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After grinding for 10 years, working with different indie labels and flirting with fame, Cognito has found the perfect label to call home: Strange Music, one of the most successful independent music labels in the world. “They work hard like I work hard,” assures COGNITO. “They put everything into their artists.”
The dogged determination to prevail at any cost that both Strange and COGNITO share couldn't be a better match. The Fairfield, Calif. Read Full BioAfter grinding for 10 years, working with different indie labels and flirting with fame, Cognito has found the perfect label to call home: Strange Music, one of the most successful independent music labels in the world. “They work hard like I work hard,” assures COGNITO. “They put everything into their artists.”
The dogged determination to prevail at any cost that both Strange and COGNITO share couldn't be a better match. The Fairfield, Calif.-raised father of two has poured his heart into albums, toured relentlessly, and stayed in the studio late numerous Friday nights when he could've been chilling at home with his family – all for the love of the game.
Growing up in the North Bay, COGNITO fast became intrigued with the burgeoning local hip-hop scene led by E-40 and B-Legit. The two hip-hop heavyweights exposed the young emcee to the hip-hop community, tapping his services at the Sick Wid It offices and schooling him in the art of promotion. He is the first to admit he was not the best student. But writing stories was his strong point in school. He started writing rhymes at 16, taking his cue from the people he was around. Yet it was hard to take rapping seriously as a career. A white rapper just wasn't considered normal yet. It wasn't until three years later, when Eminem's The Slim Shady LP released, that COGNITO's path became clearer.
“I don't think being a white rapper has held me back,” relays COGNITO about the always-controversial topic of the White Rapper. “It got me seen more. It got me out there. I stand out because I am white. But let my music speak for itself.”
As for the Eminem comparisons, COGNITO is flattered but suggests otherwise.
“When Eminem dropped minds were blown. I look at the Eminem comparison as an honor. He's the best rapper in game. But never once has a guy I work with said I sound like Eminem.”
At age 21 COGNITO earned himself a new title; father. In order to care for his family, he put hip-hop on the back burner for the next year, popping into the studio every so often to record tracks with producing partner D Buck. Mike Mosley, who had worked with E-40, TQ, C-Bo, Richie Rich and Tupac, heard COGNITO's music, and in 2002, offered him a deal with his Steady Mobbin' label.
“When Mike wants to offer you a record deal,” COGNITO states, “you take your career serious.”
COGNITO never dropped an album, but he did make a handful of important connections in the industry, one being QD3 producer Femi, one of the two producers he still consistently works with today. He continued doing shows and brushed up on the record industry rules.
2006 was a big year for COGNITO. He hooked up with Master P and his newly formed Gutta Music to release Recognition. It was an honor to be affiliated with P, a hip-hopreneur COGNITO had admired since hearing his West Coast Bad Boyz compilation in 1997. COGNITO would score his biggest hit to date, “Shift Kits,” from the Shift Kits and Hood Chicks DVD.
COGNITO stayed busy touring with fellow Bay Area rapper Andre Nickatina. When Nickatina took some time off, COGNITO hit the road solo. As fate would have it, COGNITO and Strange shared the same booker. Together on a string of show dates, COGNITO witnessed Strange's impressive stage show and extreme professionalism. COGNITO even shared a joke with Tech: He had previously recorded over Femi's “Slacker” beat, a song that appears on Tech's Absolute Power (2002).
The groundwork for the COGNITO-Strange merger was set in motion. Three years later when hip-hop activist Violet Brown, a longtime supporter of Strange, approached COGNITO about shopping a deal to the indie powerhouse, he was with it.
One conversation with Strange Music co-owner and CEO Travis O'Guin and another with Dave Weiner, Vice President of Strange Music West, plus one visit to Kansas City, the label's home, and COGNITO knew he was home. “I know it sounds cliché, but you can do anything you want,” tells COGNITO. “My motivation has been people saying I couldn't do this. I'm hardheaded. At the end of the day, you have to go get it and no one is going to give it to you. But I look at my progression. Seeing what I'm accomplishing on my own and knowing that if I go get it, it could happen. There hasn't been a goal I shot for that I haven't achieved when it comes to my music.”
