House Shoes

House Shoes' crucial role in the development of Detroit hip-hop was fully understood only by those who closely witnessed the DJ/producer's activities as an artist and advocate. Born Michael Buchanan, House Shoes was raised in Lathrup Village, a small city surrounded by the Detroit suburb of Southfield. From the mid-'90s through the early 2000s, he was a resident DJ at Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall. He worked at a number of record stores in and around the city, including Melodies & Memories and Street Corner Music. Slowly but surely, he racked up production credits for the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:13jpHmo9ySqxwQnIipyFcR">Common Ground</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1W7G3vXPeISR3Oi9ggVfyE">Proof</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6OwOuTjrLVrlMH1nxxIjbT">Elzhi</a>. Through House Shoes Recordings, he issued <a href="spotify:artist:31ovhtZf0B1CTJXPNhchvF">Phat Kat</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:0IVcLMMbm05VIjnzPkGCyp">J Dilla</a>-produced "Dedication to the Suckers," a ten-track compilation of rare <a href="spotify:artist:0IVcLMMbm05VIjnzPkGCyp">Dilla</a> mixes and productions titled Jay Dee Unreleased, and The House Shoes Collection, Vol. 1: I Got Next -- a two-CD set featuring material from <a href="spotify:artist:1020a42xVklY6c56imNcaa">Slum Village</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0Zji66LHK0QCC8AUMuyp3h">Guilty Simpson</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6DVipHzYsPlIoA0DW8Gmns">Royce da 5'9"</a>, Lacks, <a href="spotify:artist:1tVRa7YiCwE6hTGsqqb4Te">Dabrye</a>, and several others, with some material produced by House Shoes himself. As a DJ, he also went on the road with many of the above-mentioned artists, as well as <a href="spotify:artist:0id62QV2SZZfvBn9xpmuCl">Aloe Blacc</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4d53BMrRlQkrQMz5d59f2O">Mayer Hawthorne</a>. Production-wise, House Shoes -- who eventually relocated to Los Angeles -- was never one to flood the market, though his output increased around 2010-2012. This culminated in an album, Let It Go, issued on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Tres%22">Tres</a> label in June 2012. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

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