in the 2003 book "the cambridge companion to the guitar", the album is listed among examples of "african reinvention of the guitar" and is described as a "fine-example" of palm-wine and highlife music. in banning eyre's book "africa: your passport to a new world of music", the album is listed as the sole palm wine album to help readers "expand [their] understanding of african guitar styles." panda bear of animal collective is a fan of the album, calling it "ripping." he was gifted the album by eric copeland of black dice, and in turn showed it to ariel pink: "i remember playing it for ariel pink when i was on tour with him, and he said, 'this is what you guys sound like.' i was like, 'thanks!'" in 2011, "rolling stone" ranked the album's title track at number 13 in their list of "the 15 greatest stoner songs". adrian sherwood sampled the title track on his song "dead men smoking" from the album "never trust a hippy" (2003).