Suit & Tie (feat. Jay-Z)

"Suit & Tie" was written by Timberlake, Timbaland, Shawn Carter, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon and James Fauntleroy. According to Timberlake: "The inspiration for this really came out of the blue and to be honest, I didn't expect anything out of it. 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" 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".