Building on his own persistence, COGNITO is quick to admit his success has been buoyed by his supportive team: Violet Brown, Femi, Mike Mosley, Darien Smith, his studio engineer for the past seven years. The 29 year old has had an amazing team behind him, which has catapulted him to where he is today. Currently, COGNITO is working on his Strange debut, Automatic, scheduled for a February/March 2010 release.
“Stylewise, I'm a storyteller,” COGNITO points out. “Whether it's a club track or a serious, depressed track, I'm going to tell you a story and get my message across to you. I like when people can relate to a song. That's what I love more than anything.”
“I don't follow trends,” he adds. “I pride myself in making my music real. I don't like to front, but I also like to have fun. Take me serious, but don't take me too serious. Listen to me with an open mind. I want to be an inspiration like my musical influences were to me.”
As COGNITO prepares for the next stage of his career, he is more than ready for the full-time grind.
“From 21 until now I have given this everything. I don't stop until I achieve my goal. With Strange backing me, I feel that I can accomplish all my goals. I got a shot like this and I'm going to run with it and make it happen.”
The dogged determination to prevail at any cost that both Strange and COGNITO share couldn't be a better match. The Fairfield, Calif. Read Full BioAfter grinding for 10 years, working with different indie labels and flirting with fame, Cognito has found the perfect label to call home: Strange Music, one of the most successful independent music labels in the world. “They work hard like I work hard,” assures COGNITO. “They put everything into their artists.”
The dogged determination to prevail at any cost that both Strange and COGNITO share couldn't be a better match. The Fairfield, Calif.-raised father of two has poured his heart into albums, toured relentlessly, and stayed in the studio late numerous Friday nights when he could've been chilling at home with his family – all for the love of the game.
Growing up in the North Bay, COGNITO fast became intrigued with the burgeoning local hip-hop scene led by E-40 and B-Legit. The two hip-hop heavyweights exposed the young emcee to the hip-hop community, tapping his services at the Sick Wid It offices and schooling him in the art of promotion. He is the first to admit he was not the best student. But writing stories was his strong point in school. He started writing rhymes at 16, taking his cue from the people he was around. Yet it was hard to take rapping seriously as a career. A white rapper just wasn't considered normal yet. It wasn't until three years later, when Eminem's The Slim Shady LP released, that COGNITO's path became clearer.
“I don't think being a white rapper has held me back,” relays COGNITO about the always-controversial topic of the White Rapper. “It got me seen more. It got me out there. I stand out because I am white. But let my music speak for itself.”
As for the Eminem comparisons, COGNITO is flattered but suggests otherwise.
“When Eminem dropped minds were blown. I look at the Eminem comparison as an honor. He's the best rapper in game. But never once has a guy I work with said I sound like Eminem.”
At age 21 COGNITO earned himself a new title; father. In order to care for his family, he put hip-hop on the back burner for the next year, popping into the studio every so often to record tracks with producing partner D Buck. Mike Mosley, who had worked with E-40, TQ, C-Bo, Richie Rich and Tupac, heard COGNITO's music, and in 2002, offered him a deal with his Steady Mobbin' label.
“When Mike wants to offer you a record deal,” COGNITO states, “you take your career serious.”
COGNITO never dropped an album, but he did make a handful of important connections in the industry, one being QD3 producer Femi, one of the two producers he still consistently works with today. He continued doing shows and brushed up on the record industry rules.
2006 was a big year for COGNITO. He hooked up with Master P and his newly formed Gutta Music to release Recognition. It was an honor to be affiliated with P, a hip-hopreneur COGNITO had admired since hearing his West Coast Bad Boyz compilation in 1997. COGNITO would score his biggest hit to date, “Shift Kits,” from the Shift Kits and Hood Chicks DVD.
COGNITO stayed busy touring with fellow Bay Area rapper Andre Nickatina. When Nickatina took some time off, COGNITO hit the road solo. As fate would have it, COGNITO and Strange shared the same booker. Together on a string of show dates, COGNITO witnessed Strange's impressive stage show and extreme professionalism. COGNITO even shared a joke with Tech: He had previously recorded over Femi's “Slacker” beat, a song that appears on Tech's Absolute Power (2002).
The groundwork for the COGNITO-Strange merger was set in motion. Three years later when hip-hop activist Violet Brown, a longtime supporter of Strange, approached COGNITO about shopping a deal to the indie powerhouse, he was with it.
