Complex sentence: Reviews of "Pimp" were mixed and it was quickly categorized as being typical of the black'revolutionary' literature then being created, but Beck's vision was considerably bleaker than most other black writers of the time.
Split into simpler sentences: Reviews of "Pimp" were mixed; it was quickly categorized as being typical of the black'revolutionary' literature then being created. However, Beck's vision was considerably bleaker than most other black writers of the time.