R&B, say hello to your revival.
Yes, if the last year has taught to us anything, is that the aforementioned genre’s well publicized downturn can be attributed to the lack of ‘push’ behind it. Push, only a select few of its staples can say they are afforded.
Now, by way of his undying popularity, Justin Timberlake kicks starts what is shaping up to be its chart revival with his new single ‘Suit & Tie‘, featuring Jay Z.
Released to iTunes on the night of its arrival, ‘Tie‘ now sits pretty at #9 on iTunes USA, reaching the spot before it hits radio and the benefit of a single live performance, giving some indication as to how high it might chart once its promo train leaves the RCA station.
However, in what marks its biggest success thus far, the cut now sits at #3 on iTunes UK, posing a serious threat to Taylor Swift‘s ‘I Knew You Were Trouble‘ and Will.i.am and Britney Spears’ ‘Scream & Shout’, likely to secure it a Top Ten position when the nation’s overall charts come in this Sunday.
A testament to the public’s ‘need’ for his material- and his consistent hustle outside of music- his chart ascent is all the more impressive when you consider his last album arrived seven years ago, and that ‘Tie’ is undeniably R&B, which as we all know hasn’t been in the best of places in some time.
As it stands, it only has to rise by two more spots to snatch UK #1 spot from Britney and lead the way for what is shaping up to be the fastest comeback the world has seen in years, giving a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘all in a night’s work’.
Tacky thread !!!! 🙁
I dont feel it..
SORRY THIS SONG IS NOT GROUND-BREAKING ENOUGH. LAME COMEBACK..
jay-z…. the baboon on it. Next???????
Tacky name.
kangaroo Oz..next?
…and I just bought it too!
Yep. I get the feeling 2013 is gonna be musically different from the past five years.
F*****’ finally!
Now I need Tamar to hurry up and come with that L&W video…for Bey to hurry up and announce her comeback single…for Missy to start promoting again (with Timbaland behind JT’s new song, now would be the perfect time for her to get in on some of that momentum)…for Eminem to drop his new one (and you know that one’s not gonna be pop)…and for some new R&B faces to emerge.
Hopefully all of that will wash the taste of f*****’ Kesha and Katy out of my mouth.
Oh, and I forgot to add that I’ma need Usher to cut out all that dance/pop s*** and record another album that’s actually HIM.
AND BRANDY TO START PROMOTING TOO AND RELEASE MORE SINGLES FROM TWO ELEVEN
AND MARIAH CAREY TO DROP HER NEW SINGLE A BALLAD
AND TAMARS ALBUM THEN THEY YEAR IS DONE
CANT WAIT FOR JT ALBUM BEYONCES GREAT YEAR FOR MUSIC
Gaga’s ARTPOOP will suffer
Like unaflopegtic?
No like Rihanna’s 12th Number One singles…your diva can? I dont think so….
Hahhahahhhahaha….nice try.
Unpurchased still in the top ten? It’s not? Okeigh gurlll.
UNAPOLOGETIC HAS NOW OUTSOLD YOUR FAVE BEYAWNCE!! AND THAT TIRED ALBUM
because it’s JT everybody would act like it’s a super song ……which i don’t see
Mama’s boy…very gay. No like..
The beauty of being white, talented and urban. I don’t want these other b****** thinking they’ll do just as well because they won’t. Justin is the media’s darling so they’ll always back him, the other fools not so much. That’s right Chris, im talking to yeu.
Just like they’ll alays back B and Riri. The beauty of being Black. I’m sick of y’all and ur hate, when black RnB artists take out their albums, you’re all up in their asses, judging their private lifes, and don’t support them. Then when they underperform, you complain. No one cares that Adele’s baby daddy is a maried man, least her buying public doesn’t, just like no one cares how many boyfriends Taylor Swift had. Y’all here judging Alicia, Fantasia and God knows who else instead of buying their music.
THIS >
Well Chris is a woman beater so he’ll always be blacklisted in the media.
