"Shiny Suit Theory" (Arabic: نظرية البدلة اللامعة) is a song by American rapper Jay Electronica.

[4] Jay Electronica met American rapper Jay-Z by chance at a birthday celebration for Atlantic Records COO Julie Greenwald at The Spotted Pig.

[5] The meeting was followed by "weeks of intense daily communication and creative courtship" related to Jay-Z wanting to sign Jay Electronica to his record label Roc Nation.

[6] According to American journalist Miss Info, Jay Electronica knew Jay-Z was serious when he attached a recorded verse to his second reply email.

[1] On November 15, 2010, Jay Electronica uploaded "Shiny Suit Theory" featuring Jay-Z and American singer The-Dream, along with the track "The Announcement", onto his SoundCloud.

[5] In July 2012, a track list for Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) was revealed that included the song under the title "Dinner at Tiffanys (The Shiny Suit Theory)" featuring Jay-Z, The-Dream, and Gainsbourg.

[15] In a November 2010 review, Tom Breihan of Pitchfork wrote that on "Shiny Suit Theory", Jay Electronica "finds a track just as off as he is.

"[8] In March 2020, Andre Gee of Okayplayer wrote that though "[s]ome people rolled their eyes" when the decade-old song was included on the track list for A Written Testimony, it still deserved its place on the album.