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Post by original7 on Jan 30, 2022 23:01:11 GMT -5
it has been years since i checked the old website ughh.com
can someone fill me in on what happened. i goggled and found this place. the old ughh was great really good message board.
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Post by yodapluto on Jan 31, 2022 9:37:27 GMT -5
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.
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Post by nws1ne on Jan 31, 2022 11:50:48 GMT -5
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Good times.
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Post by obmj4eva on Jan 31, 2022 13:09:58 GMT -5
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.  |
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Post by nws1ne on Jan 31, 2022 13:41:10 GMT -5
"what happened to the old ughh website?"  |
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Post by gino888 on Jan 31, 2022 17:22:47 GMT -5
Lol nerdy the img s**t was great. Good post
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Post by lamson’s lean connect on Jan 31, 2022 17:45:11 GMT -5
quest couldn’t give away all that nerd rap & ill bill plus orders started to go unfilled and paying for a-ronius’ sex change and flight to switzerland didn’t help either
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Post by AEOKQ on Jan 31, 2022 18:12:22 GMT -5
Quest shut it down because the business was no longer profitable. Icon the Mic King bought it and attempted to revive it, but failed miserably.
Shout out to my boy Grafh.
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Post by yodapluto on Feb 1, 2022 3:03:01 GMT -5
Not trying to defend icon, but do you guys think ughh could have survived, if run by a better business person?
The industry was so injured by the decline in physical record sales. Could a retail store for such a niche product feasibly survive long term in a failing industry? Are there any similar companies to ughh that are currently thriving?
Serious question.
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Post by AEOKQ on Feb 1, 2022 4:00:51 GMT -5
I would say no. As you mentioned, physical record sales were basically 85% of that site, hard to survive on that in this age. They also had merchandise like t-shirts and hoodies and s**t, but I can't believe many people bought those. I don't know of any sites that sell CDs and vinyl anymore. Is Sandboxautomatic still a thing? I just googled them and apparently they are still in business. I don't know how thriving they particularly are, I literally just visited their site as I was typing. I honestly don't know how many people still buy physicals. Streaming services basically ended that market. I am a living example of that, I used to buy lots of albums, now I just use Spotify for new music.
Icon seemed like a cool dude, I met him briefly at an Akrobatik show in Baltimore circa 2001. But he was just a random underground MC, I don't know how much business acumen he actually had. I give him props for taking a chance, but I doubt many people could have revived the business of UGHH.
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Post by gino888 on Feb 1, 2022 4:23:24 GMT -5
They sold a ton of non rap. If the store didn't have such a massive inventory I bet u could start it up again via band camp page.
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Post by semeone on Feb 1, 2022 12:06:24 GMT -5
Not trying to defend icon, but do you guys think ughh could have survived, if run by a better business person? The industry was so injured by the decline in physical record sales. Could a retail store for such a niche product feasibly survive long term in a failing industry? Are there any similar companies to ughh that are currently thriving? Serious question. I would say yes The German vinyl sites are all still going strong, HHV.De for example is what UGHH should have been Lots of other European sites still going, Rap Soul Mail Order etc. But Icon seemed to think "magazine content" was the way to go, he prioritized that over fulfilling physical orders, peep ughh facebook page just post after post of angry customers who never received their orders Tbh Icon came across as very inept at the actual business side of making money like actually selling records Still waiting for my VIP subscription to bear fruit and looking forward to the UGHH concert |
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Post by |=| on Feb 1, 2022 13:30:29 GMT -5
Not trying to defend icon, but do you guys think ughh could have survived, if run by a better business person? The industry was so injured by the decline in physical record sales. Could a retail store for such a niche product feasibly survive long term in a failing industry? Are there any similar companies to ughh that are currently thriving? Serious question. I would say yes The German vinyl sites are all still going strong, HHV.De for example is what UGHH should have been Lots of other European sites still going, Rap Soul Mail Order etc. But Icon seemed to think "magazine content" was the way to go, he prioritized that over fulfilling physical orders, peep ughh facebook page just post after post of angry customers who never received their orders Tbh Icon came across as very inept at the actual business side of making money like actually selling records Still waiting for my VIP subscription to bear fruit and looking forward to the UGHH concert I would agree it could have survived, but it would have taken a lot of work. A lot of networking with artists, but think if UGHH would have linked up with Griselda to distribute releases? My exposure is limited, but I feel like those guys started popping on the old boards first… and then they started gaining attention on other sites/circles. And that team, love them or hate them, really breathed some life in physical releases. Whether they would have worked with UGHH is debatable, but it could have been beneficial to both parties. Also, Icon kind of f**ked it up from the get go. He bit off more than he could chew with the “vision” he had for the site and instead of making incremental changes to the business, he tried to change everything without understanding the fundamentals of the business model: order fulfillment and customer service. |
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Post by eseph84 on Feb 1, 2022 14:28:07 GMT -5
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Post by neonphenom on Feb 1, 2022 15:50:35 GMT -5
Y’all’s god is prolly FEXO or OXEF or sun’n
Dude wuzent even funny b
The cordless pepper grinder will be playen some real underwater golf
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Post by neonphenom on Feb 1, 2022 16:04:03 GMT -5
Buda Fett el nougat farmer
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Post by crumple on Feb 1, 2022 19:07:36 GMT -5
From my understanding Quest sold it to Icon the Mic King.
Icon paid me in time, I appreciated that and give him props for trying to keep ughh.com running.
It's a challenge I don't know enough about to talk on.
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Post by hardcraft on Feb 2, 2022 21:46:10 GMT -5
can someone please set up an interview with QUEST what does he think about how it all ended. maybe he can get the original UGHH domain from icon and resurrect the real UGHH.
could you imagine how cool that would be? observe would probably s**t his panties form happiness.
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Post by semeone on Feb 3, 2022 15:44:27 GMT -5
NWS gif ftw
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Post by hardcraft on Feb 3, 2022 16:45:37 GMT -5
is quest even in the states anymore? or did he leave after he cashed in on UGHH? could be laying low in BALIZE
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2022 20:46:44 GMT -5
is quest even in the states anymore? or did he leave after he cashed in on UGHH? could be laying low in BALIZE Yeah I heard he bought a coconut farm down there |
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Post by hardcraft on Feb 3, 2022 20:50:57 GMT -5
is quest even in the states anymore? or did he leave after he cashed in on UGHH? could be laying low in BALIZE Yeah I heard he bought a coconut farm down there your a stalker and an idiot. i already told you this when you DMd me to leave me alone you sad pathetic twat |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2022 20:52:33 GMT -5
Yeah I heard he bought a coconut farm down there your a stalker and an idiot. i already told you this when you DMd me to leave me alone you sad pathetic twat You’ve been stalking this forum making 1000’s of accounts for decades. f**k you talking about lol |
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Post by hardcraft on Feb 3, 2022 20:58:44 GMT -5
your a stalker and an idiot. i already told you this when you DMd me to leave me alone you sad pathetic twat You’ve been stalking this forum making 1000’s of accounts for decades. f**k you talking about lol this is my first account on this new forum you stupid idiot. i used to post on the old UGHH message board back in the day but this is the first time i signed up here. i dont even know who you are more proof your a desperate loser looking for MY attention. have fun being mad idiot.    |
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Post by noheadlights on Feb 10, 2022 16:23:55 GMT -5
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