December 17 [7:55 EDT] -- An agreement has apparently been made between Target department stores and Maverick Records regarding Prodigy's "Fat Of The Land" that will see the album carry a parental warning sticker in all of its stores across the country.
Reuters news service reports that Maverick has agreed to sticker the album, which has been in record racks for some five months now and sold two million copies without incident, after public outcry over the group's new single, "Smack My Bitch Up."
The song, whose only lyrics are "Change my pitch up/Smack my bitch up," became the object of protest when it was released as a single a few weeks ago and drew significant fire from groups like the National Organization for Women, who argued that the song glorified violence against women.
As we first reported earlier this week, other musicians have also taken the band to task for the song, including Chumbawamba and Moby.
A spokesperson for Maverick told Reuters that warning stickers will be shipped to Target stores to be placed on the album.
