 The EP, which had gone platinum after two months, was released as a promotion for the upcoming album, to be titled "Life Sentence".However, in the middle of the recording of the "Life Sentence" album, MC Ren suddenly joined the Nation of Islam and converted to Islam with the help of his DJ and friend DJ Train.With a different outlook on the world, MC Ren scrapped the "Life Sentence" album, changing the name to "Shock of the Hour" and started to record new songs for the album.