House Shoes Explained

DJ House Shoes
Birth Name:	Michael Griffith Buchanan^[1]
Birth Place:	Lathrup Village, Michigan, U.S.
Origin:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years Active:	1994–present

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.^[2] He served as a producer on albums by Phat Kat, Proof, Elzhi, Pumpkinhead, Marv Won, J Dilla, Danny Brown, and Quelle Chris among others.^[3] 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.^[4]

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^[5] and later also worked as a manager for Fat Beats.^[6]

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.^[7]

House Shoes founded Street Corner Music in 2013.^{[8] [9]}

Discography

Studio albums

• Let It Go (2012)

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

!|-|align=center|2005|rowspan="3"| Himself|rowspan="3"| Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Outstanding Hip-Hop DJ||rowspan="2"||-|align=center|2006||-|align=center|2007||^[10] |-

External links

• Myspace
• Certified hip hop interview

Notes and References

1. Web site: CASTLE (THE SKY IS OURS)/MY BROTHER . ASCAP . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . May 3, 2023.
2. Web site: It's gotta be the shoes. Cunningham. Jonathan. Detroit Metro Times. January 30, 2017.
3. Web site: House Shoes. Discogs. en. January 30, 2017.
4. Web site: He's got next. Detroit Metro Times. January 30, 2017.
5. Web site: House Shoes Biography & History AllMusic. AllMusic. January 30, 2017.
6. News: Fat Beats: The End Of A Hip-Hop Era. NPR.org. en. January 30, 2017.
7. Web site: House Shoes . Time Out . May 30, 2019.
8. Web site: Music | Street Corner Music . Streetcornermusic.bandcamp.com . September 21, 2016 . May 4, 2022.
9. Web site: HOUSE SHOES – STREET CORNER MUSIC . streetcornerscm.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202063100/http://streetcornerscm.com/category/houseshoes/ . February 2, 2017.
10. Web site: 2007 WINNERS. June 5, 2020. Detroit Music Awards.