beyond the album's central west african musical style, further influences are provided by thompson's double bass, blues guitar licks, and african-inflected inspiration from rogie's early influence, american yodeller jimmie rodgers. the songs on the album were all written by rogie, who believed he subconsciously created songs out of catchy expressions he had thought of. the album was released one month before rogie's death in june 1994, and received positive reviews from music critics, who complimented the album's soothing, mellow sound. the album has been considered by some writers and authors to be among the finest examples of palm-wine music.