Music
The Year in Review: The 13 Best Songs of 2023
With a diverse list that can get you through a pregame pump-up or set the vibes at a pickup game, these are some of our favorite songs to release...
Fashion
The Nike x TDE Capsule Collection Looks Awfully Football-Inspired
In concurrence with its Championship Tour, hip-hop label Top Dawg Entertainment recently unveiled its capsule collection in collaboration with Nike, which includes two long sleeve tees, two jackets, two...
Music
Don’t Fake the Funk: Kosuke Takahashi’s Freestyler’s Playlist
Kosuke Takahashi has been busy building a name for himself in the increasingly competitive world of freestyle. After winning the Asian Freestyle Football Championship in 2015, he followed that up with...
Music
Why a Jay-Z Partnership With MLS Makes More Sense
While his status as rap's GOAT may remain untarnished, Jay-Z's legacy as a social rights activist has been put into question after his partnership announcement with the NFL. If...
Music
Now Retired From Rap, Here’s Why Waka Flocka Flame Should Get Involved With the Beautiful Game
With one of the most iconic names in hip-hop history, Waka Flocka Flame has been a steady presence in the Atlanta trap scene since his breakout in 2009. Besides...
Podcast
Ratcheton Joins the Urban Pitch Podcast
Discussing everything from his origins in the music industry to the need for more plus-sized soccer jerseys, music artist and friend of the show Ratcheton joins the latest episode...
Music
An Album that Defines Each NWSL Team’s Vibe Heading Into the 2024 Season
As we prepare for a new NWSL season, we take a look at the vibes surrounding each club, through the lens of different music albums.
The 2024 NWSL season is...
Fashion
Killa Villa Honors West Coast Hip-Hop Icons In Its Seriously Dope ‘LA Stories’ Collection
The latest of its hip-hop inspired jerseys, Killa Villa's "LA Stories" features a trio of kits inspired by West Coast rap legends NWA, Cypress Hill, and Snoop Dogg.
After paying...
Music
Cousin Feo and Lord Juco Are Looking to Go Back-to-Back With ‘Ballon d’Or’
Cousin Feo and Lord Juco are gearing up to release Ballon d'Or, their follow-up album to last year's Death at the Derby series, this Sunday. We sat down with them...
Music
Five 2020 Albums We’re Still Waiting For
If there's one thing this year has been good for, it's been music. We might have missed out on concerts and festivals, but there's been plenty of quality albums...
Music
8 Albums We’re Still Waiting For in 2021
We've received a few of the albums we were eagerly anticipating back in 2019 and 2020, but as always, there's still more to look forward to. From announced projects...
Music
‘Death at the Derby’ Series Explores Football’s Biggest Rivalries Through Grimy Boom-Bap Tracks
A project between Los Angeles' Cousin Feo and Toronto's Lord Juco, Death at the Derby gives us a series of tracks dedicated to football's most heated rivalries.
With some of...
Music
Freestyler’s Playlist: Josh Sanders Uses Hip-Hop to Inspire Creativity
This edition of Freestyler’s Playlist comes by way UK’s third ranked freestyler, 17-year-old wunderkind Josh Sanders, who uses hip hop and his natural surroundings to fuel creativity and inspiration.
Music
Freestyler’s Playlist: One-of-a-Kind Brazilian Freestyle Veteran Thiago Saltori and the Elevating Power of Music
Last summer, we got to know one of freestyle's most unique characters, 32-year-old Thiago Saltori. Paired with his experiences traveling the world, the Brazilian freestyle veteran's studies in traditional Chinese...
Music
TOKiMONSTA and Prince Royce Headline MLS’ ‘Our Soccer’ Campaign for 2019
With the 2019 season opener just weeks away, MLS debuted its new "Our Soccer" campaign, featuring musicians TOKiMONSTA and Prince Royce. The two artists discuss how they became fans...
Music
Freestyler’s Playlist: UK Veteran Matt Tailby’s Far East Influence
With eight years of experience under his belt, Matt Tailby is one of the more seasoned freestylers in the UK. Still a student, the Taunton, England native is finding...
Music
Pairing Footballers With Their Matching Rappers
Whether it's similar styles, personalities, career arcs, or all of the above, we went into our matchmaking bags and paired up different footballers with icons in the rap game.
Rappers...
Music
Looking Back at the Greatest FA Cup Final Songs of All Time
Last weekend's English FA Cup Final was exciting (especially if you're a Gooner), but it was missing something — an official song. From "Ossie's Dream" to "The Anfield Rap,"...
Music
A Track-By-Track Review of Burna Boy’s ‘I Told Them…’
Does Burna Boy's new album stand up to the rest of his illustrious catalogue? We review I Told Them... one track at a time.
At the forefront of the global Afrobeats...
Music
Travel the Globe With Four-Time World Champ Kitti Szasz’s Freestyler’s Playlist
With four world titles and plenty of experience under her belt, freestyle has been more than kind to Hungarian Kitti Szasz. On top of the championships, Szasz's talents have...
