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House Shoes

{{Short description|American music producer and DJ}}

{{for|the footwear|Shoe}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = DJ House Shoes

| image = House Shoes.png

| caption = House Shoes in 2016

| birth_name = Michael Griffith Buchanan{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/884802997 |title=CASTLE (THE SKY IS OURS)/MY BROTHER |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=May 3, 2023}}

| alias = {{hlist|HouseShoes|Smokey the Cat}}

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Lathrup Village, Michigan, U.S.

| origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|underground hip hop}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Music producer|DJ}}

| years_active = 1994–present

| label = {{flatlist|

  • House Shoes Recordings
  • Tres Records
  • Fat Beats
  • Street Corner Music

}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|Slum Village|Phat Kat|Fat Killahz|Flying Lotus|Quelle Chris|Chanes}}

| website = {{flatlist|

  • [https://streetcornerscm.com/ Houseshoes]
  • [https://twitter.com/houseshoes Twitter]

}}

}}

Michael Griffith Buchanan, better known as House Shoes, is an American Detroit-born hip hop producer and DJ who lives and works in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/its-gotta-be-the-shoes/Content?oid=2149049|title=It's gotta be the shoes|last=Cunningham|first=Jonathan|website=Detroit Metro Times|access-date=January 30, 2017}} He served as a producer on albums by Phat Kat, Proof, Elzhi, Pumpkinhead, Marv Won, J Dilla, Danny Brown, and Quelle Chris among others.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/349445-House-Shoes?filter_anv=0&type=Credits|title=House Shoes|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=January 30, 2017}} He is a three-time Detroit Music Awards winner for Outstanding Hip-Hop DJ (from 2005 to 2007).

Career

Buchanan grew up in Lathrup Village. He went to Southfield-Lathrup High School and Eastern Michigan University.{{cite web|url=http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/hes-got-next/Content?oid=2177456|title=He's got next|website=Detroit Metro Times|access-date=January 30, 2017}}

He was a resident deejay at the hip hop staple St. Andrews Hall from 1994–2004. He worked at a number of record stores, including Melodies & Memories, Street Corner Music{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/house-shoes-mn0000475019/biography|title=House Shoes {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 30, 2017}} and later also worked as a manager for Fat Beats.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129879673|title=Fat Beats: The End Of A Hip-Hop Era|newspaper=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=January 30, 2017}}

As a DJ, Buchanan has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe with artists Guilty Simpson, Illa J, Exile, Aloe Blacc, Percee P, Phat Kat, Slum Village and Elzhi, to name a few, as well as on his own. But he has garnered the respect of acts far outside the scope of Detroit hip-hop. Most recently, Buchanan performed as tour DJ on Mayer Hawthorne & The County's Spring 2010 16-city headlining tour.{{cite web |title=House Shoes |url=http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/event/Nightlife-DJs__Events/162854/House-Shoes.html |website=Time Out |accessdate=May 30, 2019}}

House Shoes founded Street Corner Music in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://streetcornermusic.bandcamp.com/ |title=Music | Street Corner Music |publisher=Streetcornermusic.bandcamp.com |date=September 21, 2016 |accessdate=May 4, 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://streetcornerscm.com/category/houseshoes/ |title=HOUSE SHOES – STREET CORNER MUSIC |website=streetcornerscm.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202063100/http://streetcornerscm.com/category/houseshoes/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}

Discography

= Studio albums =

= Compilation albums =

  • The House Shoes Collection Vol.1 : I Got Next (2004)
  • House Shoes & Street Corner Music Present: The Gift Vol. 7 (2015)
  • The Makings (2016)

= Extended plays =

  • Do-Over Vol. 1 10", (2010) w/ Flying Lotus
  • Los Angeles 4/10 10", (2010) w/ Jordan Rockswell
  • Crown Nation EP, (2011) w/ Quelle Chris
  • The Time EP, (2012)

= Instrumental albums =

  • Let It Go Instrumentals (2012)

= Mixtapes =

  • The King James Version: Chapter 1, Verses 1–5 (2009)

= Hosted & unsorted =

  • Jay Dee Unreleased, 1997
  • Elzhi – Out Of Focus EP, 1998
  • Phat Kat – Dedication To The Suckers 12", 1999
  • Loungin' Vol. 1 : Live at the Buddha Lounge, 2005
  • NowOn – Don't Call It A Mixtape w/ Haircut aka Mayer Hawthorne, 2008
  • J1's Starship 27 Volume 2 (compilation): Castles, 2011
  • Behind Closed Doors 45: Purist, 2012

Awards and nominations

{{awards table}}

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|align=center|2005

|rowspan="3"| Himself

|rowspan="3"| Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Outstanding Hip-Hop DJ

|{{won}}

|rowspan="2"|

|-

|align=center|2006

|{{won}}

|-

|align=center|2007

|{{won}}

|{{cite web|title=2007 WINNERS|url=https://detroitmusicawards.accountsupport.com/winners07.html|access-date=June 5, 2020|website=Detroit Music Awards}}

|-

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.myspace.com/djhouseshoes Myspace]
  • [http://certifiedhiphop.blogspot.com/2007/03/dj-house-shoes-interview.html Certified hip hop interview]

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Category:American DJs

Category:Living people

Category:Businesspeople from Detroit

Category:Musicians from Detroit

Category:Midwest hip-hop musicians

Category:American hip-hop record producers

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:People from Oakland County, Michigan

Category:Musicians from Michigan

Category:Musicians from California

Category:Musicians from Los Angeles

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