He beat 1 woman and nonone else!!!
I knew its gonna fo up on Itunes but it still a tired ass song
Yesss Justin. And y’all hatin asses were saying this song wouldn’t perform well.
People on this site cant be positive for one post if it killed them.
Show them haters JT.
i see what’s going on here. Either you’re black and gay like Frank or white and R&B like Justin to sell.
F***** up industry.
Frank sells?
I thought he was flopping until they put up the sales post yesterday.
Jon B and robin thicke white but they not selling this has nothing to do with race
Robin Thicke is soul/RnB and he doesn’t sell well.
what kind of f***** up logic is this. if people like you then you will sell, point blank.
The Weeknd is selling, he just went gold, yet he’s neither White nor gay.
Overrated
#2 on iTunes. Tell me again naysayers how this song is a “flop.” LOL
Good for him! but B better not think this is the formula to win cos we need a up temo song from her like right now.
Jt is allowed to do R&B because his label knows people will buy anything he sells but B needs to understand that she isn’t in the same place so her first single needs to slay straight away or else it will be called a flop.
Yeah, Bey’s new song don’t need to be on some Kesha/Katy s*** neither. It can be “uptempo,” like CIL uptempo. Nothing Euro.
YAASS sister. I won’t shade today because i love your honesty. B should give me CIL, DJV teas with this new song and i’m sure it will slay.
Beyonce gurrl, don’t f*** it up.
I’m scared she will.
She’s already f***** up .. bye
You need to be #2 on The hot 100 to call it a hit remember Tamar song hit #1 debut at 57 (b******* if you ask me)
Sistren! Oh sistren! What are you gonna do when The Fraud’s new single flops?
The same thing Rihanna’s pimp does everytime she gets outtaline. Slap a heaux.
Shade ze b****.
RIHANNA IS LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO TOP OF HOT 100 AND WITHOUT VIDEOS!! KIII
Good for him, I still do not feel the song but I’ll most definitely be buying. I’ll also be buying the album. Congratulations JT, I was super worried.
Only if you could be like this with beyonce…..Oh well Nice pic. 🙂
This song is doing great, not because Justin is white , because he’s Justin Timberlake. Remember Justin and Usher who is black had the same success . But Instead of Usher trying to fight and push to revive RNB, he decided to jump on the euro, techno , generic pop trash. So I’m excited Justin decided to stay true. He don’t have anything to prove ,so he can do what he wants, and he decided to go this route . Plus the song is Amazing.
Ostfu!!! you cant get more pop than jt!! usher is cuter a better singer and dancer than jt!!! yes justin iz the right color!! he mimick black singers but he will sell cus he is white and married to a manly looking woman
You’re right. Instead of fighting for the kind of music he does when it fell out of favor, and being willing to flop in defense of it, Usher became a scared little pretender. Then tried to pretend that his transparent foray into pop music (during its resurgence) was an actually an artistic statement. As a result, everything suffered. His sales. His live performance. His image. I’ve about lost all respect for Usher, and I used to stan for him. Up until 2010, Usher could do no wrong in my book. Now? Eh!
Frankly it’s embarrassing that former Mouseketeer Justin (with his “Tearing Up My Heart” boyband musical roots) was brave and defiant enough to release an unabashedly R&B/Urban song during this anti-R&B climate, while Usher (who comes from church and whose music was always rooted in Soul) opted to straddle the fence; nervously trying to get both sides would embrace him, while neither really did. Hopefully Ush will see this and decide that it ain’t worth it to continue trying to be something he’s not.
Usher even had to “postpone” his tour because it wasn’t selling well. Its crazy how someone goes from being the “it boy” to being thrown on the back burner. I guess thats what happens when you make certain career decisions for the sake of a #1 song on the BB100.
Mouseketeer. lmao!
Usher must be seething hunny.
Why cus usher is wayyyy better!! confessions is better than jt whole discography!!!
