# Daptone

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- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/daptone
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- **Official website:** https://daptonerecords.com
- **Slug:** daptone
- **Categories:** media-entertainment

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Brooklyn-founded record label releasing exceptionally soulful music.
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Description:** Daptone Records was founded in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York by musicians and fellow Dap-Kings Gabriel Roth (also known as Bosco Mann) and Neal Sugarman. The label releases soulful records by a family of musicians, producers, and music lovers, and operates related labels including Penrose Records and Wick Records.
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Identity

- **Mission:** To realize a vision of what great music can be through exceptionally soulful records, crafted by musicians, producers, and music lovers who share a common musical philosophy and uncompromising standards of quality.
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founders & leadership:** Founded by Gabriel Roth (AKA Bosco Mann) and Neal Sugarman. Gabriel Roth is also identified as a label co-owner.
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Website:** https://daptonerecords.com
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Voice & tone:** Soulful, discerning, uncompromising, intimate, and family-oriented.
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founded:** 2001
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Headquarters:** Brooklyn, New York, USA
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides music fans with carefully selected, exceptionally soulful records made to high quality standards.
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Record label operations
  - Releasing physical music formats including 45s and albums
  - Music discovery through playlists
  - Artist and release promotion
  - Merchandise sales
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - Music releases, including 45s, singles, and albums
  - Daptone New Releases playlist
  - Daptone Records Essentials playlist
  - Daptone’s Holiday Soul Party playlist
  - Daptone Staff Selects playlist
  - Daptone merchandise
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Music and recording industry
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer base:** Soul fans across the globe.
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Use cases:**
  - Discovering soulful music and new releases
  - Listening to Daptone music through streaming services and playlists
  - Buying physical records and music merchandise
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer outcomes:**
  - Access to exceptionally soulful music selected and released by Daptone Records
  - Ability to listen to and purchase Daptone releases and merchandise
Source: Brand's website (https://daptonerecords.com) · 2026-11-07

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