I was 14 & unfamiliar with message boards/album leaks, so I don’t recall it being out early. I do remember seeing the Diamonds video over the summer & being freaked out by the kids with the black contacts lol
I turned 16 in Summer '05, I wasn't online either. I remember Gold Digger was big that summer but I'm pretty sure I heard Diamonds before my birthday in June. Drive Slow, too...
It has been almost 20 years so i may have simply misremembered the era but i am pretty sure I heard the big songs, and the album, way before the 8/29/05 release date...
2015 the greatest this millennium unless you strictly talking '00-'09
Oh check me put, you late brodie. I been made a 2015 Appreciation Thread, add to it if you think I forgot something! I made this thread 5 years ago:
This thread I'm only talking 2000-09. But, count me as an advocate of 2015 being a Top 5 year of the new millennium, I'll take that debate with anyone!