T. Sanford;4739185 said:
Ross had more promotion than Jeezy
Ross sold his cds at Mcdonald apple pie prices, Jeezy didnt
Ross tried to clown Jeezy bout pushing his album back
Outcome: Jeezy sells more albums than Rick Ross The Loss
The Real Is Back
Both had about the same amount of promo. Really, TM103 should be compared to Teflon Don being that both are the said artist's fourth albums when comparing the two. Both albums were announced in '09. Ross dropped Teflon Don in 2010. Jeezy dropped TM103 in 2011.
God Forgives ... is Ross's fifth record and Jeezy has yet to drop his fifth album.
Ross had a valid point in with Jeezy's album being pushed back. I don't really like the beef thing because both could've potentially made much more noise together than being at odds. Jeezy's "F.A.M.E." could've featured a verse from Ross and the Just Blaze produced Ross record could've featured Jeezy. Both could've dropped in December and did bigger numbers. As far the pushbacks, Jeezy had several release dates back in 2010 and it was a minute before another solid date was given. There were several singles released ("Lose My Mind", "Jizzle", "All White Everything", "Ballin", "Shake Life", and "F.A.M.E.") before the album.
During the time between Jeezy announcing TM103 and droppin' 103, Ross:
1) secured a venture w/ Warner Bros. and dropped Triple C's
2) released the gold selling Teflon Don
3) released MMG's Self Made Vol. 1 which was the catalyst for the success of Wale and helped establish Meek Mill
4) released Wale's gold selling
Ambition
Honestly, the winner here is Def Jam. Two artists who make street music are amongst the biggest Rap albums released and neither had a Top 40 hit.