| Basick | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Birth Name: | Lee Cheol-joo (이철주) |
| Birth Date: | August 12, 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Daegu, |
| Genre: | Korean hip hop |
| Occupation: | Rapper |
| Instrument: | Voice |
| Years Active: | present |
| Label: | RBW (2015–2018), OUTLIVE |
| Associated Acts: | Jiggy Fellaz, Vasco, Double Trouble, Innovator |
Lee Cheol-joo (; born 12 August 1986), better known by his stage name Basick, is a South Korean rapper under OUTLIVE. He won the fourth season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money.
Basick was born on August 12, 1986, in Daegu, . He is fluent in English, having majored in marketing at Babson College in the United States.[1] Basick is married to Yoo Seo-yeon and they welcomed their first child, Lee Chaeha, in 2015.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] Basick is now signed under Rainbow Bridge World and have featured in a number of collaborations.[5] In 2016, he released his first mini album titled Nice.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [6] | |||
| Classick |
| — | |
| Foundation Vol. 3 |
| — | |
| Foundation Vol. 4 |
| 97 | |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||
| Therapy |
| — | |
| Nice |
| 42 | |
| whatiwant |
| — | |
| Soft |
| — | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [7] | |||||
| As lead artist | |||||
| "Better Than The Best" | 2008 | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Champion Pt.ll" | 2010 | — | |||
| "Basement" | 2011 | — | Classick | ||
| "You Already Know" | 2012 | — | Foundation Vol. 3 | ||
| "Pretty Girls" | — | ||||
| "Don't Stop" | — | ||||
| "Boss" | — | ||||
| "Kimchi" (김치) | 2013 | — | |||
| "Nice Life" | — | Therapy | |||
| "Therapy" | — | ||||
| "Gxnzi" | 2015 | 39 |
| Show Me the Money 4 | |
| "Stand Up" | 21 |
| |||
| "Better Days" (좋은 날) | 26 |
| |||
| "In Front of the House" (그 집 앞) | 2016 | 67 |
| ||
| "Nice" | — |
| Nice | ||
| "Is That Why" (그래서 그런가) | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "My Wave" | 2017 | — | |||
| "Pinocchio" (피노키오) | — | ||||
| "₩on It All" | — | ||||
| "A Woman I Know" (아는 여자) | — | ||||
| "Real Life" | — | Foundation Vol. 4 | |||
| "Starter" | — | ||||
| "SM58" | 2018 | — | |||
| "Microphone Checker (MC)" | — | ||||
| "The Kid" | — | ||||
| "Home" | — | ||||
| "Manbogi" (만보기) | 2019 | — | whatiwant | ||
| "me" | — | ||||
| "Calluses" (굳은살) | — | rowspan="2" | |||
| "Honestly" (솔직히) | — | ||||
| "Choco" (초코) | — | Soft | |||
| "Fucked" (촛됐다 (가짜사나이)) | 2020 | — | rowspan="4" | ||
| "My Song" (내 노래) | — | ||||
| "Naked" | — | ||||
| "When It Snows mmm" (눈이 오면 mmm) | — | ||||
| "Meeting Is Easy, Parting Is Hard" (만남은 쉽고 이별은 어려워) | 2021 | 3 | Show Me the Money 10 | ||
| "08Basick" (08베이식) | 22 | ||||
| Collaborations | |||||
| "Miss Pretty" | 2011 | — | |||
| "My Zone" | 2015 | 12 |
| Show Me the Money 4 | |
| "I'm The Man" | 97 |
| |||
| "Call Me" (연락해) | 26 |
| rowspan="5" | ||
| "All Right" | 2017 | — | |||
| "See You In Heaven" (별똥별) | — | ||||
| "Layoff" (정리해고) | 2019 | — | |||
| "More Than Ever" | 2020 | — | |||
| "Memories of You and Me" (너와 나의 Memories) | 2021 | 9 | Show Me the Money 10 | ||
| "A Long Day" (고생이 많아) | 169 | ||||
| Soundtrack appearances | |||||
| "In the Illusion" (환상 속의 그대) | 2016 | — | W OST | ||
| "Together" | — | Eat Sleep Eat OST | |||
| "Destiny" (운명처럼) | 2017 | — | Man to Man OST | ||
| "Let Me Hear It" (들려줘) | 2019 | — | Confession OST | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
| Year | Network | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mnet | Show Me the Money 4 | Winner | |
| 2016 | JTBC | Hip Hop Nation Season 2 | Cast member | |
| 2021 | Mnet | Show Me the Money 10 | Contestant |