Home Invasion (album)

Home Invasion was the first album that 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.{{cite book |author=Ice T |author2=Sigmund, Heidi |title=The Ice Opinion |year=1994 |publisher=Pan Books |isbn=0-330-33629-0 |pages=181–184 }} The album was originally set for a November 15, 1992, release, but the Rodney King riots were still fresh in people's minds, an election was in process, and politically-minded releases by 2Pac, 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 postponed to February 14, 1993, Sire/Warner Bros. told Ice-T that it would not release the album with its current artwork, painted by Dave Halili (cover artist for Body Count), which depicted a white boy seemingly immersed in black culture, surrounded by images of violence, mayhem and disorder. Although the catalog number 45119 was already assigned to it and the single "Gotta Lotta Love" was released, the album was still deferred. 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 would be continuously monitored and censored, so he left the label amicably, signing a distribution deal with Priority Records, which released the album with the originally intended artwork. Due to the postponed release of the album, tracks were altered to keep the topics up-to-date.

Some copies of the album as originally planned for release on Sire Records have been leaked and are in circulation.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/29661217-Ice-T-Home-Invasion |title=Ice-T - Home Invasion (Advance version) |access-date=2024-09-17 |publisher=Discogs.com}} These have a few differences.

• The tracks "It's On", "That's How I'm Livin'", "I Ain't New Ta This" and "Race War" are absent.
• The track Hits the Fan is called Shit Hits the Fan.
• The track "Ricochet", previously featured in the Ricochet soundtrack, is included.
• There is one more track before "Ain't A Damn Thing Changed" called "Imagine That": this is a spoof that features pro-police, pro-government and pro-tax rap.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/home-invasion-mw0000094146 |title=Home Invasion - Ice-T | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2015-07-30}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2score = B+{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Ice+T |title=CG: Ice T |publisher=Robert Christgau |access-date=2015-07-30}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book |editor=Brackett, Nathan |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/401 |year=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/401 401] |url-access=registration }}

| rev4 = Select

| rev4score = {{rating|2|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{cite magazine|first=Adam|last=Higginbotham|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/08/albums51.jpg|title=Reviews: New Albums|work=Select|date=March 1993|page=69|access-date=2024-12-30|author-link=Adam Higginbotham}}

| rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev5score = 7/10{{cite book|last=Sandow|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Sandow|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-link=Eric Weisbard|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|chapter=Ice-T|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|publisher=Vintage Books|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=190–191}}

}}

The album peaked at #9 on Billboard magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at #14 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p89063|pure_url=yes}} |title=Charts and Awards for Ice-T |access-date=2007-11-03 |publisher=Allmusic}} Home Invasion was met with mixed reviews from music critics. Robert Christgau gave the album a B+, saying "At first it sounds as if the bad guys won—from sexy stories to O.G. kissoffs, he spends too much time proving he's still Ice Motherfucking T. But in fact he contextualizes himself as shrewdly as ever". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album two and a half stars out of five, saying "Given the fact that most of Home Invasion was recorded during and after the "Cop Killer" media firestorm, it comes as no surprise that the album is an uneven, muddled affair, not the clean, focused attack of O.G. Original Gangster". On June 1, 1993, the album was certified gold by Recording Industry Association of America.{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=ICE-T&ti=HOME+INVASION|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|date=June 1, 1993|work=RIAA|access-date=February 18, 2018|language=en-US}} It is Ice-T's last studio album to receive a certification from the RIAA.

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Warning

| note1 = Intro

| extra1 =

| length1 = 0:36

| title2 = It's On

| note2 =

| extra2 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length2 = 4:56

| title3 = Ice M.F. T

| note3 =

| extra3 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Home Invasion

| note4 =

| extra4 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length4 = 2:59

| title5 = G-Style

| note5 =

| extra5 = {{hlist|Hen-Gee|LP}}

| length5 = 4:29

| title6 = Addicted To Danger

| note6 =

| extra6 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length6 = 3:27

| title7 = Question And Answer

| note7 = Interlude

| extra7 =

| length7 = 0:33

| title8 = Watch The Ice Break

| note8 =

| extra8 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length8 = 4:24

| title9 = Race War

| note9 =

| extra9 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length9 = 4:50

| title10 = That's How I'm Livin'

