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Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z: Singer Compares 'Suit & Tie' Collaboration to the Rat Pack

Posted on Feb 5th 2013 2:00PM by Paul Cantor
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While director David Fincher will be manning the lens for the video to "Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake's Jay-Z-assisted return to music, the singer has revealed a bit of the inspiration behind the grown and sexy cut.

In a recent interview he said it called to mind the glory years of the Rat Pack.

"Not to compare ourselves to those guys, but just the fun that they had," Justin said. "I was picturing like, being at the Sands in Vegas and saying, 'Oh, Jay-Z's in the house tonight. Uh, let's have him come up and do a number. Why don't you go ahead and get out of your seat, Hov?' That's more or less where it came from."

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