This early morning blog post is brought to you by the new single from Justin Timberlake, “Suit & Tie”, which was finally released today after a lot of online teasing last week. Well, let’s face it, JT is using the newer medium that was just on the rise at the time of his 2006 album FutureSexLoveSounds, when the music fan world was wrapped up with MySpace (which coincidentally he is instrumental in reviving).
“Suit & Tie” is definitely recorded by a guy in love. It’s a breezy, slight dash of blue-eyed soul, highly reminiscent of early 70s songs by Marvin Gaye or Smokey Robinson. I don’t think Jay-Z’s rap adds anything to the record personally. This is really all about JT’s voice, and less this time about the innovation that scored with “SexyBack” in ’06 (both that song and the album were my favourites of its year). So let’s see how it competes with the rest that’s out there!
Kudos to my fellow online music buff Kurt Trowbridge, who guessed both the name of the single and album (The 20/20 Experience) days before release. Well done!
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