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UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION
Washington,D.C.20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-02739 and 811-10179

Name of Fund: BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: Donald C. Burke, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Basic
Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC, 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ,
08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762

Date of fiscal year end: 06/30/2009

Date of reporting period: 03/31/2009

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.         
Schedule of Investments March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
  Beneficial Interest     
Mutual Fund    (000)    Value 
Master Basic Value LLC         $  666,886  $  3,231,755,144 
Total Investments (Cost - $3,651,549,195) - 100.1%        3,231,755,144 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.1)%        (2,318,735) 
Net Assets - 100.0%      $  3,229,436,409 

Effective July 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("FAS 157"). FAS 157 clarifies the definition
of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair values and requires additional disclosures
about the use of fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of
investments, which are as follows:

Level 1 - price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical securities
Level 2 - other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar
assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in
markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the
assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss
severities, credit risks, and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstance, to
the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund's own assumption used in
determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk
associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund's policy regarding
valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most
recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in determining the fair valuation
of the Fund's investments:

Valuation    Investments in 
Inputs    Securities 
    Assets 
Level 1    - 
Level 2  $  3,231,755,144 
Level 3    - 
Total  $  3,231,755,144 


Master Basic Value LLC           
Schedule of Investments March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
Industry  Common Stocks    Shares    Value 
Above-Average Yield - 38.5%           
Aerospace & Defense - 0.8%  Honeywell International, Inc.    982,800  $  27,380,808 
Capital Markets - 2.3%  The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  2,613,300    73,825,725 
Chemicals - 1.8%  E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.    2,600,200    58,062,466 
Commercial Banks - 0.2%  U.S. Bancorp    542,600    7,927,386 
Diversified Financial Services - 3.6%  JPMorgan Chase & Co.    4,397,700    116,890,866 
Diversified Telecommunication  AT&T Inc.    2,550,800    64,280,160 
Services - 4.6%  Verizon Communications, Inc.    2,845,500    85,934,100 
          150,214,260 
Electric Utilities - 1.6%  The Southern Co.    1,685,200    51,600,824 
Electrical Equipment - 0.4%  Emerson Electric Co.    426,000    12,175,080 
Food Products - 2.7%  General Mills, Inc.    1,776,900    88,631,772 
Household Products - 0.4%  Clorox Co.    246,600    12,694,968 
Industrial Conglomerates - 1.6%  Tyco International Ltd.    2,707,025    52,949,409 
Multi-Utilities - 1.5%  Dominion Resources, Inc.    1,518,998    47,073,748 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 6.3%  Chevron Corp.    982,800    66,083,472 
  Exxon Mobil Corp.    2,008,200    136,758,420 
          202,841,892 
Pharmaceuticals - 9.2%  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.    7,275,900    159,487,728 
  Pfizer, Inc.    4,001,200    54,496,344 
  Wyeth    1,930,400    83,084,416 
          297,068,488 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor  Analog Devices, Inc.    2,488,039    47,944,511 
Equipment - 1.5%           
  Total Above-Average Yield        1,247,282,203 
Below-Average Price/Earnings Ratio - 22.3%         
Aerospace & Defense - 0.9%  Northrop Grumman Corp.    681,000    29,718,840 
Capital Markets - 0.3%  Morgan Stanley    338,500    7,707,645 
Computers & Peripherals - 3.0%  Hewlett-Packard Co.    3,015,300    96,670,518 
Diversified Financial Services - 0.2%  Bank of America Corp.    1,109,200    7,564,744 
Food Products - 5.6%  Kraft Foods, Inc.    4,246,269    94,649,336 
  Unilever NV (a)    4,451,500    87,249,400 
          181,898,736 
Insurance - 7.0%  ACE Ltd.    244,400    9,873,760 
  MetLife, Inc.    1,862,540    42,410,036 
  Prudential Financial, Inc.    864,700    16,446,594 
  The Travelers Cos., Inc.    3,843,976    156,219,185 
          224,949,575 
Media - 2.0%  Viacom, Inc. Class B (b)    3,698,800    64,285,144 
Metals & Mining - 0.5%  Nucor Corp.    413,800    15,794,746 
Office Electronics - 2.5%  Xerox Corp.    17,917,985    81,526,832 
Software - 0.3%  Microsoft Corp.    569,907    10,469,192 
  Total Below-Average Price/Earnings Ratio      720,585,972 
Low Price-to-Book Value - 16.5%           
Aerospace & Defense - 1.8%  Raytheon Co.    1,515,294    59,005,548 
Commercial Banks - 0.2%  Wells Fargo & Co.    503,500    7,169,840 
 
