Posted October 19, 20177 yr The nominations for the 2017 MOBO Awards were announced this week, and leading up to the ceremony in November the R&B Forum will be running a series of polls to figure out who should be winning the awards! First up is Best Song, a heavily competitive category but I think this year they picked five very strong songs. The songs are as follows: J Hus - Did You See Kojo Funds ft. Abra Cadabra - Dun Talkin' Not3s - Addison Lee Stormzy - Big For Your Boots Yungen ft. Yxng Bane - Bestie I think maybe 'No Don' could have crept in, but apart from that I think they picked the strongest five. Addison Lee has been a huge underground anthem that has crossed over, Dun' Talkin is the underground hit of the year (and the chart hit that never was), while these nominated songs saw J Hus and Yungen achieve their first Top 10 hits and cemented Stormzy as a national treasure. I think Did You See should win overall, but don't rule out the impact of Addison Lee. What does everyone else think? dFOErVWlsxg3rk6_Ax0mQoCyfwmoGJzNE9UQoHSo9-IoICPp_1SDueM
October 19, 20177 yr I think Did You See , Bestie , or Big For Your Boots will win Edited October 19, 20177 yr by troylovesmusic
October 19, 20177 yr My fave of those is Bestie but I imagine Big For Your Boots will win. Addison Lee is a good tune too, dislike the other 2.
October 19, 20177 yr Stormzy is the only choice! The only other song that's nominated that would be deserving is "Did You See" but I think Stormzy is going to clean up in every category. A bit disappointed that there's no Stefflon/female representation in this category though.
October 19, 20177 yr Author Stormzy is the only choice! The only other song that's nominated that would be deserving is "Did You See" but I think Stormzy is going to clean up in every category. A bit disappointed that there's no Stefflon/female representation in this category though. I do think Finders Keepers could have been nominated, but maybe the Stefflon Don one hasn't been out long enough. I do think it would have been harsh to exclude any of the five nominated.
October 19, 20177 yr I love Big For Your Boots and Bestie, so either of those, but the former is my favourite in this list.
October 20, 20177 yr Never actually heard that Dun Talkin song :o Voted for Big For Your Boots as my fave as I still go back to it quite often but Did You See is great too and would also make a great winner. I like Bestie & Addison Lee a lot too but not as much as those two...
October 21, 20177 yr I do think Finders Keepers could have been nominated, but maybe the Stefflon Don one hasn't been out long enough. I do think it would have been harsh to exclude any of the five nominated. I've literally never even heard of "Dun Talkin". At least "Addison Lee" which wasn't a chart hit I've heard. There's clearly an underlying issue here and in many music awards with 'gender neutral' categories - I can't think of any major categories at major awards ceremonies recently that haven't included male artists so why is it okay to exclude female artists?
October 21, 20177 yr Author I've literally never even heard of "Dun Talkin". At least "Addison Lee" which wasn't a chart hit I've heard. There's clearly an underlying issue here and in many music awards with 'gender neutral' categories - I can't think of any major categories at major awards ceremonies recently that haven't included male artists so why is it okay to exclude female artists? Yes, but 'Dun Talkin' was a huge underground hit - music that deserves recognition by award ceremonies like the MOBOs. It's got over 13 million views on YouTube for example and it's a song I've heard consistently throughout 2017. For black music, it has been one of the defining songs of the last twelve months. And like I've said, the MOBOs aren't there to reward the five biggest urban chart hits. Look at last years winner ('Robbery' by Abra Cadabra & Krept & Konan) and I guarantee only a handful of Buzzjack members have heard that song. I don't think the MOBOs can really be accused of gender bias either - the Best Newcomer award is full of female artists who could win that award (Mabel, Jorja Smith, Stefflon Don). Best Song is a narrow field and if it was as wide as other categories I guarantee female-led songs would have been shortlisted.
October 21, 20177 yr I don't think the MOBOs can really be accused of gender bias either - the Best Newcomer award is full of female artists who could win that award (Mabel, Jorja Smith, Stefflon Don). Best Song is a narrow field and if it was as wide as other categories I guarantee female-led songs would have been shortlisted. A bit of a void point when there's still over 50% male representation in that category. There's also no females in the Best Album category (something that was seen at the Brits this year as well). If it's that difficult for the panel to put through a minimum of one female artist to ALL the major categories, then I think they're void. Taking the nominees from Best Female, Emeli Sandé, Jessie Ware, Mabel, NAO or Stefflon Don could easily have been put forward for Best Album just for the representation.
October 21, 20177 yr Author A bit of a void point when there's still over 50% male representation in that category. There's also no females in the Best Album category (something that was seen at the Brits this year as well). If it's that difficult for the panel to put through a minimum of one female artist to ALL the major categories, then I think they're void. Taking the nominees from Best Female, Emeli Sandé, Jessie Ware, Mabel, NAO or Stefflon Don could easily have been put forward for Best Album just for the representation. Equally, there shouldn't be 'token representation' for these categories either. Artists should not be put forward 'just for the representation' as you've put it. I definitely don't think the point about Best Newcomer is a 'void point' either when I think it's highly likely a female artist will win that award. The type of argument you are proposing means that if there were female nominees in each category but no winners then that would be equally taken as evidence of sexism. Also, looking at last year's nominees for Best Song there were songs by Jorja Smith, M.O. and appearances by Beyoncé and Zara Larsson in an admittedly bigger field. If the field was as big this year then at least Stefflon Don and Mabel would have made it on.
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