Justin Timberlake's music video for Suit and Tie is extraordinary in the way that it's very different from most hit videos. First of all it is in black and white, something very uncommon in music videos. Also most of this five minute long video features Justin singing and dancing to a crowd in front of an orchestra, interspersed with clips that have some more pizazz to them, including old dancing in front of a lightshow. The beginning shows Justin living a very elite lifestyle, playing the piano, drinking with Jay-Z, getting a massage, playing chess, all things that the upper class prize. The end features Jay-Z, a rapper, and as such has images commonly found in rap music videos, half naked ladies dancing and doing some other things. 

Justin is trying to tell his listeners and fans something important. The fact that the video is in black and white was very deliberate. The location of the video, a theater, is also very deliberate; theaters were a very well-liked part of the past. Black and white videos and theaters are both used in this video to represent the past and Justin uses this to tell his old fans that he remembers the past. He knows that his old hits, including my love, rock your body and what goes around comes around, are still well appreciated songs and uses this to his advantage. He tells his fans that he knows these old songs were good and very popular and so he will continue to use some of that style in his newer works, such as Mirrors, Take Back the Night, and Get Your Groove On. However the last part of the video, which included Jay-Z and half naked ladies, is telling new fans that he is a pop singer that you can bump to. Some songs that have rappers featured sound forced, the rap part sounds as if it was added as an afterthought. However Justin adds Jay-Z into his song perfectly and as such he very effectively tries to attract new fans who are interested in rap and hip hop. The clips interspersed into the part of the video where Justin is performing to a crowd, represents the mix of these two musical styles. These clips show Justin and three other dancers dancing in an older style in front of modern day laser lights, a creative and eye catching way to show that the blend of old and new can result in something amazing.