Hey man thanks for the crit. You are right. I actually turned the brass down -2 db in my last mix but it really needs to be more! That's something I need to work on: less melodies all the time and leave space for the rapper. Thanks for the perspective! I tossed you a sub on youtube (it's ok you don't HAVE to sub back haha).
As for your beat I firstly I would like to say I really like how it is mixed. Not hard on the ears at all in the upper mid frequencies and sounds nice and analogue to my ears. I'm working towards your level with my mixing so well done
As for the beat, you really do a good job of laying the groundwork for a rapper to spit over: great sounding drums with a nice chord progression. The only criticism I have is that the chord progression is rather common and all over the place in pop music and your accompanying instruments just seem to support the chord progression instead of creating interesting hooks on their own. So basically you took a common chord prog, added supporting elements, and drums without really stamping a melody/riff/hook of your own in the writing process.
But I think perhaps I overemphasise this point where I leave little space for the rapper to do work in some of my own beats, with perhaps too many melodies. This is supposed to be a backdrop to the rapper anyways. But I think there is a happy medium between the two extremes. Anyways keep up the good work man, you definitely sound professional.