One conversation with Strange Music co-owner and CEO Travis O'Guin and another with Dave Weiner, Vice President of Strange Music West, plus one visit to Kansas City, the label's home, and COGNITO knew he was home. “I know it sounds cliché, but you can do anything you want,” tells COGNITO. “My motivation has been people saying I couldn't do this. I'm hardheaded. At the end of the day, you have to go get it and no one is going to give it to you. But I look at my progression. Seeing what I'm accomplishing on my own and knowing that if I go get it, it could happen. There hasn't been a goal I shot for that I haven't achieved when it comes to my music.”
Building on his own persistence, COGNITO is quick to admit his success has been buoyed by his supportive team: Violet Brown, Femi, Mike Mosley, Darien Smith, his studio engineer for the past seven years. The 29 year old has had an amazing team behind him, which has catapulted him to where he is today. Currently, COGNITO is working on his Strange debut, Automatic, scheduled for a February/March 2010 release.
“Stylewise, I'm a storyteller,” COGNITO points out. “Whether it's a club track or a serious, depressed track, I'm going to tell you a story and get my message across to you. I like when people can relate to a song. That's what I love more than anything.”
“I don't follow trends,” he adds. “I pride myself in making my music real. I don't like to front, but I also like to have fun. Take me serious, but don't take me too serious. Listen to me with an open mind. I want to be an inspiration like my musical influences were to me.”
As COGNITO prepares for the next stage of his career, he is more than ready for the full-time grind.
“From 21 until now I have given this everything. I don't stop until I achieve my goal. With Strange backing me, I feel that I can accomplish all my goals. I got a shot like this and I'm going to run with it and make it happen.”
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I'm Goin' Crazy
by Cognito
Now that i sing with strange music
the industry about to lose it
they basicly want the new shit
i anxiously off to prove it
contagiously ima nuisance
they wait to see if the shoe fits
say that i never knew this
i'm made up to be the truest
i'm making the rest look foolish
the rest of em wonder who is
the one that's making the nooses
the same that's making the music
they take a try to abuse it
they fakin'until they lose it
they fakin' because they chose it
i'm rapin' em just to prove it
like i'm 'bout to lose it
i'm walkin' down the road i've never seen
and can't nobody hold me back, i'm free
if i gotta go i'm takin' y'all with me
i feel like i'm bout' to lose it
i'm walkin' down the road i've never seen
and can't nobody hold me back, i'm free
if i gotta go i'm takin' the world with me
i'm going crazy
They never thought it would happen but I'm better than never
I'm better than better, gotta finish this unsettle vandetta
For letter by letter, you picture for me dry if I let up
But I told she wasn't my type from the first time that I met her
I'm spreadin' like a virus through the veins, minus the violence
They want em silenced but I'm poking like a lion to your sinus
I'm Cali finest, not to be mindless but honestly Tomas
Rappers still be scared of cops when they'll be ridin' behind us
Now I'm back to the bank for more dough
Then I'm back to the bank with more dough
Now I'm back with a second solo while they're keepin' movin' in slow-mo
And it's funny that I live like that, kickin' where I get high at
Keep bodies in the meat like where I keep the rip by at
Automatic they panic, from fanatics to attics'
Watch their mechanics when I'm on xanax, spit annex in spanish
Come on and stop, through senirotias from muchinata
Now everybody seems to know who we are
I'm goin' crazy
Like I'm 'bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' y'all with me
I feel like I'm bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' the world with me
I'm going crazy
Sittin' back countin' my money, 1 quarter, 2 quarter, 3
One more quarter equals a dollar, who's more richer than me?
