"Suit & Tie" is a song recorded by American singer Justin Timberlake for his upcoming third studio album The 20/20 Experience (2013). It was written by Timberlake, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, Jerome Harmon, James Fauntleroy, Terrence Stubbs, Johnny Wilson and Charles Still and produced by Timbaland, Timberlake and Harmon. The song serves as Timberlake's highly-anticipated musical comeback following a six-year hiatus, during which time he pursued an acting career and developed his skills as a record producer and songwriter for other artists.
"Suit & Tie" is a mid-tempo R&B song, with a length of five minutes and twenty-seven seconds (5:27). It begins with a "slow-drawl" intro consisting of slowed down synths and "slightly out of time" drum claps. A distorted Timberlake growls "awoo", before he and Timbaland sing: "I be on my suit and tie shit". After a brief pause the song then settles into a "rolling, laidback" groove that contains finger clicks and old-school horn blasts, which adds a layer of sophistication to the track.
Timbaland's "shiny collection" of percussion congeals on the track.
"Suit & Tie" is a sleek dance number with several start-stop components arranged in a way similar to his debut single "Like I Love You" (2002).
Jim Farber of the New York Daily News wrote that the song is in the "classic" style of Curtis Mayfield, yet "isn't in any way conventionally retro".
The song "floats along" like a song from The Whispers, but according to Melinda Newman of HitFix, Timbaland's production manages to pay homage without sounding dated. The song then goes into a hypnotic, engaging outro before a great, cold ending.
Lyrically, the song is an ode to the joys of "being handsome and well-dressed"..
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