Given the fact that most of Home Invasion was recorded during and after the "Cop Killer" media firestorm, it comes as no surprise that the album is an uneven, muddled affair, not the clean, focused attack of
O.G. Original Gangster. Instead of producing an album that illustrates his confusion through the music (like
Public Enemy's claustrophobic "Welcome to the Terrordome"),
Ice-T made a confused album, unsure in its musical and lyrical direction. Home Invasion does have some flashes of brilliance (about a third of the album, particularly the tribute to the gang truce, "Gotta Lotta Love"), but it takes a little digging to find the best material. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine