The warning label is optional. It depends on the publisher of the album whether it should go on there. Besides, the Warning Label acts as a badge of some sort. Most Urban acts would not be caught dead without one because they would lose their street credibility for being 'soft'. Likewise, you wouldn't buy a Barry Manilow album if it had a Warning Label on it, because his core audience would not purchase anything that is "too explicit". Its all a matter of taste, and just a another way (thanks Tipper Gore) for the gov't to get involved in things that they shouldn't be playing around with.
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