After
six and a half years of waiting for new Justin Timberlake solo material,
"Suit & Tie," a new single featuring Jay-Z and produced by
Timbaland, has been released. "Suit & Tie" previews Timberlake's
forthcoming third album, "The 20/20 Experience," due out later this year
on RCA Records.
The song
is also available on iTunes; it is also streaming on the new Myspace (of which
Timberlake is a part owner) at new.myspace.com.
"Let
me show you a few things about love," JT croons after the horn-tinged
style salute kicks into high gear and Timbaland's shiny collection of
percussion effectively congeals on the track. "Suit & Tie" is a
sleek, wholly assured dance number with several start-stop components arranged
in a way that's reminiscent of the first "Justified" single,
"Like I Love You." And like that track, Timberlake's falsetto is
buttressed by a late-game rap verse, this time from Jay-Z, who supports "tuxedoes
for no reason," as we all do.
The
track was written by Timberlake, Timbaland, Shawn Carter, Jerome
"J-ROC" Harmon and James Flauntleroy, the latter two of whom are
longtime collaborators of Timabland's. "Suit & Tie" was
officially released to radio at 12:01 AM on Monday.
In an
open letter on his website, Timberlake writes that he "quietly started
working" on "The 20/20 Experience" in June.
"The
inspiration for this really came out of the blue and to be honest, I didn't
expect anything out of it," he says. "I just went into the studio and
started playing around with some sounds and songs. It was probably the best
time I've had in my career... Just creating with no rules and/or end goal in
mind and really enjoying the process."
"Suit
& Tie" was teased by a video released on Thursday (Jan. 10) in which
Timberlake declared that he was "ready" to return to music. "I'm
the one that sits and is obsessive about it before you even get to hear
it," he says in the minute-long video. "As close as I get to it, I
don't think I can physically torture myself that much, year in and year out,
and expect it to fulfill me the way that it does and the way that it is right
now."
The pop
superstar has spent the time between the September 2006 release of his
sophomore album "FutureSex/LoveSounds" dabbling in acting, exploring
business ventures and appearing on songs by artists like Madonna, Timbaland and
Ciara. Late last year, he married actress Jessica Biel in a hush-hush wedding
in Italy.
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