I'm currently watching the TV show "Breaking Bad" and I dont understand what seems to be slang.
Context: some characters (who are drug users) are listening to music on a brand new sound system. They are enjoying it, especially the light effects. One of the character stands that he could watch it all day, and another answers
"Totally makes me wanna crank old Sabbath and blaze one".
I understand that "blaze one" means smoking marijuana, but I dont understand the beginning. To me it could either be a reference to Black Sabbath (metal music band) but they are listening to rap-music, or it could be a jewish reference but I dont think any hint indicates that the talking character is Jewish (I may have missed the reference though).
The episode I refer to is 4.2, "Snub 38" (timemark around 7:50) if it helps.
Best Answer
From Collins,
While this definition does not fit in perfectly, it can be used informally to mean to turn something on and then increase the intensity (e.g., crank up the radio).
Edit: The meaning of the phrasal verb "crank something up" is "to increase or improve something" (Cambridge).
This is the meaning that is implied in the Breaking Bad context/dialogue - "makes me wanna crank old Sabbath". I did not use this definition initially because of the missing "up" in the dialogue. Without the "up" it is just the verb "crank" which I did mention.
In this context, it means that the brand new sound system is so great that it makes them want to play some music from Black Sabbath (at really high volume) while smoking marijuana.
Edit: Note that the transcript for the episode says "Savage" (as pointed out by Em in the comments) but the subtitle (in the ones I checked) says "Sabbath". I am not familiar with either, but I presume they make music.