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Amanda Blank
Amanda Blank in 2006
Background information
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA[1]
Genres	Rap Electronic Baltimore Club
Labels	Downtown Records
Associated acts	Spank Rock, Sweatheart
Website	http://www.myspace.com/amandablank

Amanda Mallory (a.k.a. Amanda Blank, born 1986 or 1984^{[citation needed]}) is an American rapper and singer^[2] and member of the performance art band Sweatheart based in Philadelphia^[3].

She is also a collaborator with the rapper Spank Rock, most notably on the track "Blow" off of the mix CD Bmore Gutter Music and later "Bump" off the album YoYoYoYoYo released in 2006. Furthermore, she appeared on Bmore Gutter Music, which was produced by Aaron LaCrate and Low Budget of Hollertronix. Her songs have appeared in HBO's Life Support and CSI: NY Episode "Buzzkill." In 2007, she was featured on the official Eli Escobar and Doug Grayson remix for Britney Spears' hit single "Gimme More". In early 2008, Blank was described as being part of "a new crop of young, multicultural, female hip-hop acts in the wake of M.I.A. causing a stir on the Internet and in indie-label conference rooms."^[4] She was recently featured on the song "Loose" on the Spank Rock and Benny Blanco are Bangers & Cash EP. It is reported that she is to make a guest appearance on Uffie's forthcoming album in 2009. Blank's song "Make It Take It" appeared in a commercial for the McDonald's fast food chain in 2010.

Blank is signed to Downtown Records. She has been working on her first solo album, with producers XXXChange of Spank Rock, Diplo, and Dave Sitek. The album was released on August 4, 2009. The album is titled I Love You with her first single being "Might Like You Better"

She was born in Germantown, a neighborhood in northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Discography

Albums

• 2005: Bmore Gutter Music (Mix CD)
• 2006: Blow (EP)
• 2009: I Love You

Singles

• 2009: "Might Like You Better"
• 2009: "Shame On Me"

Other

• Get It Now 12"
• Supafreak"

Featuring Work

• "A Volta" feat. Sizzla and Lovefoxxx On 'The Spirit Of Apollo' LP (with N.A.S.A)
• Bump 12" (with Spank Rock)
• "Extraball" On 'Away From The Sea' LP (with Yuksek)
• Lindsay Lohan's Revenge 12" (with Pase Rock)
• Supahead (Wowo Bmore Gutter Music)
• Loose 12" (with Bangers & Cash)
• Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles (with Spank Rock)
• Sexy Motherfucker 12" (with Pase Rock)
• Blow Remix EP (with Aaron LaCrate, 45 King, Dj Equalizer, Debonair Samir)
• YoYoYoYoYo (with Spank Rock)
• Bmore Gutter Music (with Aaron LaCrate, Low Budget, Spank Rock)

References

External links

• Official website