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Host LL Cool J tracked the Grammy ceremony between a memorial for Whitney Houston and a celebration of the year's top music. Sunday night's Grammy telecast can't be allowed to fade away before someone sends a shoutout to host LL Cool J — without whom

LL Cool J was a dud host, a waste of the role. A host is supposed to inject life and energy and flow into an event, as LL noted early in the broadcast, as if reminding himself. If the Grammys are willing to use a host as flat as that, then why not just

LL Cool J was a dud host, a waste of the role. A host is supposed to inject life and energy and flow into an event, as LL noted early in the broadcast, as if reminding himself. If the Grammys are willing to use a host as flat as that, then why not just

In recent years, the Grammys have done just fine on autopilot. The awards haven't had a host since 2005, and last year's telecast drew a staggering 27 million viewers. This year, organizers have mixed things up and handed the reins to LL Cool J,

Serving as its first host in seven years, LL Cool J opened up the 54th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday (Feb. 12) with a touching speech and prayer for Whitney Houston, then, rocking a double-breasted velvet Giorgio Armani

Serving as its first host in seven years, LL Cool J opened up the 54th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday (Feb. 12) with a touching speech and prayer for Whitney Houston, then, rocking a double-breasted velvet Giorgio Armani suit, and signature hat,

Grammy host L.L. Cool J eschewed the conventional joke-laden monologue in favor of offering a somber prayer for Whitney Houston tonight.

While hosting the Grammys last night, LL was in peak, lip-smacking form. XXL has the photos to prove it

Serving as its first host in seven years, LL Cool J opened up the 54th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday (Feb. 12) with a touching speech and prayer for Whitney Houston, then, rocking a double-breasted velvet Giorgio Armani

The Grammy telecast isn't perfect, but you'll never have to suffer through obscure awards, dull legalese and layer atop layer of sanctimony. LL Cool J Gets it Right: The Grammy telecast started on a positive note as host LL Cool J acknowledged

At the beginning of Sunday's Grammy Awards, host LL Cool J paid tribute to Whitney Houston, who died Saturday at 48. Watch his call to prayer here.

The show's host acknowledges the "death in our family" with a moving moment.

One particularly famous fan and host of yesterday's 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony, LL Cool J, was moved to write the song "Super Baller," a Giant's victory anthem that samples the NFL horns you hear at the beginning of every NFL broadcast.

One particularly famous fan and host of yesterday's 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony, LL Cool J, was moved to write the song "Super Baller," a Giant's victory anthem that samples the NFL horns you hear at the beginning of every NFL broadcast.

The awards host LL Cool J (the Grammys' first host in seven years) has been the most dapper man (dressed in all black) to hit the carpet, wearing a black velvet Giorgio Armani double-breasted evening jacket with grosgrain lapels along with classic