Can't play songs, it shuffles playlist then doesn't do anything

I have an Iphone 4s with the latest version of iTunes, and I have a bunch of songs in my library on iTunes I've synced over multiple times. Every time I sync it over, whether the songs are synced one by one, in a playlist, or my entire library at once - none of the songs will play on my phone. Before the last update to iOS I was able to play them, then I had to sync some new songs and it hasn't worked since. They do play in my itunes, by the way.
The songs are listed in black, with a stop button next to each one, instead of a play button. If I click on a song in a playlist, it shuffles through all of the songs without me being able to pause the shuffling or hit play on any of them. It shuffles through the list in like 10 seconds.
I have tried reinstalling iTunes, unsyncing and resyncing countless times, restarting my phone, etc. It displays the songs the same way if I cli

any suggestions?

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