Itunes 10 freezing/not responding during music playback

Pretty musch as the title suggests. I might get through a few songs but eventually itunes stops responding and i have to kill it via the task manager. Simply playing back music. I just updated to the latest version and it's still happening. Not sure what to do

Check out this Apple article -> iTunes: Troubleshooting issues with third-party iTunes plug-ins
Does iTunes launch and run normally after removing any plug-ins that were installed?

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