The number 1 emcee in the world is a position that can never really be filled even objectively, due to how much tastes differ.
Personally I'm into the densely packed lyrical collage MF DOOM paints in all of his projects, but im EXTREMELY biased. Like beyond belief biased. Cuz DOOMs music is what taught me how to rap and what hiphop meant to me.
What about you all? What is your pick for number 1 and why?