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{{Infobox musical artist | name = Cosmic Slop Shop | image = Cosmic slop shop.jpg | caption = Doonie Baby, Big Lurch and Rick Rock | origin = Oakland, California, U.S. | genre = Gangsta rap | years_active = 1996–1999 | label = {{hlist|MCA|Mtume Music Group}} | current_members = | past_members = Big Lurch<br />Doonie Baby<br />Rick Rock }}
'''Cosmic Slop Shop''' was an American hip hop group from Oakland, California. The group was composed of Antron "Big Lurch" Singleton, Marvin "Doonie Baby" Selmon and Ricardo "Rick Rock" Thomas. Their single "Sinful" from their only studio album ''Da Family'' was a minor hit in 1998, which peaked at #66 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #18 on the Hot Rap Songs chart in the US.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cosmic-slop-shop/chart-history/bsi/|title=Cosmic Slop Shop Sinful Chart History|work=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|access-date=February 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cosmic-slop-shop/chart-history/rap/|title=Cosmic Slop Shop Sinful Chart History|work=Hot Rap Songs|access-date=February 20, 2018}}</ref>
== History == Doonie Baby, Big Lurch and Rick Rock met at Slop Shop Studios in the San Francisco Bay Area and formed Cosmic Slop Shop, condensing the studio's name with ''Cosmic Slop'', the 1973 album by Funkadelic.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |author= Bradley Torreano |title= Cosmic Slop Shop > Biography |url= {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p294688/biography|pure_url=yes}} |access-date= January 28, 2010 }}</ref> The group released their debut album ''Da Family'' in 1998 through MCA Records but, disappointed that it wasn't more successful, disbanded without recording a second album.
Rick Rock continued to produce, and, in 2002, he and Doonie Baby formed The Federation with rappers Stressmatic and Goldie Gold. In 2002, Big Lurch was convicted of murder for killing and cannibalizing his female roommate. Attorneys for the rapper claimed the rapper was suffering the effects of PCP smoked the night before. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/14/1050172509082.html |title=Rapper ate flesh for 'gangsta' image |agency=Reuters |work=The Age |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=April 14, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425162009/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/14/1050172509082.html |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Antron "Big Lurch" Singleton was sentenced to life in prison in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rapnewsdirect.com/0-202-257866-00.html |title= Hip-Hop News: Texas Rapper Big Lurch Gets Life Sentence |work= Rap News Network |access-date= January 29, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160614145027/http://www.rapnewsdirect.com/0-202-257866-00.html |archive-date= June 14, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
== Discography == === Studio albums === *''Da Family'' (1998)
=== Singles === *"Da Family" (1997) *"Sinful" (1998)
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== External links == {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/481218-Cosmic-Slop-Shop|title=Cosmic Slop Shop|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=}}
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Category:Hip-hop groups from California Category:Gangsta rap groups Category:Musical trios from California