047- The Numbing Sublime of DJ Screw and Cloud Rap

This episode proposes an expansion of Adam Krims's notion of a Hip Hop Sublime (as discussed in episode 46) beyond its application to gangsta rap and involving something other than terror. This is what I term the "numbing or immersive sublime" and it describes that feeling of oneness with infinity (rather than fear of infinity) and is linked positively to Freud's concept of sublimation. The second segment applies the "numbing sublime" to the work of DJ Screw and the third segment considers Cloud Rap and, in particular, the Clams Casino production "I'm God."  The episode art is a picture of Clams Casino by Sir Daniel Forte. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Clams_Casino.jpg