Ferre Gola's Porte Monnaie, feat Gout ~ #LingalaPop

In Porte Monnaie, Ferre Golla (feat Gout) gives us a fine and truly refined gift of a song. It's polished visually -- very polished -- and even more aurally. The whole clip is, indeed, varnished by its very own soulful soundness, if one may say so.

A bit of rap is in the background, and hard to miss. It garnishes the whole affair -- in which we are, all, awed spectators. The lyrics have a poetic charm, even when the tempo alters -- indeed, at their command. The band, as almost always invisible, lets its presence known -- all the way and wonderfully so. Everything seems effortlessly in place -- a smoothly shape-shifting place. It's all well blended in.

The song's gross length -- 8:55 minutes of our progressively value-added time -- allows for savory vibes to surround and sink in and really have their intended and well-calculated and/or serendipitous effects on our sensibilities. Without uttering a word, the video clip's leading girl communicates with the entranced audience with (shall I say it?) her subtle body texts and subtexts -- fronted by her siren's eyes. 

The beat and the rhythm in Porte Monnaie will, I suspect, prompt a spontaneous swaying and swinging among the willing. This is pure #LingalaPop. It's an inexhaustible feast, from an artiste who is yet to be given his due attention by a continent-wide fan-base that's, really, still gelling. To say that, however, is not to lose sight of the fact that the song already has, to-date, more than 3.2 million YouTube views.

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An amazing play of the guitar -- cheerful and optimistic -- dominates the last two minutes of this inspired song, from 6:55 to practically the very last second. It's all by design, and a delight that lingers.