Yeah well Looking 4 Myself certainly is not.
He sure is girl.
sounds very generic 🙁
Do you even know what generic means? sit down, please.
Sorry but this song is awfuff
Media darling, he could sing about washing dishes and people would still think the song is great just like Beyonce. I am expecting a nice video thou out of this song. FYI it does not matter how much this song sells it will still be an album filler converted into a single.
He is not a media darling. he has a huge fan base since 1998 darling.
Ms. Roberta Thicke’s wig has officially been snatched!
Heard it this mornin…like it!
The media LOVES JT. He won’t flop like Chris Brown & Ne–yo, as for Usher, you made your bed when you decided to release that europopshit.
We could say the same about the other two flops you named. Ne-yo wanted to do pop and then his urban fans flaked on him. Pop fans don’t buy albums, they buy singles. Same for fistopher but his crack head violent image plays a role in his flopage too.
The media loves JT because he’s a white male singing R&B, tell me something I don’t know. He ripped off Janets top exposing her tits and the media didnt say boo to him, yet Janet, a black woman, was dragged through the coals, fined and made to apologize while he got off scott free. Trust and believe he will have his pop songs on that album, he’s not going to do an album dedicated only to RnB.
Britney and beyonce coming with new albums this year!!! THESE GIRLS ARE ABOUT TO SLAY!!!!! IN 4 3 2 1
I can’t with the Usher shade. JT and usher were out around the same time and Usher basically slaaaaayed JT. Confessions went diamond in the US alone, and FSLS sold 4 million. Lets not forget his multiple #1 singles. Usher lost his spark in 08 and never regained it. Justin’s new song isn’t bad. I don’t love it or hate it.
Yeah Confessions slayed and so did FSLS but now usher is struggling to go gold. You think JT will have the same problem? Doubt it.
#1 on iTunes. JT knocked Taylor out of the top spot. And yall said the song was a flop like Nelly. 😆
QUEEN BEY NEEDS TO PERFORM END OF TIME, SCHOOLIN LIFE, DEJA VU, NEW SONG, NEW SONG, AT THE SUPERBOWL. END OF TIME +ITS INTRO SLAYS…MOST OF THE HIVE AGREED ON THIS SETLIST ON TWITTER.
Biiiiiiootchhhh! I would DIE if she performed Schoolin Life! I don’t know if I could handle that slayage.
LOVE JT NEW SONG!!!! KING HOV SLAYED HIS VERSE.
People have basically developed tunnel vision because if a song isn’t POP or UPTEMO its awful. This song is good in it’s own right and I love it even though it doesn’t feel single worthy but it is good.
S&T is smashing radio airplay too. Told y’all not to doubt him. This comeback is going to dominate 2013. I’m happy for JT but am gladder for the state of R&B. The genre needed this kind of resurgence. If this becomes a hit, maybe record labels will give their R&B acts a bigger budget and station managers will stop shunning them.
the beg of this song is hot …I don’t feel it’s single worthy thou
Pffft. B**** please. Justin Timbersnake has an iTunes banner, radio deal and is more than likely using payola.
The only reason why S&T is smashin on iTunes, is because Timberfake was gone from the music scene for nearly a decade.
S&S had no iTunes banner, radio deal, payola or none of that crap and the song STILL SMASHED anf is still smashin. And unlike Timbersnake, Brit doesn’t need someone featured on her song in order for it to be a success nor does she need the help of the same ONE producer to garner a hit.
The BB Hot 100 rules have changed, and he’ll need a ton of airplay, sales and streaming in order for S&S to smash. And please…don’t ever call Timberfake urban again. He’s just a white boy trying to be hip by making what he considers “black music.” He’s also a sellout.
oh, of course, you really know that britney’s team isn’t using payola and other manipulations to insure her success. many britney fans start screaming on other females (now jt) about shady dealings anytime they outwork britney.