 
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Master Basic Value LLC           
Schedule of Investments March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
Industry  Common Stocks    Shares    Value 
Low Price-to-Book Value (concluded)           
Communications Equipment - 0.3%  Corning, Inc.    822,500  $  10,914,575 
Energy Equipment & Services - 2.2%  Halliburton Co.    4,579,200    70,840,224 
Household Products - 2.7%  Kimberly-Clark Corp.    1,881,800    86,769,798 
Machinery - 1.4%  Deere & Co.    1,409,300    46,323,691 
Media - 1.5%  Walt Disney Co.    2,725,100    49,487,816 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.2%  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (c)    960,500    37,353,845 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor  Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (b)  5,546,892    20,689,907 
Equipment - 5.2%  LSI Corp. (b)(c)    29,260,496    88,951,908 
  Micron Technology, Inc. (b)(c)    14,114,188    57,303,603 
          166,945,418 
  Total Low Price-to-Book Value        534,810,755 
Price-to-Cash Flow - 7.3%           
Diversified Telecommunication  Qwest Communications International,       
Services - 2.8%  Inc. (c)    26,002,200    88,927,524 
Media - 3.7%  Time Warner Cable, Inc.    1,167,440    28,952,514 
  Time Warner, Inc. (c)    4,648,767    89,721,197 
          118,673,711 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.8%  Peabody Energy Corp.    1,086,500    27,205,960 
  Total Price-to-Cash Flow        234,807,195 
Special Situations - 12.2%           
Communications Equipment - 0.3%  Nokia Oyj (a)    746,744    8,714,502 
Computers & Peripherals - 2.7%  International Business Machines Corp.  911,300    88,295,857 
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.7%  BJ Services Co.    5,677,968    56,495,782 
Health Care Equipment &  Baxter International, Inc.    510,300    26,137,566 
Supplies - 1.7%  Covidien Ltd.    859,800    28,579,752 
          54,717,318 
Pharmaceuticals - 3.8%  Schering-Plough Corp.    5,174,200    121,852,410 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor  Intel Corp.    4,274,200    64,326,710 
Equipment - 2.0%           
  Total Special Situations        394,402,579 
  Total Long-Term Investments         
  (Cost - $3,548,203,864) - 96.8%      3,131,888,704 
  Short-Term Securities         
                                                                       BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,
  0.646% (d)(e)    55,324,963    55,324,963 
      Beneficial     
      Interest     
      (000)     
  BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC         
  Money Market Series, 1.17% (d)(e)(f)  $ 109,539    109,539,250 
  Total Short-Term Securities         
  (Cost - $164,864,213) - 5.1%        164,864,213 
 
 
 
 
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Master Basic Value LLC       
Schedule of Investments March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
      Value 
                                                                                                               Total Investments       
                                                                                                               (Cost - $3,713,068,077*)  - 101.9%  $  3,296,752,917 
                                                                                                               Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (1.9)%    (60,967,914) 
                                                                                                               Net Assets - 100.0%    $  3,235,785,003 

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of March 31, 2009, as computed for
federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $  3,737,751,800 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $  397,636,387 
Gross unrealized depreciation    (838,635,270) 
Net unrealized depreciation  $  (440,998,883) 

• For Master LLC compliance purposes, the Master LLC's sector and industry classifications refer to any one
or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market
indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Master LLC management. This definition may not
apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting
ease.

(a) Depositary receipts.

(b) Non-income producing security.

(c) Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

(d) Represents the current yield as of report date.

(e) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Master LLC, for purposes of
Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows:

Affiliate    Net Activity    Income 
BlackRock Liquidity Funds,         
   TempFund    55,324,963  $  5,175 
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC         
   Money Market Series  $  (514,628,061)  $ 1,128,075 

(f) Security was purchased with the cash proceeds from securities loans.

• Effective July 1, 2008, the Master LLC adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("FAS 157"). FAS 157 clarifies the
definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair values and requires additional
disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the fair
value of investments, which are as follows:

• Level 1 - price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical securities

• Level 2 - other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or
liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that
are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are unobservable for the assets or liabilities
(such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks
and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

• Level 3 - unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstance, to the
extent observable inputs are not available (including the Master LLC's own assumption used in
determining the fair value of investments)

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Master Basic Value LLC

Schedule of Investments March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk
associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Master LLC's policy regarding
valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Master LLC's
most recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in
determining the fair valuation of the Master LLC's investments:

Valuation    Investments in 
Inputs    Securities 
    Assets 
Level 1  $  3,131,888,704 
Level 2    164,864,213 
Level 3    - 
Total  $  3,296,752,917 

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Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

2(a) – The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing
similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the
evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act
and Rule 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2(b) – There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal
quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications – Attached hereto

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC

By: /s/ Donald C. Burke
Donald C. Burke
Chief Executive Officer of
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC

Date: May 20, 2009

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Donald C. Burke
Donald C. Burke
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC

Date: May 20, 2009

By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC

Date: May 20, 2009