Gotta be sorta psychotic, melodic he flows in ebonics, erratic
Sittin' in his cottage with bunch of narcotics
I ain't never astonish honest, all I need is my goddess
When I was 8 I had something sick for sitter, I did wanna hit her
20 years later, dick little bigger I still wanna get her
So then I can talk to the masses and fill up them shots in the glasses
Crazy how off that he passes, when he gets lost in the masses
See how I feel in the mornin' got this hangover going
That ain't good, standing on pouring so they start to ignore em
I ain't try to support em, he's just lucky mom didn't abort em
He's so dope that they should cut em in the lines and snort em
I got my mind on this money and this money on my mind
But I feel like I'm runnin' out of time, gotta take back what's mine
I'm goin' crazy
Like I'm 'bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' y'all with me
I feel like I'm bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' the world with me
I'm going crazy
Got a granade in my hand and I'm starin' at the pen
While I'm thinking I'm about to do some dumb shit again
Call the coroner, tell him I'm bringin' more of them
He probably shake his head cause he got no place to store them
Got a granade in my hand and I'm starin' at the pen
While I'm thinking I'm about to do some dumb shit again
Call the coroner, tell him I'm bringin' more of them
He probably shake his head cause he got no place to store them
Like I'm 'bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' y'all with me
I feel like I'm bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' the world with me
I'm going crazy
Contributed by Kaitlyn O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
by Cognito
Now that i sing with strange music
the industry about to lose it
they basicly want the new shit
i anxiously off to prove it
contagiously ima nuisance
they wait to see if the shoe fits
say that i never knew this
i'm made up to be the truest
i'm making the rest look foolish
the rest of em wonder who is
the one that's making the nooses
the same that's making the music
they take a try to abuse it
they fakin'until they lose it
they fakin' because they chose it
i'm rapin' em just to prove it
like i'm 'bout to lose it
i'm walkin' down the road i've never seen
and can't nobody hold me back, i'm free
if i gotta go i'm takin' y'all with me
i feel like i'm bout' to lose it
i'm walkin' down the road i've never seen
and can't nobody hold me back, i'm free
if i gotta go i'm takin' the world with me
i'm going crazy
They never thought it would happen but I'm better than never
I'm better than better, gotta finish this unsettle vandetta
For letter by letter, you picture for me dry if I let up
But I told she wasn't my type from the first time that I met her
I'm spreadin' like a virus through the veins, minus the violence
They want em silenced but I'm poking like a lion to your sinus
I'm Cali finest, not to be mindless but honestly Tomas
Rappers still be scared of cops when they'll be ridin' behind us
Now I'm back to the bank for more dough
Then I'm back to the bank with more dough
Now I'm back with a second solo while they're keepin' movin' in slow-mo
And it's funny that I live like that, kickin' where I get high at
Keep bodies in the meat like where I keep the rip by at
Automatic they panic, from fanatics to attics'
Watch their mechanics when I'm on xanax, spit annex in spanish
Come on and stop, through senirotias from muchinata
Now everybody seems to know who we are
I'm goin' crazy
Like I'm 'bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' y'all with me
I feel like I'm bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' the world with me
I'm going crazy
Sittin' back countin' my money, 1 quarter, 2 quarter, 3
One more quarter equals a dollar, who's more richer than me?
Gotta be sorta psychotic, melodic he flows in ebonics, erratic
Sittin' in his cottage with bunch of narcotics
I ain't never astonish honest, all I need is my goddess
When I was 8 I had something sick for sitter, I did wanna hit her
20 years later, dick little bigger I still wanna get her
So then I can talk to the masses and fill up them shots in the glasses
Crazy how off that he passes, when he gets lost in the masses
See how I feel in the mornin' got this hangover going
That ain't good, standing on pouring so they start to ignore em
I ain't try to support em, he's just lucky mom didn't abort em
He's so dope that they should cut em in the lines and snort em
I got my mind on this money and this money on my mind
But I feel like I'm runnin' out of time, gotta take back what's mine
I'm goin' crazy
Like I'm 'bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' y'all with me
I feel like I'm bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' the world with me
I'm going crazy
Got a granade in my hand and I'm starin' at the pen
While I'm thinking I'm about to do some dumb shit again
Call the coroner, tell him I'm bringin' more of them
He probably shake his head cause he got no place to store them
Got a granade in my hand and I'm starin' at the pen
While I'm thinking I'm about to do some dumb shit again
Call the coroner, tell him I'm bringin' more of them
He probably shake his head cause he got no place to store them
Like I'm 'bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' y'all with me
I feel like I'm bout to lose it
I'm walkin' down the road I've never seen
And can't nobody hold me back, I'm free
If I gotta go I'm takin' the world with me
I'm going crazy
Contributed by Kaitlyn O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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