5 NFL team raps you may not remember

#4: Los Angeles Raiders "Silver/Black Attack"

The Oakland Raiders franchise was founded in 1960, and stayed in Oakland until 1981. From 1982, the Raiders team was based in Los Angeles, where it remained until 1994. A return to Oakland was made in 1995.

During that L.A. run of the Raiders, a novelty-rap song called "The Silver/Black Attack" -- also written as "The Silver-Black Attack" and "The Silver & Black Attack" -- was released in 1986. As noted by the Washington Post: "On the chorus, 26 Raiders form a bizarre choir that comes across as USA for Africa on steroids. In another characteristic move, the 0-1 Raiders made the 4 1/2-minute record not for charity but for profit."

The opening verse is done by linebacker Howie Long, a future Hall Of Famer also regarded as a top on-air broadcast journalist. As rapped by defensive back Lester Hayes within "The Silver/Black Attach": "I play the corner and I play it great. How do I do it? I intimidate. When those receivers come off the line. I greet them in a way that's uniquely mine."

To my ears, this recording was clearly a cash-in on "The Super Bowl Shuttle" craze, yet its use of metal-style riffs and a guitar solo makes it more palatable than many other NFL teams' recordings within the 1980s.