Bleep

DJ House Shoes created The Gift as a series which would turn the lens and the spotlight on to overlooked or under celebrated producers and beat makers. For this - the seventh instalment of the series - House Shoes steps up to the pulpit himself for a collection of beats he composed between 1997 and 2011. Featuring cuts that have been used by lyrical heavyweights like Elzhi, Proof, Quelle and Detroit trailblazer Danny Brown, the whole compilation has an overarching mood and aesthetic that is unmistakably from DJ House Shoes. From the muffled vocal sample on Broken to the subdued minimalism of Locusts, this is a compendium of rap beats built by a true great.