AfroKolektyw (PL)

When this Warsaw group debuted over a decade ago with Płyta pilśniowa, they drew comparisons to The Roots and were lauded as the great hope of Polish hip-hop. Today, following the release of Piosenki po polsku, enthusiastic reviewers see Afro Kolektyw more as a worthy heir to the best Polish pop-rock traditions of the 70s and 80s. As hard as it may be to keep up with them, two elements of Afro Kolektyw’s style have remained constant: their excellent instrumentalists, whose groove remains unrivaled in the land of the Vistula, and their one-of-a-kind frontman, Michał “Afrojax” Hoffman, against whose sharp tongue, witty humor, and irony few local wordsmiths dare compete.