Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, known primarily for being an excellent football player, but also for not talking to the media, making lewd gestures while scoring touchdowns and running over defenders on his way to the end zone, will appear in a music video with the rapper, Ludacris. The track title: "Beast Mode," named after Lynch himself.
Ludacris went on ESPN's His & Hers and said of Lynch and the track, "The same way he's plowing down people on the field, I'm plowing down people in the music industry and all these rappers. It's a song that has no hook, it's three minutes of just metaphors and just going in."
You can listen to the track below: (WARNING: NSFW LYRICS)
Lynch, of course, is not the first NFL player to appear in a music video. There was Deion Sanders on his own 1993 track, "Must be the Money," which, well... here, just listen. I can't do it justice.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck was in a very, very strange music video created by The Onion for a song called, "Tough Season: Cheeseburger In A Coconut (Brought to you by Lenovo)." No idea what's going on here.
Jets wideout Eric Decker appeared in his wife's music video (for a song called "Clint Eastwood," for some reason). He smolders, plays a guitar, chews on a cigar and holds a baby, among other things.
Then there are the music videos made by the teams themselves. It was an especially big thing in the mid-to-late 1980's, apparently. Most famously, there is "Super Bowl Shuffle," by the 1985 Chicago Bears.
But they're not the only team to do something like this. The 85 Seahawks made a video for a track called, "The Blue Wave is on a Roll." (Check out Mike Tice's excellent spin move at 0:49 of that one) In 1986, Rams ("Ram It"), Raiders ("Silver and Black Attack"), Cowboys ("I Don't Want to be Home for Christmas" and "Twelve Days of Christmas"), Browns ("Masters of the Gridiron") and Washington ("Thanks to the 12th Man!") all made music videos.
The 1988 Eagles had, "Buddy's Watching You," presumably referring to then-head coach Buddy Ryan.
I'm sort of embarassed to admit I actually find this kind of catchy.
Anyway, 1989 saw the 49ers (the creative named "49ers Rap," which probably features the worst actual rapping of any of these raps, particularly from Jerry Rice at 1:30), Bengals ("Who Dey Rap") and Dolphins ("Can't Touch Us," a remake of MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This.")
Here's hoping Lynch's appearance in Ludacris' video is better than most of these.
