Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “A Thin Line Between Love and Hate”

Roger Troutman The Music

For the movie’s soundtrack, which ended up coming in at number 22 on the Billboard 200, and number 5 on the R&B/Hip Hop charts, Martin Lawrence tapped Roger Troutman. Initially he was supposed to just do one song called, “Chocolate City,” after the name of the club Darnell owned. But the role expanded. In an interview with Funk U Magazine, he explained:

“Then they asked me to do the cover song with a group called H-Town. So I did a remake of ‘Thin line between love & hate’ with H-Town & Shirley Murdock. And that’s just been released in the States, and I understand that it ‘s only been out a week & it’s selling like mad, so it seems like it’s gonna be a big hit. And once I did these two songs, the producers asked me to score the whole movie. You know the dramatic parts & stuff… (He starts singing) which is a great challenge. And we just finished that, & Martin Lawrence is very happy with that. So that was the history of what’s happening now.”