# Primary (musician)

Choi Dong-hoon (born January 31, 1983), better known by the stage name Primary, is a South Korean hip hop musician and record producer. Formerly an artist under Amoeba Culture, he established his own record label Paktory Company on April 22, 2020.
Primary has collaborated with various artists to produce the albums Back Again, Primary Score, Daily Apartment, Primary and the Messengers, and 2. He has also produced albums for other Korean hip hop artists, including Supreme Team's first album Supremier and Dynamic Duo's Kill, as well as several of MBLAQ's singles, including "I'm Back" and "Smokey Girl". He appeared in the MBC variety program Infinite Challenge in 2013.

## Career

Primary became active in the South Korean hip hop scene in 2004 with collaborations with Dynamic Duo and Garion. He also gained musical experience while attending Seoul Jazz Academy. In 2006, he debuted with an album named Daily Apartment in collaboration with Beenzino, under the name P' Skool. As part of the promotions for the album, Primary donned a cardboard box mask with a bird beak in order to be more memorable. The band is now inactive, but often play at live performances for Dynamic Duo and Supreme Team.
Primary and Dynamic Duo's Gaeko created a track for Quincy Jones's 2011 visit to Korea which Jones sung at a press conference and expressed his appreciation for. In 2011 Primary released the first part of the album Primary and The Messengers and continued to release the subsequent four parts through October 2012. The album in total includes collaborations with 23 separate artists. He successfully broke into the top ten on various Korean music charts with the album's track "? (Question Mark)" in November 2012. Primary performed a special stage with Dynamic Duo at the 2012 MBC Gayo Daejun.
On August 31 and September 1, 2013, Primary held a sold-out joint concert with Zion.T at the Lotte Art Center in Seoul. Primary also participated at the 2013 Infinite Challenge Song Festival, performing with Park Myeong-su and producing a song for Park Ji-yoon. The songs he made for the event, "I Got C" and "Mr. Lee". were later have found to have crossed the line from sampling into plagiarism in their use of Dutch artist Caro Emerald's songs "Liquid Lunch" and "One Day". Primary later officially credited Caro Emerald's composing group Grandmono for the songs. All of the proceeds from the song "I Got C" were later donated. Primary later produced the song "Without You" for Infinite H.
On March 24, 2020, Amoeba Culture announced that their exclusive contract with Primary had been terminated.
On April 22, 2020, he established his own record label Paktory Company.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR | Sales |
| Primary and the Messengers LP | Released: October 31, 2012 Label: Amoeba Culture, CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Magic Glass" (요지경) feat. Supreme Team, Yankie, Mellow "Happy Ending" feat. Jinsil, Gary Say It" (말이야) feat. Garion "Meet" (만나) feat. Zion.T "Away" (멀어) feat. Beenzino "Love" feat. Bumkey, Paloalto "See Through" (씨스루) feat. Gaeko, Zion.T "Mine Tonight" feat. Jinbo, Dok2 "Clean Entrance" (입장정리) feat. Choiza, Simon D "High End Girl" (하이엔드걸) feat. Deez "2 Weeks" (2주일) feat. Rhythm Power "?" (물음표) feat. Choiza, Zion.T "Congratulations" (축하해) feat. Dynamic Duo, Jay Park "I'm Back" feat. Yankie, Double K, G.O "Playboy's Diary" feat. Junggigo, Dead'P "Interlude" "Poison" (독) feat. E-Sens "Maebong Station Line 3" (3호선 매봉역) feat. Paloalto, Beenzino "Outro" "Where I Am" (거기서 거기읾) feat. Boi B, Dynamic Duo, E-Sens | 3 | KOR: 27,584 |
| 2 | Released: August 2, 2015 Label: Amoeba Culture, LOEN Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "See You" (조만간 봐요; feat. BSK, Gaeko) "Mannequin" (마네퀸; feat. Beenzino, Suran) "Rubber" (러버; feat. Oh Hyuk) "Paranoia" (피해망상; feat. Gaeko, Sunwoo Jung-ah) "Don't Be Shy" (아끼지마; feat. Choa, Iron) "Just Like U" (feat. Yankie, Jessi) "Established Head" (머리 세웠어; feat. Junggigo) "Hello" (네일 했어; feat. Lena Park) "Mileage" (마일리지; feat. Paloalto, Hwasa) "Her" (그녀는; feat. Choiza, Geegooin) "Gold Finger" (골드핑거; feat. Suran) "U" (feat. Kwon Jin-ah, Rap Monster) | 7 | KOR: 3,323 |

