Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis - HOUSE Album Review

Lupe Fiasco returns during this pandemic with a dope EP with producer Kaelin Ellis. It's a quick EP that touches on many things in only ways Lupe knows how. Here is our review of Lupe Fiasco and Kaelin Ellis's HOUSE EP.
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[@BATANful]

Fun fact: Lupe said on ig live he freestyled 80% off the EP and they did it in like 10-12 days.

[@MrBEARBLAST]

Damn 😂😂😂

[@rainman415]

DUDE IS A BAD MAN! Makes total sense why Mos def declined to battle Lu.

[@luyolomify]

BATAN32 that’s why his shit always sound weak to me, makes sense now.

[@tonyjuarez6296]

What a god

[@th3ronin407]

So sick

[@mongezisibande9289]

In one of the Joe Budden Podcast episodes, they called in Lupe Fiasco and he confirmed one of the layers of the song DINOSAURS is about old rappers.

[@kashstory]

He actually confirmed all three layers at the podcast.

[@yd856]

Lupe’s entire songs are like quadruple entendres. It’s actually crazy.

[@nyrisj]

My man said life ain't easy. When niggas gotta eat That's when shit gets greasy Gotta Eat is still my favorite song by Lupe That song is about the unhealthy lifestyle promoted in the fast food industry as well as the problematic lifestyle of being a drug dealer. Third layer is the fact that both have so much in common that they can use the same word play interchangeably and still make sense on all fronts because of the very nature of selling products that kill its consumers.

[@yd856]

nyrisj see stuff like this. Lupe should be in anyone’s top 5.

[@MoveTowardsTheLight]

nyrisj I swear that song is one that you show your friends, when they’re trying to figure out how lyrical an MC can get. Lupe is a damn cheat code lol.

[@thomaswayne2076]

I mean like yeah

[@dellayassine]

'Rest In Peace Fred, Rest In Peace Versus, I hope you both wrapped around some wings like the recipe for churches, levels, y'all were both two piece specials, peace peace, that might've been too deep for them devels...' The best quadruple entendre I have ever heard!

[@_IsrealPerez]

Oh my god bruh

[@markbrunache648]

who is versus?

[@CELLYgg]

I have a super stretch to make it a quintuplet (or whatever 5 is) in that that could be a Jay-Z 22 2's (song before D'Evils) reference

[@neildegrassetitan2465]

@@markbrunache648 He was a musician.

[@Portthefirst]

Mind you sharing the entendres? I only got churches/church's and wings references, angels and devils.

[@raykincaid684]

He said Dinosaurs was about rappers on the Joe Budden podcast.

[@a-aura]

He said that track was about him(Joe buden is extinct coz he retired lol), also that he took his nephew to the musem. Some 4th dimensional shit like when he said he might release a pic of him and drake, which he did.

[@Antoinethecool]

yes i was coming to say this !!!

[@sontiyo7113]

@@a-aura why do lupe fans act like thats some crazy 4th dimension shit lol? He knew he had the picture, rapped the bar on that track, posted the picture soon after the album dropped. Yall act like that shit is some sort of rocket science

[@deecee1853]

@@sontiyo7113 But did you listen to his album backwards 50 times

[@a-aura]

@@sontiyo7113 Hold up i was only repeating what lupe said, maybe you should listen to it 50 times backward.

[@dellayassine]

'Rap Anthony Fauci, that Black blackidy grouchy mouth piece, Ramadan breath, prayer-rug pointed at Saudi' so smooth!

[@gerrardup7627]

I love how each of these reviews mention different aspects and peel back different layers to the songs. such a rich work that you can analyze from multiple angles! Feefo's mask is trippy though lol

[@TWIZZTHEWHIZKID]

Lupe Fiasco is The G.O.A.T. Been in my top 5 for while now.

[@milessmiles9289]

Same! My list goes: 1. Nas 2. Black Thought 3. MF DOOM 4. Lupe Fiasco 5. Elzhi

[@TWIZZTHEWHIZKID]

1). Eminem 2). Lupe Fiasco 3). Nas 4). Twista 5). Tech N9ne

[@isaiahmarshall2704]

My favorite rappers got to be Lupe Black Thought Blu

[@redpillproductions7187]

