Complex sentence: Upon its release in 1997, the album quickly became popular with fans of Detroit hip hop, as well as gaining the attention of Q-Tip, who hailed the group as successors to A Tribe Called Quest.
Split into simpler sentences: Upon its release in 1997, the album quickly became popular with fans of Detroit hip hop. At that time, Q-Tip hailed the group as successors to A Tribe Called Quest.