Crucial Star

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Crucial Star
Birth name Park Se-yoon
Born ( 1989-10-16 ) October 16, 1989 (age 34)
Origin South Korea
Genres K-hip hop , K-pop
Occupation(s)
Years active 2007?present
Labels
Korean name
Hangul
박세윤
Revised Romanization Park Se-yun
McCune?Reischauer Pak Seyun

Park Se-yoon ( Korean 박세윤 ; born October 16, 1989), [1] more commonly known as Crucial Star ( Korean 크루셜 스타 ), is a South Korean rapper and record producer . He started writing music at the age of 17 and joined the hip hop duo Libra Twins in 2007, before debuting as a solo rapper in 2010. [2] He released his first EP , A Star Goes Up , in 2011. [3]

Biography [ edit ]

Park Se-yoon was born on October 16, 1989, in Seoul , South Korea . His father is the painter Hang-Ryul Park . [4]

He made his musical debut at the age of seventeen in the hip hop group Libra Twins. [5] Several years later, he signed with independent hip hop label Soul Company , working under the name Crucial Star. [5] He and label mate Mad Clown collaborated on the digital album Mad Clown VS Crucial Star in 2010. [6] The following year, he released his first EP , A Star Goes Up , and his first full-length album, A Star From The Basement . [7] [8]

Following the dissolution of Soul Company in 2012, Crucial Star moved to Grandline Entertainment. [5] [9] While with Grandline, he released two mix tapes, Drawing #1: A Dream Spokesman (2012) and Drawing 2: A Better Man (2013), two albums, FALL (2012) and Midnight (2014), and one EP, Boyhood (2015). [10] [11] [12] [13]

In 2015 he appeared as a contestant on Mnet television rap contest Show Me the Money 4 . He was eliminated in the preliminary round after forgetting his lyrics. [14] In October 2015, Crucial Star's agency published a statement announcing that he and Unpretty Rapstar 2 contestant Heize were in a relationship. [15] A week after this announcement, it was reported that they had broken up several months prior. [16]

He left Grandline Entertainment in January 2016 when his contract ended. [17] In April, he signed with C-JeS Entertainment . [18]

Discography [ edit ]

Studio albums [ edit ]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
KOR
[19]
Midnight
  • Released: October 16, 2014
  • Label: Grandline Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Midnight (feat. Taylor)
  2. 退室
  3. Limousine Dream
  4. 頭痛藥 (Become A Man)
  5. 바쁜 男子 (Busy Man) (feat. Louie of Geeks )
  6. Pretty Girl (feat. Lovey)
  7. Paris
  8. Dreams Forgotten (Interlude)
  9. 꿈을 파는 가게 (feat. Bob James, Mayson the Soul )
  10. Owl (feat. Donutman)
  11. Fire
  12. Sweet Life (feat. Konsoul)
  13. I'm The One
  14. Same Boy (feat. Loco )
  15. Blessing
29
Maze Garden
  • Released: December 11, 2018
  • Label: VAKER
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. 銅錢 한 닢 (Intro)
  2. Fontana di Trevi
  3. Direct Message (feat. Sujin Park)
  4. 淸潭洞
  5. 할머니 (Grandma)
  6. 迷路庭園 (Maze Garden) / 두 갈래 길
  7. 두 얼굴
  8. 혼자 이 밤을
  9. Pen (A.D.W.A.D)
  10. Ghost Writer
  11. Singer Songwriter (feat. 김이지)
  12. Just A Song
  13. 언젠간 내 時間이 올거야 (feat. Khundi Panda, The Quiett )
  14. Complex
  15. 세레머니 (CELEBRATION) (feat. Rick Bridges)
  16. 쉬어도 돼 (feat. Babylon)
  17. 별의 別 (feat. DJ Wegun)
98
Serenity, Courage, Wisdom
  • Released: October 8, 2021
  • Label: Starry Nightt Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
?