Top 5 is Lupe Fiasco, MF DOOM, Ras Kass, Black Thought, King Los, league of their own (Totally forgot about Ras Kass) 2nd tier are interchangeable Hov Kendrick Lamar Nas Kanye Blu Pac Rakim Ghostface Killah Raekwon Eminem Biggie Jadakiss Lauryn Hill LL Cool J Joe Budden DMZ Andre 3000 Wale GZA RZA J Cole 3rd Tier interchangeable Big Krit Earl Sweatshirt Royce Da 5’9 Lloyd Banks Sean Price Mos Def Killah Priest Inspector Deck AZ Canibus Redman Kxng Crooked 4th tier interchangeable as well Joey Bada$$ Pusha T Kxng Crooked Big L Big Boi Method Man Ludacris Elzhi Big Pun Joell Ortiz Ab-Soul Schoolboy Q Mac Miller Little Brother individually Lil Wayne Griselda individually Masta Ace RTJ individually Common Rick Ross Potential greatness tier Nick Grant Sintell Terry $wipe Duece Da God Boogie YNB Cordae These are my tiers of Greatness. Godfather tier KRS-1 is Thee Godfather of Hiphop Snoop Talib Kweli Busta Rhymes Tech N9ne Big Daddy Kane (definitely forgot some I’m sure)

[@rainman415]

Top 2 , Doom and Lu

[@paulm394]

Lupe is objectively the BEST rapper to ever write lyrics

[@SYMShutYoMouth]

In a world where Aesop Rock exists? Lmaoooo. Nah.

[@Portthefirst]

ShutYoMouth why lmao? You could argue about that day and night. Lupe's poem "MYH saga" is maybe the best story ever told in rap history. His lyrics range from heavy metaphors, wordplays/homophones (which Aesop is average), punchlines, entendres (which Aesop sucks), similes, foreshadowing, allegories, juxtapositions to paralellism, irony, imagery, symbolism. Aesop has yet to make a song more lyrically superior than Mural or Failure. Don't take Lupe's words for granted just cause he said that MF DOOM and Aesop are better lyricists and that he is a C+ level lyricist.

[@MikeJohnson-lt1il]

@@Portthefirst Have you ever listened to Labor Days, Skeleton, and Impossible Kid? He is lyrically superior to Lupe Fiasco. I studied both of them and Aseop Rock used a lot of literary devices and multilayered lyricism.

[@Portthefirst]

Mike Johnson I wouldn't say lyrically superior. Mean and Vicious which isn't even Lupe's most lyrical song contains about 12 literary devices, let alone Mural, Dumb it down, Failure, Mazinger, What it do (circular logic applied here), and a lot others. MYH saga contains almost every literary device there is. It's not lyricaly superior, it's just that you prefer more Aesop Rock. He ain't a better writer than Lupe. Lupe ain't a better writer than Aesop. Different type of lyricists, using big words or having a larger vocabulary = not better. If we go by that, then K Rino is the best lyricist there ever existed.

[@MikeJohnson-lt1il]

@@Portthefirst K-Rino I forgot to mention him underrated Houston legend. I still think Aseop Rock is better having the biggest vocabulary doesn't mean nothing to me. He is a brilliant conceptual artist. I think Lupe is a better rapper but not a better lyricist than Aseop Rock. I like Lupe's music a lot more but I respect Aseop Rock's pen game. By the way The Stories from the black book by K-Rino is some of the best lyrical albums ever made.

[@Sorcery1991]

Feefo mask is trippy especially when he talks.

[@twinblade6]

Shit is so offputting.

[@BATANful]

Rawrrrr - Feefo probably didn't sound like that...

[@BlackMusicGenre]

It looks like the Pennywise grill .

[@Antoinethecool]

for real at least they having fun being covid safe

[@neildegrassetitan2465]

Is that even protective?🤔

[@milessmiles9289]

Yoo Lupe dropped an album? Let's gooo!!!!!

[@hsn7018]

(Ep)

[@yd856]

Seriously one of my favorites from this year. There’s so many layers.

[@isaiahmarshall2704]

I SEE LUPE AND DEAD END HIP HOP. I CLICK!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@malcolmbrown95]

Lupe confirmed the dinosaurs/old rapper connections on Budden's podcast.

[@kaelinellis]

:)

[@concernedcitizen5614]

When you're accustomed to your homies not being as bright: Feefo: My mind didn't go there. Myke: Riiight... 😂

[@neildegrassetitan2465]

🤣🤣🤣

[@iantCPA]

Bruh

[@djknight8167]

He said it was about rappers. I see you myke

[@Terrapin47-s8y]

Lupe is effortlessly poetic with his lyrics

[@williamtumelobuthelezi8884]

House is incredible! And I thoroughly enjoyed this review. Thank you, Dead End team.

