 "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.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 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.