"world music: the rough guide" calls "dead men don't smoke marijuana" "a delicious piece of music-cake – so long as you like his one tune, the basis of nearly all the tracks." in "the rough guide to world music: africa & middle east", simon broughton and mark ellingham write that the album captures the "beauty of palmwine music" via its simplicity, and feel the album exudes "the same quiet thoughtfulness as its predecessors." they conclude that the album is "[h]ighly enjoyable, as long as you don't mind the variations on what is basically the same theme." the authors of the bradt travel guides book "sierra leone" felt the album's gentle guitar playing and melodies contributed to a "joyful, sultry listen." in his book "afropop!: an illustrated guide to contemporary african music", writer jack vartoogian listed the album among rogie's "fine recordings of his easy, delightful songs."