| note10 =

| extra10 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length10 = 4:39

| title11 = I Ain't New Ta This

| note11 =

| extra11 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length11 = 5:01

| title12 = Pimp Behind the Wheels

| note12 = featuring DJ Evil E

| extra12 = {{hlist|Hen-Gee|LP}}

| length12 = 3:05

| title13 = Gotta Lotta Love

| note13 =

| extra13 = {{hlist|Ice-T|Donald D}}

| length13 = 5:24

| title14 = Hit The Fan

| note14 =

| extra14 = {{hlist|Ice-T|Trekan}}

| length14 = 4:47

| title15 = Depths of Hell

| note15 = featuring Daddy Nitro

| extra15 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length15 = 5:15

| title16 = 99 Problems

| note16 = featuring Brother Marquis

| extra16 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length16 = 4:50

| title17 = Funky Gripsta

| note17 = featuring Gripsta

| extra17 = {{hlist|DJ Aladdin|Ice-T|Wolf}}

| length17 = 4:47

| title18 = Message to the Soldier

| note18 =

| extra18 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length18 = 5:36

| title19 = Ain't a Damn Thing Changed

| note19 = Outro

| extra19 =

| length19 = 0:36

| total_length = 73:55

}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| headline = The Last Temptation of Ice bonus disc

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = That's How I'm Livin'

| note1 = On The Rox Remix

| extra1 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length1 = 5:43

| title2 = Gotta Lotta Love

| note2 = Tubular Bells Mix

| extra2 = {{hlist|Ice-T|Donald D}}

| length2 = 5:35

| title3 = I Ain't New Ta This

| note3 = Radio Version

| extra3 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length3 = 4:15

| title4 = Ricochet

| note4 =

| extra4 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin}}

| length4 = 5:52

| title5 = Addicted To Danger

| note5 = Nut Shop Mix

| extra5 = The Beatnuts

| length5 = 4:08

| title6 = G Style

| note6 = Remix

| extra6 = {{hlist|Hen-Gee|LP}}

| length6 = 3:50

| title7 = Race War

| note7 = Full Muthafuckin' Assassin Remix

| extra7 = {{hlist|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin|SLEJ Da Ruff Edge}}

| length7 = 4:13

| total_length = 33:36

}}

{{div col}}

• Tracy Lauren Marrow – main artist, producer (tracks: 2–4, 6, 8–11, 13, 15–18, 20–23, 26), executive producer, design
• Eric Garcia – featured artist (track 12)
• Daddy Nitro – featured artist (track 15)
• Mark D. Ross – featured artist (track 16)
• Brandi Younger – featured artist (track 17)
• Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts III – bass (tracks: 9, 15)
• Alphonso Henderson – producer (tracks: 2–4, 6, 8–11, 15–18, 20, 22–23, 26), mixing
• Shafiq "SLJ" Husayn – producer (tracks: 2–4, 6, 8–11, 15–16, 18, 20, 22, 26)
• Wendel Winston – producer (tracks: 5, 12, 25)
• Henry Garcia – producer (tracks: 5, 12, 25)
• Donald Lamont – producer (tracks: 13, 21)
• Trekan – producer (track 14)
• Wolf – producer (track 17)
• The Beatnuts – producers (track 24)
• Tom Baker – mastering
• Tony Pizarro – engineering & mixing
• Kev D – assistant engineering & management
• Jorge Hinojosa – management
• Mickey Benson – management
• Steve Stewart – management
• David M. Halili – album cover painting & lettering
• Dirk Walter – design supervisor
• Jesse Frohman – photography

{{div col end}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Home Invasion|artist=Ice T|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1994|id=2967-587-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Home Invasion|artist=Ice-T|award=Gold|relyear=1993}}

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_1299630/ Smithsonian National Museum of American History]
• [https://www.discogs.com/Ice-T-Home-Invasion/master/107787/ Home Invasion album at Discogs]

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Category:1993 albums

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Category:Sire Records albums

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