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Home Invasion was originally scheduled for the 15th of November 1992, but was postponed due to the aftermath of the Rodney King riots, an ongoing election, and political scrutiny of confrontational hip-hop. A dispute with Sire/Warner Bros. over the album's cover artwork further delayed the release. The album finally reached listeners on the 23rd of March 1993.
Dave Halili painted the Home Invasion cover. Halili had also done the artwork for the Body Count album. The painting depicted a white boy seemingly immersed in Black culture, surrounded by images of violence, mayhem, and disorder, which led Sire/Warner Bros. to refuse to release the album with that image.
Sire/Warner Bros. refused to release Home Invasion with its original cover art and pressed Ice-T to use an all-black cover and rename the album The Black Album. Ice-T concluded that staying with the label would mean ongoing monitoring and censorship of his future work. He departed amicably and signed a distribution deal with Priority Records, which released the album with the original artwork.
Some copies of the album prepared for Sire Records have leaked and differ from the Priority pressing. Four tracks are absent from the Sire copies: "It's On," "That's How I'm Livin'," "I Ain't New Ta This," and "Race War." The Sire version also includes "Ricochet" and an additional track, "Imagine That," which is a spoof featuring pro-police, pro-government, and pro-tax rap.
Home Invasion peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at number 14 on the Billboard 200.
Home Invasion was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on the 1st of June 1993. It is the last Ice-T studio album to receive an RIAA certification.