With warm weather comes an urge for many to crank the music up and roll the windows down. The debut album from up and comer Georgian rapper Rittz makes this quest a simple one.

The first album released on superstar Yelawolf’s label Slumerican Records; Rittz’s “White Jesus” boasts work from Big K.R.I.T., Shawty Fatt, 8Ball and entrepreneur Yelawolf.

The much-anticipated release was coordinated by Rittz, DJ Burn One and DJBooth.net for free download.

Visually arresting. Deliciously twisted. An elegant commentary on personal freedom. All these could be used to describe “Sucker Punch,” the latest special effects extravaganza to hit theaters.

Released March 25, “Sucker Punch” is one of the very few movies that has left me still trying, hours later, to figure out all the nuances of the experience.

Initially, the movie seems strangely unfocused, moving through to what seems to be the climax within the first 10 minutes.

But then the main character, Baby Doll (Emily Browning) falls into what appears to be a dream and the real plotline begins.

“Pokémon Black” is one half of the fifth generation Pokémon games, based in the new Unova region.

The gameplay is pretty much the same as the old versions, save for a few interesting mechanics. Game-based Pokémon are also back again. “Pokémon Black” has Reshiram, a dog-jet looking dragon type, and “Pokémon White” has Zekrom, a Pokémon that looks like a gigantic evil Slowbro with wings and hands with hands.

Both look very cool, though.

Monsieur Nov, a French R&B/Neo-soul artist of Asian decent, is well known in France and Europe but is almost unheard of in the U.S.

In fact, I came across his music accidently but was so glad when I did.

His album “Groove Therapy,” — released this year — is available for purchase only on iTunes.

The first single on the album is a cool song called “BCJC.”

Carpe diem; that is the main theme in the 1989 film “Dead Poets Society.”

The ovie tells the story of a group of boys attending Welton Academy, a prep school, in the late 1950s. They are influenced by their crazy but passionate new English teacher, John Keating, an alumnus of Welton.

On the first day of class, Keating, played by veteran actor Robin Williams, makes a lasting first impression on his students by asking them to rip out the first page of their textbooks.

Keating further intrigues students by instructing them to refer to him as “Oh Captain, my Captain!”

With the release of their 13th album “All You Need Is Now,” Duran Duran proved they are still the ultimate party band on March 18 by rocking the stage at Winstar Casino in Thackerville.

The visit to Thackerville was just the second stop on their world tour, which also signifies the 30th anniversary of the release of their self-titled album “Duran Duran.”

The performance started with beautiful string chords that soon turned into the recognizable tune of their lead single “All You Need Is Now.”

“Little Big Planet 2” is an extremely strange game, though it is really fun.

Unfortunately, the main story can be played in about six hours, barring the mini-games.

The mini-games are insanely challenging most of the time, but ridiculously fun.

The main point of the game is to save the world, as is the norm for many of the games.

What happens is a psychedelic explosion of colors, sounds and disco remixes of classical orchestra music.

It’s about as interactive as Kirby’s “Epic Yarn,” though the graphics are much more realistic.

After years of controversial delay, the highly acclaimed rapper Lupe Fiasco has finally released his third studio album, entitled “Lasers.”

With his two prior releases achieving critical and mainstream success, expectations were soaring for Lupe’s latest creation.

Despite being completed for the past two and a half years, “Lasers” still sat on the shelf at Atlantic Records, turning anticipation into frustration for fans.

Unfortunately, even with the release of “Lasers,” fan frustration isn’t likely to subside.

With the release of her fourth album “Goodbye Lullaby,” Avril Lavigne seems to be taking a step backward from her younger days.

Produced by Max Martin, the album feature 14 tracks written by Lavigne along with co-writers Evan Taubenfeld, Butch Walker and ex-husband Deryck Whibley.

Lavigne starts out the album with the upbeat track and lead single, “What the Hell” which is nothing but immature lyrics masked by a catchy tune.

“M.I.A” is the 9th volume of Brian Wood’s DMZ graphic novel series about photojournalist Matty Roth covering the America’s second Civil War being fought in New York City in the near future.

“M.I.A” could be referring to the suspension of belief after Wood had a nuclear explosion go off in Manhattan in Vol. 8.

Anytime a nuclear explosion is dealt with in fiction, it causes the reader to ponder if the series has jumped the shark, or in this case, “nuke the fridge.”

The fallout from those events cause Roth to take a good hard look at himself and his involvement since he started covering the DMZ.