Winding Down Winding Down: Holly Madison Takes Us To Friday

Seriously, Holly Madison is pretty in the face. [Moe Jackson]

It’s not winter yet but the Vans “Peacoat” Chukkas are already on deck. [Daily Drop]

Ha. Kourtney Kardashian got knocked up because she forgot to take the pill. [PopCrunch]

Check out these awesome baseball fight videos. [Coed Mag]

Sit back. Relax. Look at hotties in the wild. [Double Viking]

This might be the first complete history of tramp stamps. [Flisted]

Slaughterhouse chats with Angie Martinez and declares the Wu beef pretty much dead. [Nah Right]

We usually rep for Heidi Montag and these pictures explain why. [Holy Taco]

Music Album of the Week: Slaughterhouse “Slaughterhouse” + Bonus Complex 7 Interview

ARTIST: Slaughterhouse

ALBUM: Slaughterhouse

SOUNDS LIKE: Punchline-heavy verses from the ’90s x Non-commercial production from ‘09

FUN FACT: The four MCs initially came together on “Slaughterhouse”—a track included on Joe Budden’s Halfway House. Nino Bless, who was also featured on the song, wasn’t invited to join the group because other members felt he didn’t pay enough dues.

WHY COMPLEX IS CO-SIGNING IT: There have been many hip-hop “supergroups” that looked great on paper, but never fully materialized on wax. In that sense, Slaughterhouse—consists of Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, and Royce Da 5′9″—deserves praise just for putting out an actual album. In addition, more praise is due, since all four MCs deliver on the album as a unit. And let’s be clear: Slaughterhouse isn’t necessarily built for the current market. What fans can hear is exactly what you might expect—verses filled with vicious punchlines and sharp deliveries that are guaranteed to get heads nodding.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW AND OUR COMPLEX 7 INTERVIEW WITH SLAUGHTERHOUSE!

Music The 21 Greatest Hip-Hop Supergroups of All Time

Ah, the hip-hop supergroup. It’s a mythical hybrid beast, like a chimera or a gryphon, whose whole is greater than the sum of its constituent parts (at least ideally). But for all the planned and discussed supergroups out there, few come to fruition, and those that do are often doomed to travel the decimated rap landscape like so many zeebroids and beefalos, toiling in obscurity.

But lo! What’s that? This week is a banner week for hip-hop supergroups, you say? Slaughterhouse dropped a video on Monday, and grafted-devil saviors La Coka Nostra released an album yesterday? Well, lordy be! That must mean it’s time for another exhaustive Complex compendium! Read on to travel back in time and relive 21 of the greatest and not-so-greatest supergroups (planned and real) to bless our tape decks (yes, tape decks), presented in alphabetical order to forestall any squabbling between Cuban Link and MC Eiht.

Wake N' Watch Wake N’ Watch: Slaughterhouse “The One”

Remember the summer of 2007’s #2 pop smash “Party Like A Rockstar” by Atlanta rap group Shop Boyz? The new single by hip-hop’s underdog supergroup Slaughterhouse—comprised of major label refugees Joe Budden, Royce Da 5′9″, Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz—is nothing at all like that. Nah. This shit is lyrical, B! Fuck a ringtone!

Sidenote: someone needs to tell Royce that listening to Nickelback isn’t ironic…it’s just t-t-totally lame!