Extended plays [ edit ]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
KOR
[19]
A Star Goes Up
  • Released: January 27, 2011
  • Label: Soul Company
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. It's My Turn (feat. Zion.T )
  2. Trendsetterz (feat. Basick )
  3. Tonight (feat. Satbyeol)
  4. Change Of My Life (Interlude)
  5. Change Of My Life (feat. Dok2 and The Quiett )
  6. New Generation (feat. Pento)
  7. 비스듬히 걸쳐 (Rebirth) (feat. Donutman)
  8. 잘 찾아봐
  9. Phone Number (feat. The Quiett and Kebee )
46
A Star From The Basement
  • Released: August 4, 2011
  • Label: Soul Company
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Last Trip
  2. Real Me
  3. What’s This Art For
  4. SCR (Super Crucial Rap)
  5. What’s Your Name (feat. Swings )
  6. 그릇
  7. No More Romance (feat. Jo Hyun-ah)
  8. One Better Day
  9. I Just Wanna (feat. CZA)
  10. 쉽지않은 對答
  11. 時間이 없어
  12. 옷가게 (Can’t Go Out) (feat. Donutman)
  13. Chocoholic (Rebirth)
  14. 개꿈
  15. No Pay No Gain (feat. Jerry.K )
  16. Pain 09
  17. Stupid Love Song
  18. 約束
  19. Deep In A Dream (Outro)
  20. From The Basement (feat. B-Free, JJK and The Quiett )
26
Fall
  • Released: November 27, 2012
  • Label: Grandline Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. One Life 2 Live
  2. Real Love (feat. Venus)
  3. Own Way (feat. Take One, The Quiett and Zion.T )
  4. 난 아파 (feat. Rimi)
  5. Flat Shoes ( Brother Su Remix) (feat. Lovey)
  6. 禹乙症
  7. I'm OK
  8. Nothing Lasts Forever
19
Boyhood
  • Released: May 7, 2015
  • Label: Grandline Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. 내 글라이더 (My Glider)
  2. AIA (feat. Jooyoung)
  3. Pet (feat. Stella Jang )
  4. 막내 아들 (The Youngest Son)
  5. 이어폰少年 (Earphones Boy)
  6. Boys to Men
26
Fall 2
Track listing
  1. 가을엔 (feat. Kim Na-young )
  2. Coffee (feat. Donutman)
  3. 그女는 내 것이 아닐 때 아름답다
  4. 이뻐서 힘들어 (feat. Louie of Geeks , Brother Su , Lovey)
  5. 또 있을까 싶어 (feat. XIA of JYJ )
  6. Bulletproof (feat. Hash Swan , Sik-K , Konsoul)
49
starry night '17
  • Released: September 22, 2017
  • Label: VAKER
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. 보내줘 (feat. Brother Su )
  2. 遊學 (feat. Han All)
  3. 夜食
  4. 데리러 갈게 (feat. Sik-K , Lil Boi )
  5. 記憶旅行 (fade away)
  6. 내버려둬 (starry night)
48
Half A Wing
  • Released: October 17, 2019
  • Label: VAKER
  • Formats: Digital download
?
Sense and Sensibility (理性과 感性)
  • Released: November 17, 2020
  • Label: Starry Nightt Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
?
Gold (금) (with QM)
  • Released: February 28, 2023
  • Label: Daytona Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
?

Mixtapes [ edit ]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
KOR
[19]
Drawing #2: A Better Man
  • Released: November 25, 2013
  • Label: Grandline Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
?
Drawing #3: Untitled
  • Released: March 30, 2016
  • Label: FISB-)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
83

