This is 100% true or fabricated by I heard Kanye West was reading my review of Rihanna hours before I wrote it and went dashing off to her afterparty at The Box -a 200 seater, to play a 90 minute set.
Sounds killa dilla to me. Here is what MTV reported:
“Homecoming”; Legend sang the hook. Both performers were suited up, dressed in ensembles worthy of an awards show red carpet. West told John to take it back to old times and that led into “Heard ‘Em Say.” Later, Legend began slowly stroking the keys and singing “If This World Were Mine.” This segued into the music speeding up before Kanye performed a verse from the song he produced for Teflon Don Rick Ross, “Live Fast, Die Young.” After the rapping, ‘Ye hopped on the on drum machine while John continued on piano, where a bottle of wine and a glass were set aside for Kanye. There were brilliant moments of improv like when Kanye started performing his “Pinocchio Story,” which hasn’t been officially released, or when Legend started singing the Rihanna vocal riffs from “Run This Town.”
Not for nothing, but wasn’t “Pinnochio’s Story” a bonus track on 808’s And Heartbreaks? I mean, that’s where I got it for sure.