Rolling Stones’ writer Michaelangleo Matos thoughts on Bilal’s rendition of Prince’s Sister at the Carnegie Hall Prince Tribute featuring the likes of Elvis Costello, D’Angelo, the Roots, Chris Rock, and others:

“R&B crooner Bilal, though, went the furthest out, on what may still be the furthest-out song Prince has written: “Sister,” a 93-second ode to brotherly-sisterly love from 1980′s Dirty Mind. Bilal ran through the song through an iPod playlist’s worth of styles, from dramatic art-rock to slow blues and then, finally, back to the frenetic original new wave arrangement. It was a tour de force that many in the audience were talking about after the lights went up.” Read the full review here.