Singles [ edit ]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[20]
"I Just Want U" 2010 ? Non-album singles
"Catch Me If U Can" ?
"New Generation" (feat. Pento) 2011 ? A Star Goes Up
"Tonight" (feat. Satbyeol) ?
"Chocoholic (Rebirth)" ? A Star From The Basement
"Can't Go Out" (옷가게) (feat. Donutman) ?
"What's This Art For" ?
"I'm OK" (생각보다) ? Fall
"Flat Shoes" (feat. Lovey ) 2012 ?
"Real Love" (feat. Satbyeol) ?
"Drinks Up" 2013 ? Drawing #2: A Better Man
"A Winter Love Song" 86 Non-album singles
"Three Things I Want to Give You" (너에게 주고 싶은 세 가지) (feat. Sojin of Girl's Day ) 2014 32
"Show Me Your Light" (with Shin Ji-su) 60
"Paris" 91 Midnight
"Pretty Girl" (feat. Lovey) ?
"A Store That Sells Dreams" (꿈을 파는 가게) (feat Bob James & Mayson the Soul ) ?
"The Youngest Son" (막내 아들) 2015 ? Boyhood
"AIA" (feat. Jooyoung ) ? [a]
"Love Yourself" ? Non-album singles
"The Bench" (그 벤치) 2016 ?
"One" ? Drawing #3: Untitled
"Strength" (힘) (feat. Hanhae & Brother Su ) ? Non-album single
"Ain't Nobody Like You" (또 있을까 싶어) (feat. Xia of JYJ ) 92 Fall 2
"Fall" (가을엔) (feat. Kim Na-young ) ? [b]
"You Can Rest" (쉬어도 돼) (feat. Babylon ) 2017 91 Maze Garden
"Study Abroad" (儒學) (feat. Han All) ? starry night '17
"Night Alone" (혼자 이 밤을) 2018 ? Maze Garden
"Think" (생각해) ? Non-album single
"Singer Songwriter" (feat. Ezzy) ? Maze Garden
"Direct Message" (feat. Sujin Park) ?
"Grandma" (할머니) ?
"2 Faces" (두 얼굴) ?
"Just A Song" ?
"Cigarette" 2019 ? Non-album single
"It's a different thing to love her and make her happy" (그女를 사랑하는 것과 幸福하게 해주는 것은 別個야) (feat. Jeebanoff) ? Half A Wing
"Hammock" (해먹) (feat. Bibi ) ? Non-album single
"Work To Do" (밀린 일) ? Half A Wing
"Please Lie to Me" (거짓말이라도 해줘) (feat. Ezzy) ? Non-album singles
"Telescope" (天體望遠鏡) (feat. Leellamarz & msftz) 2020 ?
"Stranger" (모르는 사이) ?
"Call Me Right Now" ? Hwaak!
"Don't Be Blue" (슬퍼말아요) ? Good Night, Starry Night
"Starry Nightt Gang" (with DNEIRF & Wynn) ? Starry Night Vibe
"Your Night" (너의 밤엔) ? Sense and Sensibility
"White Out" (하얗게) (with Ji Chanel) ? Good Night, Starry Night
"Even Though I Love You" (그래도 너가 좋은 걸 어떡해) (feat. Jeminn) 2021 ?
"Cherry Blossom" ? Non-album single
"Humming" ? Serenity, Courage, Wisdom
"Mamba Mentality" ?
"The Evil is Easy, The Good is Hard" (善은 어렵고 惡은 쉽다) ?
"2022" (feat. A-Chess) 2022 ? Non-album singles
"It's Always Just the Beginning" (나는 언제나 이제 始作일 뿐이었다) ?
"A Solitary Man" (孤獨한 크루셜스타의 房) ?
"Memento Mori" ?
"100 Bars" (百 마디 말보다) ?
"Green Thumb" (물 갈아주기) (feat. Quokka) ?
"Free Haee" (프리海) (feat. OLNL, Ji Chanel, EXN, Jehwwn, H3hyeon, Quokka, Kim Mi-jeong) ?
"Fisherman" (with DNEIRF & Wynn, feat. Siso) ? Good Night, Starry Night
"Sky" (하늘) ?
"Tourist" ?
"Ajushi" (아저씨) (with Leellamarz , QM, Kim Jae-wook, NSW Yoon, Damini) 44 Show Me the Money 11 Episode 1
"Jungle Radio" (정글 라디오) (with QM) 2023 ? Gold
"Jet Ski" (with QM) ?
"come to my stu" (Remix) (feat. Leellamarz) ? Non-album singles
"Number One" (feat. Skinny Brown) ?
"Starry Night" (feat. Malitabu) ?
"Good Night, Starry Night" (別 볼 일 있는 밤) ? Good Night, Starry Night
"Fallen Leaves" (落葉) ? Non-album singles
"Monica Bellucci" ?
"Nihilism Watch" (虛無主義步) 2024 ?
"2009" (feat. unofficialboyy) ?
"Say No!" (feat. Swings ) ?

