HouseShoes

Bio:

Detroit Hip-Hop's Ambassador to the World. Michael "HouseShoes" Buchanan has been an integral part of the long burgeoning Motown resurgence. Ask the people coming out of Detroit and they will confirm all of this. Houseshoes, a resident DJ at the Hip-Hop staple St. Andrews Hall from 1994-2004, has had personal influence over (at least) a full generation of emcees, producers, and then-future-DJs. Through House Shoes Recordings he pressed the now classic Jay Dee - Unreleased EP" (1996), Phat Kat – Dedication To The Suckers 12” (1999), and Houseshoes – Loungin’ (2004). The most recent House Shoes Recordings release The King James Version Vol. 1 (2008), his tribute to the late James “Jay Dee / J Dilla” Yancey, has sold well independently and received rave reviews. As a DJ, Shoes has toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe with Hip-Hop acts (Percee P, Guilty Simpson, Illa J, Exile, Aloe Blacc, Phat Kat, Slum Village, and Elzhi to name a few) as well as on his own. He has garnered the respect of acts far outside the scope of Detroit Hip-Hop by taking crowds somewhere they never planned on going, helping them discover more about music in the process. As a producer Houseshoes has worked with some of Detroit’s elite musicians and emcees to help contribute to the soundtrack of his city. From the late and revered J Dilla and Big Proof, to Elzhi (Slum Village), Guilty Simpson (Stones Throw Records), Black Milk (Fat Beats Records), Ty & Kory (Buddha Brown / Sony), Now On (A-Side Worldwide), Phat Kat, Invincible, Finale, Big Tone, Ta’Raach, Marv Won, Danny Brown, and Stacy Epps. Houseshoes’ Podcasts (shoeshouse.podomatic.com) boasts holding one of the top 50 podcast portals (60,000+ subscribers) on a site of tens of thousands of hosted podcasts. He lives and works out of Los Angeles, California. ..photobucket.com/albums/y232/slippers313/JDilla.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> DJ Houseshoes - Redbull Music Academy

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Member Since:

April 12, 2005

Members:

PRODUCTION CREDITS...... Bugz (r.i.p.) J Dilla (r.i.p.) Proof (r.i.p.) Elzhi Guilty Simpson Phat Kat Black Milk Ty & Kory Finale Invincible Fat Killahz Marv Won Quelle Paradime Now On 87 Wildchild Stacy Epps Shawn Jackson Boogie Brown Miz Korona Lacks (Ta’raach) Hodgepodge (Big Tone) Fuzz Scoota King Gordy Pumpkinhead Mu Journalist 103 LoDown Swifty Mcvay Havana Ill Uno Mountain Climbaz Rican EMIXO Unplugged Roots Chief Common Ground Big Dave the Destroyer Loe Louis LaPeace LasWunzOut 31 Quest McCody Danny Brown nick speed

Influences:

DILLA/WAAJEED/BEEJ/SPOT/DEZ/PETE ROCK/ PRIMO/NOTTZ/BEATMINERZ/MADLIB/ JAKE1/MOSS/EL-P/DIAMOND/SHOWBIZ/FINESSE/ HAVOC/RZA/BLACK MILK..... 2 name a few.....

Sounds Like:

GOOD FUCKING MUSIC.

Record Label:

House Shoes Recordings