Lost Ones: 15 Things We Bet You Didn’t Know About Lauryn Hill’s Struggle
Going Unplugged
In 2001, when Lauryn performed “MTV Unplugged No. 2.0,” fans didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. That album was the craziest thing people had heard in a long time.
Rolling Stone called it “a public breakdown” and the Los Angeles Times said Lauryn should get ready for jokes about her being “unhinged.” But there was nothing funny about the album’s sales. They totaled a little less than 500,000 copies worldwide.