Justin Justin Justin……….with ALL the hype around your comeback, THIS is what you thought would satisfy your fan base??? What in the rejected beat hell is this?? I official declare the music industry is in a “creative recession” because NO ONE is able to come out with anything worth buying post 2009. Ciara, Destiny’s Child, Ke$ha, Lil Wayne, Onika, Nelly Furtado, Ashanti, Rita Whora, Christina Aguilera, Eve, Missy Elliot AND NOW Justin Timberlake are all official seated and positioned on the flop chart until further notice….
I love how Usher’s fans always bring up “Confessions” . True it did massive numbers, but that was back in 2004. He has created three albums after “Confessions” which fell miserably in comparison . His latest album “Looking for Myself” hasn’t even with gold after being release for seven months. Like the saying goes you’ll only as good as your last effect.
Slay these fools with that true tea!
Man, I’ve gotta listen to this song about 25 more times in order for me to THINK it’s a decent song. I absolutely hate it. I am glad it’s doing well because I’m a huge Justin fan but he should’ve come harder with something else. But I’ll wait for the next single and if he tours, a b**** will be front and center!
What do you think he should’ve come with?
Something better than this
CHILE BOO @ the haters. Y ppl hatin on this song? Mad cuz a wack ass euro pop song is not the one to reach the top of the charts now? This song is hot. JT has always known how to make a good song and on top of that he is musically innovative and a good singer. Also the fact ppl think this sounds like Robin Thicke is funny considering JT has always sang in a falsetto his entire career. I swear these youngins can’t appreciate good music unless it’s Rihanna, Katy Perry, or Nicki Minaj. Also I hope JT shuts out neyo cuz his music has been wack lately. Get it JT. I love this song and I’m glad someone has bought back a disco flavored bee Gee’s track. THIS is music.
The song is good. It is not ground breaking, but it’s completly different from what’s currently hot on the top 40. I think the major problem with this song is that it isn’t instantly catchy. It is not single material for the current music market.
There is nothing bad about this song at all. The production is good, the vocals are on point, Jay-Z’s rap is great, the lyrics are nice. The only people I see calling this song bad are the same who has Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Ke$ha, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, One Direction and Rihanna’s fast food songs on their iPods. I can’t. It’s funny because they’re the same “artists” that keep running after trends and have the same basic sound.
Justin could’ve called played-out producers like David Guetta, Dr Luke, Max Martin, Benny Blanco or any other hot DJ to produce his new hit, but his sound wouldn’t be different from his peers. He took a risk for swimming against the river.
In the worst scenario, S&T will perform like Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ topping the charts because of the huge hype surrounded it.
Claps for this comment , this is what i also had in my mind.
good one @gilberto 😉
Both S&S and S&T are disappointing , one is Average at best while the other is a hot s***-smelling generic mess.
but I see what he’s doing , he won’t let Brit havin’ It 😉 #shadyBitch
ITunes and billboard are two different charts people!! Billboard is airplay and sales while iTunes are just sales strictly tamar’s was at #1 on iTunes but that s*** wasn’t on radio come on guys we all know this Frank ocean is barely a billboard person himself he more critically acclaimed but like I said what’s s*** to you maybe good for other people they can preview the song or listen to it full before buying I don’t understand the hate Justin is talented he produces and writes all if his songs he deserves his success black folk stay biiter if you want brandy and Monica to win request their songs on radio you getting mad over something you have the power to control!
Sounds like an old song they threw away and rediscovered at the bottom of a box.
if thatgrapejuice was up in 2003 it would look like this, what goes around comes around at JT once said
Roll on Beyonce, Britney, Eminem, Pink this year is yours show the new generation how its done.
Xtina….Poor girl
I love that he didn’t try to build all this false anticipation and hype over the course of weeks and months. Within a few days of his hype machine starting, we have a single and album title. No trailers, no producers glorifying his work on twitter, no lyrics to songs posted on twitter or facebook. It’s good to see that Justin isn’t following the same practices as so many other artists just to build hype.
