One of our contributors, Ben Slowey, is more than on top of the local music scene. In addition to his work for Breaking And Entering, he also hosts the Mr. Nice Guy podcast, an interview-based show that reaches out to Milwaukeeans for conversations about what motivates them. Many of these shows fittingly involve the local music scene, and we’ll be sharing some of them here as well.

For this episode, Ben talks with producer Cullen McCloskey AKA Loko, who recently walked out of the Cream City Beat Battle in second place. His projects “Novelty” and “Deluxxe” are available on SoundCloud. They discussed Cullen’s beginnings as a musician from small-town Wisconsin, Beck, the beat battle, taking his craft more seriously, and material he is working on now. You can check out more episodes of Mr. Nice Guy on YouTube, and check out this interview below: