ITunes Smart Playlist combining 2 genres

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Let say for example that I want an iTunes playlist that includes All Hip-Hop and Rap songs.

I create a smart play list with: 

Genre > contains > Hip-Hop
Genre > contains > Rap

But then I only have the songs that are in both Rap and Hip-Hop.
Is there a way I can make a playlist of all songs that contain at least one of the two genres?

Best Answer

In each Smart Playlist, you can change "Match ALL of the following rules" to "Match ANY"" to tell iTunes to do a OR instead of AND between elements you specify:

Match ANY of the following:
Genre > contains > Hip-Hop  
OR  
Genre > contains > Rap

Unfortunately you can't mix OR and ANDs in the same playlist, it's all or nothing. For example you cannot do the following since any song rated 4 or more -no matter the genre!- will be included:

Match ANY of the following:
Rating > greater than or equal > 4 stars
OR
Genre > contains > Hip-Hop  
OR  
Genre > contains > Rap

Multiple Smart Playlists

To solve this problem, you can create and combine multiple smart playlists that focus on one thing. For example:

Smart Playlist 1: 4+ stars ratings

Match ALL or ANY of the following:
Rating > greater than or equal > 4 stars

Smart Playlist 2: Hip-hop & Rap

Match ANY of the following:
Genre > contains > Hip-Hop  
OR  
Genre > contains > Rap

Smart Playlist 3: 4+ rated Hip-hop & Rap (if you want to sync to your device, just sync this one)

Match ALL of the following:
Playlist > is > Hip-hop & Rap
AND 
Playlist > is > 4+ stars ratings
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