My advice to most rappers: Hit up the Work Source and start putting in applications ASAP. I know I’m beating a dead horse here, but hip-hop sales are still looking ridiculously weak. Wayne’s Carter III is still hanging on to the No.2 spot in the Billboard 200 chart. Three-6-Mafia turned in some decent first-week numbers. The rest are pretty much on a fast track to Wood Island.

Here’s a breakdown of this week’s 10 best selling hip-hop albums:

Chart Position >> Artist >> Album >> This Week’s Sales >> Sales to Date
2. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III – 209,305 [1,525,516]
5. Three Six Mafia – Last 2 Walk – 76,722 [76,909]
11. Plies – Definition of Real 42,893 [325,472]
38. N.E.R.D. – Seeing Sounds – 13,258 [116,953]
54. Bun-B – II Trill – 10,718 [206,576]
58. Rick Ross – Trilla – 10,456 [599,178]
71. Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight – 9,153 [2,462,598]
99. Immortal Technique & DJ Green Lantern – The 3rd World – 7,306 [7,473]
110. 2 Pistols – Death Before Dishonor – 6,594 [22,388]
111. RZA AS Bobby Digital – Digi Snacks – 6,565 [6,723]

*[] = Sales to Date