 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.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.