BEST HIP-HOP BAND/ARTIST

Gypsy Collabo

Actually “none” won this category, which may speak volumes about our readers’ knowledge of the local world of hip-hop, but Gypsy Collabo got the most votes for a real group. Formed in 2002 when local rockers Tipsy Gypsys collided with area hip-hop collective Collabo to create the genre-busting, Gypsy Collabo, the group relocated to St. Louis for awhile, but now the boys are back on the Springfield scene. Intermingling styles of an old-school band with contemporary, creative sound techniques, members Katie Moore, Derek Anderson, Josh Shaw, Jon Mcgrath and Matt Sherer reach to create something new out of a combination of all that’s come before. Our readers must like the result as the group makes it a three-peat in 2013. Other artists receiving a bunch of votes include, Pytch Wyte, Loud Mouth, Mohrer Les, Torch, Jim Smiley and Anybody but Gypsy Collabo. Runner-up: NIL8