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{{Infobox album
| name = To Whom It May Concern...
| type = studio
| artist = [[Freestyle Fellowship]]
| cover = To Whom It May Concern...jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1991|10|05}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=51|s=17}}
| label = Sun Music
| producer = {{hlist|Freestyle Fellowship|Mathmattiks|[[Mikah 9]]|J. Sumbi|All in All|The Mighty O-Roc}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Innercity Griots]]
| next_year = 1993
}}
'''''To Whom It May Concern...''''' is the debut studio album by American hip hop group [[Freestyle Fellowship]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists |date=1999 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |page=334}}</ref> It was released on October 5, 1991.<ref name=xxlmag>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/hip-hop-today/2013/10/today-hip-hop-freestyle-fellowship-releases-may-concern/|title=Today in Hip-Hop: Freestyle Fellowship Releases 'To Whom It May Concern…'|magazine=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|first=B.J.|last=Steiner|date=October 5, 2013|access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref><ref name=complex>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/04/the-30-greatest-months-in-rap-history/october-1991-in-rap|title=The 30 Greatest Months in Rap History - 12. October 1991|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|first=Jack|last=Erwin|date=April 26, 2013|access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref> The 30th anniversary reissue of ''To Whom It May Concern...'' received a nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Historical Album|Best Historical Album]] at the [[65th Annual Grammy Awards|65th Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.okayplayer.com/music/freestyle-fellowship-earns-grammy-nomination-30-years-after-their-debut-album.html|title=Freestyle Fellowship Earns Grammy Nomination 30 Years After Their Debut Album|first=Jaelani|last=Turner-Williams|date=November 15, 2022|work=OkayPlayer|access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/to-whom-it-may-concern-mw0000505702|title=To Whom It May Concern... - Freestyle Fellowship|work=[[AllMusic]]|first=Scott|last=Thill|access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''RapReviews''
| rev4score = 10/10<ref name=rapreviews>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_towhomyitmayconcern.html|title=Freestyle Fellowship To Whom It May Concern...|work=RapReviews|first=Patrick|last=Taylor|date=February 19, 2008|access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-last=Brackett|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-last=Hoard|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|publisher=Fireside|year=2004|chapter=Freestyle Fellowship|page=312}}</ref>
}}
Scott Thill of [[AllMusic]] called the album "a potent glimpse into the subcultural, conscientious side of Los Angeles hip-hop, one that would later be eclipsed by gangsta boogie from the likes of [[Dr. Dre]], [[Snoop Dogg]], and all the pretenders who followed in their wake."<ref name=allmusic/> Del F. Cowie of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' described it as "a mind-boggling collection of elastic rhymes, myriad flows and jazzy beats."<ref name=exclaim>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/freestyle_fellowship-to_whom_it_may|title=Freestyle Fellowship To Whom It May Concern|work=[[Exclaim!]]|first=Del F.|last=Cowie|date=September 1999|access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref>

Writing for ''Classic Material: The Hip-Hop Album Guide'', Oliver Wang said, "the album stands as one of the most influential LPs ever released on the West Coast, the fire starter for practically the entire California underground movement in the 1990s and beyond."<ref name=classic>{{cite book|editor-first=Oliver|editor-last=Wang|title=Classic Material: The Hip-Hop Album Guide|publisher=[[ECW Press]]|year=2003|chapter=Freestyle Fellowship: To Whom It May Concern...|first=Oliver|last=Wang|pages=72–73}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1 = We Are the Freestyle Fellowship
| lyrics1 = [[Freestyle Fellowship]]
| music1 = [[Freestyle Fellowship]]
| length1 = 1:36
| title2 = My Fantasy
| lyrics2 = [[Aceyalone]]
| music2 = Mathmattiks
| length2 = 3:53
| title3 = 7th Seal
| lyrics3 = [[Mikah 9]]
| music3 = {{hlist|[[Mikah 9]]|J. Sumbi}}
| length3 = 5:23
| title4 = Let's Start Over
| lyrics4 = Freestyle Fellowship
| music4 = Freestyle Fellowship
| length4 = 1:14
| title5 = Sunshine Men
| lyrics5 = J. Sumbi
| music5 = All in All
| length5 = 4:33
| title6 = Physical Form
| lyrics6 = [[Peace (rapper)|P.E.A.C.E.]]
| music6 = J. Sumbi
| length6 = 3:49
| title7 = 120 Seconds
| lyrics7 = Aceyalone
| music7 = The Mighty O-Roc
| length7 = 2:03
| title8 = We Will Not Tolerate
| lyrics8 = Freestyle Fellowship
| music8 = Freestyle Fellowship
| length8 = 1:46
| title9 = Dedications
| lyrics9 = Freestyle Fellowship
| music9 = Freestyle Fellowship
| length9 = 2:01
| title10 = It's On
| lyrics10 = Freestyle Fellowship
| music10 = Freestyle Fellowship
| length10 = 0:16
| title11 = Sike
| lyrics11 = Freestyle Fellowship
| music11 = Freestyle Fellowship
| length11 = 0:34
| title12 = 5 O'Clock Follies
| lyrics12 = Mikah 9
| music12 = J. Sumbi
| length12 = 5:56
| title13 = Legal Alien
| lyrics13 = J. Sumbi
| music13 = All in All
| length13 = 3:45
| title14 = Convolutions
| lyrics14 = Freestyle Fellowship
| music14 = Freestyle Fellowship
| length14 = 0:46
| title15 = Jupiter's Journey
| lyrics15 = [[Self Jupiter]]
| music15 = Mathmattiks
| length15 = 4:18
| title16 = For No Reason
| lyrics16 = P.E.A.C.E.
| music16 = Mathmattiks
| length16 = 3:14
| title17 = Here I Am
| lyrics17 = Aceyalone
| music17 = Mathmattiks
| length17 = 4:15
| title18 = The Future?
| lyrics18 = Freestyle Fellowship
| music18 = Freestyle Fellowship
| length18 = 1:32
| total_length = 51:17
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|19205|To Whom It May Concern...}}

{{Freestyle Fellowship}}

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[[Category:1991 debut albums]]
[[Category:Freestyle Fellowship albums]]

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