Sunday Six Pack: Football’s Best Rappers

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Today marks a momentous occasion: we are officially changing the label of the Weekend Six Pack to the Sunday Six Pack. All of us at TK are excited to announce our new sponsorship deal with Sunday, the leading brand in weekend relaxation and sabathtry. Sunday has a long history of taking it easy, and we believe this sponsorship deal reflects the values and culture of TK’s Six Pack.

We’re so excited, we feel like singing. In fact, were so jacked up on OE that we feel like rapping on straight ghetto beats. Some real Young Jeezy shit. Maybe we can get some input from the fly rap lords that have come out of the football world. There seems to be quite a few, but here are our favorites. Without further gangstertry, the Sunday Six Pack: Football’s Best Rappers…

Asamoah Gyan (aka Baby Jet) – By far, he has to be TK’s favorite rapping footballer. Sure, he only actually sings in the video below for about 20 seconds, but it’s a pretty fresh 20 seconds. The dude enjoys his football, has talent, and dances so well that he gets white dutch dudes into it… even if a certain white dutch dude shouldn’t be dancing.

Ryan Babel (aka Rio) – Speaking about Dutch people, Ryan Babel, aka Rio, isn’t too shabby when it comes to spiting fire. Sure, I don’t exactly understand Dutch, but I can see that Ryan has, what we in the business call, “mad flow”. If you want the English translation, you can watch the video on YouTube to get it. Or you can just watch this video which offers up made up, but funny, lyrics. Unless you’re all about Rio Ferdinand, then you won’t like it. Also, check him rapping with fellow dutchie, Royston Drenthe (Roya). Good damn, I need to learn Dutch.

Clint Dempsey (aka The Deuce) – You’ve all probably seen this video before of our American/East Texas native going wild on the mic. Is it a bit silly? Sure. But does he rep US Soccer and his home hardcore? Yes. That’s all I ask of my rappers who have crossed over into playing for Team USA. It’s also a sort of homage to US Soccer’s old and much better slogan: Don’t Tread On Me. The best part about his rapping has to be this interview with Setanta. I love how the posh English guy tries to act like he’s into rap when he gets The Deuce to let loose. Silly Englishman, leave thuging to us.

1988 Liverpool Squad – First off, I apologize for putting this on here, because there’s no way you’ll be able to get the annoying shriek on John Barnes’ intro out of your head. But it’s a fun video to watch. There are some silly performances, but I get a kick out of watching Steve McManaman and Steve Nicol in particular. They’re the highlight of the song by far. Do this for me: stop the video at the 2:08 mark, and see if you’d ever guess that guy would be one the most successful coaches in MLS history. And yes… it is absurd that this single peaked at #3 in the UK.

Paul Gascoigne – What can I say about this one? … It get’s an A for effort. Apart from Gazza’s never ending fist pumping routine and general despair of talent, it’s bearable. It’s catchy. It’s even got a saxophone solo. Ok, I’m gonna stop trying to polish this turd. Moving on.

Djibril Cisse – Ok, he’s not a rapper, but the dude loves making beats. And if I do say so myself, they’re not that bad. In fact, he’s got his own album: Music In Me – The DJ Inside Me. Check out his MySpace page to listen to some of the tracks. If you’re one of those club types that enjoys spending $10 per drink to dance with ladies way out of your league, add it to your collection. Even if you like more thuging beats and grinding on some females, you should still check it out. It’s got a bit of something for everyone. Is The Bigsleezy’s pro-cisse slant projecting a bit of bias onto this list? Absolutely. DC9 legend.