Take my Killer Mike/OutKast stanship with a grain of salt.

I think his original stall-out was due to people wanting something OutKast related to have OutKast on every song. Pretty much when people said they were DF fans and reviewed every non-Kast album like "It's a good album, even though Andre 3000 doesn't show up anywhere."

He did well by aligning with getting to release music through there, to a more open-minded crowd that may not have, or still may not know shit about his connection to OutKast. They probably think/thought "Oh, this is a dope rapper they say is from Atlanta, and I can understand what he's saying." El-P probably got him more rappity-rap fans that probably wouldn't give southern rap a chance, even if it was OutKast.

T-Mo was and still is the worst out of any of the "Generations" of the DF. That's including Future (went by Meathead back then).