Luhh Dyl is a 21 year old recording artist from Detroit, Michigan who began to gain traction in the city putting out his debut EP The Ticket in the summer of 2023. It caught the attention of 300 Entertainment, who signed Dyl for his next EP Cart Music birthing his own subgenre of Detroit trap on his debut for the label. Only 7 months later, he’s looking to pick up right where he left off on his debut mixtape with half of the features getting the best of me in checking it out.
The sampling throughout “Chosen” caught my attention to open the tape thanking God for all his trials & tribulations while “Chance” hooks up this trap instrumental with some strings woven in talking about people hating him for never conforming. “Ski” jazzily flexes that everyone else has no other choice to watch him out here & having it better now ahead of the Detroit trap joint “Not a Rapper” talking about everyone else being actors compared to him.
“Be Foreal” shows off the way he be turning up & boasting they couldn’t rap like him if they even were him blending Detroit trap & jazz rap leading into “Fuck 12” featuring Tee Grizzley giving a finger to the feds. “Slow Down” featuring Veeze brings these synths in the fold chopping up the opps’ bodies as if they’re Ted Bundy while “R.I.P. Gang” ahead of the underwhelming collab “Get Loose” featuring Lil Lik remembers everyone in his life who’re in prison or no longer with us.
I found it cool that “Kimbo Slice” takes it’s name after the late Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) fighter who temporarily fought in the UFC division of the Endeavor-owned TKO Group Holdings planning to start Zuffa Boxing with تركي آل الشيخ for Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford on Netflix in September prior to the “Penny Pinchin’” remix featuring Sada Baby referencing the current 2-time WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker, who was also a former 2-time NXT Champion & a former NXT Tag Team Champion. “Sign NDA’s” featuring Lil Darius suggests they could’ve been with Druski, which is odd because his behavior at Diddy parties have recently been coming into question.
Loe Shimmy appears on the closer “Get Low” serving as another mediocre collaboration flexing that their chains he shining like chandelier just before “Done Smokin’” starts the deluxe run by talking about the only time people hating you is when you do something they can’t. Nino Paid’s appearance on “You Ready” is another guest spot that I can personally do without up until Baby Money making up for it with his “Fire Eyes” verse, but then final bonus track “10:20 in N.Y.” finishes by trapping in the City of Dreams.
The inventor of cart music showcases the breadth of his artistry during the course of Intrude’s runtime & regardless of me finding myself feeling sorta on the fence with it, there’s more positives for me to say about the mixtape than there are negatives. A notable criticism being only half of the guests delivering fiery performances, with the positives including a hint of unpredictability that you don’t get from other Detroit trap acts when unpacking Dyl’s own lyrics & the production.
Score: 3/5
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