Z celebrates the election results with a brand new song called “History”. [Nah Right]

ACG is coming back strong this season, check out these Wildwood Supreme’s. [Nice Kicks]

And now, a nutshot prank. [Double Viking]

Heidi Klum looks orgasmic in her new ad for Guitar Hero. [Das Gamer]

4th Quarter Rap Releases: What Are The Odds?

Ah, the Fourth Quarter, every rap fan’s favorite time of year. Ever since ‘98 when Russell and Lyor conspired to inflate the value of Def Jam before they sold their remaining stake by releasing Jay-Z, DMX, Redman, Foxy Brown and Method Man back-to-back, Q4 has been synonymous with the biggest and best rap releases. And, boy, this year the labels need their franchise players to put numbers on the board… BADLY. Seriously, it’s a shit-show out there. However, no matter how much the bosses want these albums to drop, they can’t just will their marquee acts into wrapping their record.

Since it’s all about side bets these days (peace to our peeps flippin’ Default Credit Swaps like weight), Complex has decided to look at this year’s supposed holiday releases and set the odds on whether big dogs like Eminem, Jay-Z, and Kanye West can get it together in order to save their bosses’ jobs. Read on for our exclusive analysis and get ready to place your bets…

Eva Mendes Is Camera Shy

It could’ve been worse, Eva could’ve smashed some cameras like Kanye did. [Bastardly]

Check out 10 different pairs of sneakers Kevin Garnett has worn since being in the league.[Nice Kicks]

Mila Kunis not loves video games, no joke. Check this interview. [Das Gamer]

Check out some celebrity stoners caught on tape. [COED]

Jay-Z got recognized for his work with Water For Life. Nice. [Nah Right]

Remembering Hip-Hop’s Greatest Release Date

Okay, so it’s Tuesday and it hasn’t even occurred to you to go CD shopping, huh? You probably downloaded the latest T.I. album for free and thought, “Hmm, if this was better I’d think about investing the time to illegally downloading that Big Kuntry album too.” Truth is, hip hop wasn’t always this depressing.

In fact, 10 years ago, on September 29, 1998, members of the Complex staff stood on line at Tower Records because hip hop was sofa king hot that there were 5 highly anticipated albums from marquee acts all dropping at the same time and we had to have them all. It was like Kanye and 50’s totally totally hetero gladiator showdown last year, except even more manly. In honor of the anniversary, we decided to take a look back at the 5 landmark albums and see how they’ve held up a decade later…

R+ Roc Climber (Jay-Z) Boots

If you’re looking to get your Roc Boy starter-kit on, you might want to start with this R+ “Roc Climber”, Jay-Z’s new signature boot. The new footwear sets out to encapsulate the evolution of the Rocawear Men’s line, as well as to capture Hovie’s “music, swagger, and lifestyle.”

We’re not sure about all that, but the production is quality, with the hard-bottoms being developed in Italy, and superior leather (on the black colorup) and suede (on the wheat make-up after the jump) uppers. Check for these at key Rocawear accounts on 11/1, and look for Jigga to be rockin’ these throughout his press run for The Blueprint 3. Get them online now, right HERE.
$119, www.roc-climber-store.com

When Celebs Break Up With Losers

According to The New York Post’s “Page Six,” Olympian and Dallas Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd recently got on a model diet and dropped the few pounds of useless human being that was his girlfriend May Andersen (she’s a model—get it?).

Apparently tabloid coverage of her wild partying with other useless human beings like Lindsay Lohan was distracting him from his quest to win gold in Beijing. (Of course, it could also be that the erratic shooter can’t bury the J from distance and she’s too vacuous to date when all you can do is have conversations with her.) In honor of Kidd crossing his chick up and leaving her behind, check out other noteworthy players who dumped the dead weight to pursue greatness.

Killin’ It

We warned you that having sexy-time with these chicks may kill ya. [LINK]

There’s only a few days left to click your way to 16 pairs of brand new X-Games kicks. [LINK]

We offered a look back at the most notable rapper/producer breakups. [LINK]

For the Olympics, we analyzed China’s Greatest Exports, and Nike’s Olympic Shoe Game.

And From The Complex Network:

Nah Right: Jay-Z and Mayor Bloomberg run NYC. [LINK]

Nice Kicks: The O.G Air Max 90 Infrared is coming back out. [LINK]

On Smash: If you haven’t heard yet, Brett’s a Jet. [LINK]

Bastardly: Who’s sluttier, Kim K or Carmen Electra? [LINK]

Das Gamer: Hitler won’t be toting guns in the new Wolfenstein game. [LINK]

Eva Gets Banned In The U.S.A

Eva Mendes CK ads are banned in the U.S, which means shit now that we have this thing called the Internet. [Flisted]

Check out Nike SB’s August lineup. [Nice Kicks]

Wayne and Hovie get parodied in this hilarious Mr. Carter spoof. [Nah Right]

Homemade shower scenes just got a boost with this creation. [Ballerhouse]

Nintendo isn’t f’ing around with that company that jacked their characters for wallpaper. [Das Gamer]