ALBUM: HOME INVASION (1993 - rhyme syndicate/priority records)
HISTORY:
Home Invasion is the fifth solo album by Ice T. Released in 1993, the album was Ice T's first release on Priority records.
Home Invasion was the first album Ice T released following the controversy over the Body Count song "Cop Killer." Sire/Warner Bros. Records had stood by freedom of expression during the controversy, although some within the Time Warner conglomerate now favored a more pragmatic policy. Home Invasion was originally set for a November 15, 1992, release, but the L.A. riots were still fresh in people's minds, an election was in process, and political releases by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre were causing controversy, so Ice T agreed to postpone Home Invasion's release, in addition to removing the song "Ricochet," which had already appeared on the soundtrack to the film of the same name.
With the album's release posponed to February 14, 1993, Sire/Warner Bros. told Ice T that it would not release the album with its current artwork, which depicted a white child who was engrossed in black culture in the middle of images of violence, even though the catalog number 45119 was already assigned to it. Sire/Warner Bros. had already released the single "Gotta Lotta Love." Ice-T initially agreed, opting for an all-black cover and a name change to The Black Album. He later realized that his future output was going to be continuously monitored and censored, and he left the label amicably, signing a distribution deal with Priority Records, which released the album with the original artwork. Due to the postponed release of the album, tracks were altered to keep the topics up-to-date.
The album was re-released with a bonus disc entitled The Last Temptation of Ice.
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