May 28th, 2009
Amanda Blank: Still Loves Sex, But In An All Grows Up Kinda Way
Philly MC Amanda Blank — you know, she of the “My rhymes are painful and fresh/My pussy’s tastin’ the best” and other filthy fun verses delivered on Spank Rock productions — puts out her full-length debut LP, I Love You, in July, and from the sounds of this interview she just did with the Portland Phoenix, she might be moving from NC-17 to PG-13.
“What people know about me, especially on the Internet, is very specific, and it’s very different than what I think I’d want to do. I can’t imagine wanting to rap for 12 songs in a row about having sex. Sex is a big part of my life, and it especially was when I was in my early 20s, but I’m not, you know, crazed for it, you know?”
“The thing is that when I was writing all of those earlier raps, I was single, you know? And I was just out on the town, 21 years old trying to, you know, get it all in. Meanwhile, in the last two years, while I was working on this album, I was also actually in love with somebody and had a totally different relationship with a man than I’d ever had before. I think that that plays a big role in this shift in my attitudes. My approach to having sex changed because I was having it with someone I was very much in love with.”
New-found maturity? Cleanin’ things up for mainstream consumption? Call it what you like — it backs up what Blank told MMM about the new material at SXSW a couple months ago:
Amanda Blank, SXSW Interview from Make Major Moves on Vimeo.
