Routine Check is a 2004 song by the Mitchell Brothers. It was their highest charting single, charting at #42 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Kano and The Streets feature on it.
About
The song discusses the racism of 'routine checks'.[2]
Critical reception
Critical reception was mixed. John Murphy of musicOMH said the song was "the Mitchells at their most incendiary. If there can be an English version of NWA‘s legendary F*ck Tha Police, then this is it. A defiant response to the police’s Stop & Search policy, it probably won’t make them many friends at the Daily Mail, but a whole generation of black youths will find much to identify with. The appearance of both Mike Skinner and Grime’s latest rising star Kano gives the track added prestige".[3] That said, Hattie Collins felt that the Mitchells' contribution to the track was inferior to Kano's contribution, further berating that "their flat flow, perhaps meant to lend a more authentic feel, serves only to make them all the more monotonous".[4]