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The execution. would you have thought two mega stars. i mean, ll cool j, one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time, brad paisley, will be remembered as one of the greatest country artists of long time. would you have thought someone along the road, someone listening to the demo, hey, guys, you sure you want to say that? it didn't happen. >> a.j. hammer is here to make sense of it all, because this song, all over the internet, has been pulled from many sites, i don't know who pulled it or why. go ahead. >> no, no. as far as it's being pulled. it's interesting, if you go to the site where ...

Wanted to back off and come up with a game plan. both artists are standing behind it, and i'm totally with what l.z. is saying. a lot of the criticism out there, great intentions, poor execution. ll cool j says we need to be provocative with art, and it was important to do that if it's not interesting, it's not worthwhile. and brad brad paisley making very clear, by the way, telling "entertainment weekly" this was not a stunt. he didn't do this to draw attention and get attention. he didn't set out to do that just to facilitate a conversation. >> brad paisley will be on "ellen" later on today....

Activists that will infuriate people in mainstream america. it should. >> one of the newtown family members, a mother who lost their child. knocks on rand paul's door and says please don't do this, what will rand paul say? will he even answer the door? >> first off, he would meet her at the door with a gun. here is the thing. you know, i don't think that this is really about gun policy anymore. i think this is about certain republicans, wanting to block a domestic policy victory for barack obama. that's what the problem is. forget the sandy hook families, gabriel giffords, a member of their ow...

This. kim, jennifer hudson did a beautiful job. i've known her for a hundred years, it seems like. what did you think of how they presented the attribute butte to whitney houston? >> it was pitch perfect. she had 24 hours to hold back her emotion. it looked like she was trying to hold back tears, about you she did such a perfect job. i think it was exactly what people needed. ll cool j. opening the show, addressing the audience, talking about it, leading everyone in prayer for whitney. i think it was important to put it out there initially, play that clip of whitney actually singing at the gra...

in charlotte. you're still a very, very active performer. what type of toll does it take on a legend like you are, and like whitney houston was, not only the actual tour dates, but also having the paparazzi and people watching your every move? >> well, i think for the more experienced artist, one is pretty much used to that. but for a young artist, perhaps of whitney's age, it may have been very disconcerning to her. i don't don't know. >> you will be perform iing tomorrow night. will you be doing some sort of tribute to whitney? >> yes. there will be a moment of silence and tribute ...