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There are at least 2 artists using the name Cognition 1. A rap/hip hop group active during an unknown period of time 2. A Metal band active from 2005-present BIOGRAPHY FOR THE RAP/HIP HOP GROUP According to the dictionary, cognition is the mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment or that which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or intuition; knowledge. It took me a long time to settle on a name that best represents me, flows well off the tongue and looks good to the inquiring mind. The word cognition fits like a glove around my musical identity as a whole and the persona you hear on tracks because having grown up in the suburbs of New Jersey I had to study hip-hop and be perceptive to begin my own process of learning how to partake in making the music myself. I’m not one of these elitist musician types who takes all the credit for his own music. I have not gotten to this point simply by my own creativity and brainpower. Many, many things have inspired me and helped me along the super highway that is creating music. Sitting down to write about yourself, the progression of your music and your own creative process is more difficult than one would think. I began by trying to define what my music conveys to the listener and two words came to mind; emotion and conviction. My music often leaves me naked to the elements of the world and some may even say I get too personal in my songs. To that stateme