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There's little doubt that Amanda Blank is her own woman. A torrid rapper and inventive lyricist, she lit up the Baltimore club scene during 2005-2006, and her closing verse on Spank Rock's "Bump" provided a highlight to one of the best albums of 2006, YoYoYoYoYo. With so much talent on display already, the only concern leading up to the release of I Love You was whether her jump from featured artist to top billing could avoid the usual wide-distribution pitfalls. Blank proves mostly up to the challenge, floating a few great tracks and plenty of pounding productions, despite sounding familiar to fans of M.I.A. or Santigold. The similarities begin with "A Love Song," where it's easy to see the roots of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes," which is just as reflective and just as reliant on an '80s pop touchstone (here it's LL Cool J's "I Need Love" instead of "Straight to Hell" by the Clash) -- and, not coincidentally, just as produced by Diplo and Switch. Elsewhere, she spends a lot of time jump-starting a party, recalling Santigold's pop version of club music. The best tracks here feature her excellent rapping skills over productions from XXXChange, and the one where she sounds the most natural is the Spank Rock co-feature "Gimme What You Got.")
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S. White, Composer - Tyler Pope, Producer - XXXChange, Producer - Switch, MixingEngineer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist - T. Pope, Composer
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
XXXChange, Producer - David Taylor, Composer - Switch, Producer - Wesley Pentz, Composer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
XXXChange, Producer - Amanda Blank, MainArtist - Prince, Composer
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
Naeem Juwan, Composer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist - Eli Escobar, Composer, Producer
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
Diplo, Producer - Wesley Pentz, Composer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist - Evan Ingersol, Composer
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
XXXChange, Producer - Alex Epton, Composer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist - Martin \"Doc\" McKinney, Composer
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
James Todd Smith, Composer - Darryl Pierce, Composer - Dwayne Simon, Composer - Bobby Ervin, Composer - John Hill, Composer - Santi White, Composer - Chris FEinstein, Composer - Diplo, Producer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist - Steven Ettinger, Composer - Trevor Andrew, Composer
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
XXXChange, Producer - Switch, Producer - Wesley Pentz, Composer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
Larry Carter, Composer - Benjamin Bossi, Composer - Frank Zincavage, Composer - Debora Iyall, Composer - XXXChange, Producer - Switch, Producer, MixingEngineer - Alex Epton, Composer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
Carl Lof, Composer, Producer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
Switch, Producer - Amanda Blank, Composer, MainArtist - Steven Haslam, Composer
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
Album review
There's little doubt that Amanda Blank is her own woman. A torrid rapper and inventive lyricist, she lit up the Baltimore club scene during 2005-2006, and her closing verse on Spank Rock's "Bump" provided a highlight to one of the best albums of 2006, YoYoYoYoYo. With so much talent on display already, the only concern leading up to the release of I Love You was whether her jump from featured artist to top billing could avoid the usual wide-distribution pitfalls. Blank proves mostly up to the challenge, floating a few great tracks and plenty of pounding productions, despite sounding familiar to fans of M.I.A. or Santigold. The similarities begin with "A Love Song," where it's easy to see the roots of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes," which is just as reflective and just as reliant on an '80s pop touchstone (here it's LL Cool J's "I Need Love" instead of "Straight to Hell" by the Clash) -- and, not coincidentally, just as produced by Diplo and Switch. Elsewhere, she spends a lot of time jump-starting a party, recalling Santigold's pop version of club music. The best tracks here feature her excellent rapping skills over productions from XXXChange, and the one where she sounds the most natural is the Spank Rock co-feature "Gimme What You Got.")
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:38
- Main artists: Amanda Blank
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Downtown Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international 2009 Downtown Records, under exclusive license to Cooperative Music, a division of V2 Records international
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