[@jordanj9763]

I really enjoyed this project and I knew you guys were going to deliver with the commentary.

[@JustDraysonTV]

There is always layers to a Lupe project which is why he is one my favorite emcees. Rather it be 4 tracks or 20 the content will be there.

[@Okkotsu86275]

I need to seriously listen to this. Lupe been a favorite since my teen years and I'm in my thirties now

[@poopmaster9057]

Same, I feel dumb for never really giving him his credit. On account of his mainstream status, but damn was I wrong been. He has shot up to my top five this year alone.

[@THHB_RAY]

STAY IN THE HOUSE

[@ihatemago4807]

dont touch the mic like its AIDS on it

[@patrickpillow7362]

Great project! Lupe always so underrated man

[@C3Turner]

This project was flat out refreshing, down to the the conciseness of it. Simple on the surface but complex when you dig in. The few amount of songs just lets us focus on the songs entirely and take in the greatness behind it. Glad to hear this review from you all, great breakdown!

[@SolidSnake240]

Myke was dead on about "Dinosaurs". Lupe said that it's a metaphor for rappers as well on the joe budden podcast.

[@kashstory]

They were all dead on if you listened to everything he said in the podcast.

[@SolidSnake240]

@@kashstory Cool

[@OGNICKMARSH]

Loved this project

[@316therocksays]

You guys are the best fr!

[@Joela393]

This ep was dope as hell

[@phiwokuhlethwala9415]

Been waiting for this review... Super excited to hear y'all opinions.

[@Independent365]

I'm glad they're back to enjoying Lupe's work again! Drogas Wave brought him back into the fold.

[@chiefanon789]

Lupe the best rapper of all time

[@MrAZ929]

thank you for giving lupe the flowers he deserves!

[@djknight8167]

Let's go!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@LTOOFRESH]

Lupe called in on the Joe Budden Podcast and said Dinosaurs is about old rappers, actual dinosaurs, and that life is precious (extinction)

[@louisgregoire3927]

Dinosaurs really does have like 3+ meanings

[@alphabodies925]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@nyarangitirimba7679]

THANK YOU FOR THIS REVIEW

[@victorjimenez7213]

I didn’t know he drop an EP. I just brought it without even listening to this review I will be back tomorrow.

[@jpegz0w6]

Yes

[@funkateeer9]

Yes!✌🏽

[@Okkotsu86275]

This is a review. Joe Budden podcast just tried to make juvenile jokes while not even really digging into the project or content.

[@shotbynolan1705]

Right but they wanna do 40 min deep dives on a Rick Ross album or Drake song

[@hartburn6301]

Nice T-Shirt Mike I would love to see a review of that Gravediggaz album

[@yd856]

Lupe said in an interview that he thinks of old heads /old rappers as dinosaurs so now whenever I listen to dinosaurs I think of the old rappers as dinosaurs and the new wave of trap rap as the meteor that wiped them out.

[@kashstory]

He also talked about how it's about the mortality of us humans, how we can go extinct. And how it also serves as a song to just explain Dinosaurs to his nephew.

[@chaseoliva]

This and that pharaoh heights ep are amazing

[@producedbykhireyakeem4340]

Pharaoh Heights is incredible!

[@kkv6124]

Well done DEHH

[@CHarr1991]

Yes!! Everybody put respect on Lupe’s craft. I need the next Kendrick project to be like 12 ‘Dinosaur’ songs. Insane lyrical work.

[@nyrisj]

I was trying to read Myke's shirt the whole video. It says Gravediggaz. Sledom didn't get enough mention. It may not have been the deepest lyrical song, but it was the best songy song on the project.

[@louisgregoire3927]

Lupe's so dope man

[@Makwood99]

Review Killah Priest new album - Rocket To Nebula, no channel on KZbin have showed Killah Priest love yet, there's nothing like it in hip hop history

[@zwelethuzeemaziya4668]

Facts

[@neildegrassetitan2465]

👏👏👏👏👏🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@tattiman]

Lupe a Living Legend!!

[@_IsrealPerez]

man kaelin ellis is dope so happy for him

[@st.christopher7614]

Ken from the nose up looks as old as the creatures from the first track lol great review guys 💪🏾

[@Irvgoddy]

I thought the red zip tie mentioned was a metaphor to redlining... since you'd have to possibly cut the zip tie to wear the shoe or destroying redlining in order to move forward. Though I might be over thinking it 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Moereese0327]

AAAAAYYYYYOOOO👀👀

[@luther1750]

Oh wow that’s dope. I didn’t know that’s how Lupe & Kaelin linked up. 💯

[@fatethegemini]

Hope Lu sees it and talks about this on his IG

[@mauricemoore3193]

Sledom is models looking in the mirror

[@DFMusic811]

I knew it was Models backwards, but I never put that together.

