Most popular music nowadays is ‘plugged’ from Rock, Hip Hop to Grime and Pop music. Technology contributes to the popularity of most music genre’s today e.g. Rock music wouldn’t be the same with out the electric guitar or artists wouldn’t be able to make beats with out the use of a computer. The reason why popular music is popular today is because it has a certain sound which people like and this is mostly done using technology. If popular music was unplugged then there would be no album recordings and music would have to be played live. Some music can sound good unplugged e.g. Plan B, a well-known British Hip Hop artist is famous for rapping over an acoustic guitar which does not require any electricity or technology. Overall popular music can never really be unplugged because the sound of the music will change and this might cause it to become ‘unpopular.’
Your example of Plan B may work if you experience them in a live venue, but even in this instance, it is unlikely that the rapper will do so without a microphone or amplification and what of recorded music?
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