Adidas had a slick affair last week in downtown LA at an undisclosed location. Respect The West is a showcase that was birthed at SXSW a couple years back, and is still going strong today. What one can expect from Respect The West, is a roster of all the latest talent emerging from the West Coast. It was a fun-filled evening, due to the mix of free-flowing liks and live performances from the likes of Casey Veggies, YG, Dom Kennedy and Kendrick Lamar. A fine time was had by all. Peep the  pics, cuz.

Dom Kennedy

YG toots it and boots it

YG's DJ had a gang of skate stickers on his laptop

DJ Rhettmatic... Beat Junkies

Mr. Casey Veggies

Street Team legend, Kelly Woo (center) with Babu and Rhett

Open beezy was in full efeezy

photobooth poaching is cool

The Spicy Angelenoooooo... good for soaking up dat juice

DK performs

The people listen to Kendrick Lamar

Last week Remy Martin and Far East Movement joined forces and held a sleek event at some warehouse/ studio type space in DTLA. I arrived a tad early, and somehow ended up hovering about one of the two bars they had set up. I was curious about the drink menu, as I have never really had a mixed yak-based drink. I demanded a drink, and the bartender happily obliged. I came to find out I was literally the first drink requester of the night. Anyhow, the bar was stocked with freshly chopped, fruits and other cool looking juices, so I drank my drink and was pleased by it’s refreshing quality. I realized though, my palette is conservative, and I opted for the classic off-menu item… XO on the rocks. As far as Far East Movement, these guys have come a long way from when they first started a long ass time ago. They got their whole look and sound pretty finely tuned and they performed their latest joint, “Jello” as the XO-fueled crowd partied into the night.

These shoes belong to FM handler, Conan, The Kid

The XO was flowing like a river

posin' at the photo-booth with gold skateboards and sneakers

painted car hood hanging on the wall. I think Man One did this

DJ Quik in the biznilding

The dudes arive

Sippin on that XO

party time