Visiting North America and Europe, the tour promoted the singer's third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol.

The trek yielded the singer's first concert special for TV One entitled, Jill Scott: The Real Thing Tour (Live in Philly).

Filmed and recorded at the historic Élysée Montmartre, the CD/DVD package contains selected tracks from Scott's 2004 European tour.

His live band included pianist Robert Glasper, bassist Conley "Tone" Whitfield, and drummer Chris "Daddy" Dave.

[5] The trek originally concluded in March 2008, however, Scott added additional dates in the United States during the summer, along with festival appearances in Europe.