Gipsy.cz

If hip-hop is the music of the dispossessed, nobody has more right to it than Europe's Gypsies. But who would have expected this Czech band to get it so right? These guys sound like they're having a ball, dusting off their granddad's instruments and imitating their favorite hip-hop artists, playing tough and then collapsing in laughter. And when they think you're not looking, they might throw in a traditional ballad or hint at flamenco. We've never heard accordion, violin and cymbalom make nice with breakbeats, let alone coupled with lyrics in Romani. It borders on exhilarating.