The album's success led to Santana and the remaining Diplomats also signing deals with Roc-a-Fella, under the imprint Diplomat Records. After four mixtapes, the group released their first album on "Diplomatic Immunity" on March 25, 2003, which debuted at number 8 on the "Billboard" 200, selling 92,000 copies in its first week and eventually being certified Gold by the RIAA. Santana caused a minor controversy before the album's release when he described himself as a "young Mohammed Atta" on a leaked version of the track "I Love You", just months after the September 11 attacks. In a retrospective, Complex named the album one of the classic albums of the decade.