Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Basick
Person · male · South Korea · Daegu · born 1986 · recording since 2011
South Korean rapper
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Also known as Basick · 베이식 · 이철주
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 5◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1980s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Classick
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography211 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1359109822
Biography
Lee Cheol-joo (Korean: 이철주; born 12 August 1986), better known by his stage name Basick (베이식), is a South Korean rapper under OUTLIVE. He won the fourth season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money.
Biography
Basick was born on August 12, 1986, in Daegu, South Korea. He is fluent in English, having majored in marketing at Babson College in the United States. Basick is married to Yoo Seo-yeon and they welcomed their first child, Lee Chaeha, in 2015.
Career
Basick first appeared in the Korean underground hip hop scene in 2007 and was recruited as a member of South Korea's largest hip hop crew Jiggy Fellaz in 2008. In 2009, Basick became one half of the duo Double Trouble with fellow Jiggy Fellaz crew member, Innovator. Mid-2013, he began a hiatus in the music scene after getting married and started a career inside a sports fashion brand.
In 2015, Basick participated in the fourth season of rap competition Show Me the Money, going on to win the series overall as part of team "Brand New" with Verbal Jint and San E of Brand New Music. Basick is now signed under Rainbow Bridge World and have featured in a number of collaborations. In 2016, he released his first mini album titled Nice.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 10 | 26.4th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (15 release groups · 5 studio albums)
Albums · 5
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 48:30
1Basick Instinct3:402B.A.S.I.C.K2:593Rhymin'2:334Check It Out2:595Entourage3:566Bounce3:467Head & Tail3:258Mic Check3:199Double Trouble3:4710Basement3:3311Get Up4:0112U R Not Alone3:1213Rapper's Night3:5814Good Life3:222013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 49:56
1Do It3:342Pretty Girls3:413Survivor2:444김치4:115You Already Know4:386Saturday Noon3:407Boss3:4782번방2:289My Time4:3710Don't Stop2:5911거짓말3:3512Ugly3:2313원래 없었다3:5514Shut Up2:442016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 27:47
1Can’t Find Love3:282Bottom2:273Nice3:294Sunday in My Bedroom3:375Who Am I2:456Hunnit3:137DJ5:198Nice (clean ver)3:292018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 57:32
1One Time2:342SM583:383Microphone Checker (MC)3:384F`Artist2:555IDCA3:496The Kid3:247Mask3:178￦on It All5:329A Game4:0210My Wave3:4211Flava3:5812Real Life4:0713Starter3:0914Untitled3:3815Flower2:5016Goodbye3:192019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 22:15
1rocks2:102me3:363braindead3:014ijustwannadance3:185oohooh3:546manbogi3:067whatyouwant3:10
Single · 8
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Basick X Lil BoiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 11:041Call Me3:33 2Don’t Stop4:13 3Watch Out3:18 | 5 October 2015 | ||
| 2016 | W OST Part.3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 8:191환상 속의 그대4:09 2환상 속의 그대 (Inst.)4:10 | Soundtrack | 11 August 2016 | |
| 2017 | 조영수 All star - 케이시, 베이식Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:261별똥별 (See you in heaven)3:43 2별똥별 (See you in heaven) (inst.)3:43 | 5 July 2017 | ||
| 2018 | HOMESearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:261HOME3:13 2HOME (Instrumental)3:13 | 30 July 2018 | ||
| 2018 | TouchSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1Touch 2Touch (instrumental) | 4 September 2018 | ||
| 2019 | CallusesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:421Calluses3:42 | 7 June 2019 | ||
| 2019 | HonestlySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:591Honestly2:59 | 21 August 2019 | ||
| 2020 | LayoffSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:441Layoff3:44 | 3 July 2020 |
EP · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | SOFTSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 20:391A Piece of Art3:19 2CHOCO3:21 3Puberty3:18 4Come To Me2:58 5No Call Back4:33 6Two Days3:10 | 29 November 2019 | ||
| 2021 | 08BASICK (REMIX)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 11:36108BASICK (REMIX)11:36 | 18 December 2021 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Basick head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 10 | 26.4th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%EC%8B%9D_%28cropped%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4aeb4915-b7de-4b12-a601-063176996ee6discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4aeb4915-b7de-4b12-a601-063176996ee6core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12598115genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12598115seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basickbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basick
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Pabian · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q12598115 · MusicBrainz: 4aeb4915-b7de-4b12-a601-063176996ee6
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