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Last updated May 14 2021.
In 1990, a black-and-white warning label reading "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" was introduced as a standard for affected records to follow, and was to be placed on the bottom right-hand section of a given product. By May 1992, approximately 225 records had been marked with the warning.
Banned in the U.S.A. is the fourth album by the 2 Live Crew. It was originally credited as Luke's solo album. The album included the hits "Do the Bart" and the title track. It was also the very first release to bear the RIAA-standard Parental Advisory warning sticker.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_in_the_U.S.A.
On July 13, 1990, the first album to be adorned with a parental advisory sticker hit the shelves, ushering in a new era in the recording industry and re-igniting a heated discussion about censorship, freedom of speech, and morality. Banned in the U.S.A. was 2 Live Crew’s fourth album, and certainly not the first with the highly sexual content the Miami group had become known for, but it was the first since two of the group members were arrested for obscenity (and later acquitted at trial) in June of 1990.http://ambrosiaforheads.com/2015/07/25-years-ago-today-2-live-crew-made-history-bringing-out-the-parental-advisory-sticker/