[@kylecornett5222]

I don't know if it was intentional, but the chorus being about using your body to sell things on the internet can also be about anyone using their talents to make money online

[@ScreamGeronimo]

Kyle Cornett I think that was part of it. What is an influencer? Someone who leveraged their following to lock down other opportunities. Usually to sell things. If not thru some sort of sponsorship/affiliate program, then through the ads that play throughout your video

[@tattiman]

🤯🤯🤯

[@301.allday]

**Wee-Bey meme**

[@SystemChannel]

Still waiting on Apollo Brown & Che Noir review. Is it in the pipeline?

[@RoddyRodbb]

The Lupe interview with Ebro is on KZbin too lol

[@carterw3382]

You guys gotta do the new boldy james album next!! Manger on McNichols! Aoty!

[@RighteousGemz]

Please tell me next review is Aminé ‘s “Limbo”, it’s pretty good, I’m surprisingly shocked.

[@anthonyscott7520]

Just to let you, I listen to the album off you recommendation. You just put me on, so thanks.

[@whitehouseincc8037]

Joe Budden Pod tried sitting on the whole thing based on the first song, but they haven't been a good podcast for MUSIC in a minute.

[@Okkotsu86275]

For real man. Budden podcast is more entertainment and gossip base nowadays. They did try to crap on the whole project base on one track. They got Lupe on the phone and their energy changed up.

[@Makwood99]

Joe said multiple times he doesn't listen to rap, unless when it's finally cool when the goat list conversations comes up, been acting for a while

[@Okkotsu86275]

@@Makwood99 And his corny for that.

[@Makwood99]

@@Okkotsu86275 True bro and i love joe and mal them

[@Okkotsu86275]

@@Makwood99 Me too fan. I fuck with the podcast big time. But for the last two years they have got very corny, superficial and surface level

[@TheThoughtHere]

AYYYYYY

[@MoveTowardsTheLight]

Two things, Dinosaur and Shoes are songs of the year for me. Can we get an album from these two (Lupe/Kaelin) please. Swear Lupe is making me fall back in love with Hip-hop/Rap.

[@rainman415]

Lupe and Doom always been my favorite emcees of all time. Crazy thing Doom is Lupe's favorite rapper. No one in the game can go toe to toe with Lu concept and rapping wise. I've always admired him for his ability to rhyme. Dude has 4 debatable classics!

[@Portthefirst]

4 classics, amazing EPs and mixtapes and also 2 upcoming classics, Skulls and The Cool 2. Mark my words, he gonna solidify himself as a top 5 rapper of all time after these two albums. Personally, he's my favorite rapper and artist, some comes close but he's just... well, he's Lupe.

[@MikeJohnson-lt1il]

Two classic albums from Lu F&L & The Cool. T&Y & Drogas are not classic albums just because you really like doesn't mean it's a classic.

[@rainman415]

@@MikeJohnson-lt1il I disagree with you , I like T&Y and Waves because I think they're classics. To each his own!

[@Portthefirst]

Mike Johnson and just because you think they aren't, it doesn't mean they aren't. Insta classics are everywhere. 4:44, DAMN (which won the biggest prize a rap artist could've won), TES, IWW, etc. Judge based on artistic values. Read more about artistic values, create your own critical thinking and judge.

[@MikeJohnson-lt1il]

@@rainman415 Classic means it stood the test of time. It has to have cultural impact T&Y & Drogas was neither. I think T&Y is Lu's best album and the only impact it has was that it influenced Kendrick's classic album DAMN. an album that had tremendous impact culturally and won a Pulitzer Prize.

[@khallous]

Side note, he referenced a tweet of mine “Judge Mathis look a like” in LF95. The review that got me hip to DEHH was the Food & Liquor 2 review back in 2012-2013 so its just exciting to hear something I said be referenced by a rapper I’ve actively been a fan & analyzing since the beginning of high school

[@markdeejay86]

Y'all gotta review that Boldy James Versace EP

[@robarthur1080]

"Dinosaurs and Shoes" would be a fire title ngl

[@TerraFirma47]

This was the first album I listened to the day it dropped. Dinosaurs made me feel like a kid too lol crazy

[@baghelbhagtana]

felt the same lol. i think he said he initially made it for his godson after they went to the museum.

