(The Thursday Shocker is a new series by none other than Tunawax’s own Benzito. By now everyone should be familliar with “the shocker“and know that sometimes the third is good… sometimes it’s not, it’s always a surprise. -Ed.)

How did that blood pumping fist of an organ in the center of our chest called a heart get all mixed up with the concept of love? Maybe I love you with all of my Amygdale in my Limbic system (the part of the brain that controls a lot of emotions, mood & pleasure) didn’t have that jazzy ring to it. Truth is there is no 1 part of our gray matter that controls love. There are a lot of studies & theories on the topic, but the only thing I know for sure is that it’s in there somewhere.

One more thing for sure is that love songs and Hip-Hop is normally a prescription for mud butt & upset stomach. L.L.’s “I need love” makes me gag more then a 17-year-old supermodel, and not in the good way. Some have done it well in the past, Gangstarr’s “Love Sick” & Pharcyde’s “Passing Me By” are staples in the area. Is it the macho bravado in Hip-Hop that makes it so difficult? I don’t know. Hip-Hop is emotional, but trust me it’s a hard topic to wanna make public and then to execute it well is a whole other storey.

Scarub (of Living Legends) does it well…

Pink: Scarub – Wishful Thinking

Speaking of love, I have always loved Aceyalone’s “All Balls Don’t Bounce” album. It’s solid as a boner in petrified concrete. Plus the times, people, and occasions when I first started to bump it where good times and make me smile. The track selected is not the obvious “Annalillia?” a track for some reason EVERYONE was stuck on, I was not, this was my joint…

Pink: Aceyalone – Makeba

Thumb down, the 1st & 2nd are extended, the 3rd digit has its finger print on the palm, the next one is ready whether you are or not.

Stink: El-P – T.O.J.

– Benzito

(Stay tuned for Fingerbanger Friday: Love vs. Love)