ITunes completely locks up my MBP

I am a semi-experienced user with Mac but this gets the best of me.
I have iTunes set to Cover Flow because it makes it easier to scroll through my CDs. I'm not sure if it could be a problem with that or not.
Randomly while I'm scrolling through music, sometimes my entire computer will lock up (besides the mouse/cursor). I also found that I could still brighten/dim the screen. I tried all the quit application commands that I could think of but nothing worked. So I decided to close the screen to my MBP and reopen it to see if it refreshed or something. Nothing.
The screen goes completely black when I do that and I have to force shutdown my computer...
I also found that if I do the same things in the same order it always happens. For instance, I am trying to get to a band in iTunes (We Came With Broken Teeth) so I type in "we came with" in the search bar. Then, when I click on the album art to change CDs, the lock up happens. This happens every time I try that in that exact order (well the past 3-4 times anyway... I gave that up so I wouldn't have to restart anymore).
I know it's not a problem specific to a certain band or CD though because it has done it to other bands/albums randomly as well.
I know it's probably just an iTunes glitch with Leopard or something that will just have to wait for a new patch but any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-Dave

I hadn't had my new MBP two days and it began locking up on me in this exact same way. I'm a "switcher" and this is my first experience with an Apple computer and it is really ******* me off. I had no problems with iTunes on my Dell laptop. For whatever reason my new MBP didn't recognize the cover art I imported with all my music files. I would be attempting to "get cover art" and then my MBP locks up.
Is this an issue I can bring up at the Genius Bar at my local Apple Store? Can I get a new MBP because obviously this one is defective? I so badly wanted to like my first MBP but this is not helping the situation. Any feedback would be very much appreciated. What recourse can I take with Apple? I purchased the ProCare. Does that get me extra help with Apple?
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