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Lauryn Hill's Sophomore Solo Set Released
05/07/2002 7:00 AM, Yahoo! Music Jerry Armor
(5/7/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Lauryn Hill's MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 goes on sale Tuesday (May 7) as the follow-up to her Grammy-Award winning 1998 debut The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. A DVD/VHS edition of the two-hour set is scheduled to be released by the end of May.
The introspective double CD includes material Hill performed with her acoustic guitar on MTV2 in March. Some of the songs include "Oh Jerusalem," "Just Like Water," and "So Much Things To Say."
During the performance, Hill said the new material presented her true persona. "I want to introduce you to me," she said.
In related news, Hill, OutKast, and the Roots will re-launch the Smokin' Grooves tour in July.
2002 Smokin' Groove Tour dates (subject to change):
July 18 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater
July 19 - Universal City, CA - Universal Amphitheater
July 20 - Chula Vista, CA - Coors Amphitheater
July 22 - Englewood, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
July 24 - Tinley Park, IL - Tweeter Center
July 25 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
July 26 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater
July 28 - TBA
July 29 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater
July 31 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
August 1 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center
August 2 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion At Stone Ridge
August 4 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Music Theater
August 5 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
August 7 - Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheater
-- Billy Johnson Jr., Los Angeles
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