[@morgofo5946]

Feefo! That mask bro😂

[@trillyandtruly211]

SKULLS IS GONNA BE INSANE!

[@Portthefirst]

Imagine The Cool 2... Lupe himself said that The Cool 2 is the superior one, it has a superior writing. Lmao, his brain works on a different level than most rappers.

[@jeanbeya6860]

The drawing of Philip Johnson's Glass House holds a certain significance that I'm still trynna work out. Something to do with transparency, simplicity or void.

[@yd856]

I’ve listened to this over and over again s and every time I do I think of more alternative meanings for this.

[@NoOne-pf9qk]

Do weight of the world by MIKE

[@producedbykhireyakeem4340]

HELL YES

[@yeshua7238]

If you've ever seen that interview Lupe gave about how he writes, he just goes on about how you get one idea and you freestyle about that, then get another idea and freestyle about that, and you keep going and pretty soon you're talking about the whole world. When I see you guys try to break down the different layers of Dinosaurs, it makes me think of that.

[@lilscrappy9188]

Can you do an updated Dave East Episode Please?!

[@AnthonyKComedy]

Going back to the rapper theory he also said "This ain't your condo in toronto" drake reference?

[@Pizza21002]

Feefo looks so funny in that mask

[@beadrum1668]

Am I seeing correct? A double release on 2 amazing projects back to back? DeHH are goats for this straight up.

[@Questchaun]

Lupe the rappers rapper.

[@HappyGuy343]

Lupe's pen is alien-like. It's insane.

[@stephenbam3479]

I didn’t know this album existed. Thanks for the heads up fellas!

[@seanjjpaul]

That quote is about the roots is from the Arrested development album that's why they were confused lol

[@batsoccer]

Yall should review flo milli. She's really good and has been blowing up over the last year

[@iguessillsayit7510]

My lines I said 2 years ago But sense I'm underground It never it the surface Rooted in my black thoughts/ Things fall apart when we Leave seldom it seems/ I watch the throne but Forgotten the dream /

[@ScreamGeronimo]

Dinosaurs used to warm up the homes and power up the cars. Think of the radio. Think of how music acts as the soundtrack for your thanksgiving/Christmas holiday or sets the tone for your workday on your morning commute

[@velemulubisse5703]

He touched on that extinction thing and the rapper thing on the Joe Budden Podcast

[@authorrobjohnson3178]

This is pretty dope. They probably won't do that Che Noir and Apollo Brown that dropped.

[@paulm394]

“In Bruce Lee’s gi tell me to freeze I might kick ya gun”

[@trillyandtruly211]

LF95 was all off the top of the dome.. you can tell...

[@chinbeats6551]

Ka > Lupe

[@Ja.abbatta_V]

Was this recorded before or after The Joe Budden Podcast episode? Because he called Lupe and just like Myke said it's about rappers but also a multilayered song. I thought Feefo would bring it up since he goes first and Joe is his favorite in Slaughterhouse.

[@producedbykhireyakeem4340]

After brother

[@funkateeer9]

That mask on feefo is crazy😂😂

[@qthe6thman]

lupe is rap thelonious monk.

[@1artistik1]

Whoa, whoa, whoa now I get the point but I don't know about that one. lol. I would think for that to work, the rapper would have to rap in different time signatures, spit words that don't even rhyme and don't fit until they fit.

[@qthe6thman]

​@@1artistik1he does all that

[@kaleevans1692]

Can't find that beez430 beat em' up Battle on twitch. Can someone provide link please?

[@ElahiMalik]

He was on call with Joe Budden and confirmed that it was also a metaphor for rappers

[@SoulBrother1000]

Down In Texas album review Killa Kyleon & Slim Thug next

[@jayy93est]

YALL SHOULD REVIEW DAYLYT VS TAY ROC !!!! it would be way more content if y'all did battle raps to it's HIPHOP ON STEROIDS

[@jeanbeya6860]

They should've reviewed Let ThereBLyt, Last Breath is a masterpiece.

[@jayy93est]

@@jeanbeya6860 exactly they need to expand the hip hop cause honestly half dudes they talk about i really don't be knowing about

[@mistersippiburning]

He said it was about rappers on the Joe Budden Podcast.

[@marcoliver484]

make a highlights channel for you beat battle beeeezy!!!!!!!all the big twitch streamers have them but they usually fan made and they don't make the money