### Extended plays

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | KOR |
| Lucky You! | Collaborative album with Oh Hyuk Released: March 24, 2015 Label: Amoeba Culture, Loen Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "eTunnel" (feat. Gaeko) "Bawling" "Island" "Gondry" (공드리; feat. Lim Kim) | — |
| Shininryu (신인류) | Released: August 4, 2017 Label: Amoeba Culture, Loen Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "On" (feat. Samuel Seo, George) "Baby" (feat. Jooyoung) "Imagination" (상상해; feat. Chancellor, pH-1) "~42" (feat. Sam Kim, Esna) "I Know" (알아; feat. Sumin) "Somehow Today" (오늘은 왠지; feat. John OFA Rhee) "Night Flower" (밤꽃; feat. Car, the Garden) "Lukewarm" (미지근해; feat. Cokebath) | — |
| Pop | Released: August 30, 2017 Label: Amoeba Culture, Loen Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Drama" (드라마; feat. Kim Sung-kyu) "Tükk" (툭; feat. Yang Yo-seob) "Right?" (feat. Soyou) "Diet" (다이어트; feat. Solji) "Pick Up" (마중; feat. Sandeul) "Hush" (허쉬; feat. Jay B) | 40 |
| Do Worry Be Happy | Collaborative album with Anda Released: April 3, 2018 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "The Open Boat" (feat. Colde) "Zeppelin" "Dressroom" "Moonlight" (월명야 月明夜; feat. Xin Seha) | — |
| Boxtape | Instrumental album Released: September 28, 2020 Label: Paktory Company, YG Plus Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Cloud" (feat. Choa) "Cloud" (Instrumental) "Johnny" (자니) (Instrumental Remastered) "만나" (Instrumental Remastered) "Baby" (Instrumental Remastered) "Mannequin" (마네퀸) (Instrumental Remastered) "Love" (Instrumental Remastered) "Poison" (독) (Instrumental Remastered) "Friendzone" (입장정리) (Instrumental Remastered) "Bawling" (Instrumental Remastered) "Gondry" (Instrumental Remastered) "Open Boat" (Instrumental Remastered) "~42" (Instrumental Remastered) "Tonight" (머리 세웠어) (Instrumental Remastered) "Don't Be Shy" (아끼지마) (Instrumental Remastered) "Tükk" (툭) (Instrumental Remastered) "See Through" (씨스루) (Instrumental Remastered) | — |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | Sales | Album |
| "Magic Glass" (요지경) feat. Supreme Team, Yankie, Mellow | 2011 | 79 | KOR: 153,894 | Primary And The Messengers |
| "Johnny" (자니) feat. Dynamic Duo | 2012 | 39 | KOR: 2,024,195 | Non-album single |
| "Meet" (만나) feat. Zion.T | 2012 | 74 | KOR: 57,159 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "See Through" (씨스루) feat. Gaeko, Zion.T | 2012 | 20 | KOR: 1,862,670 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Clean Entrance" (입장정리) feat. Choiza, Simon D | 2012 | 20 | KOR: 796,128 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "?" (물음표) feat. Choiza, Zion.T | 2012 | 3 | KOR: 2,378,184 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Bawling" with Oh Hyuk | 2015 | 39 | KOR: 57,298 | Lucky You! |
| "See You" (조만간 봐요) feat. BSK, Gaeko | 2015 | 7 | KOR: 490,629 | 2 |
| "Mannequin" (마네퀸) feat. Beenzino, Suran | 2015 | 11 | KOR: 216,611 | 2 |
| "Don't Be Shy" (아끼지마) feat. Choa, Iron | 2015 | 10 | KOR: 491,184 | 2 |
| "Hello" (네일 했어) feat. Lena Park | 2015 | 33 | KOR: 109,466 | 2 |
| "~42" feat. Sam Kim, Esna | 2017 | 44 | KOR: 92,674 | Shininryu |
| "Right?" feat. Soyou | 2017 | 27 | KOR: 105,072 | Pop |
| "Dressroom" with Anda | 2018 | — | — | Do worry Be happy |
| "woozoo" (우주) feat. SUMIN, Qim Isle | 2019 | — | — | Non album singles |
| "When I Fall in Love" feat. Meego, Suran | 2019 | — | — | Non album singles |
| "Cloud" feat. Park Choa | 2020 | — | — | Boxtape |
| "Bless You" feat. Sam Kim, WOODZ, pH-1 | 2020 | — | — | Paktory Playlist 2020 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||

