As the album title suggests, Krumb Snatcha reverted back to the themes of one of his earliest successes, "Closer To God." "The Light" takes an analytical look at religion, and puts his own faith questions out there. With hardened music and scratching from The Asmatik, the song holds attention, and serves as something to walk to, for those feeling the same. These same themes flow into "Garden of Eden" and "Mind Power" [click to listen] Examples like the last are not just for the faithful though, or to be confused with just religion rap, as Krumb reverts back to his constant tactic of hard deliveries and secular street imagery.

When not talking about God and spirituality on this album, Krumb Snatcha is upholding the Gang Starr Foundation [click to read] tradition of rhyming about rap. "East Is Back" is self-explanatory, as Krumb shows the world that he's making it, although the song employs a choppy, amateur's chorus, pretty much declaring the title, not nearly as successfully as Prodigy [click to read] coined on "Keep It Thoro." "L.O.V.E." does just the same, as the acronym title alludes to, in an umteenth attempt by a rapper at re-making Common's "I Used To Love H.E.R.," forgetting the best part - the disdain for her loss. "Yesterday," another worn path, is far more interesting, as Krumb recalls his affection for things past, as Pete Rock's [click to read] beat does a lot of the talking with its sweet vocals and narrative drop-ins.

Like Reks' Grey Hairs [click to read] and Termanology's Politics As Usual [click to read], Krumb, a pioneer in the movement, uses several highly respected veteran producers to help execute his message. Large Professor [click to read] offers up the fuzzed out guitar loop on "Mind Power," that energizes an obviously pensive song. Eight-year collaborator Mr. Walt slices up a thick slice of sampled goodness in "Feeling," one of the few times recently Da Beatminer has worked without his blood brother Evil Dee. The album's single plays off of Common's "The Corner" chorus, as a smoky ode, with a lot less flare. It is Pete Rock though, with two joints, that anchors the arsenal with the layered "Begins" and the phenomenally evocative "Yesterday." Statik Selektah [click to read] and Thoro Tracks also drop in, but newcomers Nickel Plated and Karimbo fail to dig deep enough in the crates, or measure up against their presumed influences on Hidden Scriptures.

With numerous street-released albums, Krumb Snatcha has put out exceptional amounts of material, plenty with the help and collaboration of legends. Like Afu-Ra [click to read], the sole known guest on the album, Krumb has a rare ability to take deeper subjects and themes and put them in perfectly digestible street terms. Hidden Scriptures joins a catalogue of albums that fall short of remarkable, let alone classic. Still, 11 years after he came under the highest cosigns in Hip Hop, Krumb still can make a few songs that dazzle deejays and deep-thinkers alike, having never lost a step or something meaningful to say.