Notes [ edit ]

  1. ^ "AIA" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart, but it peaked at number 99 on the component Download Chart. [21]
  2. ^ "Fall" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart, but it peaked at number 63 on the component Download Chart. [22]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "[映像/다짜고짜 인터뷰]크루셜스타 "感性的인 曲 말고 힙합도 많이 해요" " . Ilgan Sports (in Korean). December 17, 2013 . Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  2. ^ "크루셜 스타, 힙합界의 트랜드 主導할 첫 앨범 發賣" . X Sports News (in Korean). January 11, 2011 . Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  3. ^ "[公式立場]크루셜스타 "♥김진경, 내겐 安息處"…1年째 熱愛中(全文)" . The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). May 30, 2019 . Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  4. ^ "래퍼 크루셜스타, 알고보니 '冥想畫家' 박항률 畫伯 아들" [Rapper Crucial Star is "Meditative Artist" Park Hang Ryul's Son] (in Korean). 2013-12-10 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  5. ^ a b c "Artist Spotlight: Crucial Star" . KultScene . 2014-10-03 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  6. ^ "소울컴퍼니, 힙합싱글母音 마니아 '반색' " . Nate News (in Korean). 2010-02-04 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  7. ^ "[Review] 'A Star Goes Up' by Crucial Star" . Allkpop . 2011-02-13 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  8. ^ "[Drop Watch] Crucial Star ? A Star From The Basement" . KHIPHOPPER . 2011-07-25 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  9. ^ "크루셜스타, 그랜드라인엔터테인먼트 合流" [Crucial Star Joins Grandline Entertainment]. Hiphop Playa (in Korean). 2011-12-30 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  10. ^ "Crucial Star releases first mixtape 'Drawing #1: A Dream Spokesman' " . Allkpop . 2012-05-18 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  11. ^ "Rapper Crucial Star releases album 'Fall' " . Allkpop . 2012-11-30 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  12. ^ "Crucial Star releases new album, "Midnight" ? Koreaboo" . Koreaboo . 2014-10-17 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  13. ^ "Crucial Star to return with "Boyhood" album" . Koreaboo . 2015-05-03 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  14. ^ "Show Me The Money 4 ? Episode 1 Recap" . Seoul Rebels . 2015-07-01 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  15. ^ "Crucial Star and 'Unpretty Rapstar' Heize revealed to be dating" . Allkpop . 2015-10-06 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  16. ^ "Heize and Crucial Star Confirmed to Have Broken Up" . Soompi . 2015-10-12 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  17. ^ "크루셜스타와디제이 돕쉬, 그랜드라인엔터테인먼트와 專屬契約 滿了" [Crucial Star's and DJ Dopsh's Contracts with Grandline Entertainment Expire]. Hiphop Playa (in Korean). 2015-11-25 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  18. ^ "C-JeS Entertainment welcomes hip-hop artist Crucial Star to the family" . Koreaboo . 2016-04-07 . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
  19. ^ a b c "Gaon Album Chart" . Gaon Music Chart (in Korean).
  20. ^ Circle Digital Chart positions:
  21. ^ "Download Chart, 2015 Weeks 20" . Circle Chart (in Korean) . Retrieved April 4, 2024 .
  22. ^ "Download Chart, 2016 Weeks 44" . Circle Chart (in Korean) . Retrieved April 4, 2024 .

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