The MOBO Nominations Are Out, and Grime Is Absolutely Bossing It

When we talk about the grime revival - or at least the public's renewed interest in the genre - we often talk about the tracks that've set the nation alight, the ones that've reached number one or been banged out at various club nights and festivals. Look at this year's MOBO Awards though and it's clear there's another signifier that the genre is continuing to dominate the urban music landscape, because 2015 is gonna see 27 nominations heading grime's way at this year's award ceremony.

JME leads the nominations with four: Best Album, Best Song, Best Male, and Best Grime Act. An astonishing feat for a man whose life involves "No label, No pr, No publisher, No manager, No pa, No stylist". Alongside him, UK hip-hop duo Krept and Konan have recieved four nominations for Best Male, Best Hip-Hop Act, Best Song and Best Album. Elsewhere Skepta and Stormzy have been given a nod for Best Male, FKA twigs has recieved two nominations for video of the year for "Glass & Patron" and "Pendulum", and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly goes up against the likes of A$AP Rocky and Dr Dre for international album of the year.

The award we're most excited about though is the inaugural MOBO Paving the Way award which has been gifted to Wiley. Essentially what this means is that the Mobo Awards are giving Wiley a paving stone. Yes: a literal paving stone - and it's going to be placed, as chosen by Wiley, at Bow School in Tower Hamlets, East London.

Check out the list of nominations we care most about below this picture of JME's face:

Best Male :

Skepta

Mark Ronson

Krept & Konan

JME

Stormzy

Best Female :

FKA Twigs

Little Simz

Ella Eyre

Lianna La Havas

Jess Glyne

Best Album :

'The Long Way Home' - Krept & Konan

'Integrity' - JME

'Blood' - Lianne La Havas

'Snakes & Ladders - Wiley

'In Colour' - Jamie XX

Best Song in Association with First Direct :

'Uptown Funk' - Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars

'Shutdown' - Skepta

'Not Letting Go' - Tinie Tempah Feat. Jess Glynne

'Man Don't Care' - JME Feat. Giggs

'Freak of the Week' - Krept & Konan

Best Video :

'Know Me From' - Stormzy

'Pendulum' - FKA Twigs

'Body On Me' - Rita Ora Feat. Chris Brown

'Fester Skank' - Lethal Bizzle

'Glass & Patron' - FKA Twigs

Best Newcomer in Association with Virgin Trains East Coast :

Bugzy Malone

Section Boyz

Nao

Bonkaz

Nick Brewer

George The Poet

J Hus

Snakehips

Sinead Harnett

Yungen

Best International Album :

'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' - Drake

'2014 Forest Hill Drive' - J. Cole

'To Pimp A Butterfly' - Kendrick Lamar

'Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre' - Dr. Dre

'Beauty Behind The Madness' - The Weeknd

'Black Messiah' - D'Angelo

'Reality Show' - Jazmine Sullivan

'Ego Death' - The Internet

'Black Rose' - Tyrese

'At. Long. Last. ASAP' - A$AP Rocky

Best Grime in Association with BBC Radio 1Xtra :

Bugzy Malone

JME

Lethal Bizzle

Skepta

Stormzy

Best Hip Hop :

Akala

Krept and Konan

Nines

Little Simz

Lady Leshurr

Best RNB/Soul Act :

Kwabs

Andreya Triana

Shakka

Lianne La Havas

Joss Stone

Best African :

Fuse ODG

Davido

Wizkid

Patoranking

Moelogo

Yemi Alade

Aka

Mista Silva

Shatta Wale

Silvastone

Best Reggae :

Stylo G

Chronixx

Omi

Popcaan

Protoje