I hope he has a successful album for the simple fact that he came straight with it and didn’t try to d*** around the public with some insanely elaborate strategy to over-hype his album.
^^^THIS for infinity times 100! There’s a difference between building anticipation, and dragging out s*** for WAY too frickin’ long! Too many artists these days do the latter and it’s gotten to the point where I barely pay attention to their campaigns because I feel that in the end, I’m going to be let down by the result, so why bother getting excited?
Another day another cracker trying to bring us ‘real music’. Music put in a nice white package. I’m not surprised its storming to number 1. When a black artist does it better. No one heats or cares.
Don’t get mad because black people don’t support their artist boo.
Another “Cracker” really? You truly are a N*****. Not because you’re probably black, but because you’re and ignorant person in general!
So n****** are “ignorant people”? When was that derogatory term redefined? F*** outta here.
This song sucks!!!!! like wtf was he thinking
He was probably thinking “I got a hit song on my hands” and it turns out he was right.
Slay Justin, i was getting tired of Justin Bieber .
This song is WEAK! If it were a black artist you all would be screaming FLOP!
Sit down with that tired if they were black excuse.
Suit and Tie sounds like something Robin Thicke did 3 years ago. I don’t see what the big fuss about this single is, he is capable of doing much better.
LUV IT! LUV IT! LUV IT! I’m so happy Justin didn’t go the techno pop dance route. And that’s why a lot of people don’t like it. If he would’ve came with something similiar to JB new single with Nicki, most people hating, would’ve ate it up! Justin said the samething KING B said, that their new albums are inspired by music they grew up listening too and started off singing. He said he didn’t want to put anything out, he wasn’t feeling. So that tells me, his album is purely R&B. And the reason Usher and Neyo aren’t selling n this techno dance music, is because they have got lost n the genre of mess. They need to go bac to what made them the superstars they are, especially Usher. Anyawy I’m luving that JT is SLAYING with a genre most thought was dead! KING B IS NEXT B******! #2013…….THE YEAR OF BEYONCE
First off no one was expecting Justin to go techno pop but we damn sure expected him to come better than this B*******!!!!
^ This!
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Some of these comments are ridiculous. You cant blame the success of JT’s song on the fact that he is white. If you want the black artists to succeed then buy their music.It comes down to the supporters. Period. Anyway, the song is just OK. Maybe it will grow on me but I hope Justin comes with some End of Time/My Love/Sexyback type music! Heis capable of making dope music plus he is very talented.
The love of my life is back!.
back off!
Just kidding…we can share him.
I won’t share him b****, he’s mine.
Calling JT a “Cracker” dosen’t prove your case. It just shows your ignorance….
i smell another nelly furtado. just give it up.
LOL! Bless your hating heart. You tried…
dethrone britney spears? its not even her song, its WILL.I.AM ft britney, yet another stupid post by a dumbass editor of this site. grape juice is like the worst blog music site ever! but stay tuned just to laugh at the idiotic posts that norally mention riri illuminati s***, nicki w**** transexual minaj or beyonce freemason b****, there is so much more than these 3 artists grape juice!!!
were you cryin’ this isn’t britney’s song when s & s went to #1. now that it’s been kicked from the prime spot it’s not her song. lol!
Nelly Furtado? B**** plz. Big hoops wasn’t even a hit! Even tho I liked that song…
The song sucks.. People waste money for it because they wonder it.. He’s gonna flop hard, he’s the male version of Floptina..
This song is horrible and a joke. Poor Justin. He’s an actor now with his D*** wife and his on the down-low self!
LOOKS LIKE JUSTIN HASN’T OVERTAKEN BRITNEY –HE’S FALLING AND SHE’S STILL HOLDING STRONG!!
JUSTIN SHOULD JUST COME OUT ALREADY — HE AND HIS D*** LESBIAN MUFF DIVING ”WIFE”!!
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO