The last Bad Brains LP, 2007's Build A Nation, was produced by superfan Adam Yauch. So while the band's founders are remarkably all present, mortality shadows this set, which summons the raging schizophrenia of their Eighties glory days. HR’s vocals remain piercingly weird – Gregory Isaac smooth one minute, the next like Geddy Lee in a centrifuge. Dr. Know still shreds with fusion-honed chops, and the band can still nail shotgun punk fury (see the 1:28 "Yes I"). But the midtempo grunge-metal and reggae jams, more sustainable channels for grown-ass anger, feel most like home. "Peace be unto thee," goes the chant on “MCA Dub,” a tribute to the late Beastie Boy. Back atcha, dudes.

“The A Team”

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.