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I can honestly say I don't believe it makes any difference whether the albums say they have explicit lyrics or not. Most kids are hearing and using those same words they hear in their music every day. Besides, even if you're a parent who won't allow music with strong lyrics in your house, the kids are just gonna go to their friend's house where they probably will be able to hear those lyrics on their CD's instead.

All it does is notefy the buyer that this music may be vulgar and/or offensive. I think that is just a polite thing to do, nothing better or worse. Of coarse now days everybody likes it better if it offends. Either way it's not a big enough deal to start protesting. The IRS robbing all of the poor people is something to protest about, but a one inch sticker on cd's is really no big deal!

It was a big deal when it first came out. Rap was gaining in popularity in the mid-late 80's and vulgar and violent lyrics were increasing. It was to warn everyone about the content but in the end it was relatively pointless. Stores routinely sell those types of music to kids. The little sticker only helps me to ensure that I get the real version instead of the crappy edited clean version. And the kicker...that Tipper Gore...Democrat Al Gore's wife spearheaded the warning sticker- - not a Republican suprisingly! Its basically useless and pointless unless parents actually look at the music their kids are listening to.