01/20/04 | Mr. Midas

      Mr. Midas was born in Compton, CA and raised primarily in Long Beach, CA. Midas' upbringing included stops in the surrounding Los Angeles areas, Detroit and Denver. At the age of 6, he began to write songs about the poverty and drug infested areas he and his family resided in. At a young age, his musical influences included his mother- who had recently opted out of her own live band with her brothers, and his father - who had been an avid writer in his own right.

Often played around the house were Motown favorites, Parliament Funkadelic, Michael Jackson, Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J, Tina Turner, and a host of others that created a diverse background for what is now known as "Midas Music".

While in Los Angeles, he had the opportunity to work with "The Wylde Bunch", a hip hop band presently signed with World Movement Records, and Tren, "Tren Setta", an underground icon in Southern California area who was recenlty named The Source Magazine's Unsigned Hype (July 2003). Midas did a variety of performances from Will Rogers Park in Watts to conferences at Pepperdine University in Malibu to host of major showcases sponsored by major and minor labels.

After perfecting and honing his style, he decided to move to Denver, CO. Strange choice you say? "Hardly", says Midas. "Denver is a budding city with tremendous growth and opportunity for new artists to establish themselves".

Midas started his own record label, Jagadan Records, and publishing company, Taj Asahi Publishing, in hopes of giving the world quality music with purpose. He plans to feature himself as an artist and continuously grow into a powerhouse in the music industry.

Since moving to Denver, Midas has been hard at work on his debut album, "Malitov Cocktails", featuring superior production from Cavalear, Payback, and K.P. Noticing the lacking content in the music industry today, Midas set out to create songs that covered the range of emotion and subject matter that his listeners have grown accustomed to expecting from him to produce.

These tracks include standouts such as "Domestic Violence", "Get that Paper","U Can't Relate", and "What You In a Gang for?" among countless others.

The streets are talking, "Mr. Midas is the real deal"!!!!

Album tracklisting:

1. Intro
2. Cocktails
3. Can't Get Right
4. Guess Who's Laughin Now
5. Vanessa Tinson (Interlude)
6. Can't Relate
7. Domestic Violence
8. Spoken Word (Interlude)
9. Long Shot
10. Get That Paper
11. A Thousand Times
12. Whatchaon
13. I Wish
14. Shedrick Garrett (Interlude)
15. What You In a Gang for?
16. Promo
17. Love Takes Time feat. Cavalear
18. My Own World
19. What You In a Gang For? (remix)

To stream the whole album in its entirety visit CD Baby.

Fore more info on Mr. Midas check out his official website @ jagadanrecords.com, and go to CD Baby to order the album for only $8.99.