“Marvin Gaye’s ‘Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)’ is a timeless song,” H.E.R. says. “First of all, the bassline—that right there is so moody, it didn’t matter what he was saying, it was gonna get you in that vibe.” The standout from Gaye’s 1971 opus What’s Going On does, of course, pack a heavy message, one that H.E.R. thought would work perfectly for her contribution to Apple Music’s Freedom Songs, a collection of covers and originals celebrating Juneteenth. “The simple hook of ‘Make me wanna holler, the way they do my life’—as if my life is of lesser value than somebody else’s. I just thought there was so much power in that message and that it applies to now. It’s one of those songs that we can play and still relate to today.”