#### Other charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | Sales | Album |
| "Love" feat. Bumkey, Paloalto | 2012 | 75 | KOR: 95,934 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Mine Tonight" feat. Jinbo, Dok2 | 2012 | 86 | KOR: 42,047 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Poison" (독) feat. E-Sens | 2012 | 17 | KOR: 715,965 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Congratulations" (축하해) feat. Dynamic Duo, Jay Park | 2012 | 40 | KOR: 340,983 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "I'm Back" feat. Yankie, Double K, G.O | 2012 | 55 | KOR: 221,348 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Maebong Station Line 3" (3호선 매봉역) feat. Paloalto, Beenzino | 2012 | 61 | KOR: 243,346 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Playboy's Diary" feat. Junggigo, Dead'P | 2012 | 67 | KOR: 112,051 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "2 Weeks" (2주일) feat. Rhythm Power | 2012 | 83 | KOR: 65,243 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Happy Ending" feat. Jinsil, Gary | 2012 | 84 | KOR: 94,033 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "High End Girl" (하이엔드걸) feat. Deez | 2012 | 96 | KOR: 56,264 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Say It" (말이야) feat. Garion | 2012 | — | KOR: 45,846 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "Away" (멀어) feat. Beenzino | 2012 | — | KOR: 41,862 | Primary and the Messengers |
| "eTunnel" with Oh Hyuk feat. Gaeko | 2015 | 80 | KOR: 23,463 | Lucky You! |
| "Gondry" (공드리) with Oh Hyuk feat. Lim Kim | 2015 | — | KOR: 18,115 | Lucky You! |
| "Island" with Oh Hyuk | 2015 | — | KOR: 15,725 | Lucky You! |
| "U" feat. Kwon Jin-ah, RM | 2015 | 32 | KOR: 158,700 | 2 |
| "Established Head" (머리 세웠어) feat. Junggigo | 2015 | 37 | KOR: 128,207 | 2 |
| "Her" (그녀는) feat. Choiza, Geegooin | 2015 | 49 | KOR: 95,031 | 2 |
| "Mileage" (마일리지) feat. Paloalto, Hwasa | 2015 | 45 | KOR: 114,263 | 2 |
| "Rubber" (러버) feat. Oh Hyuk | 2015 | 23 | KOR: 152,644 | 2 |
| "Just Like U" feat. Yankie, Jessi | 2015 | 73 | KOR: 35,209 | 2 |
| "Paranoia" (피해망상) feat. Gaeko, Sunwoo Jung-a | 2015 | — | KOR: 26,747 | 2 |
| "Gold Finger" (골드핑거) feat. Suran | 2015 | — | KOR: 20,136 | 2 |
| "Drama" (드라마) feat. Kim Sung-kyu | 2017 | 29 | KOR: 56,977 | Pop |
| "Took" (툭) feat. Yang Yo-seob | 2017 | 61 | KOR: 35,602 | Pop |
| "Pick Up" (마중) feat. B1A4 | 2017 | 81 | KOR: 30,977 | Pop |
| "Hush" (허쉬) feat. JB | 2017 | 99 | KOR: 24,686 | Pop |
| "Diet" (다이어트) feat. EXID | 2017 | — | KOR: 20,641 | Pop |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||