COMMENTARY: The Alchemist blogs about his jail visit to see Prodigy
Written by Rick From Chicago on August 13th, 2008 in Commentary, Music. 124 views
Herre’s a snippet that The Alchemist wrote when visiting his friend and long time Mobb Deep colloborator, Prodigy.
On the way there Pee’s wife and I talked, of course my stupid ass had to roll one up (who smokes weed on the way to a jail?) The regular asshole routine. It wasn’t until we saw the exit sign for the facility that it really hit me……..Damn…………we weren’t driving to a do a show, we weren’t driving to Atlantic City to throw dice and bug out for the weekend.
Nope. This was not a vacation. We were going to visit P in jail. But nevertheless, I wasn’t down. I hadn’t seen Pee for a minute so I was hype.
We made a stop at the market for some canned vegetables that Pee wanted (you already know the food in there is straight dogshit) and about 20$ in quarters so we could take pictures.
They got a little vending type machine you put quarters in, only takes quarters, and it gives you a voucher for a polaroid photo. (more ridiculous, demeaning shit they do to try to break your spirit) Then you take the voucher to polaroid man (another inmate whose job it is to take pictures) and he pops a quick flick wherever you’d like in the visiting area.
Later, when we took one of the pics, Pee put up his trademark two-fingers-together peace sign, and polaroid man waved it off. Said something about ‘you know I don’t give a shit but you know how these dudes are in here. They gonna think its a gang sign.’ jail.
