The first album to bear the standard, non-removable sticker was Luke & the 2 Live Crew's 1990 album Banned in the USA. The phrase "Explicit Lyrics" was marked on the top, and "Parental Advisory" on the bottom. The sticker was introduced in 1990 as a square with a dotted white line near the center of the sticker. The first hip hop album that received the label is Ice-T's debut album Rhyme Pays, released in 1987, whose lyrics were associated with gangsta rap, and popularized the genre. The first albums to be labeled for explicit lyrics included Prince's Purple Rain, Danzig's self-titled album, Soundgarden's Louder Than Love, Guns N Roses's Appetite for Destruction, and 2 Live Crew's As Nasty As They Wanna Be and had the label in the form of a sticker on the cellophane wrap. Ī precursor to the Parental Advisory logo, introduced in 1990.Īlbums began to be labeled for "explicit lyrics" in 1985, after pressure from the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC).
The label is occasionally seen on other content not intended for young children, such as novels. The PAL Notice alone isn’t enough incentive." Independent research shows kids put limited weight on lyrics in deciding which music they like, caring more about rhythm and melody. The RIAA, however, officially states, "It's not a PAL Notice that kids look for, it's the music. The warning has achieved a degree of cult status, with comedian George Carlin titling an album Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics and numerous t-shirts, metal signs, and other paraphernalia bearing the logo. The warning, which has been called the musical equivalent of an "alcohol content" label, has appeared to make some albums more desirable, resulting in the reverse effect to what was intended. Some albums, however, have been considered so extreme in their violent content that the distributor of the album has put on a secondary warning next to the Parental Advisory sticker, most notably Geto Boys' self-titled album released in 1990. It is the record company's decision whether or not an album requires a label. The logo is not a rating, and there are no agreed-upon standards for the label. The label is prevalent on hip hop and rock albums, though it can appear on any musical genre that the RIAA believes warrants the need for one. Parental Advisory, abbreviated PAL, is a label affixed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to audio and recordings in the United States containing excessive use of profane language and/or sexual references. The current Parental Advisory logo, introduced in 2000.
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